Abbey D'Agostino

Abbey D'Agostino

Personal information
Born	(1992-05-25) May 25, 1992 Topsfield, Massachusetts
Residence	Topsfield, Massachusetts
Height	5 ft 2.5 in (1.588 m)
Weight	104 lb (47 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Event(s)	5,000m, 10,000 m , Cross country running
College team	Dartmouth Big Green
Club	New Balance Boston
Turned pro	2014
Coached by	Mark Coogan
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	52nd (2014) 5,000 meters
Personal best(s)	800 m: 2:08.11 1500 m: 4:11.94 Mile: 4:28.31 3000 m: 8:51.91 5000 m: 15:11.35 10000 m: 33:10.38
Medal record Women's Athletics Competitor for the  United States

D'Agostino is the most decorated Ivy League athlete in Track and Field and Cross Country. She is the first Dartmouth female distance runner to win a NCAA title.^[1][2] She won a total of 7 NCAA titles (1 - cross country; 4 - indoor track; 2 - outdoor track) in her career. In 2014 she became a professional runner for New Balance.

Personal life

D'Agostino attended Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2014. Her mother Donna competed for the UMass-Dartmouth Corsairs. She has two younger sisters, Lily and Julia.

Dartmouth

In 2013 D'Agostino became the first Ivy League athlete, male or female, to win an NCAA Cross Country National Championship.^[3] 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;^[4] She won the NCAA cross country title by outdistancing^[5] Emma Bates by a few seconds. She is the first Ivy League athlete to win 7 individual NCAA Championships.^[6] 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.^[3]

D'Agostino earned her final Ivy league titles May 2014.^[7] She graduated with a degree in psychology in 2014.^[5] Abbey is interested in counseling.^[8]

Professional

After graduating from Dartmouth in 2014, D'Agostino earned a sponsorship with New Balance based in Boston, Massachusetts. She continues to be coached by her college coach Mark Coogan under whom she was a 7-time NCAA champion.

D'Agostino is ranked 19th^[1] in the world in the 5000 meters^[9] and 65th^[1] in the 10,000 meters.^[10] 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 0.19 seconds between 3-4-5).^[11] In 2012, at 20 years of age her platform as a star in the NCAA created a national following.^[12]

Abbey debuted as a New Balance athlete in October 2014 in the 24th Mayor’s Cup presented by the Boston Athletic Association^[13] placing fourth behind winner Rachel Hannah of Canada and the Boston Athletic Association’s Juliet Bottorff and Jen Rhines.

International

D'Agostino did not qualify at the 2012 US Olympic Track and Field Trials in the women's 5,000 meters heat, finishing 5th.^[5] Watch the race using this link.^[14]

References