Celia Rifaterra
Celia Rifaterra Pronunciation
NCAA Championships
2025 Outdoor: High Jump (7th)
2024 Outdoor: High Jump (18th)
NCAA East Preliminary
2025: High Jump
2024: High Jump
All-American
2025 Outdoor: High Jump (First Team)
2024 Outdoor: High Jump (Honorable Mention)
All-ACC
2025 Outdoor: High Jump (First Team)
2025 Indoor: High Jump (First Team)
2024 Outdoor: High Jump (First Team)
2024 Indoor: High Jump (First Team)
ACC Champion
2025 Outdoor: High Jump
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2025 Outdoor
• Finished seventh clearing 1.84m/6-0.5 in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned first team All-America honors
• Placed third at the NCAA East Regional clearing 1.82m/5-11.5 to punch her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Won the high jump competition at the ACC Outdoor Championships clearing a personal best of 1.86m/6-1.25 to earn first team All-ACC and lead the Cavaliers to a 1-2 finish
• Remained undefeated in regular season competition
• Won the high jump competition at the Penn Relays Clearing 1.80m/5-10.75
• Won the high jump invitational at the Virginia Challenge clearing a meet record 1.84m/6-0.5.
• Won the high jump competition at the Raleigh Relays clearing 1.78m/5-10
• ACC Field Athlete of the Week (April 22)
2025 Indoor
• Secured the bronze medal in the high jump, equaling her season best at the ACC Indoor Championships and earned All-ACC first team honors
• Set a meet record at the Darius Dixon Invitational, winning the event in 1.79m/5-10.25
• Took home a season best and meet record, winning the high jump with 1.83m/6-0 at the East Coast Invitational
• Cleared the facility record and a season-best height of 1.80m/5-9.75 at the Penn 10 Elite Meet, winning the event
• In indoor debut, finished second in the high jump behind teammate Carly Tarentino at the Virginia Tech Invitational
2024 Outdoor
• Competed in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Competed in the high jump at the NCAA East preliminary clearing 1.81m/5-11.25 to finish 12th
• Won the silver medal in the high jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Won the high jump at the Virginia high Performance and the Virginia Grand Prix
• Finished fourth in the high jump at the Virginia Challenge and VertKlasse Meeting
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Indoor
• Named to the All-ACC Academic team, studying economics
• Took home the silver at the ACC Indoor Championships in the high jump
• Won the high jump at the Virginia Tech Challenge, for three straight wins
• Won the high jump at the Doc Hale VT Meet
• Won the high jump at the Hokie Invitational clearing a PB of 1.84 meters (6′ 0.5″)
• Placed second in the high jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational
At FIU
2023 Outdoor:
• Opened the second with second place finishes in the high jump at the Hurricane Invitational and Hurricane Collegiate Invitational.
2023 Indoor
• Earned the victory at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational with a jump of 1.75m
• Placed second at the RADD College Invitational
• Earned a fourth place mark at the Bob Pollock Invite and second place finish at the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Open
• Set a personal best and earned a bronze medal at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a mark of 1.77m
• ACC Field Athlete of the Week (January 23)
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at UVA