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Abby Cohen

Abby Cohen - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 5-11
Major Neuroscience
Hometown Durham, N.C.
Last School St. Pius X
Abby Cohen - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2021-22 (Junior): Competed in the freestyle, butterfly and IM … Recorded a personal best in the 500 free (4:57.99) at the ACC Championships … Posted personal bests in the 200 free (1:51.40), 200 fly (2:00.89), 200 IM (2:07.70) and 400 IM (4:18.81) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Swam the 500 free (5:11.80) and 200 IM (2:10.01) against Gardner-Webb … Turned in times in the 500 free (5:07.85), 200 fly (2:04.39) and 200 IM (2:10.30) against Tulane and Arkansas … Recorded a time in the 100 IM (1:01.64) against Northwestern and Miami … Clocked times in the 200 fly (2:07.16) and 200 IM (2:09.68) against Duke … Finished with times in the 200 fly (2:06.20) and 400 IM (4:32.45) against North Carolina … Touched the wall in the 200 fly (2:07.58) and 200 IM (2:09.77) against Florida State … Opened the season against SCAD in the 200 fly (2:08.53) and 200 IM (2:11.02)

2020-21 (Sophomore): Freestyle, butterfly and individual medley style swimmer … Ranks seventh in program history in the 400 IM (4:20.33) … Swam at the ACC Championship in the 200 fly (2:02.54), 200 IM (2:04.85) and 400 IM (4:20.33) … Her 200 fly and 400 IM were personal bests and her 200 IM was a season best … Recorded personal bests in the 50 fly (27.55), 100 fly (58.11) and 400 IM (4:24.15) against Vanderbilt … Turned in personal bests in the 50 free (24.29) at the Georgia Invitational … Posted times in the 200 free (1:55.65), 200 fly (2:07.11) and 400 IM (4:31.72) against Gardner Webb … Touched in 1:54.87, 27.77, 58.95 and 2:06.84 in the 200 free, 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 fly, respectively, against Alabama … Finished the 200 free, 200 fly and 200 IM in 1:55.03, 2:07.24 and 2:09.51, respectively, against Auburn

2019-20 (Freshman): Competed in seven events for the Yellow Jackets during her freshman year … Also competed with the 200 free, 800 free and 400 medley relay groups this season … Her 400 IM at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4:24.42) was good for eighth in program history … Also swam her fastest 200 free (1:51.44) and 200 IM (2:06.08) times at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Swam her fastest 200 fly against Florida State, touching the wall in 2:06.47 … Finished third in the 100 fly (58.81) and fourth in the 100 free (53.42) against Georgia Southern, SCAD.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at St. Pius X under coach Scott Carter, earning captain’s status her junior and senior year … Led SPX to runner-up at state championships in 2019 … Named SPX Swimming MVP 2016-19 … Garnered GHSA Class 4-5A First-Team All-State honors … Back-to-back GHSA Class 4-5A State Individual Champion in the 500 free (2018, 2019) … Back-to-back state runner-up in the 200 IM … Garnered St. Pius X Citizenship Award – given by faculty to the most well-rounded senior in academics, athletics and community service … Also earned the Georgia Swimming Bill Young Award – given for achievement in academics, swimming and community service.

Personal: The middle child with two sisters … Father, Scott, ran Division III track and cross country for Binghamton University (1987-89) … Sister, Paige, rows Division I crew for College of the Holy Cross (2017-present) … Intends on majoring in neuroscience.

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