Sean Geither

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Class:
Senior
Events:
400m / 200m
Hometown:
Parma, Ohio
Height:
5-10
High School:
Normandy
Squadron:
14 Cobras

JUNIOR YEAR | 2020-21: Member three relays that impacted the Academy Record Book…two-time all-conference selection…member of the conference-winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:11.68)…led off the 4x100-meter relay that finished second at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships and accounted for the eight-fastest time in program history (40.64)…also ran the second leg of the fourth-fastest 4x400-meter relay (3:09.66 at the Baylor Invitational) and fifth-fastest 4x200-meter relay (1:26.12 at the Drake Relays) in Academy history…clocked the team’s fastest 400-meter time (47.65) to win the West Coast Relays…named the team’s Track Athlete of the Week following that meet…scored for Air Force in the 200-meter dash at the MW Outdoor Championships (fourth)…clocked a career-best 200-meter time of 21.35 to finish fifth out of 32 runners at the Aztec Invitational…led the team in the 400-meter dash during the indoor season (48.38, Championships at the Peak)…also competed in the 300-meter and 500-meter events at the Air Force Holiday Open…academic all-conference selection…MW Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2019-20: Anchored the 4x400-meter relay that clocked the seventh-fastest indoor time in Academy history (3:11.97) during a runner-up finish at the Mountain West Indoor Championships...all-conference honoree...also accounted for a career-best 400-meter time of 48.72 at that meet (ninth)...competed in the 400-meter dash during six meets, claiming four top-10 finishes...competed in the 200-meter dash twice, posting a season-best time of 22.51 at the Air Force Team Challenge (ninth)...ran the 500-meter dash at the Air Force Holiday Open (1:07.05, sixth)...academic all-conference selection...MW Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2018-19: Competed in the 200-meter and 400-meter events during 11 meets...recorded a career-best 400-meter time of 48.83 to win the Air Force Twilight Open during the outdoor season...ran an outdoor 200-meter dash at the Colorado Invitational, finishing within the top half of the field behind a time of 22.67...accounted for career-best indoor marks in both the 200-meter dash (22.42, Colorado Invitational) and 400-meter dash (49.31, Potts Invitational) during meets in Boulder...made collegiate debut in the 300-meter dash at the Air Force Holiday Open (35.67, fifth)...academic all-conference selection...MW Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Normandy High School...finished fourth in the 400-meter dash at the OHSAA Division I state championships...also played soccer...earned all-Ohio honors...named Math Student of the Year...voted Most Likely to Succeed...ranked fourth in graduating class of 267.

PERSONAL: Full name is Sean Robert Geither...son of Ron and Regina Geither...has two older brothers, including one, who is a member of the soccer team at Baldwin Wallace...majoring in aeronautical engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot...named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance…served as Wing Public Affairs Officer and Squadron Director of Operations...earned Jump Wings over the summer after completing Airmanship 490...from Cleveland, Ohio; where parents and girlfriend, Leah, reside...transferred from The Ohio State University after the 2017-18 academic year…completed a research project with General Electric over the summer, processing experimental flow data...member of Cadet Squadron 14.