Adam Keenan Career Stats
Academic Notes: Majoring in clinical psychology
Personal Best: Hammer (230-1, 70.14 m) | Weight (67-1.25, 20.45m)
2017: Competed at six indoor meets in the weight throw event … Tossed a PR at Don Kirby ( 20.45m, 67' 1.25") … That mark that ranked No. 1 in the conference, 34th in the country and moved him into fifth place on the Big Sky’s All-Time rankings … Repeated as conference champion in the weight throw at Big Sky Indoors … Add eight more meets to the docket during the outdoor season … Registered four victories in the hammer throw, including a successful defense of his 2016 title at 2017 conference championships … PR’ed at conference championships with a 70.18m (230' 3") bomb … That mark ranked No. 1 in the conference, No. 11 in the nation and currently ranks first on the Big Sky’s All-Time list … Earned second-consecutive trips to NCAA West Prelims and NCAA Championships … Registered second-team All-American accolades with an 11th-place performance at nationals (68.98m, 226' 4")
2016: Pieced together one of the best throwing seasons in NAU history … Opened the indoor season with a first-place, 62-6.75 (19.07m) throw at the Mountain T’s in the men’s weight throw … Second competition of the indoor season was at Big Sky Conference Championships, securing the conference title in the men’s weight throw with the fourth-best mark in school history and the ninth-best all-time in the conference (64-9.75, 19.75m) … Competed at six meets during the outdoor season in the men’s hammer throw … Surpassed the 220’ threshold five of the six times he competed … Best mark of the season came at Big Sky Outdoor Championships, with a 230-1 (70.14m) throw, winning the conference title and breaking the old school and Big Sky record—which was set by him earlier in the season … Four-time Big Sky Men’s Field Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season, becoming one of five Big Sky competitors to earn such a title at least four times in a season … In the eight meets Keenan has competed in during his Lumberjack career, he has won six of those events and came in second once
Before NAU: Silver medalist in 2014 at Canadian Championships … Bronze medalist in 2014 at the NACAC Games … Gold medalist at the Canadian games in 2013 and set the meet’s hammer throw record … Member of the World Junior Team in 2012 … Gold medalist in the hammer throw at the Canadian Junior Championships in 2011 and 2012, and set the meet record in that event in 2012 …
Personal: Born on Sept. 26, 1993 to mother Patricia … Has one older brother, Stewart … Hobbies include playing the guitar and watching Netflix … Interesting athletic fact: trained with Canadian Olympian Dylan Armstrong for four years … Chose NAU because of Coach Ott, his former training partner Lauren Stuart is an alumnus and “it’s a great school”
