Abbie Kehmeier Season 2023-24

2024-25 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed primarily in the backstroke events
• Season-Best Times at the Big Ten Championships: 54.28 in 100 back, 1:56.48 in 200 back
• Moved into fourth place in program history in the 200 back with her lifetime best
• 100 time was just .02 hundredths off of her Purdue freshman record and lifetime best
• Scored in the C final of the 200 back at Big Tens
• Also raced in the 50 freestyle at Big Tens (23.77)
• Accounted for 29 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invitational
• Finished top five in the A finals of both backstroke events at the Purdue Invite
• Originally moved into fifth place in team history in the 200 back with a time of 1:56.92 at the Big Ten Triple Duals hosted by Minnesota
• Finished third in the 100 back at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate as Purdue had the top three finishers

2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Competed primarily in the backstroke events
• Eclipsed the team’s freshman record in the 100 back with a time of 54.26 at the Purdue Invitational, also moving into ninth place in program history
• Season-best time of 1:58.66 in the 200 back at the Big Ten Quad vs. Minnesota, Northwestern and Iowa put her into 13th place in the program history
• Raced in both backstroke events and the 50 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships
• Accounted for 25.5 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invite, finishing sixth in the A final of both backstroke events
• Helped her 400 medley relay team win its heat at the Purdue Invite
• Won the 200 back and was runner-up in the 100 back as Purdue went 1-2-3 in the event at the home opener vs. UIndy
• Runner-up in both backstroke events at the triple dual vs. Missouri and Illinois
• Finished third overall in the 100 back as the Boilers had three of the top five finishers at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate
• Won heat 1 of the 200 back at the two-day dual vs. Rutgers and Oakland
• Finished top five in both backstroke events at Swim Fest/Indiana Senior State in July, winning bronze in the 100m back

HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner for coach Leigh Dodd at Legacy High School in suburban Denver
• Multi-year All-American with Legacy’s freestyle and medley relays
• Four-year all-conference honoree, including recognized individually in the 100 back as a senior
• Two-time first-team academic all-state honoree as an upperclassman
• Helped lead Legacy to consecutive Front Range League championships as an upperclassman
• National Honor Society
• Sophomore class leadership member
• Also competed for the Front Range Barracudas club coached by Andrew Brand

PERSONAL
• Major: Communication
• Full name is Abbie Marie Kehmeier
• Born in Louisville, Colorado
• Parents are Jonathan & Mollie Kehmeier
• Family also includes siblings Andrew & Ella