2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Jim Keys

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Herndon, Va.
  • Highschool Langley

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS
 
Seven-time BIG EAST scorer during his collegiate career, including five times in the pole vault and twice in the javelin ... Two-time All-BIG EAST performer in the pole vault, finishing second indoors in 2020 and third indoors a year earlier ... Enters the 2023 season ranked fifth in school history in the pole vault ... His personal best mark of 4.87 meters recorded during the 2021 campaign is tied for the 10th best mark in school history ... Has finished sixth and eighth at the BIG EAST Championships in the javelin.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
Pole Vault 4.87 Meters Penn Twilight (5.1.2021)
Javelin 54.80 Meters Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4.24.2021)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Pole Vault
2019 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Pole Vault
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Mark Place
May 13 Javelin 51.09m 8th
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | TRACK & FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Mark Place
February 25 Pole Vault 4.60m 5th
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Mark Place
May 14 Pole Vault 4.45m 7th
2020 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Mark Place
March 1 Pole Vault 4.75m 2nd
2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Mark Place
May 10 Pole Vault 4.30m 5th
May 10 Javelin 49.94m 6th
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Mark Place
February 22 Pole Vault 4.55m 3rd
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Langley High School: Captain of the track & field and football teams … Following his sophomore year competed at the 2016 USATF Youth Outdoor Championships and was the Boys 15-16 pole vault champion … Recorded a personal best mark of 4.27 meters in the pole vault during his high school career.
 
Personal: Born 3/15/00 in Herndon, Va. … One of four children of James and Deanne Keys … Siblings are Jessica (23), Caroline (19) and Robbie (17) … Father was a collegiate track & field athlete at George Mason and an accomplished decathlete during his competitive career … Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its academic reputation, its location and the academic and athletic opportunities the school offered … Computer Science major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Pole Vault

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Pole Vault/Throws

  • 2020-21Junior

    Pole Vault/Throws

  • 2021-22Senior

    Pole Vault/Throws