Abby Marcukaitis Season 2023-24

2024-25 / AS A JUNIOR
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed in the backstroke events
• Eclipsed the program record in the 200 back with a time of 1:54.09 at the Big Ten Triple Duals hosted by Minnesota

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 Operations Management / Marketing
• Born in Hastings, Michigan
• Parents are Brian and Kristina Marcukaitis
• Family also includes siblings Cooper (her twin brother) and Sophia