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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Lucy Abdow

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Boston Latin School
  • Hometown Boston, Mass.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
600m         1:37.81
800m         2:11.71
1000m     2:52.12
1500m 4:32.31
3000m 10:02.51
5K (XC) 19:02
6K (XC) 23:47
1 Mile 4:54.57

Awards:
  • Fall 2022 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Spring 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 All-CAA Honoree, 4x800m (second)
  • Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Spring 2024 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
Career Highlights:
  • Record Holder, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x800m (8:57.00)
  • Ranks second, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x800m (9:00.62)
  • Ranks sixth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: DMR (11:45.34)
  • Ranks eighth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x800m (9:07.20)
  • Ranks ninth, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 800m (2:11.71)
  • Ranks seventh, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 3000m (10:02.51)
  • 2023 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist, 4x800m (9:00.62)
  • 2024 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist: 4x800 (8:57.00)
  • 2025 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist: DMR (11:45.34)
  • 2025 CAA Indoor Silver Medalist: 4x800 (9:07.20)
2024-25
OUTDOOR
  • Ran a personal best of 10:02.51 in the 300m at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4) for second
  • Finished second in the 4x400 (4:04.83) and set a personal best in the 1500m (4:32.31) at the UMass Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-4/27)
  • Ran a 4:35.45 in the 1500m at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/14)
INDOOR
  • Finished first in the mile at the Joe Donahue Games (12/8) with a time of 5:06.98
  • Fifth in the 4x400 at the UMass Flagship Opener (1/12), running a 4:02.19
  • Earned gold and ran the sixth fastest time in school history in the DMR at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/25-2/26), finishing at 11:45.34; also earned silver in the 4x800 with a 9:07.20
2023-24
INDOOR
  • Set a personal best of 2:52.12 in the 1000m at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic
  • Earned gold in the 4x800 at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/22-2/23) with a time of 8:57.00. Also set a personal best of 4:54.57 in the mile
OUTDOOR
  • Took second and a personal best in the 1500m (4:41.47) at the UConn Dog Fight (3/30)
2022-23
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran a 23:48 6K time and finished fifth at the Suffolk Invitational (10/15)
INDOOR
  • Ran a personal-best time of 2:11.71 in the 800m at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/4)
  • Ran a personal-best time of 4:56.53 in the 1-mile at the Terrier Classic (1/28)
OUTDOOR
  • Earned a top spot in the 800 with a time of 2:15.43 at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (4/22)
2021-22
INDOOR
  • Finished sixth in the 800 meter with a time of 2:16.64 at the BU Indoor Opener (12/4)
  • Ran a personal-best time of 1:37.81 in the 600 meter at the Battle in Beantown (1/22)
  • Recorded a personal-best time of 2:16.08 in the 800 meter at the David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/11)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Did not compete this season

Before NU: Four-year letterwinner in  track and field at Boston Latin School (Massachusetts) ... three-year letterwinner in cross country ... captain of track and field and cross country teams her senior year  ... 2019 4x800 meter relay Massachusetts Indoor and Outdoor All-State Champion  ... 4x800 meter Emerging Elite relay champion at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor National Three-time All-State (2015-'17) ... second place in 4x800 meter relay at New England Indoor and Outdoor Championships  ... two-time Boston Latin School Varsity Indoor Track and Field MVP Award (2020, 2021)  ... 2018 Boston Latin School Varsity Cross Country MVP Award  ... won the 600m (1:38.84) at the 2020 MIAA Division I Championships  ... won the 800m (2:18.60) at the 2021 Lou Tozzi Invitational  ... won the 5K (19:02.38) at the 2019 Bob McIntyre Twilight Invitational  ... 2019 Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic honoree for the 4x100 meter relay  ... National Honor Society  ... Spanish Seal of Biliteracy

Personal: Born in Boston, Mass. ... Mother, Cristen Moore Abdow played volleyball at Providence College ... Grandfather, Ronald Abdow played football at Brown University  ...Has one brother, Colin Abdow

Why Northeastern?: "Education, athletic program and location"

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior

  • 2025Graduate Student