John Keenan, a graduate student-athlete at Notre Dame, achieved a seventh-place finish in the men's javelin throw final with a personal-best 249-2 (75.96m) performance in the opening round at the NCAA Division 1 Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. Keenan, making his NCAA finals debut, became the first Notre Dame male athlete since 1958 to earn All-America honors in the javelin throw.