Geist & Oloyede Named First Team Academic All-District
07/15/2021 | Track and Field
TUCSON, Ariz. – Throwers Jordan Geist and Israel Oloyede have both been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team and are now eligible to be named Academic All-Americans.
Geist and Oloyede are both making their first appearances on the Academic All-District team and will learn their All-America fate on August 12.
Geist is no stranger to the academic awards as he was named second team Pac-12 All-Academic in 2019 and was on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll in 2020. Geist had an undergrad GPA of 3.51 and currently has a perfect 4.0 while studying Marketing in graduate school.
Oloyede sports a 3.46 GPA as a General Studies major with a focus on Social Behavior and Human Understanding.
On the track, Geist was a first team All-American in both the shot put and the hammer throw this season as he finished third at the NCAA Championships in the shot put and eighth in the hammer throw. He finished his 2021 season at the U.S. Olympic Trials where he finished in seventh-place with a season-best throw of 20.80m (68-3), making him one of two collegians to finish in the top 10.
Oloyede was a second team All-American in the hammer throw this season as he finished 13th at the NCAA Championships. He set the school record in the hammer throw this season with a toss of 73.22m (240-3) at the Tucson Elite Meet in May. Oloyede also finished his 2021 season at the U.S. Olympic Trials as he finished in 11th place.
Geist and Oloyede are both making their first appearances on the Academic All-District team and will learn their All-America fate on August 12.
Geist is no stranger to the academic awards as he was named second team Pac-12 All-Academic in 2019 and was on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll in 2020. Geist had an undergrad GPA of 3.51 and currently has a perfect 4.0 while studying Marketing in graduate school.
Oloyede sports a 3.46 GPA as a General Studies major with a focus on Social Behavior and Human Understanding.
On the track, Geist was a first team All-American in both the shot put and the hammer throw this season as he finished third at the NCAA Championships in the shot put and eighth in the hammer throw. He finished his 2021 season at the U.S. Olympic Trials where he finished in seventh-place with a season-best throw of 20.80m (68-3), making him one of two collegians to finish in the top 10.
Oloyede was a second team All-American in the hammer throw this season as he finished 13th at the NCAA Championships. He set the school record in the hammer throw this season with a toss of 73.22m (240-3) at the Tucson Elite Meet in May. Oloyede also finished his 2021 season at the U.S. Olympic Trials as he finished in 11th place.
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