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2017-18 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Abby Watson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesterfield, Mo.
  • High School Marquette

Biography

WATSON CAREER TIMES

2018 A-10 Gold Medalist 200-yard medley relay 
2018 A-10 All-Academic Team
2017 A-10 Gold Medalist 200-yard medley relay
2017 A-10 All-Academic Team 
2015 A-10 Gold Medalist 100-yard backstroke 

Graduated with Two School Records

200-yard medley relay (1.40.75)
Long course 100-yard backstroke (1.05.15) 

Has Three Top-10 Times in School History
3rd 100-yard backstroke (55.82)
4th 200-yard backstroke (2.0035) 
8th 100-yard butterfly (56.54) 

As a Senior (2017-18) 
  • Won  gold  medal in the 200-yard medley relay (1:40.75) with a school-record performance at the A-10 Championship, helping the Dukes to their first-ever conference crown 
  • Placed eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.27) and tenth in the 100-yard backstroke (56.00) at the A-10 Championship 
  • Named to Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team for the second straight year 
  • Finished second in  200-yard  medley relay (1:46.43) and eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:08.75) at the Western PA Invite 
  • Placed fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (59.30) at Akron
  • Won the 100-yard backstroke (59.44) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.23) vs. Youngstown State
  • Bested her opponents from La Salle in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.10) at the A-10 Classic 
As a Junior (2016-17)
  • Captured gold medal in  200-yard  medley relay (1:41.23) at the A-10 Championship 
  • Named to A-10 All-Academic Team 
  • Placed third in  200-yard  medley relay (1:47.80), fourth in  100-yard  backstroke (58.91) and seventh in  200-yard  backstroke (2:10.10) at the Western PA Invite 
  • Finished second in  400-yard  medley relay (3:55.30) and third in  100-yard  backstroke (58.95) in tri-meet vs. Ohio and Xavier 
  • Won the 100-yard backstroke (59.04) and placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.14) in win over Saint Francis U 
  • Paced the 400-yard medley relay (3:54.86) and finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (58.60) in a victory over Toledo 
  • Finished first in the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.02) and the 100-yard backstroke (58.63) while placing third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:41.78) in a triumph at Youngstown State
  • Defeated all opponents with first-place marks in the 400-yard medley relay (3:53.93) and 200-yard medley relay (1:47.41) at the A-10 Classic 
  • Topped George Mason with a first-place mark in the 400-yard medley relay (3:53.76) to go with a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (59.11) and a third-place showing in the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.13) at the Richmond Duals
  • Defeated Richmond with first-place performances in the 200-yard medley relay (1:46.73) and the 100-yard backstroke (57.72) to go with a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.73) 
  • Placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (58.85) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.88) with a fifth-place mark in the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.46) vs. Oakland
As a Sophomore (2015-16)
  • Set school records in the  200 yard  backstroke (2:16.78) and  200 yard  medley (1:41.30) 
  • PR in the 50 back (25.92) and 100  fly  (56.54)

As a Freshman (2014-15)

  • Turned in three Duquesne all-time top 10 times
  • Was crowned the Atlantic 10 champion in the 100-yard backstroke with a school record time of 55.82
  • Turned in Duquesne's second best all-time mark in the 200 backstroke, placing fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championship with a time of 2:00.35
  • Registered Duquesne's fourth best time of the season in the 100 butterfly with a 56.93 at A-10's
  • Also competed in the 50 freestyle and the 100 free

Personal
Speech-language pathology major ... Dean's List ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Director of Athletics Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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