2023-24 Indoor Track & Field Roster

Reily Rogers
Reily Rogers

Keila Finnestad

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Letters:
    2
  • Hometown:
    Midlothian, Texas
  • High School:
    Midlothian HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER BESTS
EVENT XC INDOOR OUTDOOR
800m - 2:28.53 (1/16/2021, Fayetteville, Ark.) 2:25.29 (5/14/2021, Mobile, Ala. [SBC])
Mile - - 5:35.12 (2/7/2021, Birmingham, Ala.)
2-mile 12:50.7 (Sept. 25, 2020, Arlington, Texas) - -
4,000m 17:26 (Sept. 3, 2021, Monroe, La.) - -
5,000m 19:08.4 (Sept. 30, 2022, Fayetteville, Ark.) - -
6,000m
23:36.2 (Nov. 11, 2022, Fayetteville, Ark. NCAA)

2022 Cross Country (Junior):  Placed 19th at the Little Rock Invitational recording a time of 21:20.3 for the 5K ... Placed 17th at the UCA XC Invitational with a time of 19:59.4 for the 5K ... Recorded a career best time in the 5K in 19:08.4 at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival ... Recorded a time of 25:15.3 at the Weis Crockett Invitational in the 6K ... Placed 50th at the OVC Championships in 24:31.1 for the 6K ... Recorded a career best 23:36.2 in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regionals.

2021 Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in four of the six meets on the season, posting a top 5K time of 19:43.7 which sets a new career-best time for her ... That came at the Little Rock Open (10/16), where she placed eighth ... Ran 20:25.5 in the UCA XC Challenge (9/11) to finish 17th ... Finished 15th at the Warhawk Invitational (9/3) with a 4K time of 17:26.

2021 Outdoor (Freshman): Ran the 800m in three events, posting a season-best time of 2:25.29 ... Made her first outdoor appearance at the Red Wolves Open where she ran 2:34.17 to place 16th in the Red Wolves Open (4/16-17) ... Placed 14th in the 800m at the Maroon & White Invite (4/30-5/1) with a time of 2:30.33 ... Ran a season-best time of 2:25.29 in the 800m to finish 20th at the Sun Belt Championships (5/13-15).

2020-21 Indoor (Freshman): Competed in two events and two relays across four meets, scoring points in her first conference championship meet ... Posted season-best times of 2:28.53 in the 800m and 5:35.12 in the mile ... Finished sixth in the 800m at the Arkansas Invitational (1/16) with a time of 2:28.53 ... At the Scarlet & Black Invitational (1/31/), finished 12th in the 800m with a time of 2:29.75 while running the opening leg of the 4x400m relay that ran 4:27.54 to finish sixth ... Placed 15th in the mile at the Jaguar Invitational (2/7/2021) with a time of 5:35.12 ... Ran the opening leg of the distance medley relay that scored at the Sun Belt Championships (2/22-23) with a time of 12:49.10, finishing seventh.

2020 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in all four meets, running a season-best 5K time of 20:00.9 ... Opened the year at the UCA Open (9/12) where she finished 24th with a 5K time of 20:42.9 ... Her best finish of the year came at the UTA Invitational (9/25) as she finished 17th with a two-mile time of 12:50.7 ... Ran 20:07.4 in the 5K at the Little Rock Open (10/17) to finish 23rd ... Placed 49th at the Sun Belt Championship (10/31) with a season-best 5K time of 20:00.9.

High School: Lettered in cross country and track and field all four years at Midlothian High School … Member of the National Honors Society.
 
Personal: Born on May 25 … Daughter of Maria and Jeremy Finnestad … Has four younger siblings: Seth, Jayden, Mayra and Israel … Wants to go into the medical field after graduation.

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  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

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