Jordan Geist finished his prolific Arizona career by winning the one event that had eluded him in the past, becoming the NCAA outdoor champion in the shot put.
PJ Brown It all came down to the final throw in Jordan Geist’s career as a Wildcat — on the biggest stage, the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
As Geist stepped into the ring and got set at Mike A. Myers Stadium, trying to focus on all the little details in his technique, his competitor, Washington, was directly in front of him with his game face on. “It feels great,” Geist said after his win. “Pretty slow start in the competition, but I was able to build throughout and the last one ... was decent enough to take the lead.This was Geist's second-best performance of the year in the shot put.Earlier in the day, Geist finished third in hammer with a throw of 75.97 meters — a personal best that broke his own UA mark of 74.14 set at the Jim Click Shootout in April. It was also the fifth best in Pac-12 history and landed in the No.
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