Abbey D'Agostino
D'Agostino at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
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
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| 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) (25th-2015) (14th-2016) 5,000 meters |
| Personal best(s) |
800 m: 2:08.11 1500 m: 4:08.78 Mile: 4:28.31 3000 m: 8:51.88 |
800 m: 2:08.11 1500 m: 4:08.78 Mile: 4:28.31 3000 m: 8:51.88
5000 m: 15:03.85
Abigail "Abbey" D'Agostino (born May 25, 1992) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. D'Agostino is the most decorated Ivy League athlete in track and field and cross country running. She is the first Dartmouth 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 2014 she became a professional runner for New Balance.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she received considerable international media attention following an incident during a 5000m heat in which both she and New Zealander Nikki Hamblin fell. The two women helped each other finish the race and were allowed to compete in the final; however, D'Agostino had suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus and wasn't able to participate further. Both athletes were praised for their sportsmanship and "Olympic spirit", and were subsequently awarded the Rio 2016 Fair Play Award by the International Fair Play Committee.
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.
She is a devout Christian.
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 outdistancingEmma 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.
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