Keyen Porter

Class: Senior Hometown: Blue Springs, Mo. High School: Blue Springs South HS

Height: 6-3 Event: Hurdles

2009 OUTDOOR: Met NCAA regional qualifying standards twice in the season in the 110-meter hurdles... Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Missouri Relays (March 27) with a time of 14.29...Took third at the John Jacobs Invitational (April 11) with a season-best time of 14.21...Also finished third at the Kansas Relays (April 18) in 14.49...Had a season-best 400-meter hurdle time of 57.76, which he set at the Jim Click Shootout (April 4).

2009 INDOOR: Ran in eight different meets during the indoor season...Recorded a season-best 60-meter hurdle time of 8.06 in the prelims of the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 27)...Took sixth at the adidas Classic (Jan. 31) with a time of 8.10...Runner up at the Arkansas Invitational, clocking in at 8.18...Also ran the 60-meter and 200-meter dash, with season-best times of 7.34 and 23.03, respectively.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered all four years in track...State champion in the 110-meter hurdles as a senior in a time of 13.6...Was selected as team MVP as a junior and senior...Posted a personal-best time of 39.1 in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior...All-state as a junior in the 110-meter hurdles, running a time of 14.4...Set a freshman school record of 16.1 in the 110-meter hurdles...Tied the freshman school record in the high jump with a leap of 6 ft...Personal-best high jump is 6-06 ft...Lettered three years in football...Member of the 2006 state champion football team...Was an all-metro cornerback...Named to the academic honor roll as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Son of Helen Porter-Ferguson and Randall Ferguson...Born in Bedford, Texas...Majoring in pharmacy.