Matt Keim

Position:
Pole Vault
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bolivar, Ohio
High School:
Tuscarawas Valley

RESULTS

2020 Indoor: Competed in eight meets for the Zips in the pole vault, including placing third at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 28) eclipsing 17-0 (5.18m)...recorded seven top-five performances on the campaign...registered a career-best clearance of 17-1.50 (5.22m) to win the pole vault at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8)...bested the bar at 17-1.50 (5.22m), 16-7.50 (5.07m), 16-6 (5.03m) and 16-5.25 (5.01m) to capture titles at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8), Akron-Central Michigan Dual (Jan. 17), Al Campbell Invitational (Feb. 21) and Penn State National (Jan. 31)...placed second at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 24) with a mark of 16-3.25 (4.96m), while finishing fourth in the elite field at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 14).

2019 Outdoor: Garnered honorable mention All-America accolades in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 6) after earning an NCAA Championship berth on the strength of a qualifying mark of 17-5 (5.31m) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 23)...recorded a pair of career-best marks at the NCAA East Preliminary Round eclipsing 17-5 (5.31m) and 17-1 (5.21m) en route to earning first NCAA Championship berth...placed seventh at the MAC Championships with a clearance of 15-7.25 (4.76m)...posted six top-10 performances in the pole vault, including finishing third at Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 4) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5) with marks of 16-2 (4.93m) and 16-8.25 (5.09m)...surpassed 16-6.75 (5.05m) to place ninth the No. 2 flight of the pole vault at the Texas Relays (March 28)...recorded a mark of 16-6 (5.03m) to finish eighth in the pole vault at the LSU Invitational (April 27)...competed in 10 meets for the Zips.

2019 Outdoor Accolades: Honorable Mention All-America honoree (Outdoor Pole Vault)...NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor Pole Vault)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor Pole Vault).

2019 Outdoor: Earned an NCAA Championship berth after registering a qualifying mark of 17-5 (5.31m) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 23)...recorded a pair of career-best marks at the NCAA East Preliminary Round eclipsing 17-5 (5.31m) and 17-1 (5.21m) en route to earning first NCAA Championship berth...placed seventh at the MAC Championships with a clearance of 15-7.25 (4.76m)...posted six top-10 performances in the pole vault, including finishing third at Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 4) and Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5) with marks of 16-2 (4.93m) and 16-8.25 (5.09m)...surpassed 16-6.75 (5.05m) to place ninth the No. 2 flight of the pole vault at the Texas Relays (March 28)...recorded a mark of 16-6 (5.03m) to finish eighth in the pole vault at the LSU Invitational (April 27).

2019 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor Pole Vault)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor Pole Vault).

2019 Indoor: Competed in seven meets for the Zips in the pole vault, including collecting a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) with a mark of 16-1.25 (4.91m)...posted six top-10 performances in the pole vault...recorded a season-best clearance of 17-0.75 (5.20m) to place third at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15)...registered fifth- and sixth-place efforts in the pole vault surpassing 16-0 (4.88m) and 16-6.75 (5.05m) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9) and National Pole Vault Summit (Jan. 19)...added fourth-place showing at Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25) besting 15-7 (4.75m).

Prior to Akron: A four-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion in the pole vault at Mount Union capturing indoor and outdoor titles during the 2017 and 2018 campaigns...garnered All-America accolades placing second as a sophomore at 2018 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships...registered a 16th-place finish as a freshman in pole vault at 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Personal: Majoring in business...son of Donald and Lisa Keim.

4-9-20