Hall of Fame
- Highlights: Two-time SRU graduate with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, standout 400-meter hurdle runner, two-time All-American, nine-time PSAC champion, 18-time All-PSAC honoree and five-time national qualifier.
Allison (Smith) Keck is one of the most decorated intermediate hurdlers in Slippery Rock program history after qualifying for the NCAA Division II National Championships for four straight years in the 400-meter hurdles. She closed her career as a two-time All-American, including a first team All-America honor in the 400-meter hurdles and first team All-America honor in the 4x400-meter relay.
Keck broke onto the scene as a freshman in 2008 when she qualified for nationals and took 13th in the 400-meter hurdles at the national meet. She followed that up with a 17th place showing in 2009 during a busy national meet where she ran three different 400-meter races after also running the prelims and finals of the 4x400-meter relay. The team of Keck, Amanda Seigworth, Lacey Cochran and Tiffany Tedesco would go on to finish seventh in the 4x400-meter relay at nationals after setting the SRU record with a time of 3:44.83. Their All-America finish became the first female relay team at SRU since 1982 to earn All-America honors at an outdoor national meet. The same foursome also broke the SRU indoor record in the 4x400-meter relay in 2009 with a time of 3:51.53, a mark that also still stands today.
Keck earned a trip to nationals again in 2010, where she improved to 11th in the 400-meter hurdles. She saved her best for last, however, as she qualified again as a senior in 2011 and recorded the best finish of her career with a remarkable fourth place showing in the finals, picking up her first career individual All-America honor. Under the 2025-26 rules, Keck would have been a three-time All-America honoree in the 400-meter hurdles.
In addition to her performances at nationals, Keck also picked up nine PSAC titles combined in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays and earned 18 All-PSAC honors combined in the relays, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
An exceptional student as well, Keck was an eight-time member of the Dean's List, a two-time All-Academic selection by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and an Academic All-District honoree. She earned a pair of degrees from The Rock, first earning an undergraduate degree in exercise science in 2010 before completing a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2013.
She currently serves as a biology instructor with Portage Learning while also working casually as a physical therapist with Encompass Health of Sewickley.
Keck and her husband, Ryan, reside in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania and are the proud parents of three daughters, Mackenzie, Lillian and Isabella.
