Completed Event: Track & Field at VertKlasse Meeting on April 4, 2025 , , Completed
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at VertKlasse Meeting
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Ketchum, Faithe
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Faithe Ketchum
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Distance [CC]
- Hometown:
- Big Flats, N.Y.
- High School:
- Corning Painted Post
- Major:
- Kinesiology
Bio
TFRRS
Personal:
Personal Records:
Outdoor Track & Field
4:47.85 in the 1,500m (Liberty Twilight Qualifier, 5/2/23)
10:47.00 in the 3,000m (Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, 3/16-3/18/23)
11:21.53 in the 3,000m steeplechase (Sun Belt Championships, 5/11-5/13/23)
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Indoor Track & Field
2:21.00 in the 800m (Marshall Classic, 1/14/23)
3:07.14 in the 1,000m (Virginia Tech Invite, 1/17-1/28/25)
5:01.08 in the mile (Sykes & Sabock, 2/4/23)
10:12.88 in the 3,000m (Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, 2/14-2/15/25)
18:02.18 in the 5,000m (Sun Belt Championship, 2/24/-2/25/25)
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Cross Country
14:32.5 in the 4K (Spider Alumni Open, 9/3/22)
17:39.4 in the 5K (Joe Piane Invitational, 9/29/23)
21:49.9 in the 6K (Lehigh Paul Short Run, 9/30/22)
Top-10 Program Times (as of 2025):
2024-25:
Outdoor Track & Field
2023-24:
Outdoor Track & Field
2022-23:
Outdoor Track & Field
High School:
Outdoor Track & Field
4:47.85 in the 1,500m (Liberty Twilight Qualifier, 5/2/23)
10:47.00 in the 3,000m (Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, 3/16-3/18/23)
11:21.53 in the 3,000m steeplechase (Sun Belt Championships, 5/11-5/13/23)
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Indoor Track & Field
2:21.00 in the 800m (Marshall Classic, 1/14/23)
3:07.14 in the 1,000m (Virginia Tech Invite, 1/17-1/28/25)
5:01.08 in the mile (Sykes & Sabock, 2/4/23)
10:12.88 in the 3,000m (Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, 2/14-2/15/25)
18:02.18 in the 5,000m (Sun Belt Championship, 2/24/-2/25/25)
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Cross Country
14:32.5 in the 4K (Spider Alumni Open, 9/3/22)
17:39.4 in the 5K (Joe Piane Invitational, 9/29/23)
21:49.9 in the 6K (Lehigh Paul Short Run, 9/30/22)
Top-10 Program Times (as of 2025):
- JMU No. 10: 3,000m Steeplechase - 11:11.71
2024-25:
Outdoor Track & Field
- Finished 13th in the steeplechase in 12:18.99 at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/4-4/5)
- Competed in six meets
- Ran a career-best time of 18:02.18 in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championship (2/24-2/25)
- Won the 5,000-meter competition with a time of 18:33.03 at the Marlins Invitational (1/31)
- Competed in five meets
- Ran a personal-best 4K of 15:08.7 at the Spider Alumni Open (8/31)
- Dean's List (Spring 2025)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2023-24:
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in seven meets
- Ran a personal-best 18:32.80 in the 5,000-meter run at the Bob Hayes Invite (3/15-3/16)
- Recorded a steeplechase PR of 11:11.71 for fourth at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/5-4/6)
- Won the 3,000-meter competition in 10:29.56 at the JMU Invite (4/13)
- Rounded out the top five in the steeplechase in 11:20.19 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (5/9-5/11)
- Competed in six meets
- Ran the opening leg for the second place distance medley relay team at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/9-2/10) with a time of 12:03.27
- Helped the DMR team take eighth at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (2/19-20) in 12:18.19
- Competed in six meets
- Finished 11th with a 5K PR of 17:39.4 at the Joe Piane Invitational (9/29)
- Crossed the finish line in 22nd at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships with a 5K time of 18:34.3 (10/28)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
- 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022-23:
Outdoor Track & Field
- Finished ninth in the steeplechase with a time of 11:21.53 at the Sun Belt Championships (5/11-5/13)
- Ran a PR of 4:47.85 in the 1,500-meter race at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier (5/3)
- Placed second in the steeplechase (11:42.82) at the JMU Invite (4/15)
- Ran the anchor leg of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished fourth in 9:51.75 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (3/16-3/18)
- Recorded an 800-meter time of 2:21.00 for fourth at the Marshall Classic (1/14)
- Rounded out the top five in the 3,000-meter competition at the Blue Marlin Invitational with a time of 10:17.84 (1/21)
- Finished fifth in the mile in 5:01.08 at the Sykes & Sabock Invitational (2/4)
- Competed in six meets for the Dukes
- Finished 37th at the Spider Alumni Open 4K with a time of 14:32.5 (9/3)
- Recorded a career-best 6K time of 21:49.9 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30)
- Crossed the finish line in 27th at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships with a 5K time of 18:25.8 (10/28)
- Dean's List (Fall 2022)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
- 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's Award
High School:
- Attended Corning-Painted Post
- 2022 indoor track and field state and national qualifier
- 3x Cross Country Southern Tier Athletic Conference Champion
- 2021 STAC Cross Country Champions
- Won the 2021 Cross Country Sportsmanship Award
- 2021 Northeastern Club Champions
- 2021 state showcase runner-up in 5000m
- 2018-19 cross country sectional champions
- 2019 indoor and outdoor state qualifier
- 2019 outdoor national qualifier
- National Honor Society Member
- National Technical Honor Society member
Personal:
- Faithe Ann Ketchum
- Daughter of Tom and Kristen Ketchum
- Has one brother, Colten, and one sister, Brynne
- Sister Brynne competed in cross country and track & field at Canisius
- Majoring in health sciences with a minor is pre-physical therapy
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