Nick Cortellessa
Nick Cortellessa
Height: 6-3
Weight: 170
Year: So.
Hometown: Southport, CT
High School: Fairfield Ludlowe
Position: Distance
Major: Business & English
Parents: Rick & Susan

Career Best Marks (Indoor):

25.01 200m Dash 2/19/2011 Tiger Tune-Up
54.00 400m Dash 1/21/2011 Cardinal Opener
1:09.73 500m Dash 1/29/2011 UNC Kent Taylor Invitational
1.70m High Jump 2/25/2012 UAA Championship

Honors (Indoor):

2012 All-UAA Distance Medley Relay 2nd
 

Career Best Marks (Outdoor):

24.74 200m Dash 3/18/2011 Emory Invitational
52.33 400m Dash 4/6/2012 Auburn Tiger Track Classic
1:00.38 400m Hurdles 4/13/2012 Johnson C. Smith Invitational
1.68m High Jump 3/30/2012 Emory Classic

Prior to Emory:

Lettered for four seasons in outdoor track and two seasons in indoor track, while at Fairfield Ludlowe High School... Served as the team captain for the outdoor season in 2009 and 2010... Earned all-conference honors in the high jump, the 600-meter run, and the 4x800-meter relay while in high school... Recorded career-best times of 5'10" in the high jump, 51.9 seconds in the 400-meter dash and 1:27 in the 600-meter run... Coached by Dave Nulf and Amanda Parrish... Also played soccer and basketball.

Personal:

Born November 14, 1992... Was a scholar athlete in high school.

Why he chose Emory:

"I chose Emory for its great balance of academic, athletic and social opportunities."