LSU Gold
Position
Throws
Height
6'1
Class
Redshirt Junior
Hometown
Gainesville, Fla.
High School
IMG Academy

Luke Witte’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Award
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 3: Indoor Weight Throw (22.30m, 2024 Tyson Invitational)

2024 OUTDOOR (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Competed solely in hammer throw during the 2024 outdoor season… qualified for the NCAA East First Round, taking 43rd… finished ninth at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a toss of 58.92 meters (191’ 3”)… recorded a new personal-best distance of 61.23 meters (200’ 11”) to take ninth at the LSU Invitational… finished fourth at the Cameron Burrell Alumni Invitational with a toss of 57.36 meters (188’ 2”)… opened the season with a third-place finish and a throw of 60.63 meters (198’ 11”).

2024 INDOOR (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
Competed solely in weight throw during the 2024 indoor season… took 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships to close the season with a throw of 20.91 meters (68’ 7.25”)… just missed the podium at the SEC Indoor Championships, taking fourth with a toss of 21.93 meters (71’ 11.5”)… recorded a personal-best distance and No. 3 toss in LSU performance-list history of 22.30 meters (73’ 2”) to finish third at the Tyson Invitational… opened the season taking first at the Corky Classic with a toss of 21.96 meters (72’ 0.75”)… finished second at the Razorback Invitational with a throw of 21.63 meters (70’ 11.75”)… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (WT).

2023 OUTDOOR (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Closed out the year with a 10th-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in hammer throw… competed solely in hammer throw during the outdoor season… recorded a PR of 60.05 meters (197’ 0”) at the prestigious LSU Alumni Gold… opened the season in fourth at the Hurricane Invitational… recorded sixth-place finishes at the LSU Invitational and Tome Jones Memorial Invite… finished fourth at the LSU Battle on the Bayou.

2023 INDOOR (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Finished the season in fourth at the SEC Indoor Championships with a throw of 21.46 meters (70’ 5”) in weight throw… recorded a PR of 21.92 meters (71’ 11”) in weight throw that ranks fifth in LSU performance list history at the Razorback Invitational to finish second… competed solely in weight throw during the indoor season… opened the season with a first-place finish at the LSU Purple Tiger… took silver at the Red Raider Open… took first at the Tyson Invitational… recorded a first-place finish at the LSU Twilight.

2022 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Did not compete.

2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Did not compete.

2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Threw personal best of 139’ 6” (42.51m) in the discus throw at the Battle on the Bayou to finish fourth … took third in the hammer throw at the Battle on the Bayou with a heave of 178’ 2” (54.30m) … tossed the hammer 187’ 0” (56.99m) at the LSU Alumni Gold to place eighth … finished fourth in the hammer throw at the Louisiana Classics (185’ 3”/56.46m) … registered a fourth place finish in the hammer throw at the Boots Garland Invitational with a mark of 185’ 7” (56.56m) … represented LSU at the SEC Championships in the hammer throw.

2021 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed solely in the weight throw … registered personal best throw of 64’ 10.50” (19.77m) at the SEC Championships to place 12th … finished third at the Louisiana Invitational with a mark of 58’ 8” (17.88m) … collected a heave of 61’ 2.25” (18.65m) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational to finish fifth … also finished fifth at the Purple Tiger Invitational (53’ 11.25”/16.44m).

PRIOR TO LSU – IMG Academy
High school All-American … has only been throwing the hammer for two seasons … had the No. 5 prep hammer throw in the country for 2020 with a toss 220’ 10” at the NSAF x AthleticNET Virtual Nationals … his father, Paul Witte, was a decathlete for the University of Florida … can deadlift 765 lbs., squat 650 lbs., and bench 450 lbs.

PERSONAL
Born on July 24, 2001 in Gainesville, FL… plans to major in animal sciences at LSU.

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