| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Pole vault: 5.82 m (2024) |
Keaton Daniel (born 8 April 2001) is an American pole vaulter. He won 2024 NCAA Championship titles both Indoors and Outdoors. [1]
He was a two-time Nevada high school state champion before attending Fresno Pacific College. He later transferred to the University of Kentucky. [2]
Competing for the University of Kentucky, he won NCAA outdoors silver and bronze medals in 2021 and 2022. [3]
Daniel won the SEC Indoor Championships in February 2024. He then won the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, clearing 5.70 metres, in March 2024 to win Kentucky's first-ever pole vault national championship. [4] [5]
He won the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, with a height of 5.67 metres. [6] [7] [8] He cleared a personal best 5.82 metres to finish fourth in the pole vault at the 2024 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024. [9]
He cleared 5.70 metres to place fifth overall at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League. [10] He finished fourth at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. [11]