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Abby Comella

Sprints
Position
Freshman
Class
Wellesley, Mass.
Hometown
Wellesley High School
High School
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Abby Comella - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Ran the 400m at the ACC Outdoor Championships
• Placed third in the 400m at the Virginia High Performance meet with a time of 57.50
• Tripled in the 4x400m, 200m, and 400m events at Raleigh Relays

2023 Indoor
• Ran a personal best in the 300m at the Virginia Tech Invitational (40.57s)
• Competed in the 4x400m and 400m at the Hokie Invitational
• Finished sixth in the 400m and 4x400m at the Penn State National Open
• Competed in the 400m at the 2023 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• Helped finish first in the 4x400m at the 2022 Liberty Kickoff

2022 Outdoor
• Competed in the 400 meters at the ACC Championships
• Helped Virginia to a seventh-place finish in the 4×400 meter relay at the Duke Invitational
• Recorded a personal best in the 200 meters at the Duke Invitational
• Competed in the 400m and 4x400m at the Virginia Open

2022 Indoor
• Competed in the 400m at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Helped Virginia to a first-place finish in the DMR (11:13.70) at the Hokie Invitational
• Competed in the 400m at the Doc Hale VT Elite meet
• Competed in the 400m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• Competed in the 400m at the VT Challenge
• Ran 59.09 in a sixth-place finish at the Virginia Tech Invitational

2021 Outdoor
• Named to 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Ran PB (56.44) in 400m at Virginia Invitational
• Posted time of 56.47 in 400m at Virginia Challenge
• On UVA’s winning 4×400 team at UVA Opener
• Placed fifth in 400m at UVA Opener

2021 Indoor
• Raced in 400m at Doc Hale VT Elite and Hokie Invitational
• Ran in 500m at Virginia Tech Invitational

Background
• Massachusetts state champion
• Named a 2017 and 2018 indoor and outdoor Boston Globe All Scholastic honoree
• Six-time Bay State Conference All-Star
• Two-time conference MVP

Personal
• Majoring in foreign affairs with a psychology minor
• Daughter of Erin Comella and Greg Comella
• Has one brother, Charlie, and two sisters, Annie and Kate
• Father, Greg, played football for Stanford and played in the NFL for six seasons for the Giants, Titans, Texans and Buccaneers
• Had two uncles, JP and Matt, compete for Boston College and Northeastern, respectively in football