Slippery Rock University Athletics

Two-time NCAA Division I shot put national champion and current world No. 16 shot put thrower Jordan Geist joined the Slippery Rock University track & field program as a full-time assistant coach in November 2025.
 
Geist, a native of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, is the son of SRU Hall of Fame throwers and current volunteer assistant coaches Jim and Judy Geist. He was a national record setting high school thrower at nearby Knoch High School, where he graduated in 2017 after being named the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year.
 
With numerous Division I offers, Geist chose to attend the University of Arizona and compete for the Wildcats, where he burst onto the scene by winning the 2018 Pac-12 shot put and discus titles on his way to being named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
 
Geist would go on to set the Arizona program records in both the indoor and outdoor shot put as well as the hammer throw. He swept the 2022-23 NCAA Division I national titles in the shot put and also finished third in the hammer throw at the outdoor national meet that spring. Over his incredible collegiate career, Geist earned 11 NCAA Division I All-America honors and was twice named as a first team Academic All-American.
 
While competing at Arizona, Geist also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 2021, where he placed seventh in the finals of the shot put. His second chance at the U.S. Olympic team came at the 2024 trials, where he narrowly missed a spot on the hardest team in the world to make with a fourth place finish in the shot put and a fifth place finish in the hammer. He was the U.S. Olympic Team alternate in the shot put by way of his Olympic "A" standard and fourth place finish at the trials.
 
Geist has continued to throw internationally on the World Diamond League circuit as a professional and currently ranks as the No. 5 shot put thrower in the United States and the No. 16 shot putter in the world. He took fourth in the shot put at the U.S. Indoor Championships earlier this year and most recently finished sixth in the shot put and eighth in the hammer throw at the 2025 U.S. Outdoor Championships this summer.
 
His career bests came during the 2024 season when he threw 22.25 meters to win the shot put at the Morton Games in Ireland and 76.30 meters in the hammer throw at the Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
 
Geist earned his undergraduate degree in business management with a minor in sports management from Arizona in 2020 and added two advanced degrees from Arizona as well. He earned a master's in marketing in 2022 and a master's in investment science in 2023.
 
Since graduating, he has worked to share his expertise in the throws through numerous camps and clinics and online videos of his training sessions. Geist also hosted a throws clinic alongside SRU Hall of Fame thrower Gary Aldrich on the SRU campus. He served as a volunteer throws coach at the University of Arizona in 2023-24 and most recently served as a volunteer throws coach at Arizona State University in 2024-25. He also spent time as an assistant coach at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona and has been working as a private throws coach and consultant since 2020.
 
A shortened list of Geist's impressive career accomplishments as a world class thrower can be found below.  
 
JORDAN GEIST AWARDS AND HONORS  |  Jordan Geist World Athletics Profile
Current U.S. Ranked No. 5 in Shot Put
Current World Ranked No. 16 in Shot Put (former No. 8 ranked)
Current U.S. Ranked No. 10 in Hammer
2025 U.S. Outdoor Finalist in Shot Put (6th place)
2025 U.S. Outdoor Finalist in Hammer (8th place)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Finalist in Shot Put (4th place)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Finalist in Hammer (5th place)
2023 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal Winner
2023 College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-American
2023 NCAA Outdoor Shot Put National Champion
2023 2x NCAA Outdoor First-Team All-American
2023 Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year
2023 Pac-12 Shot Put Champion
2023 Pac-12 Hammer Throw Champion
2023 Penn Relays Athlete of the Meet
2023 USTFCCCA West Region Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2023 NCAA Indoor Shot Put National Champion
2023 Indoor First Team All American
2023 Indoor Honorable Mention All-American
2022 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
2022 USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Team
2022 Indoor First Team All-American
2021 USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Team
2021 2x Outdoor First Team All-American
2021 Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year
2021 Pac-12 Shot Put Champion
2021 Indoor Second Team All-American
2019 Outdoor First Team All-American
2019 Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year
2019 Pac-12 Shot Put Champion
2019 Indoor First Team All-American
2018 Outdoor Second Team All-American
2018 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
2018 Pac-12 Championships Athlete of the Meet
2018 Pac-12 Shot Put Champion
2018 Pac-12 Discus Champion
2017 Pennsylvania Gatorade High School Player of the Year
NCAA Indoor Shot Put Freshman Record Holder
Penn Relays Shot Put Meet Record Holder
University of Arizona Outdoor Shot Put School Record Holder
University of Arizona Outdoor Hammer Throw School Record Holder
University of Arizona Indoor Shot Put School Record Holder