Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Career Honors:
2016 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
 
2017 Outdoor: Set a career best in placing 10^th in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.71 seconds at the South Alabama Invitational … Also tied for ninth in the high jump at 5-0.5 … Placed fourth in the high jump (5-01) and was sixth in the 100 hurdles (14.93) at the McNeese Spring Time Classic … Jumped an outdoor-best 5-3.75 for sixth in the high jump at the Louisiana Classic.

2017 Indoor: Cleared 5-3.25 for third in the high jump and was 11^th in the 60 hurdles in 9.15 seconds at the LSU Twilight … Was fourth in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.73 at the McNeese Invite II … Tied for first in the high jump at 5-3 at the McNeese Invite #1 … Also was fourth (8.78) in the 55 hurdles and sixth (27.29) in the 200 … Came in seventh in the high jump with a career-best jump of 5-4.25 at the LSU Purple Tiger to earn Southland Female Field Athlete honorable mention honors … Also finished 11^th in the 60 hurdles in 9.27 seconds.

2016 Outdoor: Took 14^th in the 400 hurdles in personal-best 1:09.27 while finishing 13^th in the 100 hurdles in 15.05 at the Lion Invitational… Placed third in the 100 hurdles in 14.81 while running a 1:13.64 for 15^th in the 400 hurdles at the McNeese Spring Time Classic… Finished 12^th in the 100 hurdles (15.49) and 22^nd in the 400 hurdles (1:13.84) at the Louisiana Classics… Came in sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.41) at the Tulane Twilight.
 
2016 Indoor: Placed 17^th in the high jump at 5-1 while also running in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles at the Southland Championships… Was 13^th in the high jump in a season-best 5-2.5 and 23^rd in the 60 hurdles (9.30) at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational… Swept the high jump (5-1) and the 55-meter hurdles (PR 8.68) at the McNeese State Indoor… Placed eighth in both the high jump (5-0.25) and 60 hurdles (9.42) at the LSU Bayou Bengal… Opened career with 22^nd-place finish in the 60 hurdles (9.28) at the LSU Purple Tiger.
 
High School: Ran varsity track at Cabrini High School for five years…  Was a hurdler and a jumper for the school … Held the school record in the high jump of 5-6 … Took first in state for the 100-meter hurdles in Class 4A in the 2014 and 2015 outdoor seasons …  Won third in 300-meter hurdles in Class 4A for the 2014 outdoor season … Placed second in 60-meter hurdles and third in high jump for the 2015 indoor season … Was also two-year varsity volleyball player, playing front row center blocker and right side hitter … Was also in the Pro-Life Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
 
Personal: Born in New Orleans, Louisiana … Daughter of Keith Celestine and Kimberly Ballance … Has three siblings, Noel Celestine, Devin Balance and Madison … Enjoys drawing and listening to music … Majoring in Sports Management.