John Meyer Season 2023

College Bests:
SP 20.50m, 67′ 3.25″ (UF Tom Jones Memorial April 15-16, 2022)
WT 53.70m, 176′ 2 (2019, Prior to LSU)

First Team Indoor Honors March 2022
All-SEC Second Team June 2022
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Rolls July 2022

2022 Outdoor Season (Junior)
Finished second in the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in SP (20.17m) … finished third in theNCAA East Preliminary Round in SP (20.05m) … Finished 11th in the NCAA D1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Shot Put… finished first and third in SP and DT at the UF Tom Jones Memorial (20.50m and 49.67m, respectively. This SP score is his college best … Finished second in the LSU Invitational in SP (20.14m).

2022 Indoor Season (Junior)
Finished third in the SEC Indoor Championships in SP (19.91m) …. Finished fifth in the NCAA D1 Indoor Track & Field Championships in SP (20.22)… Finished third in the Red Raider Open in Shot Put (19.32m) … Finished second in the Razorback Invitational in SP (19.37m) … Finished third in the Tyson Invitational in SP (19.84m)…finished second in both SP and Discus Throw in the LSU Joe May Invitational (19.87m and 29.08m, respectively).

Prior to LSU
Named First Team All-American at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships with a seventh place finish in the shot put with a mark of 63’ 11.75” (19.50 meters) … owns a career best throw of 67’ 2.25” (20.48 meters) in the shot put that he registered at the 2021 Michigan Len Paddock Invite … finished 16th at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put … earned bronze at the 2021 Big Ten Outdoor Championships … notched second place finish at the 2021 Big Ten Indoor Championships with a heave of 65’ 3.50” (19.90 meters) in the shot put … prior to Michigan … No. 10 indoor shot putter in high school history … owns IHSAA Championships and overall Illinois state records for both the indoor and outdoor shot put.