Abby Jones
Abby Jones
Height: 5-11
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Arlington, Mass.
High School: Arlington
Position: Sprinter/Hurdles/Jumper
Events: Heptathlon
Major: Human Serv and Rehab Studies

Collegiate Personal Bests
Outdoor:
100 Meter Dash: 13.12
200 Meter Dash: 26.12
800 Meter Dash: 2:27.08
100m Hurdles: 15.11
400m Hurdles: 1:11.45
High Jump: 1.63m
Long Jump: 5.78m
Shot Put: 10.95m
Javelin: 33.33m
Heptathlon: 5070 points

Indoor:
400m: 1:02.25
800m: 2:32.33
55m: 8.85
60H: 9.13
HJ: 1.68m
LJ: 5.46m
SP: 10.30m
Pent: 3660 pts

2019 Outdoor Track:

  • Earned NCAA Division II First-Team All-American Honors in the heptathlon where she placed sixth with a total of 5,070 points to set a new school record
  • Earned NCAA Division II Second-Team All-American Honors in the long jump where she placed ninth with a distance of 5.99 meters
  • Became the first student-athlete in Assumption history to earn two All-American honors at the same event
  • Earned Google Cloud Academic All-District I Team honors
  • Named USTFCCCA East Region Field Athlete of the Year
  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the long jump, heptathlon and high jump
  • Named to the NE10 Academic All-Conference Team
  • Set a new school record in the long jump where she won the event at teh Merrimack Meet (4/18) with a distance of 6.00 meters
  • Placed 12th at the Black and Gold Invitational (3/29) in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:11.45 for a new personal best
  • Set a new school record in the 100 meter hurdles at the 9th Annual Yellow Jacker Invitational (4/6) where she won the event with a time of 15.11

2018-19 Indoor Track:

  • Earned NCAA Division II Second-Team All-American Honors in the pentathlon with a total of 3,660 points to place ninth and set a new school record
  • Named NE10 Field Athlete of the Year
  • Earned USTFCCCA All-Region Honors in the pentathlon and high jump
  • Earned NE10 Most Outstanding Field Performance award at the NE10 Championships
  • Set a new school record in the 55 meter hurdles at the USM III (1/26) where she placed second in a time of 8.85
  • Set a new school record in the 60 meter hurdles at the NE10 Championship (2/16) with a time of 9.13 seconds to place first
  • Contributed to a new school record in the 4x200 meter relay in 1:44.34 at the Spartan Invitational (1/11)

2018 Outdoor Track:

  • Earned NCAA Division II Second-Team All-American Honors in heptathlon
  • Earned United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors for four events, heptathlon, high jump, long jump and 4x400 relay
  • Set a school record in the heptathlon with a total of 4970 points
  • Finished 12th at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/24) in the Heptathlon with 4835 points
  • Placed seventh at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/11) in the 4x400 relay
  • Won gold at the NE10 Championships (5/4) in the Heptathlon with 4970 points.

2017-18 Indoor Track:

  • Earned United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors for the high jump, long jump, pentathlon and 4x400 meter relay team
  • Won silver in the high jump at the NE10 Championships (2/17) with a jump of 1.68m
  • Won gold in the pentathlon at the NE10 Championships (2/17) with 3597 points, a personal best.  
  • Finished second in the pentathlon at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/2) with 3523 points
  • Set a school record in the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.98
  • Set a school record in high jump and long jump as well with jumps of 5’6” and 18’2.5” respectively

2017 Outdoor Track: Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the heptathlon... Won the heptathlon at the NE10 Championships with a score of 4,612 points while placing 1st in the 200m, high jump and long jump during the event... Ran a collegiate best in the 800m in a time of 2:27.08... Scored a collegiate best of 4668 in the Heptathalon... Set school records in the heptathlon, 100 meter hurdles and high jump during the NE10 Championships.

2016-17 Indoor Track: Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in pentathlon... Set three new individual school records during the season, jumping 1.63m in the high jump at Tufts Stampede, jumping 5.46m at the NE-10 championship to place 7th, and scoring 3374 points in the pentathlon at the NEICAAA Championships to place 2nd… At the NEICAAA Championships, she had multiple career-bests in the 800m with a time of 2:32.33, 9.60 in the 60H, and 10.30m in the shot put… Placed 2nd at the NE-10 championships in high jump with a height of 1.62m.

2016 Outdoor Track: USTFCCCA All-Region in heptathlon... Named the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Field Rookie of the Year… Was named the Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Field Rookie of the Week on 3/21/16… At the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships she placed fourth in the 200m run with a career-best time of 26.12… She also had a career-best time in the 100m hurdles, finishing seventh with a time of 15.96… Placed seventh in the shot put with a distance of 9.10m… Also placed seventh in the javelin throw with a distance of 27.59m... At the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, she placed first in the 200m run (26.59) and the long jump with a career-best jump at 5.36m… She finished second in the heptathlon at 4,100… She set school records in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, and high jump during her freshman year at Assumption… Had 39 top-10 finishes during the outdoor season, including seven first place finishes in her events.

2015-16 Indoor Track: USTFCCCA All-Region in pentathlon... Named the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Field Rookie of the Year… Was named the Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Field Rookie of the Week on 3/21/16… At the Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships, she finished sixth in the high jump (1.56m), seventh in the 4x4 (4:10.92), and ninth in the long jump at 5.27m… At the Tufts Stampede and Multi, she finished first in a career-best 60m hurdle with a time of 10.01… She also had a career-best heptathlon at 2708, finishing fourth in the event… She set school records in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, and high jump during her freshman year at Assumption… She had 17 top-10 finishes during the indoor season.

Prior to Assumption: Member of the track and field, swimming, field hockey and soccer teams at Arlington High School... Member of Middlesex League All-Star team for track in 2014 for outdoor track, 2014-2015 for indoor track, and 2015 for outdoor track… Was also a 2014 Middlesex League All-Star in field hockey.

Personal: Daughter of Louis Scott and Rebecca Jones... Has one sister, Olivia… Born on June 16… Participated in community service with a group from church in New York.

Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Patrice Bergeron... Dream job: Speech Therapist... Favorite Professional Sports Team: Boston Bruins... No. 1 song on her iPod: Stockholm Syndrome by One Direction... If you could meet anyone: Ellen DeGeneres... Celebrity she gets mistaken for: Mariah Carey... Favorite Movie: Finding Nemo... Favorite superhero: Batman... Favorite sports memory: "Qualifying for Nationals at the 2018 indoor conferences..." Favorite Food: Surf and turf... Favorite Video Game: Mario Kart.