By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
Greensboro (NC) — Former Mount Pleasant track athlete Keegan Rich earned All-American status yesterday the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships.
Rich, now jumping for Nebraska Wesleyan, jumped 22 feet, 9 inches for seventh.
The winner was Brockport State senior Egypt Page who cannonballed a 24 foot, 4.25 inch leap.
Sam Beatty, another Panther alum, is scheduled to compete in the men’s high jump this weekend as well.
Beatty is a member of the Central Dutch track team.