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Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June 2021 after recording a personal best time of 2:01.25 during the outdoor collegiate season … In her first career appearance at the Olympic Trials was one of only nine collegians in the field of 42 runners who competed in the first round of the Trials … Recorded a time of 2:03.81 and finished seventh in her heat which was won by eventual Olympic bronze medalist Raevyn Rogers … Competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships in 2022.
2021: Raced five times during the season and was a scoring runner for the Wildcats in all three postseason meets at the BIG EAST Championships, the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and the NCAA Championships;
Main Line Invitational (9/17): Opened the season by finishing ninth overall with a time of 17:16.5 over three miles at Haverford;
Paul Short Run (10/1): Placed sixth in the Villanova lineup and 65
th overall in a field of more than 340 runners in the Gold race at Lehigh … Her time of 21:19.3 was a career best for a 6K cross country course;
BIG EAST Championships (10/29): Tallied a 26
th place individual finish and was the Wildcats fourth scoring runner with a time of 22:11.8 at the conference championships;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/12): Finished 46
th overall and fifth in the team lineup at the regional meet with a time of 21:44.8 … Villanova came in third at the meet and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships;
NCAA Championships (11/20): Recorded her second best time of the season at 21:33.8 and came in fifth in the Wildcats lineup at the national championships.
2019: Competed in four meets during the season and earned her way into the team lineup for all three of the postseason meets ... Was a scoring runner for the Wildcats at the NCAA Championships;
Main Line Invitational (9/20): Opened the season with a ninth place overall finish at Haverford ... Posted a time of 17:58.5 over three miles, the fastest she has run the course in three career races at the site;
BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Competed at the conference cross country meet for the first time in her career and recorded a 40th place overall finish ... Registered a time of 23:38.4 over 6,000 meters;
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15): Came in 64th overall out of more than 200 runners in her first career race at the NCAA regional meet ... Registered a time of 21:40.1 which was nearly two minutes faster than she ran at the BIG EAST Championships two weeks earlier;
NCAA Championships (11/23): Came in fifth in the Villanova lineup and was one of the team's scoring runners for the first time in her career ... Recorded a time of 22:41.8 over 6000 meters and came in 235th overall at the national meet ... Villanova wound up placing 24th in the team standings in its fifth straight appearance at NCAAs.
2018: Main Line Invitational (9/14): Recorded a 16th place finish with a time of 18:06.0 over three miles in the first meet of the season.
2016: Haverford Invitational (10/21): Competed as an unattached runner ... Came in eighth at the meet with a time of 18:44.5 over three miles.
2022: Recorded three of the 10 fastest indoor times in school history in the 800 meters during the season, including the second-fastest at the NCAA Championships … First team All-American with a third place national finish in the 800 meters … Named the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year for the second straight indoor season and the third time in her career … Individual BIG EAST champion in the 800 meters … Ran the 400 meter leg of the Wildcats conference champion distance medley relay … Anchored Villanova to a third place finish and All-BIG EAST honors in the 4x800 meter relay … Ran a total of 11 races at five meets during the indoor campaign;
Penn 10-Team Select (1/15): Finished first in the 400 meters with a winning time of 54.58 at the season opener and ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay for a team which came in third with a time of 3:55.23 … Her time in the 400 meters was the fourth-fastest indoor mark in school history and an indoor personal best which put her third overall on the Wildcats all-time indoor performance list in the event;
Villanova Invitational (1/22): Notched her second straight first place finish in the 400 meters (54.71) and ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay in a lineup which came in second with a time of 3:49.16;
Husky Classic (2/12): Ran her first 800 meter race of the year and tallied a first place finish with a winning time of 2:03.48 against strong competition at Washington;
BIG EAST Championships (2/25-2/26): Won her third career BIG EAST title in the 800 meters and had a winning time of 2:06.02 in the final … Led the field of competitors with a qualifying time of 2:08.56 in the preliminary heats … Had a split of 54.06 on the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay to help Villanova win the BIG EAST title in the relay for the first time since 2019 and the 18
th time overall … Anchored the 4x800 meter relay to a third place finish with a time of 8:49.01 … Had a split of 2:11.19 on the anchor leg and the Wildcats earned All-BIG EAST honors in the relay;
NCAA Championships (3/11-3/12): Her third place finish in the 800 meters was her highest career finish at an NCAA meet until she beat it by one spot at the outdoor NCAA Championships a few months later … Earned first team All-America honors and notched the eighth indoor top-three finish in the 800 meters in school history … Her time of 2:02.70 in the final is the second-fastest indoor time in school history … Passed four runners during the final lap of the race to move up from seventh place to third and was still gaining steam at the finish line … On the first day of the meet placed fifth overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 2:04.00 … Came in third in her heat to automatically qualify for the final.
2021: Earned first team All-America honors in an individual event for the first time in her career ... Named the Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) ... Recorded consecutive personal best times in the 800 meters during the NCAA Championships ... Raced at four meets in all during the season;
Camel City Invitational (2/20): Opened her competition season with a time of 2:07.67 on an oversized flat track at the JDL Fast Track in Winson-Salem, N.C. ... The race was her first official collegiate competition since the 2019 cross country season;
Husky Field Event Challenge (2/27): Came in first in the 800 meters on a flat 200-meter track at Connecticut ... Her time of 2:05.64 converted down to a mark of 2:04.21 for NCAA qualifying purposes and secured her spot at the national championships;
Villanova Indoor Meet (3/5): Tuned up for the NCAA meet with a race in the 400 meters in the Villanova home meet in Staten Island ... Paced a field of 13 runners with a winning time of 55.27;
NCAA Championships (3/12-3/13): Came in seventh in the final of the 800 meters to earn first team All-America honors and score two team points at the national meet ... Lowered her personal best in the 800 meters in both the preliminary heats and the final ... Placed fourth in the second and faster of two heats in the preliminaries with a time of 2:04.56 ... That was a good enough mark to advance on time to the final, where she lowered her time three-tenths of a second to 2:04.26 and came in seventh overall.
2019: First team All-American in the distance medley relay ... BIG EAST champion in the 800 meters ... Recorded a personal best time in the 500 meters during the season ... Competed at six meets overall during the year;
Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Came in second in the 500 meters with a personal best time of 1:13.36 at the first meet of the season ... Also ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay as part of a lineup that came in third with a time of 11:59.27;
Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25-1/26): Recorded a split of 2:07.12 over 800 meters in the distance medley relay ... Helped lead Villanova to a first place finish with a time of 10:59.98 which qualified the team for the NCAA Championships later in the year ... On the second day of the meet came in fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.52;
Villanova Invitational (2/2): Runner-up in the 800 meters at the Wildcats home meet with a time of 2:07.26 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay which finished in second place with a time of 3:52.78;
David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/8): Traveled to Boston to compete in the 800 meters, where she placed eighth with a season-best time of 2:05.71;
BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Won her first career individual conference title ... Was the champion of the 800 meters with a winning time of 2:07.08 in the final ... Also paced the field of competitors with a time of 2:11.64 during the preliminary heats ... Helped the Wildcats capture their fourth BIG EAST team title in the last six years and the program's record 16th indoor championship overall;
NCAA Championships (3/8): Ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay and helped Villanova finish fourth in the race with a time of 10:56.04 ... The fourth place finish earned the Wildcats first team All-America honors in the relay and marked the team's best NCAA finish in the DMR since a second place finish in 2013 ... Posted a split of 2:06.72 on her 800 meter leg ... Villanova has been All-Americans in the DMR a total of 14 times at the indoor national meet.
2018: Competed at five meets during the indoor campaign ... Was an All-BIG EAST performer in the 400 meters and a conference champion in the 4x400 meter relay;
Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2): Finished third in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:48.37 and ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay on a team that placed third in 3:58.55;
Columbia Challenge (1/26): Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay with a split of 55.43, helping Villanova come in second in the seeded section of the DMR with a time of 11:11.76;
David Hemery Invite (2/9): Finished 11th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:07.89;
UCS Invitational (2/16): Helped the Wildcats record a time of 11:13.65 to win the distance medley relay on a flat track ... The winning time was converted down to 11:06.51 based on the track size;
BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Runner-up in the 400 meters at the conference meet ... Posted a time of 55.17 in the final to finish second overall after her time of 55.74 in the preliminary heats was ranked third in the field ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay in 54.57 and helped lead Villanova to a conference title in the relay with a winning time of 3:42.01 ... That mark ranks third on the Wildcats all-time indoor performance list, while the first place finish helped Villanova clinch the BIG EAST team title.
2017: Competed at seven meets during the season and was a significant contributor to the team both individually and in the relays ... Second team All-American as part of the Wildcats lineup in the distance medley relay ... Helped the team win BIG EAST titles in both the distance medley relay and the 4x400 meter relay ... Also was an All-BIG EAST performer in the 400 meters;
Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/3): Crossed the finish line in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.94 to record a first place finish ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay in a lineup that tied for first place with a time of 3:56.00;
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Came in seventh in the 600 meters with a time of 1:33.36 and ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay in a lineup that placed fourth in 3:49.93;
Gotham Cup (1/20): Placed fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.15;
Villanova Invitational (2/4): Came in fifth in the 800 meters (2:10.94) and in the 4x400 meter relay ... Ran the second leg of the relay and the Wildcats posted a time of 3:52.86;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Recorded a first place finish in the 400 meters and tallied a winning time of 55.62;
BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Part of BIG EAST titles in the distance medley relay and the 4x400 meter relay ... Ran the 400 meter leg of the DMR in 55 seconds and Villanova won the race with a time of 11:01.14 ... That mark also qualified the team for the NCAA Championships the following month ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay, which the Wildcats won in 3:42.06 while posting the fourth-fastest indoor time in the relay in school history ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors for a third place finish in the 400 meters ... Posted a time of 56.32 in the preliminary heats and was ranked fourth going into the final ... Lowered her time to 55.83 to come in third in the final;
NCAA Championships (3/10): Ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay at the national championships ... Recorded a split of 2:09.91 on her leg of the relay and the Wildcats finished 12th in the race with a time of 11:13.59 ... Earned second team All-America recognition for the team's DMR finish.
2022: Became the third Villanova woman ever and the first in 27 years to tally a top-two finish in the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships … Also became the third woman from Villanova to post top-three NCAA finishes in the 800 meters both indoors and outdoors in the same year … National runner-up in the 800 meters in the 109
th and final race of her collegiate career at the NCAA Championships … During the season ran three of the 10 fastest outdoor times in school history in the 800 meters (collegiate season only) … Recorded a lifetime best mark in the 400 meters to earn All-BIG EAST honors in the event … Held fast enough marks in the 400 meters, the 800 meters and the 1500 meters to have qualified in any of the three for the NCAA East Preliminary meet … Competed at seven meets and ran 11 races in all during the season;
Raleigh Relays (3/25): Ran the 1500 meters for the first time in her career and recorded a 12
th place finish with a time of 4:18.94;
Florida Relays (4/2): Runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.19;
Virginia Challenge (4/22): Recorded a third place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 54.18 at Virginia;
Penn Relays (4/29-4/30): Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay and the anchor leg of the 4x800 meter relay … Registered a split of 2:04.07 on her leg of the 4x800 relay as Villanova finished fourth in 8:30.63 … Her 400 meter split in the DMR was 53.81 and the Wildcats placed ninth in the race in 11:12.43;
BIG EAST Championships (5/13-5/14): Runner-up in the 400 meters to earn her 12
th career All-BIG EAST honor … Her time of 53.28 in the final was a personal best and is tied for the third-fastest time in school history in the 400 meters … Came in third in the preliminary heats with a then-PR of 53.39 (eighth-fastest in school history);
NCAA East Preliminary (5/26, 5/28): Automatic qualifier through the national first round and quarterfinal round of the 800 meters to reach the NCAA Championships … Came in third in her heat and ranked 17
th overall in the first round with a time of 2:05.44 … Finished third overall in the quarterfinal round in 2:02.70;
NCAA Championships (6/9, 6/11): First Villanova woman in 27 years to finish as high as second in the 800 meters at the outdoor national championships … Joined previous national runners-up Veronica McIntosh (1985) and Tosha Woodward (1995) with her second place finish … Became the third Wildcats runner, joining McIntosh and Patty Bradley (1984), to tally top three finishes in the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships both indoors and outdoors in the same year … Her 109
th collegiate race in the final at the NCAA meet was a memorable one as she swung wide and passed at least four runners during the final lap of the race … Her time of 2:01.71 was the second-fastest mark of her career … Automatic qualifier for the final after posting a time of 2:01.82 to finish second overall in the national semifinal round two days earlier.
2021: Her first collegiate outdoor season since 2018 was her best yet as she earned second team All-America honors in the 800 meters and qualified to run at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Her personal best time of 2:01.25 in the 800 meters is the third-fastest in Villanova history and the fastest to occur during the collegiate season … Was the BIG EAST champion in the 800 meters and anchored the Wildcats conference champion 4x400 meter relay squad … During the year anchored two of the eight fastest 4x400 relay teams in school history as well as the third-fastest sprint medley relay squad in Villanova history … Recorded personal best times in the 400 meters and the 800 meters during the year … Competed at a total of seven meets during the season;
Raleigh Relays (3/26-3/27): Competed in both the 400 meters and the 800 meters at North Carolina State in her season debut … Runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.56 and finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 54.80;
Temple Invite (4/9): Her lifetime best mark of 54.50 in the 400 meters moved her into sixth place in school history in the event … Won the 400 meters and anchored the Wildcats to a first place finish in the 4x400 meter relay … Had a split of 54.41 on the anchor leg of the relay as Villanova won the race in 3:42.76;
Virginia Challenge (4/17): Runner-up in the 800 meters in 2:04.22 and anchored the 4x400 relay squad (54.32 split) to a third place finish with a time of 3:39.99;
Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): Anchored two winning relays for Villanova during the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays, the famed meet in which she was a four-time carnival champion on Wildcats relay teams earlier in her career … Her split of 52.67 on the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay helped Villanova post a season-best time of 3:38.78 which ultimately qualified the Wildcats to send a relay to the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the first time in a decade … The 52.67 split is also one of the fastest over 400 meters in school history and the fastest known split by a Villanova runner in a 4x400 race … The relay time of 3:38.78 is the seventh-fastest in the Wildcats record book … Also had an 800 meter split of 2:06.17 on the day to help Villanova win the sprint medley relay in 3:49.82 and record the third-fastest time in school history in that race;
BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): Helped Villanova win its third consecutive outdoor BIG EAST team title … Was the individual champion in the 800 meters for the second time in her career and anchored the Wildcats to a conference title in the 4x400 meter relay in the final race of the meet … Her winning time in the 800 meters was 2:05.86 and came after she led the field of competitors during the preliminary heats in 2:08.30 … Villanova’s winning time in the 4x400 meter relay was 3:38.86 which is the eighth-fastest in school history;
NCAA East Preliminary (5/27, 5/29): Qualified for both the NCAA Championships and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 800 meters with a sensational race in the national quarterfinal round on the final day of the NCAA East meet … Her lifetime best mark of 2:01.25 leaped her into second place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 800 meters and was an automatic qualifying mark for the Olympic Team Trials … The only faster times in school history in the 800 meters are marks of 2:00.47 and 2:00.82 by school record holder Debbie Grant in 1987 during summer competition at the TAC Championships and the Olympic Festival … Grant’s fastest time during the collegiate season was 2:01.95 at the 1987 Gatorade Track Classic in Knoxville, Tenn. … Keegan came in second in her heat and eight overall in the national first round heats of the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.59 … In the quarterfinal round two days later she was again second in her heat and came in third overall while garnering an automatic qualifying spot for the NCAA Championships … Her time of 2:01.25 came after she led the field of competitors with the fastest second lap (1:01.30) in her heat to surge to the finish line with her historic mark;
NCAA Championships (6/10): Earned second team All-America honors in the 800 meters after coming in fifth in her heat and 13
th overall in the national semifinals with a time of 2:04.48 … She remained in Oregon following the competition to train for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials 12 days later.
2018: Had a breakthrough outdoor season which saw her qualify for the NCAA Championships in an individual event for the first time in her career ... Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 800 meters after reaching the national semifinal round in the event ... Scored at the BIG EAST Championships in the 400 meters for the second straight year ... Ran legs of the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay which won Championship of America titles at the Penn Relays ... Established new personal best times in the 200 meters and the 800 meters during the season;
Penn Challenge (3/24): Came in third in the 400 meters with a time of 56.73 in the first meet of the outdoor season;
Florida Relays (3/30): Finished 11th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.20 ... Led off the 4x400 meter relay for a squad which came in 15th in the preliminary heats with a time of 3:44.69;
Temple Owls Invite (4/13): Tallied a first place finish with a winning time of 55.31 in the 400 meters ... Posted a personal best time of 26.04 and finished eighth in the 200 meters;
Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Crossed the finish line in 2:06.97 in the 800 meters and came in third in the elite section of the event;
Penn Relays (4/26, 4/28): Was a part of Penn Relays titles in the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay for the second straight year ... Helped the Wildcats win their second consecutive 'distance triple' with Championship of America titles in all three distance relays contested at the world's oldest and largest track & field meet ... Had a split of 55.71 on the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay, with the Wildcats recording a winning time of 11:01.94 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay with a split of 2:04.91 and Villanova won that race in 8:19.98 ... The time is the second-fastest in school history and ranks sixth all-time in the collegiate record book;
BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Scored team points in the 400 meters with a fifth place finish, contributing to the Wildcats team title at the meet which completed an academic year 'triple crown' with BIG EAST titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... Recorded a time of 56.11 to finish fifth in the final of the 400 meters after posting a time of 57.01 in the preliminary heats which ranked sixth overall;
NCAA East Preliminary (5/24-5/25): Qualified for the NCAA preliminary meet in the 800 meters and advanced through the national first round and quarterfinal heats to earn a berth in the NCAA Championships ... Came in eighth overall with a personal best time of 2:05.11 in the first round heats and was an automatic qualifier for the quarterfinals the next night ... Posted a time of 2:05.16 in the quarterfinals, coming in 12th overall and advancing on time from her heat;
NCAA Championships (6/7): Posted a time of 2:07.39 in her national semifinal heat of the 800 meters and finished 20th overall ... Earned honorable mention All-America honors for her finish.
2017: Was part of Penn Relays titles in the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay ... Scored in the 400 meters at the BIG EAST Championships ... Competed at a total of five meets during the season;
Colonial Relays (3/31-4/1): Finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 56.42 ... Ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay for a Villanova lineup which placed fourth with a time of 11:46.25;
Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8): Placed seventh in the 400 meters in 56.25 ... Led off the 4x400 meter relay and helped the Wildcats post the 10th-fastest time in school history ... Villanova finished with a time of 3:39.74 and came in third in the relay;
Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21-4/22): Came in 17th in the elite section of the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.70 ... Placed sixth in the 400 meters the next day with a time of 56.25 which tied her top time of the season;
Penn Relays (4/27, 4/29): Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay and the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay as Villanova won Championship of America titles in both events ... Had a split of 54.05 on her leg of the DMR and recorded a split of 2:08.14 on her leg of the 4x800 relay ... Villanova won the DMR with a time of 10:53.97 and the 4x800 relay in 8:24.87;
BIG EAST Championships (5/12-5/13): Recorded a seventh place finish in the 400 meters at the conference meet ... Ranked sixth overall after the preliminary heats with a time of 56.86 and came in seventh in the final in 57.93.
Avon Grove High School: Earned four varsity letters in outdoor track & field, as well as two letters indoors and four letters in soccer as an attack and midfielder … Was the PIAAA AAA state champion in the 400 meters in 2014 and 2015 … Played club soccer for the Delaware Rush Soccer Club … Team finished third in Region 1 in both 2014 and 2015 … Achieved Distinguished Honor Roll status academically all four years … Named a National Scholar Athlete in 2015 … Winner of the Chester County Press Scholar-Athlete Award in 2016.
Personal: Born 8/31/98 in Newark, Del. … One of four children of James and Karen Keegan … Siblings are Caroline, Maggie and Bridget … Comes from an athletic family … Mother played soccer at Villanova and several other relatives also competed for the Wildcats, including former men’s cross country and track & field runner Mike Seeger … Sister, Caroline, competed on the track & field team at Saint Joseph’s … Enjoys playing soccer in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova due to the strong sense of community on campus and within the track &field program … Also cited the strong academic reputation of the school and the historical success of the track & field program … Psychology major who graduated in 2021 and began pursuing her Master's in Public Administration from Villanova during her final season of collegiate eligibility.
