Background
Her mother Donna competed for the UMass-Corsairs.
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Abbey D'Agostino
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College
D'Agostino attended Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from College in 2014.
Career
D'Agostino is the most decorated Ivy League athlete in track and field and cross country running. In 2014 she became a professional runner for New Balance. D'Agostino earned her final Ivy league titles May 2014.
She graduated with a degree in psychology in 2014. Abbey is interested in counseling. 2012
Her 5th place at 2012 Olympic Trials 5000 meters and nearly clinching a spot of the Olympic team is one of the closest finishes in Olympic Trials distance races (less than 019 seconds between 3-4-5).
In 2012, at 20 years of age her platform as a star in the NCAA created a national following. 2014
After graduating from in 2014, D'Agostino earned a sponsorship with New Balance based in Boston, Massachusetts. D'Agostino is ranked 19th in the world in the 5000 meters and 65th in the 10,000 meters.
2015
Abbey ran the 5000m in 15:42.79 at Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, CA (USA) on May 2, 2015. Abbey earned a US Roster spot to the IAAF 2015 World Championships in Athletics by qualifying in the 5000 meters in 15:06.59 at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. On July 18th, Abbey finished 3rd in 15:03.85 in Heusden, Belgium.
On August 27th, Abbey finished 23rd in 16:16.47 at 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres. 2016
On January 2nd, Abbey ran a personal best in a mixed gender 3000 meters at Boston University in 8:51.88
On March 12, 2016 Abbey D'Agostino placed second in women 3000 meters in 8:57.31 at 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Achievements
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She is the first female distance runner to win an NCAA title. She won a total of seven NCAA titles (1 - cross country. 4 - indoor track; 2 - outdoor track) in her career.
In 2013 D'Agostino became the first Ivy League athlete, male or female, to win an NCAA Cross Country National Championship. After winning her 2013 NCAA Cross Country title and 5th NCAA title in her career, she praised coach Mark Coogan for the preparation for championship running and close finishes. She won the NCAA cross country title by outdistancing Emma Bates by a few seconds.
She is the first Ivy League athlete to win 7 individual NCAA Championships. She is also the only woman ever to have won both the 3000 meters and 5000 meters NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships twice in a career which she did in 2013 as a junior and again in 2014 as a senior. She continues to be coached by her college coach Mark Coogan under whom she was a 7-time NCAA champion.
Abbey debuted as a New Balance athlete in October 2014 in the 24th Mayor’s Cup presented by the Boston Athletic Association placing fourth behind winner Rachel Hannah of Canada and the Boston Athletic Association’s Juliet Bottorff and Jen Rhines. Abbey won the 5000 meters at the Hoka One One Adrian Martinez Classic in 15:23.66 on June 4.
