2022-23 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Keys, Joe

Joe Keys
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High School:
- Downers Grove North
Bio
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CAREER ACCOLADES
2023 OUTDOOR
Competed in seven meets in preparation for the decathlon... finished 2nd in the decathlon at the Big 12 Championships securing a PB 7,697 points which is No. 2 all-time for Tech as he secured four new PB marks in events (100m, 400m, 110 hurdles and discus)... went on to finish 12th in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
COMPETED AT MARQUETTE 2017-22
2022 OUTDOOR
Did not compete due to injury.
2022 INDOOR
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).
2021 OUTDOOR
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.
2021 INDOOR
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..
2020 INDOOR
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.
2019 OUTDOOR
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).
2019 INDOOR
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).
2018 OUTDOOR
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.
2018 INDOOR
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.
CAREER ACCOLADES
- 2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American - Decathlon
- 2023 Big 12 Decathlon Silver Medalist
- 2022 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American - Heptathlon
- 2022 Big East Heptathlon Champion
- 2021 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American - Decathlon
- 2019 Big East Decathlon Champion
- 2019 Big East Silver Medalist - Heptathlon
2023 OUTDOOR
Competed in seven meets in preparation for the decathlon... finished 2nd in the decathlon at the Big 12 Championships securing a PB 7,697 points which is No. 2 all-time for Tech as he secured four new PB marks in events (100m, 400m, 110 hurdles and discus)... went on to finish 12th in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
COMPETED AT MARQUETTE 2017-22
2022 OUTDOOR
Did not compete due to injury.
2022 INDOOR
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).
2021 OUTDOOR
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.
2021 INDOOR
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..
2020 INDOOR
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.
2019 OUTDOOR
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).
2019 INDOOR
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).
2018 OUTDOOR
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.
2018 INDOOR
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.
Wes Kittley Media Session
Thursday, March 06
Postmeet Press Conference: Big 12 Indoor Championships
Saturday, March 01
Wes Kittley Media Session - Big 12s Indoor Preview
Wednesday, February 26
Sean Gribble Media Session
Wednesday, January 22