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2022-2023 Track & Field
	- Indoor:
	
		- Represented EWU at the 2023 Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships.
 
		- Ran his fastest time in the mile at the 2023 WSU Open where he finished 40th with a time of 4:25.72.
 
	
	 
	- Outdoor:
	
		- Competed at the 2023 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track Meeting.
 
		- At the Oregon State High Performance he set a personal best in the 1,500-meters where he finished 8th with a time of 3:58.90.
 
	
	 
2020-2021 Track & Field 
	- Outdoor: 
	
		- Advanced to the Big Sky Conference Championships in the 800 meters where he finished 13th overall with a time of 1:53.67.
 
		- Prior to the championships, Kness set a personal record in the 800 meters at the Whitworth Twilight Invitational (1:52.21).
 
		- Had a PR in the 1,500 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet where he ran 3:59.40.
 
	
	 
 
2020-2021 Cross Country 
	- Advanced to the 2021 Big Sky Winter Championships and finished second best for Eastern at 63rd (27:2.9).
 
	- Competed in the Idaho Orchards Invitational finishing third best for the Eagles with an 8,000-meter time of 26:32.3, and placing 14th overall.
 
2019-2020 Track and Field 
	- Indoor:
	
		- Named to the Big Sky All-Academic team.
 
		- Finished in 11th place at the Boise State Challenge with a career-best time of 1:59.43.
 
		- During the Idaho Open, Kness ran the mile in a career-best time of 4:36.77 to finish 23rd.
 
	
	 
2019 Cross Country 
	- Named to the Big Sky All-Academic team.
 
	- Finished 72nd at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 30:19.9 on an 8,000-meter course in Greeley, Colo.
	
		- Then went on to finish 180th at the NCAA Division I West Region Championships in Colfax., Wash., with a career-best time of 34:00.6 on a 10,000-meter course.
 
	
	 
	- Recorded a career-best time of 26:31.1 in the 8K at the Charles Bowles Willlamette Invitational where he placed 56th.
 
	- During the Clash of the Inland Northwest, ran a career best time of 20:10.4 in the 5.75K and placed 61st.
 
High School 
	- Graduated from North Central HS in 2019.
 
	- His senior season he took 15th place with his personal best time in the 5,000 meters at the 3A WIAA State XC Meet.
	
		- Helped lead his team to a second place finish.
 
	
	 
	- His junior year when North Central took third at the state meet, Kness placed 46th.
 
	- Competed at the NXR Northwest Regional Championships both his junior and senior seasons.
 
	- In track and field, he set two personal best times at the 3A WIAA State Championship Meet in both the 800 and 1,600 meters.
	
		- With a time of 1:53.88 in the 800 meters he placed third overall, and in the 1,600 he took fourth with a time of 4:16.67.
 
	
	 
Personal 
	- Born 12/19/00 in Alaska.
 
	- Parents are John and Karen Kness.
 
                     
                
                
                
                
                    
                        
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