National Championships
2011
Outdoor Pole Vault (17'3")
2012
Outdoor Pole Vault (17'8.50")


Geraghty passed on the first three heights in the competition, electing to come in at 16'3 1/4" for his first attempt of the evening. He missed his first attempt, but cleared the second to get on the board. 

"Part of it was timing," Geraghty said of his decision regarding when to begin competing. "I wanted some warmup jumps, and I knew that after an hour had gone by I was entitled to two minutes for warmups. I got my steps consistent and went into the competition."

He cleared 16'7 1/4" on his first attempt, then went to the third attempt at 16'11" before becoming one of just three vaulters to clear the bar. The winning height of 17'3" was cleared on Geraghty's second attempt, and neither of the other competitors at that height, McMurry University's Stephen Toler and the University of Wisconsin-Stout's Daniel Drewek, were able to match the North Central sophomore.

"For the most part I just felt very alert, very focused and really relaxed," Geraghty said. "That's what I was aiming to do. I didn't want to come in and try to accomplish something I had never done before. I just wanted to perform and do what I knew I could do."

After missing the entire 2012 indoor season due to injury, Geraghty returned to the top of the podium at the 2012 Division III Outdoor Championships, leading a 1-2-3 finish by the Cardinals in the event. Geraghty and teammate John Wood '12 each cleared 17'6 1/2" to tie the Division III Championship meet record, and Geraghty went on to clear 17'8 1/2" on his first attempt to clinch the national title and claim the record outright.

"It turned from a meet where we had to score points to just a fun meet," Geraghty said. "We wanted to get the top three places, and after that it just became a fun meet where we could just jump at bars, and it was just a dream. It was really, really awesome."