Daemen University Athletics

2023-24 (SENIOR)
Second Team All-ECC... raced in all seven of Daemen's meets this year... finished as one of the top five Daemen runners in three meets... set three PR's on the year... placed 13th out of 79 runners with a 6K time of 21:36.9 at the Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational... was the sixth straight Daemen runner to cross the finish line with a sixth-place finish time of 28:44.7 at the Daemen Alumni Invitational... placed fifth on the team and 22nd out of 175 runners with an 8K PR time of 26:48.6 at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational, shaving 18 seconds off his previous personal best (27:04.3) set at the 2022 Highlander Invitational... finished fifth on the team and 30th out of 151 runners at the Highlander Invitational with a time of 26:57.9... placed 93rd out of 142 with a time of 28:57.6 at the Canisius Alumni Classic where the Wildcats practiced speedwork and running as a team in their final regular season meet... finished fifth on the team and 11th overall out of 62 runners at the ECC Championships to earn Second Team All-ECC honors with an 8K PR time of 26:34.5 as he helped Daemen to a second-place team finish... set a 10K PR of 22:54.3 as he placed 66th out of 136 runners at the NCAA Division II East Region Championships and helped the Wildcats to a program-best fourth place team finish... earned the ECC's Elite Eight award for the men's cross country student-athlete with the highest GPA in the league. 

2022-23 (JUNIOR)
Second-Team All-ECC ... ran in all seven of Daemen's meets this season ... posted three top-10 finishes on the year, including a personal-best 6th place finish at the Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational where he posted a PR 6K time of 21:22.9 ... he was one of Daemen's top three runners in four races, and one of the top-seven Wildcat runners in all seven of the meets ... set an 8K personal record time of 27:04.3 at the Highlander Invitational in which he placed 21st out of 123 runners ... placed 12th overall at the East Coast Conference Championship with a time of 27:47.9 and helped Daemen to a program-best second place team finish ... ran in the NCAA Division II East Regional for the first time in his career and finished fifth on the team and 99th overall with a 10K time of 35:31.3 to help the Wildcats to a program-best 9th place finish at regionals ... his 10K time of 35:31.3 ranks 12th all-time in Daemen's 10K record books... earned the ECC's Elite Eight award for the men's cross country student-athlete with the highest GPA in the league. 

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in the first four meets of the season before sitting out the final three meets ... made his Daemen debut and posted a top-20 finish at the Frank Dillon Memorial Tournament hosted by Le Moyne College ... finished the 6K race in 15th place out of 65 runners with a time of 21:43.5 ... posted a sub-30 minute time in each of the three 8K races he took part in ... ran his first 8K race at the Daemen Duels and placed seventh out of 31 runners with a time of 29:48.6 ... turned in his best 8K time of the year (28:35.5) and placed 102nd out of 218 runners at the prestigious Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BEFORE DAEMEN
Three-year varsity player for the Frontier Falcons boys soccer program and coach Rich Kozak... named ECIC I 1st team all-star selection as a senior... named ECIC I 3rd team all-star selection as a junior... recipient of Daryl Krentz Outstanding Soccer Player and National Army Reserve awards as a senior... also a two-year varsity player in baseball... won ECIC I divisional title and Section VI championship in 2019... received Sportsman award as a senior for efforts in soccer and baseball... most memorable moment of high school was "being MC for Frontier High School's 2019 Homecoming Rally"... member of school's National Honor Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society... named scholar athlete... ranked third in class... three-time student of the month... received the Southtowns Chamber of Commerece Student Star Award... member of Frontier Student Government, ETHOS character club and Principal's Cabinet... participiated in school's Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Chorus, and Varsity Club... member of Hamburg Town Youth Court. 

PERSONAL
Born Phillip Anthony Ceccarelli on April 22, 2002 in Buffalo, NY... son of Dave Ceccarelli and Alma Barranca-Ceccarelli... mother, Alma, played softball and volleyball at Canisius College... has three siblings - Steve Ceccarelli, Renee Hazard and Nick Ceccarelli... hobbies include baking, cooking and singing... bucket list includes visiting Italy and seeing a musical on Broadway... favorite TV show is The Office... favorite movie is We Bought A Zoo... favorite musical artist is Queen... favorite holiday is Thanksgiving... favorite vacation location is Walt Disney World... dream job is becoming a high school math teacher... chose to attend Daemen because "I wanted to be a part of a close knit community."... involved in community though Holy Angels Choir... majoring in math adolescent education.
 

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