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2017-18 Women's Track and Field Roster

Abigail Motley

  • Position Distance
  • Indoor Elig. R-Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. R-Sr.
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • High School Floyd Kellam

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
3000m 9:38.76 2/26/16
5000m 16:41.33 2/12/16
Mile 4:59.31 2/20/16
Outdoor Mark Date
1500m 4:37.35(u) 4/30/16
3000m 9:51.92 4/5/14
5000m 16:44.01 5/4/14
10000m 34:48.30 5/12/17

2016-17 (at Virginia Tech)
Cross Country: Ran for Tech at the Southeast Regional, finishing 47th overall ... 32nd at the ACC Championships ... Also ran at Penn State and Louisville ... Named to the ACC All-Academic team.
Indoor: Redshirted ... Ran twice unattached.
Outdoor: NCAA Qualifier at 10,000m, finishing 42nd in the Eastern Semifinals ... Named All-ACC after finishing third in the 10,000m in 34:48.30 ... Finished 14th in the ACC 5,000m ... Won the 5,000m at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Named to the ACC All-Academic team.

2015-16 (at Virginia Tech)
Cross Country: Took 65th at the Southeast Regional ... Finished 37th overall at the ACC Championships ... Also ran at Pre-Nationals and Princeton.
Indoor: Set lifetime-bests in all three distances on consecutive weeks ... Started with a 16:41.33 in the 5,000m at Iowa State ... The next week at home, ran a 4:59.31 mile ... In the third week, ran 9:38.76 in the 3,000m at the ACC Championships ... Also finished 17th in the 5,000m at the ACC meet.
Outdoor: Redshirted ... Ran twice unattached ... Timed a best-ever 4:37.35 in the 1,500m at Radford.

2014-15 (at Virginia Tech)
Cross Country: Ran six times during the year ... Ledger included appearances at the NCAA Regional and the ACC Championships.
Indoor: Finished the year taking 23rd in the ACC 5,000m ... Third in the 3,000m at the UCS Invitational.
Outdoor: Began the ACC 10,000m, but did not finish the race ... Third in the 1,500m at the VT Twilight in early May ... Also took third in the 10,000m at App State.

2013-14 (at Virginia Tech)
Cross Country: Ran four times ... Took 23rd at Pre-Nationals ... Also ran at the Southeast Regional and ACC Championships.
Indoor: Took runner-up honors in the 5,000m at the UCS Invitational ... Finished 16th in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships.
Outdoor: Finished 10th in the 10,000m at the ACC Championships as a freshman ... Also earned top-three finishes in the 1,500m and the 10,000m at home in May ... Ran the 5,000m in 16:44.01 at Stanford in early May ... At the Colonial Relays in early April, took third in the 3,000m at 9:51.92, and also ran on Tech's winning DMR that timed 11:47.73.

Prep
Won the Virginia state title in the 3,200m outdoors as a senior ... Won the 1,600m regional title as well ... Salutatorian of her graduating class.

Personal
Daughter of Rebecca and Todd Motley ... One of eight sisters, including W&M head women's cross country coach Natalie Hall ... Other sisters include Rachel, Susan, Emma, Hannah, Julia, and Caroline ... Earned her degree in international studies in 2017 ... Enrolled in W&M's Master's of Public Policy program.