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Barrett Celecki
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  • Barneveld, New York

Celecki named MVCC Athlete of the Week

2014 Oct 22

There are some runners who can be described as diamonds in the rough as they progress to their full potential later in their college career. This is not the case for freshman Barrett Celecki as he is proving to be a true contender against much older and more experienced runners.

This past weekend, Celecki won the Mountain Valley Conference Championship race at Hudson Valley Community College to lead Mohawk Valley Community College's men's cross country team to another conference title. For his performance, he has been named MVCC Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 19, 2014.

Celecki completed the four-mile course in a time of 20 minutes, 58 seconds, which was a course record.

This isn't the first outstanding outing of the season for Celecki. On Saturday, October 11, he placed 27th at the Hamilton College Cross Country Invitational against a field of much more experienced runners with a time of 27:05. He was the top community college runner at this race.

MVCC's schedule has the Hawks competing against mostly four-year colleges and universities such as at the SUNY Poly Wildcat Weekend Classic where Celecki finished in fourth place in a time of 28:41 and the Bruce Bridgeman Invitational with another fourth place finish in 29:22.5, and the SUNY Oswego Invitational where he was 26th in 26:42.2. Each course is a different distance, which accounts for the different times.

Celecki is a freshman Liberal Arts major who graduated from Holland Patent High School.

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