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Tarleton State University Athletics

2023 Track & Field Roster

Keelin Engel

  • Class Sophomore
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Hometown Worth, MO
  • High School Worth County HS

Biography

Career Accolades  
Ranks fifth in school history in the indoor pole vault (10’ 2”) and 10th in the outdoor pole vault (10’ 0”). 

Freshman (2022) 
Outdoor: Vaulted at three meets … Began the spring by clearing 10’ 0” at the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational to notch a season personal record … Placed sixth at the SFA Invite and ninth at the UTA Invitational. Indoor: Cleared 10’ 2” in her collegiate debut at the FasTrack Collegiate Challenge to move to fifth on Tarleton’s all-time indoor top-10 list. 

Worth County High School 
Lettered four times in track and field under coach Janice Borey … Was ranked 19th in the pole vault in Missouri in 2021 … Closed her prep career by winning the 2021 MSHSAA Class 1 Pole Vault State Championship … Personal record was 11’ 0” … School record holder in the event …  Top-ranked Missouri Class 1 vaulter from 2019-2021 … Named to the 2021 KMA-Land All-Star Track Team … Posted a runner-up finish in the pole vault at the MSHSAA Class 1 State Championships … Helped team capture a MSHSAA Class 1 state title as a freshman in 2018 … Also won Conference championships in the pole vault in 2019 and 2021 … District and Sectional pole vault as a sophomore and senior (2019, 2021) … Also lettered four times in both golf and competitive dance … Academically, was a High Honor Roll student all four years … Earned Academic All-Conference recognition every year in both golf and track and field … NMC Dual Credit Scholarship Recipient … Member of National Honor Society. 

Personal 
2021 graduate of Worth County HS in Worth, Missouri … Daughter of Jay and DJ Engel … Has a brother, Will, and a sister, Eva … Originally trained in pointe ballet but decided to try pole vault after watching her brother compete in the event … Majoring in agriculture education … Born March 24. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Pole Vault/Javelin
  • 2023Sophomore

    Pole Vault/Javelin