Kayla Keane

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
East Jordan, Mich.
High School:
East Jordan
Major:
Movement Science

Last Updated: March 23, 2020

At Michigan
• Member of the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championship Team
• Competing member of the 2016 Big Ten Outdoor Championship team and a member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor Championship Team
•U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award (2016-17)

Redshirt Senior (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Did not compete.

Cross Country
• Ran 21:30.3 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 4th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 19)
• Ran 21:40.38 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 22nd at the Big Ten Preview (Sep. 28)
• Ran 17:43.5 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 38th at the John McNichols Invitational (Sep. 21)
• Ran 17:37.8 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 4th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 30), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 4 runner.

Senior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:56.98 in the 3000 meter run for 2nd at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran 17:32.11 in the 5000 meter run for 10th at the Virginia Challenge (April 19-20)
• Ran a career-best 9:55.09 in the 3000 meter run for 14th at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran a career-best 10:02.60 in the 3000 meter run for 16th at the Black and Gold Invitational (March 22-23)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 10:02.49 in the 3000 meter run for 25th at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran 10:12.36 in the 3000 meter run for 25th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)

Cross Country
• Did not compete.

Junior (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 10:03.52 in the 3000 meter run to finish 12th at the Battle of the Blues (April 6)
• Ran 10:14.12 in the 3000 meter run to finish 9th at the Pac 12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 23-24)

Indoor
• Ran 10:01.98 in the 3000 meter run to finish 3rd at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Sophomore (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran a career-best 10:03.51 in the 3000 meter run to finish 6th at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1)
• Ran 17:37.31 in the 5000 meter run to finish 2nd at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (Mar. 24-25)

Indoor
• Ran a career-best 17:31.09 in the 5000 meter run to finish 16th at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Ran 5:16.05 in the Mile to finish 16th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 14)

Cross Country
• Ran to a fourth-place finish in 17:51.8 while competing unattached at the 5,000-meter EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21)

Freshman (2015-16)

Outdoor
• In her postseason debut, ran 36:17.44 to finish 20th in the 10,000-meter run
• Set a new 5K PR at Hillsdale's Gina Relays (April 30), timing 17:14.67 for a runner-up finish
• Made her outdoor debut in the 5,000-meter race at the Long Beach Invitational (April 15), running 17:27.14
• Competed in the 3,000-meter race at the Battle of the Blues (April 2), finishing with a time of 10:05.22
• Made outdoor debut at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 25-26) in the 5,000-meter event not finishing.

Indoor
• Competed unattached in the mile run finishing 13th with a time of 5:15.68 at the Hillsdale Winter Opener (Jan. 9).

Cross Country
• Redshirted
• Finished 113th with a time of 18:14.45 in the 5,000-meter event helping U-M to win the Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3)
• Made her Wolverine debut by helping U-M to a team win at the 5,000-meter Commodore Classic (Sept. 19), crossing at 17:39.2 for 21st, a career-best
• Made collegiate debut competing unattached in the 5,000-meter event at the EMU Celebration (Sept. 5) finishing fifth with a time of 17:39.4.

Prep

• Graduated from East Jordan High School (2015)
• Valedictorian
• Student Council President
• Superintendent's List
• All-State Academic Award; Cross Country
• League Scholar Athlete
• National Honor Society

Cross Country
• Named East Jordan High School's most valuable runner (2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15)
• All-conference honorable mention as a freshman (2011-12)
• All-conference 2013-15)
• Three year state qualifier (2012-15)
• All-state academic award (2012-14)
• 5th place division 4 state finals (2013-14)
• 7th place division 3 state finals

Track and Field
• School record in 1600m run (5:06) and 3200m run (10:47)
• Conference record in 3200m run
• All-conference honorable mention; 3200m run (2011-12)
• All-conference; 800m run (2011-12/2014-15)
• All-conference; 1600m run (2012-13/2014-15)
• All conference; 3200m run (2014-15)
• League Scholar Athlete (2013-14)
• All-region; 1600m run, 3200m run (2014-15)
• All-state; 1600m run, 3200m run (2014-15)
• Division 3 state champion; 3200m run (2014-15)
• Took first place in the 3200m run (10:56) at the Midwest Meet of Champions

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Majoring in Movement Science
• Born March 5, 1997
• Daughter of Kevin and Fay Keane

Other Sports
• Competed in Basketball (2011-2014)

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
Mile (I)	5:15.68	1-9-16
3000m (I)	10:01.98	2-16-18
3000m (O)	9:55.09	4-13-19
5000m (I)	16:54.76	12-2-16
5000m (O)	17:14.67	4-30-16
10,000m (O)	36:17.44	5-13-16