Jordan Geist (Knoch)
Jordan Geist will push towards 80 feet and possibly a national record in the shot put
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Time for one last go of it.
Knoch's Jordan Geist has mesmerized us for four years from his freshman year when he threw over 60 feet to his most recent indoor national title. Geist has already won five state championships in the shot put (indoor and outdoor) and he'll go for his sixth and final title this spring. This past indoor season, Geist launched his greatest throw of his career: a 76-10.5 heave at the TSTCA Championships, which was just inches off the all-time national indoor record. He's had a number of throws over 75 feet and he looks primed to break his own outdoor state record of 74-4.5 from the Iron Wood Throwers Classic last summer.
Geist's eyes could be on the all-time national record, noted by many track and field historians as one of the most "unbreakable" records out there---Michael Carter's 81-...
