WHITEHALL — Reining himself in proved to be a challenge for Jordan Geist Friday afternoon.

Competing at the Baldwin Track and Field Invitational, Knoch's senior threw the discus 208 feet. The effort would have been good enough to top his previous best of 201-10, but Geist's heave landed five feet out of bounds.

The irony is that Geist wasn't totally disappointed about it.

“I'd be happy with breaking records, but at the same time, I don't want to peak right now.”

His efforts on Friday were still good enough to break the invite records here by healthy margins. He managed 74-9 in the shot put and 198-6 in the discus. He owned the previous standards of 72-6½ and 193-6, respectively.

Geist purposely made things more difficult on himself to make sure his best throws come in the biggest meets, beginning with the WPIAL Championships May 18, followed by the state championship meet later in the month and nationals in June.

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