2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Michael Keen

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Asheville, N.C.
  • High School TC Roberson
  • Prev School Lees-McRae

Biography

PR's
Indoor: SP - 13.92m (45’ 8”) … WT - 13.90m (45’ 7.25”)
Outdoor: SP - 13.42m (44’ 0.5”) … DT - 44.40m (145’ 8”) … HT - 44.38m (145’ 7”)
2025
Outdoor
  • Recorded a pair of personal bests at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15), finishing 10th with a PR of 44.40m (145’ 8) in the discus and 14th with a PR of 44.38m (145’ 7”) in the hammer throw
  • Notched a trio of top-10 finishes at the LR Open (Apr. 26), placing fourth in the hammer throw (42.00m (137’ 9”)), sixth in the shot put (13.06m (42’ 10.25”)), and eighth in the discus (37.96m (124’ 6”))
  • Placed seventh in the discus (42.00m (137’ 9”)), posted a season best of 13.42m (44’ 05”) to take 11th in the shot put, and recorded a toss of 39.10m (128’ 3”) in the hammer throw at the App State Open (Apr. 19-20)
  • Recorded a toss of 43.06m (141’ 3”) in the hammer throw and a toss of 40.15m (131’ 9”) in the discus at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 27-29)
Prior to App State
  • Competed at Lees-McRae for two seasons
  • Recorded nine top-10 finishes during his time with the Bobcats
  • Posted a season best of 39.32m (129’ 0”) in the hammer throw at the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Championships (Apr. 26-27)
  • Recorded a discus personal best of 39.79m (130’ 6”) to round out the top-20 at the Montreat College Open (Mar. 22-23)
High School 
  • Was a conference winner in shot put
  • Was the district runner-up in shot put
  • Also played lacrosse and was named defensive MVP
Club
  • Played on the Empire Lacrosse club team under the direction of Sean Humphreys
Personal
  • Son of Joi and Kevin
  • Enjoys reading, drawing, and cooking
  • Can do tricks with a yo-yo
  • While on a run he got chased up a tree by a bear
  • Writes stories