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Abby Marcukaitis Season 2024-25

PositionBACKSTROKE
YearJunior
HometownMiddleville, Mich.
2023-24 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• CSCAA National Invitational Championship Qualifier (50, 100, 200 Back; 200 Medley Relay)
Competed in the backstroke events
Season/Career-Best Times: 53.57 in the 100 back, 1:56.96 in the 200 back
In program history, moved into third place in the 100 and fourth place in the 200
At the NIC meet in Florida, finished fourth in the A final of the 100 back, won the B final of the 200 back and swam the leadoff leg on Purdue’s 200 medley relay team
Also swam on both medley relays at the Big Ten Championships and Purdue Invitational, helping the 200 and 400 teams both move into ninth place in program history
Accounted for 22 team points at Big Tens, qualifying for the B final of the 100 back and posting her career-best time while winning the C final of the 200 back
• Co-recipient of the team's Most Improved award
Accounted for 25 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invite, qualifying for the A final of both backstroke events
Career-best time in the 100 back was on the leadoff leg of the 400 medley relay at the Purdue Invite
Victorious in the 100 back and won heat 1 of the 200 back while finishing third overall in the triple dual vs. Missouri and Illinois
Also won the 100 back in the home opener vs. UIndy and the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate

2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
Competed primarily in backstroke events
Set a Purdue freshman record in the 100 back (54.32), eclipsing a mark that had stood since 2020 while moving into seventh place in team history overall
Also moved into 12th place in team history with a time of 1:59.00 in the 200 back
• Posted her season bests in her collegiate debut at Missouri, for the season ranking first on the team in the 100 and third in the 200
Swam the leadoff leg on both medley relays at the Big Ten Championships
• Also raced individually in both backstroke events at Big Tens
Scored in the A final of the 100 back at the Purdue Invitational, winning her prelim heat
Also at the Purdue Invite, on the D final of the 200 back and swam the leadoff leg on the Boilermakers' top-scoring 200 and 400 medley relays (team season best in the 400)
Helped Purdue register a season-best time in the 200 medley relay at the Big Ten Quad hosted by Northwestern
Victorious in the 100 back in the dual meet win at Illinois
• Won the 100 back and contributed to a 200 medley relay victory in the home opener vs. UIndy
Helped Purdue win the 200 medley relay and finished top five in the 100 IM at the Indiana Intercollegiates

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Carl Schoessel at Thornapple Kellogg High School near Grand Rapids
Also competed for the Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics club team
Michigan state champion in the 100 backstroke as a senior
Selected for the Michigan Dream Team as a senior
Four-year team MVP and all-conference honoree
Three-year all-state honoree broke conference and pool records all three years
Won a pair of conference titles as a junior
Scholastic All-American
Broke school records in nine of the 11 events – 3 as a freshman, sophomore and senior
Helped Thornapple Kellogg win conference titles in 2018 and 2020
Four-time state champion with her club team
Junior Nationals qualifier; backstroke finalist at Sectional and USA Swimming Futures Championships
Four-year honor roll student graduated ranked among the top 10 in her class as a senior
Rotary student for the science department

PERSONAL
Major: Supply Chain Management
Born in Hastings, Michigan
Parents are Brian and Kristina Marcukaitis
Family also includes siblings Cooper (her twin brother) and Sophia


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Sophomore
2023-24

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Freshman
2022-23

BACKSTROKE