Kereston Thomas - 2015 Track & Field
Roster
Kereston Thomas
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-6
- High School:
- Rawlins HS
2015-16: Indoors, ran at five meets…finished second in the 55-meter
dash at the Rocky Mountain Classic with a time of 7.01…finished fourth in the
60 meters at the Powder River Dual with a time of 7.88…recorded a season-best
7.64 in the 60 meters at the MW indoor championships, finishing 12th…outdoors,
recorded a season-best 11.95 in the 100 meters at the Weber State Open to
finish second…posted a season-best 24.36 in the 200 meters at the Tom Benich
Classic, taking second…finished 16th in the 200 meters at the MW
outdoor championships with a time of 24.92.
2014-15: Redshirted and did not compete during the indoor or
outdoor seasons.
2013-14: Earned four All-MW honors during the season, including
conference titles in the 200 meter indoors, 100 meters outdoors and 4x100-meter
relay outdoors...indoors ran the second-fastest time in school history in the
60 meters in 7.45 to place fifth at the MW Championships...also posted the
second-fastest time in UW history in the 200 meters with a 24.20 at the
conference meet to finish first...outdoors broke her own school record in the
100 meters with a time of 11.50 at the MW Championships to win the event...also
ran the No. 4 time in the 200 meters with a 23.71 at the conference meet to
finish runner-up...helped Wyoming's 4x100-meter relay win at the MW
Championships in 45.04, the second-fastest time in school history...qualified
for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 100 and 200 meters and the 4x100-meter
relay...finished 44th in the 200 and 48th in the 100 at the event.
2012-13: During the indoor season, earned UW's No.3 all-time mark
in the 60 meters with a 7.52 in the preliminaries round at the MW Championships
for fifth place...also achieved UW's No. 3 all-time mark in the 200 meters with
a 24.39 for sixth place...finished seventh in the 60 meters in 7.6 and eighth
in the 200 meters in 24.6 at the league meet...won the 60 meters in 7.5 at the
Air Force Invite and seventh in the 200-meter preliminaries in 25.5...outdoors,
competed at the MW Championships in the 100 meters, placing ninth in 11.8 after
finishing seventh in the preliminaries in 11.7...also competed in the 200
meters at the league meet, finishing 12th in 24.3 and helped the 4x100-meter
relay to sixth place in 46.1...won the 200 meters in 24.1 at the Cowpoke
Open...earned UW's best 100-meter time in school history with an 11.68 at the
Jack Christiansen Invite for second place, also placing first in the 200 meters
in 24.4 and helping the 4x100-meter relay to first place in 46.1...achieved
UW's eighth best all-time 200 meters at 24.15 for 18th place at the Mt. SAC
Relays...named Academic All-MW.
Before Wyoming: Coached by Nancy Steinburg at Rawlins High School
... lettered four years in track ... also played three years of basketball ...
named basketball team captain and Ms. Defense for two years ... in track, named
all-conference and all-state all four years ... placed at region and state as a
freshman and sophomore ... honor roll member all four years, National Honor
Society member as junior and senior ... member of student council first two
years and served as Student Body Vice President senior year ... earned two
academic letters.
Personal: Parents are Linzie and Amber Green ... has eight siblings
... father, Linzie, played basketball at Nicholls State while stepmother,
Amber, played collegiate volleyball ... majoring in criminal justice at UW.
Personal Bests:
Indoor:
60 Meters – 7.45 (2014)(No. T-3 UW All-Time Mark)
200 Meters – 24.20 (2014)(No. 2 UW All-Time Mark)
Outdoor:
100 Meters – 11.50 (2014)(No. 1
UW All-Time Mark)
200 Meters – 23.71 (2014)(No. 4 UW All-Time Mark)
