Coastal Carolina University Athletics

NEHEMIAH CIONELO TFRRS PAGE

2025 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor Season

• Finished fifth in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Sunday Night Qualifier 
• Finished sixth in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships

• Won the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a time of 9:17.51
• Finished second in the 5000 meters at the Tom Jones Invitational
• Finished fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships

2023 (Super Senior)
Cross Country

• Cionelo competed in all six of the Chants cross country meets during the 2023 season
• In the season opener, his first competition with Coastal, he posted an 11th-place finish and a 19:20.4 time at the Buccaneer Open
• At the Chanticleer Challenge, he claimed the first victory of his collegiate career with a 25:30 final time in the men's 8k event
• He finished 35th at the Adidas Challenge, 33rd at the Upstate invitational and 27th at the Sun Belt Championship
• He finished his first season with the Chants at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a 101th-place finish and a 31:21 time in the men's 10k event
• Cionelo was the CCU nomination for the Sun Belt Conference Men's Runner of the Year 

Prior to Coastal Carolina
New Mexico 2022-23 (Senior)
Outdoor Season

• Finished eighth at the Mountain West Outdoor Track Championships in the 3,000m
• Took 14^th at the Mountain West Championships in the 5,000m
• Ran a season-best time of 2:00 min in the 800m at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open
• Ran a season-best 1,500m time of 3:57 min at the Bryan Clay Invitational

• Finished 34^th at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships, posting a 24:47 min time in the 8k
• Placed 63^rd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, running a season-best 10k time of 29:42 min

New Mexico 2021-22 (Junior)
Outdoor Season

• Finished ninth in the 3,000m indoor steeplechase at the Mountain West Championship, posting a season-best 9:11 min time
• Ran a season-bet 14:40 min time at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 5,000m
• Competed in the Texas Masked Rider Open, finishing with a season-best 4:02 min time in the 1,500m
• Academic All-Mountain West Selection
• Mountain West Scholar Athlete

• Participated in five meets during the indoor season
• Finished 16^th in the 5000m at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 15:00
• Completed a season-best time of 8:33 in the 3,000m at the Don Kirby Open
• Ran a season-best time in the mile with 15:47

• Featured in four meets during the fall season
• Ran a season-bet 5k time of 15:47 at the Lori Fitzgerald Open

• Competed in two cross country meets, taking second at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge with an 8k time of 24:23 min
• Placed 29^th at the Mountain West Champions in the 8k, posting a 24:45 min finish
• Academic All-Mountain West Selection
• Mountain West Scholar Athlete

• Participated in two indoor meets
• Placed third in the 3,000m at the New Mexico Team Open with a time of 8:51 min

• Participated in two indoor meets
• Placed third in the 3,000m at the New Mexico Team Open with a time of 8:51 min

• Competed in four cross country meets, placing 28^th at the Mountain West Championships 8k with a 24:01 min time
• Placed 60^th in the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10k time of 32:13 min
• Tabbed as a Mountain West Scholar Athlete

New Mexico 2018-19 (Redshirt-Freshman)
Indoor Season

• Competed in a pair of indoor meets, placing fifth in the 3000m at the New Mexico Team Invitational
• Competed in the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, winning the 3,000m with a time of 8:58 min

• Started running for his high school cross country and track teams his senior year
• 2x New Mexico 6A State Runner-up in cross country and track and field
• USATF Jo All-American in racewalk from 2011-2016
• Holds All-State racewalk record in New Mexico
• 2012 AAU Racewalk National Champion
• 2012 USATF Cross Country National Champion
• 2013 USATF Cross Country Runner-up
• Graduated with Cum Laude honors in computer science
• Listed on the Dean’s List for the School of Engineering
• Brother-in-law, Adam Bitchell, ran both cross country and track and field for the University of New Mexico (2013-2015)