LSU Gold
Position
Throws
Height
6'4
Class
Junior
Hometown
Mission Viejo, Calif.
Previous School
Saddleback College
High School
Capistrano Valley HS

Events: Weight Throw (66-11 1/2), Discus (167-3), Hammer (212-0)

CAREER CAPSULE
A two-year letterwinner with the Tigers in 2015 and 2016 … Ranked among the top-10 performers in school history in both the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors at the end of his collegiate career … Personal best of 66 feet, 11 1/2 inches in the weight throw ranked No. 8 on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list at the end of the 2016 season … Personal best of 212-0 in the hammer throw ranked No. 9 on LSU’s al-time outdoor performance list at the end of his career … Finished a career-best ninth place in the weight throw in 2015 and 11th place in the hammer throw in 2016 while competing at the SEC Championships … An NCAA qualifier in the hammer throw in his senior season with the Tigers … Graduated from LSU in May 2017 with a degree in general business.

2016
Raised his personal best in the hammer throw by 10 feet in his outdoor opener at the Hurricane Twilight, throwing 212-0 to win the event title … Eclipsed his previous personal best of 202-0 entering the season … Also posted a seasonal best in the discus at the Hurricane Twilight while throwing 154-8 for fourth place … Followed his win in the hammer throw in Miami by placing fourth at the Texas Relays with a mark of 207-11 … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in his career … Ended his career with a 25th-place finish at the NCAA East Prelims while throwing 205-5 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida … Finished 11th in qualifying at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 205-1 … Also threw the hammer at the LSU Alumni Gold (208-3), Texas Invitational (208-1), Battle on the Bayou (205-7) and LSU Invitational (205-7) during the outdoor season … Was the 10th-place finisher in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships … Threw 64-3 1/4 in weight-throw qualifying at the conference meet … Posted a personal best of 66-11 1/2 for third place at the LSU High Performance Meet to become the No. 8-ranked performer in school history in the event … Followed by throwing 66-10 1/2 for third place at the LSU Twilight … Finished runner-up in the event at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a mark of 66-7 1/4 … Also threw the weight indoors at the Razorback Invitational (65-6 1/4), Power Five Conference Clash (65-4 1/4), Purple Tiger Invitational (64-3 3/4) and Bayou Bengal Invitational (62-11 1/2).

2015
Nearly scored for the Tigers in his SEC Championships debut with a ninth-place finish in the 35-pound weight throw at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Threw a seasonal best and personal best of 63-8 ¼ to claim ninth place at the SEC Indoor meet … Earned back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the event at the Razorback Invitational (60-11 ½) and New Mexico Classic (59-11) … Finished in sixth place four times during the indoor season at the LSU Indoor Invitational (61-10 ¼), Auburn Indoor Invitational (60-3 ¼), LSU High Performance Meet (57-9 ¾) and LSU Twilight (60-8 ½) … Also threw the weight at the Rod McCravy Memorial (58-2 ½) during the indoor season … Competed in both the discus and hammer throws during the outdoor season … Threw a seasonal best of 193-5 in a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Starkville, Mississippi … Also threw the discus at the SEC Outdoor meet, posting a series-best mark of 145-10 for 21st place overall … Threw 190-5 for 10th place in the hammer throw at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular season finale … Placed fourth at the Louisiana Classics with a mark of 183-6 and sixth at both the Battle on the Bayou and Jim Click Shootout with matching throws of 184-4 … Also threw the hammer at the Texas Relays (183-10), LSU Alumni Gold (184-7) and Penn Relays (184-3) … Opened the season with a seasonal-best throw of 155-1 for a runner-up finish in the discus at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Also threw 150-11 for sixth place at the Battle on the Bayou and 152-4 for 10th place at the Jim Click Shootout with his appearances in the discus throw.

PRIOR TO LSU
An emerging throws prospect in the discus and hammer throws during his two-year career at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California … Capped his freshman season outdoors in 2013 by sweeping the discus and hammer throw titles at the California Community College Athletic Association Southern Regional Championships held in Lancaster, California … Won the discus with a throw of 150-8 and the hammer with a throw of 181-9 at the 2013 CCCAA Southern Regional Championships … Followed by winning the hammer throw silver medal at the 2013 CCCAA State Track & Field Championships with a series-best throw of 182-5 to set a 2013 seasonal best in the event … Opened the 2014 outdoor season by raising his discus PR to 150-9 to win the event in Saddleback’s dual meet with Santiago Canyon College … Also won the hammer throw at the Santiago Canyon dual meet with a season-opening throw of 184-0 to raise his PR in the event … Raised his hammer PR by nearly 20 feet in back-to-back dual meets with winning marks of 193-0 against Santa Ana College and 202-0 against Cuyamaca College … Also threw the hammer 200-8 to win the event title at the 2014 Ben Brown Invitational … Raised his discus PR again in a quadrangle meet held March 21, 2014, in Lancaster, California, with a winning throw of 157-4 and then with a throw of 167-3 for third place at the Mt. Sac Relays on April 12, 2014 … As a freshman in 2013, won hammer throw titles at the Golden West Invitational (173-8) and Santiago Canyon Dual Meet (170-2) … Also won discus titles at the Bakersfield Relays (148-5) and Golden West Invitational (145-11) during his freshman season outdoors in 2013 … A product of Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, California, where he was a three-year letterwinner in both football and track and field during his prep career … Also served as the team captain for both programs during his prep career at Capistrano Valley High School.

PERSONAL
Full name is Patrick Andrew Geers … Born on March 24, 1994 … Parents are Larry and Susan Geers … Has two sisters, Jamie and Mary … Majoring in business administration.

 

Full Bio