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Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - Iowa

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Ashlyn Keeney

Middle distance/Distance
LIBERTY HS
NORTH LIBERTY, IOWA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

4:39.24

1500M (State)

9:58.57

3000M (Season Best)
“Ashlyn was able to persevere through difficult obstacles because of her commitment and dedication to this sport that she loves. She is highly self-motivated and strives for excellence in everything that she does.”
Keaton Rickels
Head Coach - head coach of Liberty High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s 2018-19 Gatorade Girls Track & Field Player of the Year, the 5-foot-5 junior won the 800- and 1,500-meter events at the Class 4A state meet and took second in the 3,000, leading the Lightning to a seventh-place finish as a team. At the time of her selection, Keeney’s season-best clocking of 9:58.57 in the 3,000 ranked No. 23 nationally among prep competitors in the event in 2021. Her winning time of 4:39.24 in the 1,500 at the prestigious Drake Relays ranked No. 42 nationally. A two-time Mississippi Valley Conference Track Athlete of the Year, she suffered a rare eye infection as well as a labral tear and hamstring tendinitis that hampered her sophomore and junior cross country seasons.

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Academic Achievement

Keeney has maintained a weighted 4.23 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Keeney has volunteered locally at the Iowa City Community Crisis Center, and she has donated her time as a freshman tutor and youth track coach.