Favorite Pro Team: Milwaukee Brewers
Favorite Athlete: Missy Franklin
Favorite Aquatic Center (Other Than Purdue): University of Iowa
Swimmer She'd Most Like to Race Against: Katie Ledecky
In Her MP3 Player: Timeflies
Last Concert She Attended: One Republic
Favorite Author: Jodi Picoult
Last Book She Read: The Unknowns
Favorite Actor & Actress: Logan Lerman & Anne Hathaway
Favorite Month: July
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Homemade Mac & Cheese
Favorite Dessert: Apple Pie
Favorite Purdue Building: Ford Dining Hall
Favorite Big City: Chicago
Unique Travel Locale: Costa Rica
Country She'd Like to Visit: Italy
Favorite Thing About the Boilermaker Aquatic Center: Team Room
Furry Friend: Cookie, Persian Cat
2014-15: Honorable Mention All-America (800 Free Relay)... NCAA Championships Qualifier (800 Free Relay)... CSCAA Scholar All-America... Jagdfeld competed primarily in the freestyle sprints and mid-distance events... established new Purdue freshman records in the 100 (49.78) and 200 free (1:46.22)... swam the second leg on the record-setting 800 free relay team that finished 12th at NCAAs to become Purdue's first All-American relay since 2011... Tom Reiter commitment to excellence award winner... broke the Purdue freshman records in the 100 and 200 free at the Ohio State Invitational and then eclipsed the 200 mark again at the Big Ten Championships... accounted for 17 team points at Big Tens by finishing sixth in the A final of the 200 free and fifth in the B final of the 500 free... also swam on three of the five relays at Big Tens... already ranks among the Top 10 in program history in the 100 (49.78, 7th), 200 (1:46.22, 4th) and 500 free (4:43.40, 6th)... won the A finals of the 100 and 200 free as well as qualifying for the A finals of the 50 and 500 free at the Ohio State Invitational to lead Purdue with 64 team points... also swam on two relay winners at the Ohio State Invitational to help Purdue win the meet... season-best time in the 50 free (23.33) was also at Ohio State... helped the 400 free and 400 medley relay teams post season-best and all-time Top 10 times at the Ohio State Invitational... accounted for a team-high nine individual event victories over the course of the season... also swam on seven relay winners total... swept the 50, 200 and 500 free at the season-opening dual meet victory vs. Miami (Ohio)... swept the 100 and 200 free in the dual meet win at Notre Dame... also won an event in duals against Michigan State and Ohio State/Cincinnati.
Before Purdue: Four-year Wisconsin state qualifier... two-time state champion and All-American in the 100 free as an upperclassman... also won the 200 free with a state record time as an All-American in the event as a junior... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Girls High School Swimmer of the Year as a junior... helped lead Waukesha South High to three straight Wisconsin state titles... competed on the Waukesha South team because her high school (Mukwonago) had a co-op team with WSHS... three-year scholastic All-American... qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 200 free... selected to the USA Swimming Junior National Team in the summer of 2014 in the 100 and 200 freestyle.
Personal: Full name is Abigail Lyn Jagdfeld... born in Waukesha, Wis.... parents are Aaron and Christy Jagdfeld... family also includes younger siblings Adam and Meghan... father ran track and Wisconsin-Whitewater... majoring in pre-occupational therapy.
Club Team: Waukesha Express
High School Coaches: Blaine Carlson & Andy Schaser
Best Events (Top Times): 100 Free (49.52), 200 Free (1:46.66) & 500 Free (4:46.40)