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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Shot put – 17.10m, Weight Throw – 19.78m, Hammer Throw – 64.73m
RECORDS: Ranks fourth all-time at Penn State in the hammer throw (64.73m).
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims for the second time in the hammer throw event.
NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26/18): Qualified for the hammer throw event in first season of outdoor competition.
AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Finished fifth in the hammer throw finals…Recorded a top throw of 64.07m.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Finished ninth with a personal-best throw in the weight throw (19.78m)…Competed in the shot put event.
Big Ten Championships (5/11-13/18): Competed in both hammer throw and shot put events...Threw 61.15m in the hammer and threw 16.61 in the shot put...His toss of 61.15m at the time ranked No. 8 in program history.
Big Ten Championships (2/23-24/18): Competed in the weight throw...Throwing a then-personal-best toss of 64-5.75 (19.65m)...Competed in the shot put event.
2019 Outdoor
Season: Recorded eight top-10 finishes…Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the hammer throw event…Finished fifth at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw. Ranks fourth all-time at Penn State in the hammer throw (64.73m).
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/13-14): Won the hammer throw event with a personal-best throw of 64.73m. Penn Relays (4/25-27): Threw 62.99m in the hammer throw.
2019 Indoor
Season: Set a personal-best mark in the weight throw (19.78m)…Participated in the weight throw and shot put events at the Big Ten Championships…Recorded eight top-five performances.
Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2): Finished second in the shot put event with a personal-best distance of 17.10m…Finished third in the weight throw with a throw of 18.59m.
2018 Outdoor
Season: Recorded a career-best throw 55-9 (16.99m) to place first in the open section of the shot put at the Penn Relays.
2018 Indoor
Season: Posted eight top-10 finishes between the weight throw and shot put event...Tallied an indoor personal-best mark of 55-5.5 (16.90m) in the shot put at the Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track & Field Classic.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Placed fourth in the weight throw (16.98m) and fifth in the shot put (16.35m). Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2-3): Placed sixth in the shot put (16.20m) and fourth in the weight throw (19.46m)...Spire NCAA D1 Indoor Track & Field Classic (2/9-10): Threw 16.90 for an indoor personal-best mark in the shot put.
2017
Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PR: Shot put - 68-3
Attended St. Rose High School...Won two state championships...Won NJ Shore Conference indoor & outdoor champion...Finished first at the Bishop Loughlin Games...Finished first at the indoor NJ Meet of Champions…Finished first twice at NJ Meet of Champions...Holds St. Rose record for shot put...Holds Shore Conference record…Earned four varsity letters…Competed in both at the indoor and outdoor New Balance Nationals twice...Competed at the USATF Jr. Nationals meet twice.
PERSONAL
Son of Gerry and Eileen Grodeska...Has two siblings, Paul and Steph....Born on May 20, 1998...Majoring in agribusiness managemen
Luke Grodeska Season 2019
EventsTHROWSClassJuniorHometownNeptune, N.J.High SchoolSt. Rose
MajorAgribusiness Management
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