2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Joe Keys
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Downers Grove North
Personal Bests (as of June 2022):
Indoor-
55: 6.74
60: 7.24
1,000: 2:41.03
55H: 7.84
60H: 8.17 (No. 3 all-time at MU)
4x400: 3:16.96 (No. 5 all-time at MU)
High jump: 1.90 meters/ 6-2.75 feet
Long jump: 7.42 meters/ 24-4.25 feet (No. 2 all-time at MU)
Pole vault: 4.73 meters/ 15-6.25 feet (No. 7 all-time at MU)
Shot put: 11.96 meters/ 39-3 feet
Heptathlon: 5,853 (No. 1 all-time at MU and BIG EAST Record)
Outdoor-
100: 11.13
400: 49.84
1,500: 4:26.83
110H: 14.93 (No.10 all-time at MU)
Pole Vault: 4.70 meters/ 15-5 feet (No. 8 all-time at MU)
High Jump: 1.96 meters/ 6-5 feet
Long Jump: 7.29 meters/ 23-11 feet (No. 7 all-time at MU)
Shot Put: 12.67 meters/ 41-7 feet
Discus: 38.81 meters/ 114-2 feet
Javelin: 58.71 meters/ 192-7 feet (No. 3 all-time at MU)
Decathlon: 7,138 (No. 2 all-time at MU)
TFRRS Profile
2021-22:
USTFCCCA All-Academic
NCAA Second Team All-American (Heptathlon)
NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
BIG EAST Indoor Champion (Heptathlon)
Robert L. and William P. McCahill Award
BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2)
Outdoor (Sr.): Missed the outdoor season with an injury.
Indoor (Sr.): A second team NCAA All-American … Appeared in nine meets competing in multiple events … Set a personal best and recorded the sixth best time in the 55-meter hurdles (7.73) at the Firebird Opener (Jan. 15) claiming first place … Won the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championships (Feb. 25) breaking the conference and school record with a score of 5853. At the conference championships, He recorded the second-best long jump mark in program history at 7.42 meters/24 feet, 4.25 inches … Took 14th with a score of 5699 in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11).
2020-21:
NCAA Second Team All-American (Decathlon)
BIG EAST All-Academic
Marquette President's Award
Ralph H. Metcalfe Senior Award - Athletic Excellence
BIG EAST Institutional Male Scholar-Athlete Award
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in the heptathlon at the UW-Parkside Triangular #2 on Feb. 19-20 and won the event with 5,187 points ... Also competed at the UWM Panther Tune-Up on Feb. 14 in the high jump and pole vault..
Outdoor (Jr.): NCAA Second Team All-American in the decathlon ... Placed 12th on June 9-10 in Eugene, Oregon at the NCAA Championships with 7,479 points ... Set personal-bests in four individual events at the NCAA meet, including the 100 (11.13 seconds), the shot put (12.67 meters/41-7), 400 (49.84 seconds), and 1,500 (4:26.83) ... Set the Marquette program record in the decathlon on April 9-10 at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational with 7,537 points ... Top javelin mark of 58.71 meters (192-7) came on April 10 in Miami and is MU's No. 3 mark all-time ... Competed in three events at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, the 110-meter hurdles, long jump and javelin.
2019-20:
USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (Heptathlon)
USTFCCCA All-Academic
NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24)
All-BIG EAST (Indoor 60-meter Hurdles)
BIG EAST All Academic Team
Indoor (Jr.): Placed eighth and tied a personal best in the high jump at the Blue & Gold Invitational on Dec. 6 (1.90 m/6-2.75 ft) ... Was also a member of the winning 4x400 team at the B&G Invitational with a time of 3:16.96 (No. 5 all-time at MU) ... Took first place in the 60m hurdles (8.25; #3 AT) and pole vault (4.73 m; #6 AT) at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 18) ... Placed fifth in the long jump at the Notre Dame Invitational on Jan. 25 (6.73 m) and took seventh in pole vault (4.40m/14-5.25 ft) ... Placed 13th in the 60m (8.29) hurdles at the Black & Gold Premier (Feb. 1) ... Took first place in the heptathlon at the Windy City Rumble (Feb. 7) with a time of 7.10 in the 60m, a distance of 7.32m in long jump and 12.71m in shot put, a height of 1.97m in the high jump, a time of 8.32 in 60m hurdles, a height of 4.6m in pole vault, and a time of 2.45.8 in 1000m ... His 5,667 points in the heptathlon is the new school record, breaking his old record by over 300 points ... Competed in four events at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (60m hurdles, pole vault, long jump and high jump) ... Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a PR of 8.17 (No. 3 all-time) to earn all-conference honors.
2018-19:
USTFCCCA All-Academic
All-BIG EAST (Outdoor- decathlon; Indoor- long jump, heptathlon)
BIG EAST Champion (Outdoor decathlon)
BIG EAST All-Academic
BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 5)
Indoor (So.): Competed in six indoor meets... Set a personal record in the pole vault at the John Tierney Classic (second place; 4.50 m/14-9 ft)... Won the heptathlon at the Windy City Rumble (5,241 points)... Earned runner-up honors at the BIG EAST Championships in the heptathlon (5,338 points)... Took bronze in the long jump at the conference championships with a new personal-best (7.05 m/23-1.75 ft).
Outdoor (So.): Competed in seven outdoor outdoor meets... Finished as the 110-meter hurdle runner-up at the Marquette Invitational on April 5 (15.15)... Placed fifth at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the decathlon (7,138; personal record)... Set a personal best at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic in the 110-meter hurdles (14.95)... BIG EAST Champion in the decathlon (7,112 points).
2017-18:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Finished fifth in the heptathlon (4,663 points), placing first in the 1,000-meter race (2:43.27), second in long jump (6.73m/ 22-1 feet) and third in 60-meter hurdles (8.71 seconds) at the BIG EAST Championships ... Placed first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.59 seconds at the 2017 Blue and Gold Invitational ... Competed in the John Tierney Classic placing third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.50 seconds) ... Placed second at the Jack Johnson Classic in long jump with a leap of 6.66 meters (21-10.25 feet) ... At the Shell Shocker Meet he placed second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.53 seconds.
Outdoor (Fr.): Finished the decathlon in fourth, placing in the top-three in four of the events (1,500, javelin, pole value, discus) at the BIG EAST Championships ... Took home silver at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the decathlon, placing second in the pole vault (4.30 m/ 14-1.25 feet), third in the 110-meter hurdles (15.69) and in the top-five in five other events.
Prior to Marquette: Letter winner in track and field and football at Downers Grove North ... Competed in the decathlon all four years as a Trojan ... Four-time state qualifier ... Earned 17 all-conference selections ... Helped team to 2014 and 2017 sectional championships ... Served as captain of the track team both junior and senior seasons.
Personal: Keys was born in Hinsdale, Ill. and is the son of Tom and Susan Keys ... Has one sister, Bridget, who plays soccer at the University of Saint Francis ... Plans to major in mechanical engineering.
Championships History:
NCAA Indoor Championships
2021-
Heptathlon: 14th (5699)
2020-
Heptathlon: Event not held due to COVID-19
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2021-
Decathlon: 12th (7,479 points) - NCAA Second Team All-American
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2021-
Heptathlon: 1st (5853) (No. 1 all-time at MU)
2020-
60-Meter Hurdles: 2nd (8.17) (No. 3 all-time at MU)
Pole Vault: 5th (4.55 meters/14-11 feet)
High Jump: 4th (1.95 meters/6-4.75 feet)
Long Jump: 5th (7.01 meters/23-0 ft)
2019-
Pole Vault: 6th (4.30 meters/14-1.25 feet)
Heptathlon: 2nd (5,338 points) (No. 1 all-time at MU)
Long Jump: 3rd (7.05 meters/23-1.75 ft)
2018-
60-meter hurdles: 8th (8.63; prelim- 8th, 8.70)
Heptathlon: 5th (4,663 points) (Freshman Record; No. 6 all-time at MU)
BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2021-
110-meter hurdles: 4th (14.93 seconds) (No. 10 all-time at MU)
Long Jump: 5th (7.29 meters/23-11) (No. 7 all-time at MU)
Javelin: 9th (58.50 meters/191-11)
2019-
Javelin: 5th (53.20 meters/174-6 feet)
Decathlon: 1st (7,112 points) (No. 3 all-time at MU)
2018-
Javelin: 6th (47.51 meters/155-10 feet)
Decathlon: 4th (5,981 points)
