2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster
Abernathy, Natalie
Natalie Abernathy
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Position:
- Distance
- High School:
- Land O' Lakes
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
Bio
2022-23 (Senior):
Outdoor
Broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/1) with a time of 11:08.28 to take second place... Finished in second place in the 3,000-meters at the USC Outdoor Open (4/22) after crossing the line in 10:38.81... Took 11th in the 3000S at the A-10 Championships (5/6) with a time of 11:27.80 which ranks eighth all-time in Davidson history.
Indoor
Took fifth in the 5,000M at Liberty's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/11) with a time of 17:43.16... Crossed the line in 17:44.91 at the A-10 Indoor Championships (2/26) good for a top-12 finish.
2021-22 (Junior):
Outdoor
Finished top-ten in every race she competed in... Took third place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at both the Weems Baskin Relays (3/25-3/26) and the Gamecock Invitational (4/16)... Set a PR at the A-10 Outdoor Championships in the 3,000 steeple with a time of 11:24.43, good for sixth place.
Indoor
Competed in the 3,000M at Campbell's Camel Invite and finished with a time of 10:30.75... Finished top-15 in the 5,000M at the A-10 Indoor Championships.
2020-21 (Sophomore):
Outdoor
Placed 11th with a time of 18:36.28 in the 5,000m run at the 49er Classic (3/19) … Competed in the 10k at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/1) … Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Indoor
Won the 3,000m in 10:29.05 at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/13) … Ran a season-best 3k of 10:25.51 at the Camel City Invitational (2/7) … Placed just outside of scoring with a season-best 5,000m run of 17:42.87 (2/29) … Stopped the clock at 17:55.42 at the BU Terrier Classic (1/24) … Also competed in the 5k at the season-opening JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/8) … A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep Years: Competed for Mike Zwijacz and Harold Ridgeway at Land O’ Lakes High School … Won the FHSAA District Finals in the 1600m (2018) and the 5k (2017) … Won a total of 10 SAC titles across 5k XC, 3200m and 1600m … Snapped the tape at the Land O’ Lakes Gator XC Invitational (2018) … XC Conference, District and Regional Champion for 1600m, 3200m and 5k XC (2016-17) … Named her team’s XC MVP (2015-18) and for Track (2017-19) … Named the North Suncoast Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017) … Land O’ Lakes High School Athlete of the Year (2016) … Competed at the Foot Locker South Regional (2018) … Served as a team captain for track (2018-19) and cross country (2018) … Holds the school’s top 15 times for XC 5k, 12 for 3200m and 8 for the 1600m … Was also a member of the soccer team.
Personal: Born April 20, 2001 … Daughter of Dana and John Abernathy … Has an older brother, Nathan … Her great grandfather, Donald Schmidt, pitched for the Yankees, while her uncle Pete Schmidt played at Notre Dame and for the Oneonta Yankees.
Outdoor
Broke the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/1) with a time of 11:08.28 to take second place... Finished in second place in the 3,000-meters at the USC Outdoor Open (4/22) after crossing the line in 10:38.81... Took 11th in the 3000S at the A-10 Championships (5/6) with a time of 11:27.80 which ranks eighth all-time in Davidson history.
Indoor
Took fifth in the 5,000M at Liberty's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/11) with a time of 17:43.16... Crossed the line in 17:44.91 at the A-10 Indoor Championships (2/26) good for a top-12 finish.
2021-22 (Junior):
Outdoor
Finished top-ten in every race she competed in... Took third place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at both the Weems Baskin Relays (3/25-3/26) and the Gamecock Invitational (4/16)... Set a PR at the A-10 Outdoor Championships in the 3,000 steeple with a time of 11:24.43, good for sixth place.
Indoor
Competed in the 3,000M at Campbell's Camel Invite and finished with a time of 10:30.75... Finished top-15 in the 5,000M at the A-10 Indoor Championships.
2020-21 (Sophomore):
Outdoor
Placed 11th with a time of 18:36.28 in the 5,000m run at the 49er Classic (3/19) … Competed in the 10k at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/1) … Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019-20 (Freshman):
Indoor
Won the 3,000m in 10:29.05 at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/13) … Ran a season-best 3k of 10:25.51 at the Camel City Invitational (2/7) … Placed just outside of scoring with a season-best 5,000m run of 17:42.87 (2/29) … Stopped the clock at 17:55.42 at the BU Terrier Classic (1/24) … Also competed in the 5k at the season-opening JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/8) … A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prep Years: Competed for Mike Zwijacz and Harold Ridgeway at Land O’ Lakes High School … Won the FHSAA District Finals in the 1600m (2018) and the 5k (2017) … Won a total of 10 SAC titles across 5k XC, 3200m and 1600m … Snapped the tape at the Land O’ Lakes Gator XC Invitational (2018) … XC Conference, District and Regional Champion for 1600m, 3200m and 5k XC (2016-17) … Named her team’s XC MVP (2015-18) and for Track (2017-19) … Named the North Suncoast Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017) … Land O’ Lakes High School Athlete of the Year (2016) … Competed at the Foot Locker South Regional (2018) … Served as a team captain for track (2018-19) and cross country (2018) … Holds the school’s top 15 times for XC 5k, 12 for 3200m and 8 for the 1600m … Was also a member of the soccer team.
Personal: Born April 20, 2001 … Daughter of Dana and John Abernathy … Has an older brother, Nathan … Her great grandfather, Donald Schmidt, pitched for the Yankees, while her uncle Pete Schmidt played at Notre Dame and for the Oneonta Yankees.
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