Brandon Keys

Photo by: Nikki Boertman

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
HS:
Vandergrift HS
Prev School:
Vandergrift HS

Academic Honors

Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for the Fall 2014, and Fall 2015 semesters.

Cross Country

2014 (Junior): Competed in three meets ... Ran a season-best 27:34.1 at the Rhodes College Invitational (8k) ... Posted a 27:36.31 at the Commodore Classic (8k) ... Recorded a time of 22:45.62 at the season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic (4 mile) … 2013 (Sophomore): Appeared in three meets … Ran a personal-best 24:41.10 at the Commodore Classic (8k) … Placed 40th in a time of 27:49.00 at the Rhodes College Invitational (8k) … Finished 53rd (23:33.60) at the Brooks Twilight Classic … 2012 (Freshman): Competed in four meets … Ran a season-best 28:17.45 at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic (8k) … Clocked a time of 22:45.85 at the four-mile Brooks Twilight Classic (4 mile).

Indoor

2014-15 (Junior): Ran the 800m, 3000m, 5000m and mile … Competed in the 3000m in three meets … Recorded a 3000m season-best 9:00.08 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (24^th) … Best 3000m performance was eighth at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (9:05.51) … Finished fourth in the 5000m at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Invitational (16:09.26) … Recorded a personal-best 800m time of 2:00.22 at the LSU High Performance Meet … 2013-14 (Sophomore): Competed in four meets … Recorded a season-best 2:01.12 in the 800m at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Also at the Vanderbilt Invitational, recorded a personal-best 4:25.74 mile run (19th) … Finished 24th with a personal-best 8:58.38 in the 3000m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2012-13 (Freshman): Appeared in four meets … Took fifth in the 800m at Eastern Illinois’ John Craft Invitational, running a season-best 2:05.76 … At Kentucky’s McCravy Invitational, ran a season-best 4:39.15 in the mile … Posted a season-best 9:26.53 and finished 24th in the 3000m at the Kentucky Invitational.

Outdoor

2015 (Junior): Appeared in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m, mile and 4x400m relay … Had top-five finishes in the 5000m at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (4^th; 15:50.14) and 3000m steeplechase at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational (2^nd; 9:56.29) … His 3000m steeplechase time at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational was a personal best … Ran both events at the American Athletic Conference Championships, posting a 16:33.75 in the 5000m (21^st) and 10:19.71 in the 3000m steeplechase (12^th) … 2014 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets … Ran a personal-best 1:59.82 in the 800m at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … In the 1500m preliminaries at the American Athletic Conference Championships, recorded a personal-best 4:09.69 … Placed eighth with a season-best 10:03.76 in the 3000m steeplechase at the A-State Open … 2013 (Freshman): Ran in one meet ... Recorded a personal-best 6:23.52 in the 2000m steeplechase at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational.

Prior To Memphis

Three-time letterwinner in cross country/track and field at Vandegrift High School … Holds the 800m school record (1:58.60) … Member of the 2009 district championship cross country squad … Three-time all-region selection in cross country … As a senior, posted season bests in the 800m (1:59.00), 1600m (4:31.00) and 5K (16:03.00).

Personal

Son of Drew and Delores Keys … Birthday is July 23 ... A biomedical engineering major.