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2017 Cross Country Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Cheyenne, Wyo.
    Hometown
  • 6'0
    Height
  • Cheyenne East HS
    High School
Michael Kesy
Michael Kesy
Senior
Class
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

TRACK AND FIELD:

2016-17: Did not compete.

2015-16: Did not compete.

2014-15: Competed in four meets during the outdoor season...best showing was 15:14.69 in the 5,000 meters at the Jack Christiansen Invite on April 25...did not compete during the indoor season. 

2013-14: Redshirted and did not compete during the indoor or outdoor seasons. 

Personal Bests:

Outdoor:
3,000 Meters - 9:00.49 (2018)
5,000 Meters - 15:14.69 (2015)
10,000 Meters - 32:00.20 (2015)

CROSS COUNTRY:

2016-17: Did not compete.

2015-16: Redshirted...did not compete during the cross country season.

2014-15: Placed in Wyoming's top six in five of six meets during the season...top showing was 25:06 for 46th at the MW Championships to finish as the fourth Cowboy...also was Wyoming's fifth runner at the Indiana State Pre-Nationals and NCAA Mountain Region meets...placed 20th overall at the Montana State Invite in 25:50...was ninth at the season-opening Aggie Invite in 22:55.

2013-14: Finished in Wyoming's top seven in four of the six meets during the season...top performance was 35th at the Mountain West Championships in 25:26 to earn the MW Freshman of the Year Award...finished as UW's fifth runner at the meet...finished sixth for the Cowboys at the NCAA Mountain Regional in 31:57 for 83rd...also was sixth at the Highlander Invite in 18:26 for 17th.

Before Wyoming: Ran his prep career at Cheyenne East High School...as a senior won his conference cross country meet and earned all-state honors with a 10th-place finish at the state meet...in indoor track placed eighth in the 3,200 meters at the state meet while running a school record time...also placed 8th in the 3,200 meters at the state outdoor meet...place sixth in the 1,600 meters outdoors...as a junior placed second at the state cross country meet...also earned all-state honors indoors in the 3,200 meters and outdoors in the 3,200 and 1,600 meters...owned personal bests of 15:41 in the 5,000 meters, 9:45 in the 3,200 meters and 4:28 in the 1,600 meters.

Personal: The son of Steve Kesy and Jane Caton...born on Jan. 17, 1995, in Cheyenne, Wyo...has one sister, Rachel...majoring in electrical engineering at UW...also recruited by Montana, Nebraska and Idaho State.