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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Grove City, Pa.
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- High School:
- Grove City
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- Major:
- Chemistry
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- Events:
- Distance
Bio
One-time member of the AD Honor Roll.
2024 Cross Country: Narrowly missed All-NCAC honors, finishing 23rd at the NCAC Championships (Nov. 3) in 27:08.8 … Went 27:06.9 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional Championships (Nov. 16) … Had top-10 finishes at the Wooster Invitational (Aug. 30) and the Dan Mullen Invitational (Oct. 5), placing seventh and sixth, respectively … Helped men’s team to back-to-back titles at the Dan Mullen meet … Wooster Invitational saw a top collegiate four-mile time of 22:56.3.
2024 Outdoor: Made six starts … Competed in 1,500 at NCAC Championships (May 3-4), posting a collegiate best of 4:09.71 … Went 2:07.42 in the 800 at Duane Gomez Invitational (Apr. 20) … Opened outdoor season with a season-best 5k time of 16:02.51 at Bob Kahn Invitational (March 30).
2024 Indoor: Made three starts … Member of Wooster’s seventh-place distance medley relay team that finished in 10:42.53 at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 23-24) … Posted a mile time of 4:47.58 during dual meet vs. Denison (Jan. 25) … Opened indoor season at the Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 20) with a 3k time of 9:42.71.
2023 Cross Country: Earned third consecutive letter … Went 27:08.5 at NCAC Championships (Oct. 28) to finish in 28th-place … Finished in the top-10 in season-opening Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1), finishing the 4K course in 14:19.0 … Turned in the career-best championship length time of 25:51.3 to finish 117th at NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 11) … In lone 5K action of the season, went 18:06.9 in dual meet against Denison (Sept. 21).
2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets … Had pair of third-place finishes in the 1,500 (4:22.37) and 4x400 (3:45.56) in dual meet against Denison (April 12) … Went a collegiate-best 35:02.14 in the 10K at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Also logged a collegiate best of 10:54.23 in the 3K steeplechase at Kenyon Invitational (April 22).
2023 Indoor: Collected All-Ohio honors as part of Wooster’s runner-up DMR (10:43.01) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11) … Ran leg of Wooster’s fifth-place DMR (10:42.32) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Won mile in 4:39.18 at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 4) … Part of two winning relay teams: DMR at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21) and 4x400 at the Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) … Ran in finals of both NCAC Championships and All-Ohio Championships … Overall, competed in six meets.
2022 Cross Country: Put together a stellar sophomore campaign, which included three top-10 overall finishes … Third-team All-NCAC performer with 19th-place time of 27:41.1 at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 29) … Finished fourth at the Wooster Twilight 5K Challenge (Nov. 4) with a career-best time of 15:51.1 at that length … Took eighth against Denison (Sept. 22) in a 5K time of 17:41.6 and 10th at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 1) in 28:50.1 … Top harrier for the Scots at the Wittenberg Invitational (Sept. 10), placing 15th overall in a time of 27:04.6 … Narrowly missed All-Ohio honors with a 21st-place finish at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 16) … Ran a top championship-length time of 26:22.7 at that event.
2022 Outdoor: Scorer for the Scots at All-Ohio Championships (April 16) with seventh-place time of 15:58.74 in the 5K … Competed in the 800 (2:06.91) and 1500 (4:13.75) at the NCAC Championships, with 1500 time marking season-best and ranking 17th in the conference … Competed in eight meets … Season-best 5K time of 15:53.74 came at season-opening Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19).
2022 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s sixth-place DMR (10:38.93) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) and also competed in the 3K with 24th-place time of 9:21.80 … Logged season-best 3K time of 8:55.09 at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) with time ranking 11th in conference … Competed in seven meets and had a quartet of first-place finishes with three coming on 4x400 … Opened indoor slate as part of Scots’ winning 4x400 (3:42.43) at Wooster Quad (Jan. 15).
2021 Cross Country: One of Wooster’s top harriers, evidenced by ranking second on the team at conference and regionals … Capped rookie year with season-best time of 27:25.6 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) … Placed 130th at regionals, which was in the top half of the field … Crossed 42nd at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) with time of 27:58.7 … Placed in the top-10 at Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2) with time of 29:48.7, as Scots won first traditional meet since 2014 … Went 28:35.8 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17) and 28:54.8 at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11), with both meets spanning championship-length courses.
Prior to Wooster: Part of two state qualifying teams and two district championship squads at Grove City High School … Placed fourth in the PIAA 4x800 … Prepped for Ben English.
Personal: Parents are Steven and Constance Nichols … Chemistry major … Volunteer with College’s Aspire Program.
News mentions
Callender Earns All-NCAC Honors to Kick Off NCAC Championships
Women sixth, men seventh after Friday’s competition
February 28, 2025

Hargrave Breaks Hurdle School Record, Three Scots Land on Podium at All-Ohio Championships
Callender, Robertson join Hargrave with All-Ohio honors
February 15, 2025

Sanford, Robertson Winners at Wooster Invite
Scots compete in first indoor meet of season
January 18, 2025

Distance, Middle Distance Projected to Lead Wooster’s Men in 2025
Wooster's season starts with a home meet on January 18
January 6, 2025