2023-24 Track and Field Roster
Biography
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2023-2024 | Track & Field
- Indoor:
- Competed in eight meets during the season.
- Set a personal best in the 600-meters at the Spokane Invitational, finishing 7th with a time of 1:22.89.
- Set a personal best in the Mile at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial, finishing 14th with a time of 4:22.13.
- Competed in the DMR at the Riverfront Invitational, finishing 1st with a time of 10:14.95.
- This performance ranked 9th on EWU Men’s All-Time Indoor DMR.
- Represented EWU at the Big Sky Indoor Championship, competing in the:
- 800-meters, finishing 9th in the preliminaries with a personal best time of 1:51.78
- This performance ranked 5th on EWU Men’s All-Time Indoor 800-meters.
- 4x400-meter Relay, finishing 8th with a time of 3:20.41.
- DMR, finishing 8th with a time of 10:13.63.
- This performance ranked 7th on EWU Men’s All-Time Indoor DMR.
- Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
- Outdoor:
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.
2021-2022 Track & Field
- Indoor:
- Competed at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships in two events.
- Ran his fastest time in the mile at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open where he finished 7th with a time of 4:33.64.
- Outdoor:
- Competed at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
- At the OSU High Performance Meet he ran a personal best in the 1,500-meters placing 8th with a time of 3:59.22.
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.
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2020-2021 Cross Country
- Advanced to the 2021 Big Sky Winter Championships and finished second best for Eastern at 63rd (27:2.9).
- He also 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, 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.
- 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, Kness ran a career best time of 20:10.4 in the 5.75K and placed 61st.
High School
- As a senior, placed third in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 1:53.88 at the WIAA 3A State Championship Meet.
- During the same event, placed 4th in the 1600-meter race with a personal-best time of 4:16.67.
- Finished 3rd in the mile with a best of 4:20.34 at the Portland Track Festival High Performance meet.
Personal
- Born 12/19/00 in Alaska.
- Parents are John and Karen Kness.
Historical Player Information
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2019-20Freshman
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2020-21Sophomore
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2021-22Sophomore
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2022-23Junior
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2023-24Senior
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