Abigail Young

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Carroll HS
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

SIU TOP TIMES

50-yard freestyle: 24.19
100-yard freestyle: 53.16
100-yard butterfly: 55.96
200-yard butterfly: 2:03.85

2020-21 (SENIOR)

MVC Scholar-Athlete... MVC First-Team Honorable Mention... Competed in three events... holds top-five SIU times in the 100- and 200-fly... set new PR in the 200-fly (2:03.85) in tri-meet against Evansville and Illinois State... swam to a seventh place finish in the "A" final of the 200-fly at the MVC Championships...tied for seventh place in the 100-fly "A" final at MVC's... four first place finishes... 13 top-eight marks.

2019-20 (JUNIOR)

MVC Scholar-Athlete... Competed in three events... Top-five SIU times in the 100- and 200-fly... Placed 10th in the 100-fly and 11th in the 200-fly at the MVC Championships... PR in the 100-fly (55.96) at MVC's... Placed third in the 50-free and 100-fly at the SIU Invitational... Five runner-up finishes... 14 top-five marks.

2018-2019 (SOPHOMORE)

MVC Scholar-Athlete... Competed in five events... Top-five Saluki time in three events... Placed 12th in the 200-fly and 14th in the 100-fly at the MVC Championships... 3rd-place finishes in the 50-free, 100-free and 100-fly versus Little Rock... Nine top-five finishes.

2017-2018 (FRESHMAN)

All-MVC Honorable Mention... Competed in four events... Placed eighth at the MVC championships in the 100-yard butterfly... Fourth fastest Saluki in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly... Member of 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relay teams that swam fastest Saluki times of year... Finished a season-best second place in the 100-yard butterfly against Indiana St.

PRIOR TO SIU

Qualified for the State Championship Meet in Indiana all four years... All-American, All-Conference and All-Area Team Selection... Won sectionals with her high school three times... Won an Indiana Short Course Club State Championship with her club team... Was a team captain her senior year and was awarded the Mental Attitude Award... Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL

Born Abigail Young on November 30, 1998 to Thomas and Shelli Young in Dallas, Texas... Goes by Abbie... Her father is an electrical engineer... Mother works in Real Estate... Has one brother, Cooper... Majoring in exercise science pre-PA.