2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Tom Connelly
Jim Pierce

Abigail Gugel

Abigail Gugel

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Jordan, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Jordan Elbridge

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
• Patriot League Champion (2019)
• Patriot League Most Outstanding Runner (2019)
• First Team All-Patriot League (2019)
• Patriot League Female Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2019)
• Academic All-Patriot League (2019)
• Patriot League Runner of the Week (10/22/19, 9/10/19)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2016)
• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (9/13/16)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2020-21
Did not compete.

AS A SENIOR IN 2019
Claimed Patriot League individual title with a 6K time of 21:41.2, 16 seconds faster the second-place competitor ... First Terrier female since 2014 to win the Patriot League title ... Led BU to team championship ... Earned First Team All-Patriot League and Most Outstanding Runner of the Meet honors ... Named program’s first PL Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Received second PL Runner of the Week award after finishing fourth with a time of 21:21.2 and leading team to first-place finish at the Princeton Invitational ... Competed at the Paul Short Run (20:52.9) and Coast-to-Coast Battle of Beantown (18:56.8) ... Named PL Runner of the Week after winning season opener at the Harry Lang Invitational (17:11.2) and guiding the Terriers to a first-place finish as a team.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018
Finished eighth in the season opener against Florida State with a 5K time of 19:31.98 ... Competed in the Paul Short Run (23:23) and NCAA Pre-Nats (23:31.3).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017
Posted a personal-best 6K time of 22:10.35 to finish 27th at the Patriot League Championship ... Was 24th at the Paul Short Run with a time of 22:18.3 ... Finished 39th at the season-opening Minuteman Invitational (19:18) ... Placed 75th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (18:37) ... Raced at NCAA Pre-Nationals (22:46.4) and the NCAA Northeast Regional (23:34.1).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016
Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 13 ... Finished second at the Nassaney Invitational in her collegiate debut with a time of 18:19 ... Took 23rd at the CCSU Mini Meet (10:41.93) ... Finished 42nd at the Patriot League Championship (23:02.4) ... Was 83rd at the New England Championship (19:11.69) ... Competed at the NCAA Northeast Regional (22:47.60).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Ran cross country and track for Jordan-Elbridge High School ... Was the sectional champion and finished 10th at the state championship during her senior year in cross country ... Was third at the 2014 state cross country championship, one of three straight top-10 performances at that meet.

PERSONAL
Born on April 16, 1998 ... Daughter of Kathleen and Paul ... Has one brother, Jack ... Enrolled in Sargent College with plans to major in human physiology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior

  • 2020Graduate Student