Keith was an outstanding
athlete in many sports, but he excelled at track and
field. He set several records that stood for years in
different events and in 1930 Keith represented Canada in
the pole vault at the British Empire Games while still in
high school.
- 1927
- WOSSAA Championships in London. Placed
first in junior pole vault (record) and
intermediate pole vault (record). At the
Ontario Athletic Commission Championships in
Toronto achieved first in intermediate pole
vault
- 1928
- WOSSAA Championships in London; first in
intermediate pole vault and shot put (record) and
second in high jump. Ontario Athletic
Commission Championships in Toronto as first
in javelin (record that stood for over 20 years)
- 1929
- WOSSAA Championships in London - first in senior
javelin (record) and pole vault and second in high
jump - CAAU Interscholastic Championships in
Montreal - first in pole vault (record), javelin
(record), shot put (record) and high jump - won
Individual Senior Championship - Canadian
Interscholastic Meet in Hamilton - first in pole
vault (record) and javelin, second in high jump,
and third in shot put - Ontario Athletic
Championships in Hamilton - first in senior
javelin and third in pole vault - Kent County
Secondary Schools Championships in Ridgetown.
First in pole vault (record that stood for 59
years), shot put, high jump, running broad jump,
standing broad jump, and hop, step and jump. Won
Individual Senior Championship
- 1930
- WOSSAA Championships in London - first in
javelin (record that stood for 24 years), discus
(record), and shot put and second in pole vault
and high jump - won Individual Senior
Championship.
- CAAU Interscholastic Championship in Montreal -
first in javelin, shot put, and discus and second
in pole vault - won Individual Senior Championship
- Legion Canadian Invitational Meet in Cornwall -
first in pole vault and shot put and second in
hop, step and jump - tied for all around
championship.
- CAAU Championships in Toronto; second in javelin
and earned right to represent Canada in the first
British Empire Games by bettering the Olympic
standard. Ontario Athletic Commission
Championships in Hamilton; first in senior javelin
(record) and third in shot put; British Empire
Games in Hamilton, fourth in javelin behind
world's champion and champions of two other
countries.
- 1930-31
- WOSSAA Championships in London; first in
javelin, discus (record), and high jump and second
in pole vault and shot put; won Individual Senior
Championship . CAAU Interscholastic Championships
in Cornwall; first in pole vault, javelin, and
shot put, second in high jump, and third in
discus. Won Individual Senior
Championship. Played defence for the Chatham
Senior Maroons Hockey Club who were OHA finalists
both years.
- 1941-43
- While in military training, competed with
distinction at various military track meets across
Canada
- 1990
- Died in Chatham, Ontario at age 78
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