Rosemount's Payton Otterdahl qualifies for 2024 Olympic team in the shot put

The Rosemount, Minnesota native makes his second Olympic team

Jun 22, 2024; Eugene, OR, USA; Payton Otterdahl places third in the shot put at 73-0 1/2 (22.26m) during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Rosemount High School alum Payton Otterdahl qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris in shot put with a throw of 73 feet, half-an-inch at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

It's Otterdahl's second Olympic team. He made the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and he finished 10th with a throw of 66 feet, 6 inches.

Otterdahl won the 2014 MSHSL Class 2A shot put and discuss state championship for Rosemount High School. In 2013, his junior season, Otterdahl finished second in the shot put and third in the discuss in the state championship meet.

Otterdahl attended North Dakota State University and set the indoor collegiate shot put record. He also won the NCAA indoor title in 2019.

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