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    Marty Keifer
    Marty Keifer
    Class:
    Senior
    Hometown:
    Sugar Grove, Ill.
    High School:
    Kaneland
    Height / Weight:
    6-2 / 165
    Event:
    Pole Vault
    Birthdate:
    01/23/1980

    AT ILLINOIS -

    2003 Outdoor -
    Career-best vault of 17’01.00” came at the Missouri Invitational ... That jump qualified him for the NCAA Regional Championships ... Ranked second among Big Ten vaulters this season ... Won the Missouri Invitational and the Iowa Twilight ... Finished third at the Drake Relays.

    2003 Indoor -
    Ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in the pole vault after clearing 17’00.75” to win the Illinois Invitational ... Won the Carle/Health Alliance Classic and finished second at the Illini Classic.

    2002 Outdoor -
    Seventh-place finish at the Big Ten Championships highlighted the season ... Won pole vault competitions at Clemson with a season-best jump of 16’03.00” and at the May Twilight with a leap of 16’01.25”.

    2002 Indoor -
    Won the Carle/Health Illini Classic with a season-best jump of 16’07.25” ... Finished second at both the Illinois Invitational and Wisconsin Elite Invitational.

    2001 Indoor
    Competed in three events, placing a season-best second at the Illinois Invitational ... Also placed third at the Illinois Classic ... Outdoor - Improved his performance by over a foot during the course of the season ... Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships in the pole vault with a leap of 16’10.75” ... Earned three second-place finishes in the pole vault during the season ... Finished second at the Southern Illinois Quad, Midweek Triangular and the SIU-Edwardsville Invite.

    2000 Indoor
    Competed in one event, finishing third at the Illinois Invitational ... Outdoor-
    Competed in three meets for Illinois ... Had a pair of second-place finishes at the SIU Quadrangular and the Illinois Triangular ... Placed fifth at the EIU Big Blue Classic.

    HIGH SCHOOL -
    Two-time Illinois Class A State Champion in the pole vault ... Won titles at both the indoor and outdoor Illinois Class AA State Championships in 1998 ... Vaulted a career-best 15-7 on his way to th outdoor title ... Finished sixth at the outdoor state meet in 1997 and fourth at the indoor meet.

    PERSONAL -
    Son of William and Yvonne Keifer ... Born Jan. 23, 1980…Majoring in Agriculture ... Brother high jumped at Missouri ... Hopes to become a professional pilot.

    PERSONAL BESTS -
    Indoor
    Pole Vault 17-0 3/4

    Outdoor
    Pole Vault 17-1

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