[2] During her skating career, she resided in Costa Mesa, California and worked as a foodserver in Newport Beach.
[2] Keeley switched from singles to pairs in 1983, when John Baldwin Sr. asked her to skate with Gary Kemp.
They stepped onto a national podium for the first time at the 1986 U.S. Championships, taking the pewter medal for fourth place.
In the 1987–1988 Olympic season, Keeley/Mero won bronze at the 1987 Skate Canada International and 1987 NHK Trophy before placing fourth at the 1988 U.S. Championships.
Granted free ice time at the Ice Capades Chalet in Costa Mesa, California, the pair was training on-ice daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.[1] They won the bronze medal at the 1988 Grand Prix International de Paris and then received bronze at the 1989 U.S.