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2019-20 RIT Women's Track/Field Roster

Erin Percy

Alaina Celeste

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Oswego, NY
  • Highschool Oswego
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2017 (Cross Country): Competed in five races … enjoyed breakout season with first top-15 finish at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Preview hosted by Houghton in a then career-best time of 24:15.9 … shattered that career-best by 25 seconds, finishing 79th at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Region Cross Country Championship with a time of 23:50.9 … was 36th overall at the Liberty League Championship … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for maintaining a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average.

2016 (Cross Country): Competed in five events … recorded a personal best time of 23:37.3 over 6,000-meters at the Rowan University Border Battle … broke 25 minutes for the first time (24:19.5) in her previous race at the Mike Woods Invitational hosted by SUNY Geneseo … was 31st overall at the season-opening Cardinal Early Season Invitational … shattered her previous personal best from 2015 season by nearly nine minutes … named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.30 grade-point average.

2015: Competed in four events … placed 57th at the Canisius Alumni Classic … ran a season-best time of 32:19.9 at the Geneseo Mike Woods Invitational.

Before RIT: Ran four years of varsity cross country at Oswego High School … senior captain … earned All-league second team honors … won three races … three-time team MVP … also played varsity hockey and lacrosse … senior captain in both sports … helped lead the hockey team to a New York State Championship.
 
Personal: Mechanical engineering major … daughter of Catherine and Larry Celeste … has four siblings: Molly, Aaric, Matt, and Mike.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'7"