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Sean Keane - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

SeanKeane

  • class Junior
  • High school Whiterock Christian
BIO

Collegiate Bests
400M: 50.54 | 800M: 1:51.52

2012-13 (Sophomore)
Outdoor:Won the 800 meters at the Oliver Nikoloff Inivtationalwith PR time 1:51.52 … Won 800 at the wire at home meet Heart of the Bluegrass Classic … Placed eighth at the Kentuckiana Border Battle … Has competed in the mile relay twice, and also raced over 400M at the season opening USF Bulls Invitational … Part of UK’s 4×800-meter relay team at Penn Relays.

Indoor: Competed at 800 meters for the majority of the season with one go at 1,000 meters to open the season during December … Season-best 800M time of 1:51.87 came at the Rod McCravy Invitational, where he posted a top 10 finish … Finished fifth in his season-opening 1K race … Part of a fourth place DMR squad at the Kentucky Invitational…Competed at 800M at SECs for the second time in his career.

2011-12 (Freshman)
Indoor: Season best 800-meter performance came at the UW Husky Classic where he went 1:53.75 placing seventh … Competed in the 800 meters at the SEC Championships.

Outdoor: Season-best outdoor 800-meter time of 1:56.60 came at the Polytan Invitational … Set a personal-record
50.84 400-meter time at the USF Bulls Invitational, placing 26th.

High School
Won multiple track provincial championship titles … Named to the junior Canadian Pan American team in 2011 … BCathletics nominee for athlete of the year … Ranked between first and second for youth and juniors during the 2010 and 2011 seasons … Broke the national record for the youth 4x400m relay in 2010 and then again in 2011 … Broke the Western Canada Games record in the 800m run in 2011 … Broke the Canadian Junior 4x400m record in 2011 … named to the Provinces’ “Head of the Class 2011” … Competes in the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and cross country … Finished in second place in the 800m at the Youth Canadian Track and Field Championships in 2010 … Finished in second place in the 800m at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships in 2011 … Won the 1,500m at the BC High School Provincial Championships in 2010 … Finished in second in the 800m at the BC High School Provincial Championships in 2011 … Won the cross country race at the Junior Provincial Cross Country Championships … Played power forward in basketball in high school

Personal
Son of Liam and Merry-Ann Keane … Has one sister, Brianna … Chose UK because of the amazing academic services available, specifically C.A.T.S., the incredible training facilities, the coaching staff and the team.

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