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Abby DeVeau
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Framingham, Mass.
- High School:
- Framingham H.S.
2026 Big Ten Outdoor 10,000m Bronze Medalist
2025 All-Big Ten Second Team XC
2025 All-Region XC
Joined the cross country and track team for the first time in the fall of 2025, after earning her B.A. in Law, Societies, and Justice in three years, during which time she played on the UW club rugby team, and ran for the Husky Running Club … now pursuing a master’s in Jurisprudence ... prior to 2025, had not run a cross country season since 2021 in high school.
2026 Outdoors: Raced just four times outdoors but made them count, earning the bronze medal in the 10,000-meters at the Big Ten Championships and taking 13th in the 10k at West Prelims, just one spot away from reaching NCAAs … Big Tens was the first 10k of her career, and she took third-place in 33:18.23, then doubled back two days later and finished ninth in the 5,000-meters in 17:09.21 … at NCAA Prelims in Arkansas, took 13th in the 10k in a PR of 32:44.64, going to No. 4 in school history in just her second run at the distance … opened the outdoor season with a 5k time of 15:59.73 at the Bryan Clay Invite ... a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Spring Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2026 Indoors: Competed five times in her first collegiate track season, starting at the UW Preview with a 3,000m run of 9:29.73 … placed 16th overall at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 5,000-meters in 16:23.53 … set a 3k PR of 9:27.16 at the UW Invitational … mile time of 4:58.22 at the Mile City meet … ran a 5k season-best of 16:02.65 at the Husky Classic for fourth, the No. 10 time in school history.
2025 Cross Country: A huge surprise key to the team’s success in the fall, running in the top-three at all three postseason races in her first year of NCAA cross country, after spending the previous three years at UW on the club rugby team … went from not training as a distance runner for three years to finishing in the top 100 at the NCAA Championships, as she was 96th overall in 19:56 and third on the team to help UW finish 19th overall … earned All-West Region honors with a 15th-place finish at West Regionals, second on the squad … in just her second career collegiate cross country race, placed 19th at the Big Ten Championships, third on the team, to earn All-Big Ten Second Team honors … made NCAA debut at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 93rd overall and fourth on the squad in 21:05.
High School and Personal: Born in Framingham, Mass. … mother is Melissa Williams and father is Jason DeVeau … has one older sister, Paige, and one younger brother, Will … as a sophomore in 2019, captured the Bay State Conference cross country title, then took fifth at the MIAA Eastern Mass Divisional … the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic … also played softball … a National Honor Society and Honor Roll member.
Major Meets
2025 Big Ten XC - 19th (3rd UW)
2025 Regional XC - 15th (2nd UW)
2025 NCAA XC - 96th (3rd UW)
2026 Big Ten Indoor TF - 16th, 5000m
2026 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 9th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2026 NCAA Prelims TF - 13th, 10000m
Academic Honors
2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2026 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 All-Big Ten Second Team XC
2025 All-Region XC
Joined the cross country and track team for the first time in the fall of 2025, after earning her B.A. in Law, Societies, and Justice in three years, during which time she played on the UW club rugby team, and ran for the Husky Running Club … now pursuing a master’s in Jurisprudence ... prior to 2025, had not run a cross country season since 2021 in high school.
2026 Outdoors: Raced just four times outdoors but made them count, earning the bronze medal in the 10,000-meters at the Big Ten Championships and taking 13th in the 10k at West Prelims, just one spot away from reaching NCAAs … Big Tens was the first 10k of her career, and she took third-place in 33:18.23, then doubled back two days later and finished ninth in the 5,000-meters in 17:09.21 … at NCAA Prelims in Arkansas, took 13th in the 10k in a PR of 32:44.64, going to No. 4 in school history in just her second run at the distance … opened the outdoor season with a 5k time of 15:59.73 at the Bryan Clay Invite ... a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Spring Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2026 Indoors: Competed five times in her first collegiate track season, starting at the UW Preview with a 3,000m run of 9:29.73 … placed 16th overall at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 5,000-meters in 16:23.53 … set a 3k PR of 9:27.16 at the UW Invitational … mile time of 4:58.22 at the Mile City meet … ran a 5k season-best of 16:02.65 at the Husky Classic for fourth, the No. 10 time in school history.
2025 Cross Country: A huge surprise key to the team’s success in the fall, running in the top-three at all three postseason races in her first year of NCAA cross country, after spending the previous three years at UW on the club rugby team … went from not training as a distance runner for three years to finishing in the top 100 at the NCAA Championships, as she was 96th overall in 19:56 and third on the team to help UW finish 19th overall … earned All-West Region honors with a 15th-place finish at West Regionals, second on the squad … in just her second career collegiate cross country race, placed 19th at the Big Ten Championships, third on the team, to earn All-Big Ten Second Team honors … made NCAA debut at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 93rd overall and fourth on the squad in 21:05.
High School and Personal: Born in Framingham, Mass. … mother is Melissa Williams and father is Jason DeVeau … has one older sister, Paige, and one younger brother, Will … as a sophomore in 2019, captured the Bay State Conference cross country title, then took fifth at the MIAA Eastern Mass Divisional … the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic … also played softball … a National Honor Society and Honor Roll member.
Major Meets
2025 Big Ten XC - 19th (3rd UW)
2025 Regional XC - 15th (2nd UW)
2025 NCAA XC - 96th (3rd UW)
2026 Big Ten Indoor TF - 16th, 5000m
2026 Big Ten Outdoor TF - 9th, 5000m | 3rd, 10000m
2026 NCAA Prelims TF - 13th, 10000m
Academic Honors
2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2026 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
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