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Ohio State Overview
- Abbey is majoring in accounting.
- 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team (indoor)
- Broke the program’s indoor pole vault record by clearing 4.12m at the 2022 Big Ten Championships and then again at the 2023 Big Ten Championships by clearing 4.19m
- Broke the program’s outdoor pole vault record by clearing 4.15m at the 2022 USC Open and then again at the 2023 Big Ten Championships by clearing 4.16m and for the third time (13’9.25”) at the 2024 NCAA East First Round
- Three-time OSU Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
Indoor
- Posted the highest pole vault clearance of the season for the Buckeyes (3.95m) at the Clemson Invite, finishing fifth
- Tied for fifth in the seeded portion of the pole vault (3.88m) at Louisville
- Finished sixth in the seeded portion of the pole vault (3.76m) at Youngstown State
- Was 10th in the pole vault (3.82m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Broke her own program record by clearing 4.20m in the pole vault at the NCAA East First Round, tying for 13th
- Cleared 3.97m in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships
- Had the four-best pole vault meets for the Buckeyes this season
- Finished in the top-four on three occasions – runner-up at USF (4.10m), runner-up at Jesse Owens Classic (4.08m), fourth at Penn Relays (3.90m)
- Also competed in the pole vault at Texas (4.00m)
Indoor
- Won the pole vault competition (3.97m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Was the Big Ten runner-up, clearing 4.19m to break the previous program record that she held
- Had the five-best pole vault competitions of the season for the Buckeye women
- Finished in the top-eight in all five pole vault competitions, also coming in third at the Texas Tech Open (4.03m), fifth at the Michigan Invitational (3.81m) and tied for seventh at the Clemson Invitational (4.05m)
- Finished third in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships (4.16m), breaking the program record she had previously set
- Cleared 3.82m at the NCAA East First Round
- Had the seven-best OSU marks of the season in the pole vault
- Finished in the top-eight in all five regular-season meets – runner-up at the Bulls Invite (4.10m), tied for the runner-up at the Penn Relays (4.03m), third at the Jesse Owens Classic (4.08m), tied fifth at the Texas Relays (4.00m) and tied eighth at the Tom Jones Invite (3.91m)
Indoor
- Finished second as a team at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Big Ten Championships by clearing 4.12m
- Won the pole vault at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invite (3.82m)
- Also had top-five finishes in the pole vault at the South Carolina Challenge (3.85m, third), Clemson Tiger Paw (3.84m, fourth) and the Jud Logan Light Giver Open (3.85m, fifth)
- Won the Big Ten outdoor championships as a team, setting a meet record with 185.5 points scored (breaking the previous record of 179 set in 1994)
- Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Big Ten championships by clearing 4.08m
- Won the pole vault twice – Jesse Owens Classic (4.13m) and Tennessee Relays (4.07m)
- Finished in the top-10 in the pole vault six times, including a runner-up finish at the Penn Relays (4.13m) and a third-place finish when she broke the program record at the USC Open
- Competed in the 400m hurdles once, finishing fifth (1:02.71) at the Tennessee Relays
Prior to Ohio State
• She is a three-time Illinois state meet qualifier who has a pole vault best of 11-6.
• Took runner-up honors at the 2019 Illinois Class 3A state championships.
• Also played basketball and was a school record-setting diver.
