2023-2024: Indoors – competed in 4 meets, opening his college career with a 2nd place finish in the 60H
at the JD Martin Invitational in Norman, OK. Later in the season, he would place 5th in the 400 and 6 th in
the 60H at the Charlie Thomas Invite in College Station. He would finish his first collegiate indoor season
by scoring at the WAC Championship in 2 events – running the leadoff leg on the ACU’s 7 th place 4x400
relay and running the 400 leg on ACU’s 8 th place distance medley relay. Outdoors – due to a nagging
injury left over from the indoor season, Kenan was redshirted for the outdoor season.

Before ACU: Kenan comes to ACU after a stellar HS career at Justin Northwest HS. During his senior year
at Northwest, he won the District 5-5A meet in the 110H, 300H, long jump and anchored the winning
4x400 relay. He would go on to win the Region I-5A 110H, getting 2 nd  in the 300H, 5 th  in the LJ, and the
4x400 relay just missing going to state by placing 4 th . At the 5A state meet, he would place 4 th  in both the
110H and 300H. In 2023, he was ranked #15 in the 300H and #45 in the 110H among all American HS
students. Indoors, he also won the OK HS Inv #1 60H with a time of 8.15, putting him #92 in the U.S. for
high schoolers. During his junior year, in 2022, he went to the state track meet in 4 events – getting 6 th  in
the 110H, 7 th  in the 300H, 9 th  in the LJ, and running on the 7 th  place 4x400 relay. He would finish his
career at Northwest as the school record holder in the 110H, 300H, 400, and LJ and the 4x400 relay he
anchored also holds the school record. He was also named to the 2023 Texas HS Coaches Association
Super Elite Team for 5A boys. He also was a member of the Academic All-State T&F team. His PR’s in
high school – 110H (13.83), 300H (36.99), 400 (49.20) and LJ (22-9.75).
 
Personal: Graduated from Justin Northwest HS in 2023. His parents are Dawn & John Cervenka and Joe
Reil. He has also been active at his home church, Cross Timbers Church in Argyle. Kenan is a Kinesiology
and Exercise Science major at ACU.

Why did you choose ACU? ACU was the first school that showed real confidence in me and gave me a
chance to further show what God has blessed me with. But, most importantly, it was a place I felt
comfortable calling home knowing I would be able to grow academically, physically, and spiritually as a
student athlete.

What is your favorite thing about ACU? ACU is a place where you do not have to worry about finding
community. Whether you are a student-athlete or not, everybody can find a community they can open
up to.