2022 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Pierce, Jeremiah

Jeremiah Pierce
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class (Indoor):
- R-Jr.
- Class (Outdoor):
- R-Jr.
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Ga.
- High School/Previous School:
- Carrollton HS
Bio
2022 Outdoor Season Â
Won the shot put at the Bulldog Relays with at 16.87m (3/23-26)... Placed sixth in the discus throw at the Maroon and White Invitational to earn a new personal best of 49.37m (4/29-30).
2022 Indoor Season
Finished tenth in the shot put at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/14)... Competed at the Razorback Invitational, placing seventh in the shot put with a new personal best of 17.23m and placing fourth in the 4x400 with a new personal best of 3:10.81 (1/28).
2021 Outdoor Season
At the Bulldog Relays, he finished eighth in the shot at 15.84m and fourth in the discus at 49.04m, a new personal best (3/26-27) ... Finished 11th in the shot and 14th in the discus at the Florida Relays (4/2-3) ... Came in fifth in the shot put with a personal-best 16.51m mark, also came in 15th in the discus at the War Eagle Invitational (4/17) ... Threw to a second-place finish in the shot put and a fifth-place finish in the discus at the Maroon & White Invite (5/1) ... At the SEC Championships he threw to a 12th-place finish in the shot put and a 19th-place finish in the discus (5/15).Won the shot put at the Bulldog Relays with at 16.87m (3/23-26)... Placed sixth in the discus throw at the Maroon and White Invitational to earn a new personal best of 49.37m (4/29-30).
2022 Indoor Season
Finished tenth in the shot put at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/14)... Competed at the Razorback Invitational, placing seventh in the shot put with a new personal best of 17.23m and placing fourth in the 4x400 with a new personal best of 3:10.81 (1/28).
2021 Outdoor Season
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2021 Indoor Season
Finished in eighth in the shot put at the Commodore Indoor (1/16) ... Came in third at the Carolina Challenge in the shot with a new personal best of 16m (1/23) ... Had a third-place finish at the Razorback Invitational (1/30) ... Came in ninth in the Music City Challenge, finished with a personal best (2/13) ... Competed in the SEC Indoor Championships in the shot put, finishing in 13th overall (2/27).Â
2020 Outdoor Season
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
2020 Indoor Season
Placed fourth in the Shot Put at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) with 15.86m … Performed in the Shot Put at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) ... Performed in the Shot Put at the Music City Challenge (2/15) ... Threw 14.83m in the Shot Put at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/28) to place 12th.Â
2019 Outdoor Season
Placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 15.86m and competed in the discus at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/22) … competed in both shot put and discus at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) … Threw a personal best in the discus at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20) with a heave of 44.10m to finish eighth … Also threw the shot 15.29m … Placed third in the shot put at the Southern Miss Open (4/27) with a throw of 15.38m … Also took sixth in the discus.Â
2019 Indoor Season
Finished second in the shot put at the Vulcan Invitational (1/12) with a mark of 15.40m … Threw a personal-best 15.92m in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19), where he finished eighth.Â
Academics / Service
President's Scholar in spring 2020 and 2021 ... Dean's Scholar in fall 2018 and fall 2019 ... SEC Honor Roll spring 2020 ... Six-time Bulldog Honor Roll member ... Top Dawg award winner spring 2020.Â
Before the Bulldogs
Lettered four years at Carrollton High School where he holds the shot put and discus records … Won the 5A state championship in shot put as a senior with a throw of 18.61m … Finished second in the discus at the same state meet … Competed in shot put at the 2018 Georgia High School Meet of Champions … Won the 2017 state championship in discus with a throw of 55.06m … Finished as state runner-up in the shot put as a junior … Earned all-metro selections as a junior and senior … Was state runner-up in the discus as a sophomore and took third as a freshman … Also played basketball and football and was on the wrestling team.Â
Personal
Born Jeremiah Lamar Pierce on March 25, 2000 to Anthony and Tericka Pierce … Has four brothers, Josh, AJ, Cardell and Rashaad … Also has a sister, Chasity … Was a member of the National Honor Society in high school.Â
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
Shot Put – 16.30m (Music City Challenge – 2/13/2021)Outdoor
Shot Put – 16.51m (War Eagle Invitational – 4/17/2021)Discus – 49.04m (Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays – 3/26/2021)
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