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Tina Celik
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kranj, Slovenia
- High School:
- Gimnazija Kranj
- Major:
- Psychology & Criminal Justice
RUTGERS TOP TEN
Nickname: Tinci
One word to describe your Coach: smart
Best player ever competed against: Ruta Melutyte
Major: psychology
I chose my major because: I was always interested in psychology and the mind and behavior, and I chose criminal justice because I love Criminal Minds the tv show
The person I most admire is and why: Sara Isakovic. She is always positive and she achieved so much in her life and is always there to help everyone.
One word to describe myself in the pool: Motivated
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Happy
Few people know that I: I love socks and like to wear funny socks
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My parents, because they supported me no matter wha
I chose Rutgers because…: I loved the environment and the energy of the whole team
Favorite cereal: All of them
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Famous people I have met include: Adam Peaty Rituals I have before, during or after a game are:: Favorite all-time gift received:: Pets I had growing up were: Cat, guinea pig
My favorite teacher was/is: Larry Jacobs for general psychology and Gasper Markic for history in high school
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Red
Phone app you cannot live without: snapchat, instagram
- First - 100 Breast - 1:00.41 (2024, Big Ten Championships)
- Fourth - 200 Breast - 2:13.50 (2024, at Nebraska)
- 400 Medley Relay (Leadoff Leg) | 3:42.30 (2024)
- ECAC Champion with ECAC record swimming second leg of 400 medley relay
- Runner-up in 100 breast at ECAC Championships
- Swam second leg on the fifth-place 400 medley relay team for the highest relay finish at Big Ten Championships for Rutgers since joining the league in 2014-15
- Podium finish taking sixth place in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships
- C finalist with 19th place finish in the 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships
- Runner-up in 100 and 200 breast, third place with 200 and 400 medley relay and fifth place in 400 IM at at Nebraska (2/2-3)
- Won the 200 medley relay swimming second leg and runner-up in 100 and 200 breast and 200 IM vs. Villanova (1/20)
- Won 100 breast, runner-up with 200 medley relay, third place in 200 breast and seventh in 200 IM at Princeton (11/11)
- Won 200 medley relay swimming second leg, third place in 100 breast, fourth place in 200 breast and eighth place in 200 IM vs. Purdue & Oakland (11/3-4)
- Won 200 medley relay swimming second leg and 50 free vs. LIU (10/28)
- Won 100 and 200 breast and 200 medley relay swimming second leg and third place in 200 IM vs. Toronto (10/27)
- Won 400 medley relay swimming second leg and took fourth place in 100 breast and seventh place in 200 IM and eighth place in 400 IM at Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up (10/6-7)
2022-23 (Junior)
- Fifth-place finisher in B final of 100 breast at Big Ten Championships (2/17)
- Runner-up in 100 breast at ECAC Championships (2/25)
- Third-place finish in 100 breast vs. Nebraska (1/28)
- Fourth-place finish with 400 medley relay "B" vs. Nebraska (1/28)
- Fifth-place finish in 400 IM vs. Nebraska (1/28)
- Runner-up in 200 breast vs. Nebraska (1/27)
- Fourth-place finish in 200 IM vs. Nebraska (1/27)
- Third-place finish in 200 medley relay with "B" team vs. Nebraska (1/27)
- Runner-up in 100 breast vs. Villanova (1/21)
- Third-place finish in 200 breast and 200 medley relay "B" team vs. Villanova (1/21)
- Eighth-place finish in 200 breast at Hawkeye Challenge (12/3)
- Fourth-place finish in 100 breast at Hawkeye Challenge (12/2)
- Seventh-place finish in 200 medley relay with "B" team at Hawkeye Challenge (12/2)
- Third-place finish in 400 IM in B final at Hawkeye Challenge (12/2)
- Fifth-place finish in 200 IM in B final at Hawkeye Challenge (12/1)
- Seventh-place finish in 400 medley relay with "B" team at Hawkeye Challenge (12/1)
- Runner-up in 100 breast in annual Battle For Cannon Trophy with Princeton (11/12)
- Fourth-place finish in 200 breast and 200 medley relay with "B" team in annual Battle For Cannon Trophy with Princeton (11/12)
- Fifth-place finish in 200 IM in annual Battle For Cannon Trophy with Princeton (11/12)
- Runner-up in 100 and 200 breast at Northeastern (11/5)
- Fourth-place finish in 200 IM and 200 medley relay with "B" team at Northeastern (11/5)
- Third-place finish in 100 breast at Ivy League Champion Harvard (11/4)
- Fourth-place finish in 200 medley relay with "B" team at Ivy League Champion Harvard (11/4)
- Fifth-place finish in 200 breast and 200 IM at Ivy League Champion Harvard (11/4)
- Runner-up in 400 medley relay in first-ever victory over Purdue (10/28-29)
- Third-place finish in 100 breast in first-ever victory over Purdue (10/28-29)
- Fourth-place finish in 200 and 400 IM in first-ever victory over Purdue (10/28-29)
- Runner-up in 200 breast in season-opener vs. LIU, Buffalo & Felician (10/7-8)
- Third-place finish in 200 IM and with 200 and 400 medley relay "B" teams in season-opener vs. LIU, Buffalo & Felician (10/7-8)
- Seventh-place finish in 400 IM season-opener vs. LIU, Buffalo & Felician (10/7-8)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Big Ten All-Academic
- Podium finish eighth-place performance and school record with 200 medley relay team at Big Ten Championships (2/16)
- Podium finish seventh-place performance and school record with 400 medley relay team at Big Ten Championships (2/17)
- Eighth in B Final of 100 breast at Big Ten Championships (2/18)
- Won 200 medley relay resetting Devaney Pool record set by NCAA relay and team champion Stanford in 1983 at Nebraska (1/28)
- Won 400 medley relay resetting Devaney Pool record set by NCAA relay champions Texas in 1983 at Nebraska (1/29)
- Finished third in 200 breast at Nebraska (1/28)
- Claimed fifth in 100 breast and 200 IM at Nebraska (1/28 & 1/29)
- Logged sixth in 400 IM at Nebraska (1/29)
- Placed third in 200 breast vs. Villanova (1/17)
- Took fourth in 200 IM vs. Villanova (1/17)
- Won 400 medley relay vs. Villanova (1/17)
- Won 200 breast in B Final at Big Al Invite (12/5)
- Finished third in 100 breast in A Final at Big Al Invite (12/4)
- Placed fifth in 200 IM in B Final at Big Al Invite (12/3)
- Logged seventh with 400 medley relay at Big Al Invite (12/3)
- Took third with 400 medley relay and in 100 breast at Princeton (11/13)
- Claimed fourth in 200 breast at Princeton (11/13)
- Finished seventh in 200 IM at Princeton (11/13)
- Helped 200 medley relay to victory in home opener with Harvard (11/5)
- Took fourth in 100 and 200 breast against Harvard (11/5)
- Finished fifth in 200 IM against Harvard (11/5)
- Won 200 medley relay swimming second leg and 100 and 200 breast at IUPUI (10/30)
- Placed third in 200 IM at IUPUI (10/30)
- Runner-Up with 200 medley relay at Purdue (10/29)
- Hit the wall in third in 200 breast at Purdue (10/29)
- Claimed fourth in 100 breast and 200 IM at Purdue (10/29)
- Swam second leg of winning 400 medley relay at Colgate Invite (10/9)
- Runner-Up in 200 breast and 200 IM at Colgate Invite (10/9)
- Finished seventh with 400 free relay Colgate Invite (10/9)
- Helped 400 medley relay team break Army's Crandall Pool record previously held by 1976 US Olympic Team
- Won 100 breast at Army (10/7)
- Runner-up in 400 IM at Army (10/7)
- Slovenian Federation swimmer
- 2016 European Junior National Champion in 50 breast
- Competed in 50 and 100 breast at the 2018 European Championships
- Finished third in 50m breast at the 2017 European Junior Championships
- Took seventh in 4x100 medley at the 2017 European Junior Championships
- Swam 50, 100 and 200 breast at the 2017 European Short Course Championships
- Finished eighth in 4x100 medley at the 2015 World Junior Championships
- Third in 100 fly (long course) at 2019 Slovenian National Championship
- Champion in 100 breast (long course) at Srbije Beograd
- Third in 50 breast at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Bueno Aires, Argentina
- Placed seventh in 50 and 100 breast at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain
- Also took eighth in 200 breast at the Mediterranean Games
Nickname: Tinci
One word to describe your Coach: smart
Best player ever competed against: Ruta Melutyte
Major: psychology
I chose my major because: I was always interested in psychology and the mind and behavior, and I chose criminal justice because I love Criminal Minds the tv show
The person I most admire is and why: Sara Isakovic. She is always positive and she achieved so much in her life and is always there to help everyone.
One word to describe myself in the pool: Motivated
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Happy
Few people know that I: I love socks and like to wear funny socks
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My parents, because they supported me no matter wha
I chose Rutgers because…: I loved the environment and the energy of the whole team
Favorite cereal: All of them
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Famous people I have met include: Adam Peaty Rituals I have before, during or after a game are:: Favorite all-time gift received:: Pets I had growing up were: Cat, guinea pig
My favorite teacher was/is: Larry Jacobs for general psychology and Gasper Markic for history in high school
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Red
Phone app you cannot live without: snapchat, instagram
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
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Friday, February 28
Rutgers x Nike Apparel Partnership
Thursday, December 19
Rutgers Athletics 2023-24 Year in Review
Friday, July 12
