Kiegan Lenihan

Duke Track and Field in studio in Durham, NC. November 4, 2020

Position:
Throws
Height:
6-2
Weight:
0
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Tarrytown, N.Y.
High School:
Hackley

Honors: 2021 All-ACC Second Team (Javelin, Outdoor), 2021 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor), 2019 All-ACC First Team (Javelin, Outdoor), 2019 ACC Outdoor Silver Medalist (Javelin), 2018 ACC Outdoor Champion (Javelin), 2018 All-ACC First Team (Javelin, Outdoor), 2017 All-ACC Second Team (Javelin, Outdoor)

2020-21 T&F: Opened the season with a throw of 62.27m (204-3 feet) in the javelin to finish in seventh place at the Raleigh Relays (3/25) ... Set a season best with a second place finish in the javelin and throw of 64.41m (211-4 feet) at the Virginia Invitational (4/3) ... Won his first event in just under two years, winning the javelin with a season best throw of 67.34m (220-11 feet) at the Tobacco Road Challenge (4/10) ... Took home his second straight first place finish with a throw of 67.25m (220-8 feet) in the javelin at the Charlotte Invitational (4/23) ... Earned a third place finish in the javelin with a toss of 64.40m (211-3 feet) at Duke Twilight (5/3) ... Became the first four-time All-ACC honoree in the javelin in 10 years for Duke, finishing sixth in the javelin with a throw of 64.51m (211-8 feet) at the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/13 - 5/15) ... Record his best regional finish of his collegiate tenure, finishing 20th in the javelin with a throw of 66.01m (216-7 feet) at the NCAA East Regional (5/26).

2019-20 T&F: Did not compete in any events during the indoor season ... outdoor season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 T&F: Competed in javelin throughout the outdoor campaign … notched two second-place finishes at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) and Battle of the Blues (4/6), throwing a distance of 67.37m and 60.47m, respectively … earned first at the Duke Invitational (4/20), recording a distance of 66.09m … at the Outdoor ACC Championships (5/23), registered a PR toss of 70.97m, notching a silver medal and putting him third all-time in Duke outdoor history … qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary round, placing 25th with a distance of 62.81m ... earned All-ACC First Team at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2017-18 T&F: A javelin thrower who competed in seven competitions across the 2018 campaign, earning top five finishes in five of those, including a pair of first-place finishes … took home first in the Battle of the Blues (4/6) with a throw of 217-9 … earned his first career ACC title at the ACC Outdoor Championships, launching the javelin a personal-best 221-2 on his very first throw of the competition to earn First-Team All-ACC honors and place third all-time in Duke history … qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round where he finished 24^th with a mark of 197-4 to close out his sophomore campaign, marking his fifth time breaking 60 meters in the season.

2016-17 T&F: Competed in four events during the outdoor season, specializing in the javelin throw…Earned four top ten finishes during the year, including a third place finish at the Battle of the Blues (4/1) when he threw a season-best 199-8 (60.86)…Qualified for the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/14) and finished in fifth place after throwing a distance of 199-8 (60.85)…Also finished in fourth at the Duke Invitational (4/22) and in ninth at the Raleigh Relays (3/25) with distances of 197-4 (60.14) and 199-1 (60.69) respectively.

Prior to Duke: Lettered all four years under Dejan Maksimovic while attending Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y…named the Hackley School Outstanding Field Event Athlete in 2015…2015 Ivy League Champion in javelin…notched the furthest throw in N.Y. in 2015 with a mark of 193-5 (58.97).

Personal: Son of Marion Fischer and Lawrence Lenihan…born on April 2, 1997 in White Plains, N.Y…has two brothers, William and Silas.

Duke Outdoor PR
Javelin [3] – 70.97m (5/9/2019)