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2015-16 Women's Track and Field

Carey Celata

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Germantown Friends
  • Hometown Philadelphia, Pa.

Biography

2013-14: Went 11-4 overall, including 5-2 in Ivy League matches ... Played the majority of her matches at the No. 7 position, but also played at five and six ... Won Ivy matches against Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, and the clinching match in a historic win over Princeton ... Went 2-1 at the CSA Team Championship Howe Cup ... Competed in the CSA Individual Championship Ramsay Cup, going 0-2.

2012-13: Went 6-1 overall, including a 2-1 record in Ivy League matches … Played one match at position six, one at seven, three at eight and two exhibition matches … Finished the season ranked No. 102 in the CSA Individual Rankings.

High School: Lettered five times in squash and four times in track & field, captain of both teams … Also lettered in cross country … Named team’s squash MVP in three different seasons (2008-09 & 11) … Finished sixth at both 2012 U.S. U19 and 2011 U17 Junior Squash Championships … Team MVP of both her cross country and track & field teams as a senior … Led her team to 2009 and 2011 Friends School League (FSL) track & field championships, while also a member of the 2011 cross country championship team …  2011 All-State and All-FSL performer in cross country … Two-team All-FSL performer in track & field (2010-11), earning honorable mention honors in 2009 … Young Epidemiology Scholar regional finalist and scholarship recipient … U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Daughter of Jennifer and Robert Celata … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Carey Celata Career
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2012-13      1-01-02-1  2-06-15-1
2013-14    2-0  1-08-4     11-4 5-2
2014-15            
2015-16            
Career     2-0 2-0 9-42-1   2-017-510-3
             
             
             
             
             

Career Accolades:
- 2015 Outdoor ECAC Champion (4x800)
- 2015 Outdoor NCAA Qualifier (800 meters)
- 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic

OUTDOOR 2016
• Competed in three meets during the outdoor season, including the ECAC Championships (May 13) and the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 7).

INDOOR 2016
• Competed in six indoor meets, including the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• Member of the DMR team that placed second at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• Placed first in the 800 meters at the Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30)
• Placed first in the 400 meters at the Leigh Angry Birds meet (Jan. 16).

OUTDOOR 2015
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team
• Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters
• Won the Outdoor ECAC title as member of the 4x800 relay team
• Scored at Outdoor Heps in the 800 meters (fourth) and as member of 4x800 relay (third)

INDOOR 2015
• Scored at Indoor Heps as member of 4x800 relay (third)
• Won the 1,000 meters at Lehigh Fast Times meet (Dec. 6)

OUTDOOR 2014
• Competed in the outdoor season and scored at 2014 ECAC Championships as member of the 4x800 relay (fifth)
• Also a member of the squash team

High School: Lettered five times in squash and four times in track & field, captain of both teams … Also lettered in cross country … Named team’s squash MVP in three different seasons (2008-09 & 11) … Finished sixth at both 2012 U.S. U19 and 2011 U17 Junior Squash Championships … Team MVP of both her cross country and track & field teams as a senior … Led her team to 2009 and 2011 Friends School League (FSL) track & field championships, while also a member of the 2011 cross country championship team … 2011 All-State and All-FSL performer in cross country … Two-team All-FSL performer in track & field (2010-11), earning honorable mention honors in 2009 … Young Epidemiology Scholar regional finalist and scholarship recipient … U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Daughter of Jennifer and Robert Celata … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

Career Accolades:
- 2015 Outdoor ECAC Champion (4x800)
- 2015 Outdoor NCAA Qualifier (800 meters)
- 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic

OUTDOOR 2016

• Competed in three meets during the outdoor season, including the ECAC Championships (May 13) and the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 7). 

INDOOR 2016

• Competed in six indoor meets, including the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championships.

• Member of the DMR team that placed second at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championships.

• Placed first in the 800 meters at the Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30)

• Placed first in the 400 meters at the Leigh Angry Birds meet (Jan. 16). 

OUTDOOR 2015 

• USTFCCCA All-Academic team

• Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters

• Won the Outdoor ECAC title as member of the 4x800 relay team

• Scored at Outdoor Heps in the 800 meters (fourth) and as member of 4x800 relay (third)

 

INDOOR 2015

• Scored at Indoor Heps as member of 4x800 relay (third)

• Won the 1,000 meters at Lehigh Fast Times meet (Dec. 6)

 

OUTDOOR 2014

• Competed in the outdoor season and scored at 2014 ECAC Championships as member of the 4x800 relay (fifth)

• Also a member of the squash team

 

High School: Lettered five times in squash and four times in track & field, captain of both teams … Also lettered in cross country … Named team’s squash MVP in three different seasons (2008-09 & 11) … Finished sixth at both 2012 U.S. U19 and 2011 U17 Junior Squash Championships … Team MVP of both her cross country and track & field teams as a senior … Led her team to 2009 and 2011 Friends School League (FSL) track & field championships, while also a member of the 2011 cross country championship team …  2011 All-State and All-FSL performer in cross country … Two-team All-FSL performer in track & field (2010-11), earning honorable mention honors in 2009 … Young Epidemiology Scholar regional finalist and scholarship recipient … U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete.

 

Personal: Daughter of Jennifer and Robert Celata … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    MD
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    MD
  • 2015-16Junior

    MD