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2025 Cross Country Roster

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Abbey Nechanicky
Abbey Nechanicky
Start at Gans Creek
Abbey Nechanicky

Abbey Nechanicky

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Plymouth, Minn.
  • High School:
    Wayzata
  • Major:
    Exploratory Studies

Abbey Nechanicky TFRRS Profile | Abbey Nechanicky Track Bio


2025
  • Earned All-America honors with a 76th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 19:44.8
  • Placed 14th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (20:45.1) and 23rd at the Big 12 Championships (20:09.2)
  • Finished 48th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (20:34.3) and 33rd at the Gans Creek Classic (20:05.8)
2024
  • Made her collegiate debut at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, clocking a season-best 19:42.4
  • Finished 17th at the Big 12 Championships and 16th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships
2023
  • Did not compete

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Wayzata High School in Minnesota
  • Competed in track, cross country, and basketball
  • 2023 Minnesota 3A State Cross Country Champion and Roy Griak individual and team champion
  • Won the Nike Heartland Regional, placed 4th at Nike Cross Nationals
  • 2022 Minnesota 3A 3200m State Champion and All-American in the 3200 at New Balance Nationals
  • Finished runner-up at the 2021 Minnesota 2A State Cross Country Championships
  • Placed 4th at the 2023 U20 USA Cross Country Championships in Richmond and represented Team USA at the U20 World XC Championships in Bathurst, Australia
  • Earned All-America honors in the two-mile at New Balance Indoor Nationals and in the mile at Nike Indoor Nationals
  • Part of a runner-up 4xMile relay team at Nike Indoor Nationals
  • Helped set the Minnesota state 4x800m record in 8:59.04
  • Also recruited by NC State, Oregon, Oklahoma State, and North Carolina
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS
  • Mile – 4:45.35
  • 1600m – 4:43.69
  • Two Mile – 10:09.27
  • 3200m – 10:05.74
  • 3K – 9:26.25
  • 5K – 16:43.7
  • 6K – 20:06.6
IN THE CLASSROOM
  • Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences with an exploratory studies major
  • 2025 All-Big 12 Spring Academic Team
  • 2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
PERSONAL
  • Full name is Abigail Katherine Nechanicky
  • Born March 15, 2005
  • Daughter of Mike Hahn and Beth Nechanicky
  • Has an older sister, Riley
  • Enjoys cooking, baking, hiking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family
  • Once made 121 consecutive free throws
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