Sean Keveren (born 17 June 1990) is a runner who specializes in long-distance disciplines. He represented the
United States
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Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 45,373 as of the 2020 United States census. He won two AAA state XC championships, two AAA state 1,600m championships, and two AAA state 3,200m championships. As Keveren became recognized as one of the top high school athletes in the country, he ran for the United States in the boy's 5000-meter race at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he placed second, finishing in a time of 14:14.46 (min:sec).
Collegiate
Keveren ran for
University of Virginia
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, where he would specialize in the
5000 meters
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and
10,000 meters
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distances. He was
redshirted
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in his freshman year, but still finished ahead of all of his upper-classmen teammates in the 2009 Cavalier Open. He finished in 18th in the men's 10,000 meter-race with a time of 29:31.86 (min:sec) at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track Championship, earning
All-America
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n honors. In 2013, he graduated and did not compete in his last year at University of Virginia.
Post-collegiate
After graduating, he joined Ragged Mountain Racing and began racing at various invitationals and road races. He was a member of the RMR squad which competed at the 2014 USATF Club Cross Country Championships, where he finished the men's 10K in 30:53.08, placing 74th overall. 2014 USATF National Club XC Championships (December 13, 2014). Retrieved September 13, 2015 On March 21, 2015, Keveren won the Charlottesville 10-Miler and broke the course record which was previously set in 1989 by Ken Frenette.