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2025 Track & Field Roster

Gerrit Visser

Gerrit Visser

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 180
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Computer Science
  • Hometown:
    Bocholt, Germany
  • Prev School:
    Missouri Valley College
  • High School:
    Berufskolleg Bocholt West

Summary

Biography

Career Awards:
2025 All-Southland Conference Second Team (Outdoor, Hammer Throw)
2024 Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll

Senior Season (2025):
Earned a silver medal & All-Southland Conference Second Team honors at the SLC Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a season-best toss of 57.21 meters (187'8")... Competed in five meets during the season, all during outdoor competition and exclusively in the hammer throw.

Junior Season (2024):
Competed in 12 meets during his first season in Hammond... Made his debut at the LSU Purple Tiger in the weight throw competition... Best weight throw of the season came at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships as his throw went 17.40 meters (57'1")... Longest throw in the hammer throw competition went 59.79 meters (196'2") at the Southern Mississippi Invitational... Also took part in the 100-meter dash at Southern's Pelican Relays, stopping the clock in 11.71 seconds... Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.

Prior to Southeastern:
Transferred to Southeastern from Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo.... Competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, weight throw, & javelin throw for the Vikings... Had his personal best hammer throw while at MVC at the 2023 NAIA Outdoor National Championships with his throw of 58.81 meters (192'11") earning him a sixth-place finish & earning him a NAIA All-American honor... Best discus throw & javelin throw came at the Central Michigan Invitational with the discus traveling 35.35 meters (116'0") and the javelin going 40.20 meters (131'11")... Personal best weight throw at MVC came at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, going 15.33 meters (50'3.5")...Best shot put came at the 2023 St. Ambrose Tune Up, throwing the shot 11.28 meters (37'0.25")... Prepped at Berufskolleg Bocholt West in his native Germany.

Personal:
Born May 30, 2003 in Bocholt, Germany... Son of Markus & Gerlinde Visser... Has an older brother, Henry, who competed in track & field at the University of Tulsa... Enjoys playing video games & developing video games... Most exciting athletic event he's witnessed is the 2023 German Nationals... Majors in computer science at SLU.
 
VISSER'S PERSONAL BESTS (AT SLU)
DISCIPLINE DISTANCE EVENT DATE
Hammer Throw 59.79m (196'2") Southern Mississippi Invitational March 30, 2024
Weight Throw 17.40m (57'1") Southland Conference Indoor Championships February 25, 2024
DISCIPLINE TIME EVENT DATE
100-Meter Dash 0:11.71 Pelican Relays April 6, 2024

Visser's Career Results (SLU)
Visser's Career Results (MVC)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024Junior

    Throws
    6'0" 180 lbs
  • 2025Senior

    Throws
    6'0" 180 lbs