Abigail Meckes Season 2024-25

PositionThrows
Height5-8
ClassJunior
HometownLehighton, Pa.
High SchoolLehighton Area High School

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2026 Outdoor
• Finished 10th in the Javelin at the ACC Outdoor Championships throwing for 43.29m/142-0
• Set a personal best of 47.83m/156-11 to finish 4th in the javelin at the Duke Invitaational and rank No.10 all-time in program history
• Finished 3rd in the javelin at Penn Relays throwing for 44.39m/145-8
• Recorded top 10 finishes at the Larry Ellis Invitational and Virginia Challenge
• Opened the season with a 4th place finish in the javelin (42.48m/139-4) at the Virginia Opener

2025 Outdoor

• Placed seventh in the javelin (42.61m/139-9) at the ACC Outdoor Championships and was one of three Cavaliers to make the javelin final
• Finished runner-up at the Virginia High Performance throwing for 42.32m/138-10
• Recorded a new personal best of 43.99m/144-4 at the Virginia Challenge
• Opened the season with a third place finish in the javelin throwing for 41.15m/135-0 to finish third at the Virginia Opener
• All-ACC Academic Team

2024 Outdoor
• Recorded a personal best in the javelin (39.76m/130-5) to finish sixth at the Virginia High Performance
• Finished second at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Won the javelin throw at the Virginia Opener
• Competed in all four Virginia home meets this season

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Placed second at the Virginia High Performance in the javelin throw
• Threw the javelin to a season best of 37.99m at the Virginia Quadrangular Meet

Background
• 4 year varsity letter
• Times News Athlete of the Year, MVP (Junior Year)
• 3 Event League Champ (Junior Year)
• 5th place, State Championships (Javelin – Junior Year)
• Channel 13 Athlete of the Week
• 2nd place, American JavFest
• Also played Soccer, and Basketball
• Named Overall Most Athletic
• Volunteered for Lehighton Area Booster Club Soccer, Track, Friends of Animals, UCC summer lunch program, Franklin Fire Company, and PALS tutoring

Personal
• Born in Lehighton, PA
• Daughter of Leslie and Brian Meckes
• Has one sister, Isabelle, who runs Track and Field at DeSales University
• Majoring in kinesiology

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Senior
2025-26

Throws
5-8 / -
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Sophomore
2023-24

Javelin
5-8 / -
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Sophomore
2022-23

Javelin
5-8 / -