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Abby Harter

Fly/IM/Breast
Position
Freshman
Class
Broadlands, VA
Hometown
Briar Woods High School
High School
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Abby Harter - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

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All-America
2023:
200 Fly
2022: 200 IM, 200 Fly
2021: 200 Fly, 100 Fly

All-ACC
2024: 200 Fly
2023:
200 IM, 200 Fly
2021:
200 Fly

2023-24
• Finished third in 200 butterfly (1:54.81) at ACC Championships
• Finished third with a time of 2:01.19 in 200 IM at UNC/NC State meet
• Won the 200-yard fly with a time of 1:54.71 at Tennessee Invite
• Placed third in the 100 fly with a time of 52.90 at Tennessee Invite
• Placed fifth in the 200 IM (1:57.47) at Tennessee Invite

2022-23
• Placed seventh in the 200 fly at NCAAs
• Finished third in the 200 fly at ACC Championships
• Won the 100 fly at the Cavalier Invite
• Finished third in the 400 IM and fourth in the 200 fly against NC State and North Carolina
• Led off for the 400 free relay, placing first against Virginia Tech
• Finished third in the 100 fly and fifth in the 200 free against Virginia Tech
• Placed second in the 200 IM at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed fourth in the 400 IM at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 fly at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed fourth in the 200 IM against Texas
• Placed fourth in the 200 fly against Texas
• Won the 200 fly against Florida
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• SCAA Scholar All-America First Team

2021-22
• Finished 11th in the 200 IM and 200 fly, swimming the fifth and fourth fastest times in UVA history, at NCAA Championships
• Finished fifth in the 200 fly, ninth in 200 IM (eighth fastest time in UVA history) and was 10th in 100 fly at the ACC Championships
• Placed second in the 200 fly against NC State
• Won the 200 fly and was second in the 100 fly against North Carolina
• Finished eighth in the 200 fly at the Tennessee Invitational
• Was fifth in the 100 fly against Texas
• Won the 200 medley relay and 200 fly against Army
• Placed sixth in the 100 breast at California
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21
• Earned two All-America honors, finishing sixth in the 200-yard butterfly and 12th in the 100-yard butterfly at the NCAA Championships
• Placed second in the 200-yard butterfly to earn All-ACC honors and finished eighth in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM at the ACC Championships
• Swept the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly against North Carolina
• Won the 200-yard butterfly against Virginia Tech
• Finished first in the 200-yard butterfly against Tennessee and Alabama
• Placed third in the 100-yard butterfly against Tennessee and Alabama
• Swept the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly against Navy
• Placed fifth in the 200m butterfly and 11th in the 100m butterfly at the Toyota U.S. Open
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 fly
• U.S. Open finalist
• NCSA junior national champion in the 100 and 200 fly
• Advanced to the finals at the Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships
• Earned first-team Washington Post All-Met three times
• Four-time recipient of the All-Loudoun County Swimmer of the Year
• National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American
• Holds high school records for Briar Wood in the 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 breaststroke and 50 free
• Holds the Virginia 5A high school state record in the 100 fly and 100 breast
• Five-time 5A state champion
• USA swimming scholastic All-American

Personal
• Major: Kinesiology
• Daughter of Kim and Jeff Harter
• Has one brother, Alex
• Served as a summer league swim coach