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2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Michael Keehan

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmington, Del.
  • Highschool Salesianum

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

CAREER ACCOLADES
3x NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (3,000m Steeplechase) (2021, '22, '23)
2019 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion
2022 Outdoor Second-Team All-Ivy (3,000m Steeplechase)
2023 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (3,000m Steeplechase)

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Outdoor Mile: 3rd ... 2023 ... 3:59.73 
Outdoor 3,000m Steeplechase: 1st ... 2023 ... 8:36.79
Indoor Mile: 7th ... 2022 ... 4:02.88
Indoor 3,000m: 5th ... 2023 ... 8:06.45

OUTDOOR 2023

  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a career best in the mile for a second-place finish of 3:59.73 at the Widener Invite (Apr. 21-22)
  • Set a career best in the 3,000m steeplechase for a first-place finish of 8:36.79 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 14-15)
  • Competed in the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 6-7), winning the steeplechase
  • Competed at NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-27)
  • First-team All-Ivy in the 3,000m steeplechase

INDOOR 2023

  • Competed in five meets this indoor season
  • Set a career best 8:06.45 in the 3000m at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Placed first in the 3000m at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4)
  • Placed sixth in the 3000m and the DMR at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25-26)
CROSS COUNTRY 2022
  • Competed in five meets this Cross Country season
  • Set a career best 23:48.3 in the 8k at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sep. 30)
  • Set a career best 30:52.2 in the 10k at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 11)
  • Placed 21st in the 8k at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28)
OUTDOOR 2022
  • Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season
  • Ran a career best 8:47.84 in the 3000S at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 24-26)
  • Placed first in the 3000S at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 15-16)
  • Placed second in the 3000S at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May. 7-8)
INDOOR 2022
  • Competed in five meets during the indoor season
  • Set a career best 4:02.88 in the mile at the Sykes and Sabock Invitational (Jan. 29)
  • Placed second in the 3000m at the Villanova Invitational (Jan. 22)
  • Placed third in the mile at the Penn 10-Team Select (Jan. 15)
CROSS COUNTRY 2021
  • Competed in six meets during the cross country season
  • Set a career best 18:52.1 in the 6k at the Lehigh Invitational (Sep. 3)
  • Set a career best 19:36.0 in the 4M at the Main Line Invitational (Sep. 17)
  • Set a career best 24:42.2 in the 5M at the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)
  • Placed seventh in the 8k at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational (Oct. 15)

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Competed in five meets during regular season, setting three career bests along the way
  • Opened year at Penn Challenge with career mark in 5,000m, clocking time of 14:17.36
  • At Temple Invitational, set personal-best time in the 1,500m with 3:45.57 to move into eighth in program history
  • Took first place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Quaker Invitational with time of 8:54.43
  • Set a career-mark in the 3,000m steeplechase at Philly Mets, taking first place with a time of 8:48.54 to move into sixth in program history
  • Qualified for NCAA East preliminaries in the 3,000m steeplechase, taking 36th with a time of 9:15.47
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in six meets during the indoor season, scoring at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1).
  • Joined the DMR team to place fourth and score for Penn at Heps, finishing in 10:00.79.
  • Finished third at Penn State's Sykes Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8) with a mile time of 4:09.70.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Ran four times during his freshman season, scoring in Penn's win at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 20). 
  • Finished 11th and the fifth Penn runner across the line at the Main Line win, finishing the four-mile race in 20:29.0.
  • Earned a 38th-place finish at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 19).
  • Also ran at the Fordham Fiasco (Sept. 7) and the Paul Shrot Run (Oct. 5).
High School: Captured Del. state title in 1,600m in both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a junior and senior ... 2019 Del. cross country state champion ... Finished fifth at the Nike Cross Country Southeast Regional, qualifying for Nike Cross Country National Championship.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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