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2017-18 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sara McKeeman

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • High School Carroll

Biography

2018 Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Cleared 12'4.25" (3.85m) at NCAA West Prelims 
  • Placed at Big Ten Championships for the first time during the outdoor season, clearing 13'4.25" (4.07m) 
  • Set a lifetime best vault at the Illinois Twilight by clearing 13'5.75" (4.11m) at the Illinois Twilight, winning the competition 
  • Won pole vault competition at Bill Cornell Spring Classic
  • Academic All-Big Ten  
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoor

  • Twice set PR marks at Big Ten Championships, placing fifth with a height of 13'4.5" (4.08m)
  • Placed in the top five of every pole vault competition 
  • Won the Illinois Open pole vault competition with a height of 12'10" (3.91m)

2017 Track and Field

Outdoor

  • Redshirt season
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Placed runner-up in the pole vault at the Border Battle and Illini Classic

2016 Track and Field

Outdoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships, tying for 14th in the pole vault with a mark of 12'4" (3.76m)
  • Won the pole vault competition at two meets 
  • Set an outdoor PR of 13'1.5" (4.00m) at the UCF Dual 
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoor

  • Placed ninth at Big Ten Championships in the pole vault with a PR of 13'1" (4.01m)
  • Improved her personal-best mark in each of her last four meets. 
  • Tied teammate Jennifer DeBellis for the event title at the EIU Early Bird 

2015 Track and Field

Outdoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships
  • Best pole vault mark came at the Rankin Invitational (3.96m)

Indoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships
  • Best mark of the season came at the EIU Early Bird (3.80m)

High School

  • Three-year letterwinner in track
  • Two-time conference pole vault champion
  • three-time sectional pole vault champion
  • Two-time regional pole vault champion
  • 2013 Indiana state pole vault champion
  • 2014 Indiana state pole vault runner-up
  • Runner-up at the Midwest Meet of Champions in the pole vault
  • Competed at the in the pole vault at the New Balance Nationals
  • Level 10 sanction gymnast
  • State runner-up in the beam in 2012
  • Regional gymnastics qualifier in 2012
  • National Honor Society member

Personal

  • Daughter of David and Marcia McKeeman
  • Born February 12, 1996
  • Has two brothers, one of which (Jonathan) played basketball at Purdue
  • Hobbies include reading, drawing and dancing
  • Favorite athlete is Nastia Liukin
  • Majoring in kinesiology

Personal Bests

Track & Field

Outdoor
Pole Vault 13-5 3/4 (4.11m) - Illinois Twilight (4/14/18)

Indoor
Pole Vault: 13-4 1/2 (4.08m) - Big Ten Championships (2/23/18)

Updated May 2018

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2016-17Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2017-18Redshirt Junior

    Pole Vault