Keenon Laine (born 12 June 1997) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

.Keenon Laine
Team USA In 2019, he jumped 2.28 m indoor (Fayetteville, AR), 2.26 m outdoor, then finished sixth at

2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships The 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships were held at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place from July 25–28 and served as the national cha ...

, then qualifying for the 2019 World Championships in Doha. He finished fifth at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

and won the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Querétaro.

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* * Living people American male high jumpers 1997 births Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games People from Versailles, Kentucky Georgia Bulldogs men's track and field athletes {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub