Abby Culp

Position:
Runner
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Manchester Valley
Hometown:
Manchester, Md.

CULP ON TFRRS

(2014-15): Cross Country - Competed in five meets for the Cougars on the season ... Placed among the top-five among her teammates at the most crucial point of the season, running 23:10.1 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Meet to finish 174th overall ... Pulled off her season-best 5k time at the 19:21.3 at the College of Charleston Invitational, achieving a 21st overall finish ... Indoor T&F - Appeared in three meets for the Cougars, competing in the 3000m and 5000m runs ... Achieved a personal best in the 3000m at the Art and Linda Maillet UNC Open with a time of 11:02.78 ... Pulled off a PR in the 5000m with a time of 18:54.73 at the ETSU Bucaneer Invitational ... Outdoor T&F - Appeared in six meets for the Lions, competing in the 1500m, 5000m and distance medley relay ... Achieved a personal best in the 1500m with a time of 5:08.42 at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational ... Pull off a PR in the 5000m run at the CAA Championships with a time of 18:37.66

High School: Prepped at Manchester Valley High School under coach Melissa Thomas … A four-year letterman in cross country and indoor track, as well as a three-year letterman in outdoor track … As a senior, she ran a personal best time in the 5K in a time of 19:07 … Finished first in the county championships, second at the regional and state championships in cross country, while also placing first at the county meet and second at regionals in the 3200m run … Named Carroll County Runner of the Year and helped the Mavericks to place second overall at regionals and state … In her junior campaign, she was a WTTF student-athlete and placed ninth at the Maryland Cross Country State Championships … Competed in the 1600m (5:22) and the 3200m (11:33) in track.

Personal: The daughter of Jennifer and Rich Culp … Has two younger sisters, Lydia and Elly, and a younger brother, Jesse … Ranked 12th out of her 184-member senior class with a 4.2 weighted grade point average … A member of the National Honor Society, vice president of her class on the Student Government Association and attended the HOBY Leadership Conference … An exercise and sports science major at UNCP.