West Grove native McKenna Keegan, a graduate student at Villanova University, was the national runner-up in the 800 meters at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Keegan passed at least four runners during the final lap of the 800 meters and swung wide as she powered down the final straightaway in one of the most remarkable finishes of her career.

The sprint to the finish line gave Keegan a time of 2:01.71, the second-fastest mark of her collegiate career, behind only the lifetime best of 2:01.25 that she recorded last season. She surged across the line just in front of Oklahoma State’s Gabija Galvydyte, who finished third, and held her ranking entering the race after being the second-fastest qualifier coming out of the semifinal heats.

Keegan becomes the third Villanova runner to finish as high as second outdoors in the 800 meters, joining previous national runners-up Veronica McIntosh (1985) and Tosha Woodward (1995).

The Avon Grove High School grad was running the 109th and final race of her Villanova tenure and poured every last ounce of effort into completing her incredible collegiate career. She ends her time in a Wildcats singlet as a seven-time All-American, including three top-eight national finishes and a pair of top-three results in the 800 meters indoors and outdoors this year.

Keegan is also an eight-time Big East champion and a 12-time All-Big East performer.