Nazareth College Athletics

Biomedical Sciences major... son of Mark and Kim Celecki, Barneveld, N.Y... returning for his fourth cross country season, Celecki has been a fixture in the Golden Flyers' lineup and finished sixth at the 2019 Empire 8 Conference meet at St. John Fisher with an 8-kilometer time of 27:09.3 to earn first-team all-conference honors for the second year in a row... posted a time of 27:17.7 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet at St. Lawrence on 11/16/19 to finish in 117th place... top 8k time of 26:59.5 was good for 27th place at Houghton's Highlander Invitational on 10/5/19... ran well during the indoor track season as he placed fifth in the mile (4:35.58) at the E8 Conference meet on 2/28/20... also had personal-best times in the 3,000-meter run (9:16.83), the 1,000-meter run (2:44.60) and the 800-meter run (2:05.19).

2018-19: Celecki was the Golden Flyers' top distance runner in 2018 with a fourth-place finish at the Empire 8 Conference meet at Alfred with an 8-kilometer time of 30:36.5... earned first-team E8 all-star honors... also finished 130th at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet at Rowan (28:40.5)... competed as a distance runner for the Golden Flyers during the indoor track and field season in 2019 and finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the E8 indoor meet with a personal-best time of 16:04.46... also ran 9:21.56 in the 3,000-meter run at Utica Pioneer Open... missed the outdoor season due to injury.

2017-18: Celecki was the Golden Flyers' top finisher at the Empire 8 Conference meet in 2017, placing 16th with a time of 28:50.5 for 8 kilometers... earned second-team E8 Conference all-star honors... finished in 132nd place at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet at Houghton with a career-best time of 26:54 for 8 kilometers... competed for the Golden Flyers' indoor and outdoor track and field teams and had top times of 4:30.83 in the 1,500-meter run, 9:26.90 in the 3,000-meter run and 10:22.77 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
 
Scholastic: a graduate of Holland Patent High School, Celecki was a five-year member of cross country team there... helped team win state title in 2013 and competed in the state meet as an individual in 2015 and 2016... also a member of the swimming and track teams.