Abigail White

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position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Chapin, S.C.
High school Chapin

position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Chapin, S.C.
High school Chapin

Career Honors and Recognition

2025 Indoor Second Team All-SEC
2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results

2025-26

Indoor

Appeared in six meets for the Gamecocks, primarily running distance events as well as one distance medley relay … Opened her season with an 18^th place finish in the 3000m at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener after running 9:25.04 … Ran the sixth fastest indoor 3K in program history at the SEC Indoor Championship with a personal best time of 9:19.64 … Ran the 1000m race just once this season, finishing sixth at the Orange & Purple Invite with a personal best mark of 2:49.13, ranking sixth in school history … Improved on her personal best time in the indoor mile, running 4:42.88 at the SEC Indoor Championship to rank sixth in Gamecock history … Her best finish in the indoor mile was seventh at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, clocking 4:43.15 … Her lone DMR appearance was at the ASICS Last Chance Invite, aiding the Gamecocks in a bronze medal finish with the second fastest time in school history at 10:48.42.

Outdoor

Appeared in five meets during the outdoor campaign, running the 1500m primarily as well as one 800m race and one 5K competition … Opened her season in the 5K at the Raleigh Relays, running a personal best time of 16:26.50 for the seventh fastest time in Gamecock history … Ran one 800m race during the season, posting a personal best time of 2:08.20 for the runner-up finish at the Tiger Track Classic … Her best 1500m result was sixth overall at the Wake Forest Invitational, running 4:20.13 … Finished 11^th at the SEC Outdoor Championship in the 1500m, running a personal best time of 4:17.78 for the fourth fastest time in school history.

Cross Country

Appeared in all seven cross country races as a true sophomore … Ran a personal best 6K time of 20:07.1 at the NCAA Championship as the Gamecocks advance to the championship event for the first time in program history … Her mark of 20:07.1 ranks as the seventh fastest 6K in school history … Made it to the NCAA Championship after finishing 38^th at the NCAA Southeast Regional, crossing the finish line in 20:27.9 to finish 38^th … Placed 39^th at the SEC Championship 6K, running 21:01.1 … Opened the season with a seventh place finish at the Covered Bridge Open in Boone, N.C., turning in a time of 17:32.0 in the 5K race … Ran the eighth fastest 5K time in program history at the Joe Piane Invitational, crossing the finish line with a personal best mark of 16:59.6.

2024-25

Indoor

Competed in five indoor meets during her freshman season, running the mile, 3K and the distance medley relay … Earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team at the SEC Indoor Championship in the DMR, running the leadoff leg for a squad that clocked 10:55.41 for a new program record and a second place finish … Was part of the DMR team that won the Gamecock Challenge with a new facility record time of 11:02.54 … Opened her indoor career with a win at the Gamecock Opener 3K, running a personal best time of 9:48.57 … Ran the seventh fastest indoor mile (twice), clocking 4:48.36 at both the Scarlet & White Invitational and the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing 16^th overall at the conference meet … Best finish in the mile was third at the USC Invite, clocking 4:49.29.

Outdoor

Competed in five meets during her freshman outdoor season, running a pair of 800m races, four 1500m events and one 5K … Finished seventh at the Wake Forest Invitational 1500m, running 4:26.13 … Set a new personal best in the 1500m at the Charlotte Invitational, finishing third overall in the field with a time of 4:25.50 for the fourth best time in Gamecock history … Ran both the 1500m and the 5K at the SEC Outdoor Championship, clocking 4:27.36 in the 1500m before turning in a personal best in the 5K of 16:51.65 … Her lone 800m finish of the season was 17^th at the East Coast Relays, running 2:11.15.

Cross Country

Turned in five appearances on the season, making her collegiate debut with a 10^th place finish at the Covered Bridge Open 5K in a time of 18:14.12 … Fastest 5K of the season was the Live in Lou Classic, running 18:11.4 to finish 72^nd in a stacked field … First 6K event of the season was an 18^th place finish at the Furman Invitational, running 22:13.6 … Turned in a PR at the SEC Championship when it mattered most, running 21:34.3.

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Earned letters in cross country, four letters in track & field and two letters in lacrosse at Chapin High School … Ran the 5K, 800m, 1600m, 3200m and the 4x400m relay for the Eagles … Is the Chapin High School cross country record holder in the 5K and is also the school record holder in the 1600m, mile, 1500m, 3200m, 800m and the 4x800m relay … She is also school record holder in the two-mile run, the DMR and the 4x1600m relay … Is a 13x All-State honoree and is a 5A State Champion in track & field as well as a state champion in the 3200m … Two-time bronze medalist at the South Carolina Cross Country State Championship … Two-time state runner-up in the 5A State Championship in the 1600m as well as a two-time bronze medalist in the 1600m … Fourth in the 3200m SC 5A State Championship and finished 5^th in the 800m twice during her high school career … Named Most Valuable Player each season at Chapin and won the Elite Mile Girls Championship in 2023 … Earned the 2024 Elite 800m Girls Championship … Named 6x All-Region in cross country, 6x All-County in cross country, 7x All-County in track & field and was a 3x Region 5A Champion in cross country … 9x All-Region Champion in track & field and two-time All-Region 5A Runner of the Year … Earned the Speedy Eagle Award in 2020 and 2021 and was named the Thunder & Lightning Preseason All-Eagle Team in 2022 … Coaches Classic Elite Girls Champion in 2024 in the 1600m and was named a two-time team captain for both cross country and track & field … Rocky Award winner in 2023 and earned the Outstanding Distance Award … Named MVP Region 4 Player of the Meet in 2024.

Personal
Daughter of Eric and Amy White, born on January 24, 2006 … Has a younger brother named Ronan … Her father Eric played football, while her great uncle Rudy played football at South Carolina … Graduated Top-10 in her class and was on the Dean’s List all throughout her high school career … Member of the National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society and the National Technical Honors Society … Will be in the Honors College where she will pursue a degree in Nursing … Is part of the Palmetto Fellows and has been awarded the Stem Scholarship as well as being a Dean’s Scholar.

Personal Records

Indoor