COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 60m – 6.72, 100m – 10.56, 200m – 21.26, 400m – 48.11, 500m – 1:06.49
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS (at Penn State):
No. 2 in school history in the outdoor 4x400 relay (3:03.15)
No. 4 in school history in the indoor 60m dash (6.72)
No. 4 in school history in the indoor 4x400 relay (3:05.87)
AWARDS (at Penn State):
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (’24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships as a member of the Nittany Lions’ 4x400 relay team…Ran on the second-fastest 4x400 relay team in school history…Added 100m and 400m dash PRs…Outside of NCAA competition, competed for Guyana in the 2024 World Relays meet.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Ran a 10.56 in the 100m to finish fourth, achieving a new PR in the event. Pepsi Florida Relays (3/29-30): Placed fifth in the 4x400 relay, recording an outstanding 3:06.86 effort…Ran a 21.42 in the 200-meter dash. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Finished fourth in the 100m dash with a 10.63. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Set a PR with a 48.11 in the 400m, placing 13th in the conference…Finished seventh as a member of the Nittany Lions’ 4x400 team that clocked a 3:08.86. NCAA East Region Prelims (5/22-25): Was a member of a historic 4x400 relay team that threw down a 3:03.15, the second-fastest time in school history, to advance to the NCAA Championship meet. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-8): In the Nittany Lions’ third-straight trip to the NCAA Championships, Abel helped the squad to a 3:11.01, a mark that finished 23rd in the country.
2024 Indoor
Season: Had a productive first indoor season with the Nittany Lions, setting PRs in both the 60 and 200-meter dash events…Reached No. 4 in school history on both the 60m and 4x400m relay lists.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Clocked a 6.72 in the 60-meter dash finals, finishing fourth overall…His mark is the fourth-fastest time in Penn State history. Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/20): Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash…Placed third in the 4x400 relay with a 3:12.45. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Finished second in the 60m dash, tying his PR with a 6.72…Ran a leg of the blazing 3:05.87 4x400 relay team that took first overall with the fourth-fastest mark in Penn State indoor history. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Clocked a 21.26 PR in the 200m dash, finishing second overall. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Ran the 60m dash at the indoor conference meet, clocking a 6.86.
BEFORE PENN STATE
2023 Outdoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Set 100m and 200m PRs at the CAA Outdoor Championships…Won silver in the 200m at CAA’s…Earned two event victories during the regular season.
CAA Outdoor Championships (5/5-6): Earned a silver medal in the 100m, along the way set a PR in the semifinals, a 10.65 effort…Set a PR in the 200m finals with a 21.41, finishing fourth…Came in fourth place in the 4x100 with a 42.31.
2023 Indoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Won two events during the regular season…Earned two top-eight finishes at the CAA Indoor Championships…Set a PR in the 60m dash.
Penn Select 10 (1/14): Won both the 200 (22.06) and the 4x400 (3:17.17). Villanova Invitational (1/21): Finished third in the 60m, going 6.97 in the finals. CAA Indoor Championships (2/22-23): Placed fourth in the 4x400 with a 3:18.23…Also came in sixth in the 60m with a 6.91. IC4A/ECAC Championships (3/3-5): Placed seventh in the 60m finals, setting a new PR of 6.87 in the semis…Finished eighth in the 200m with a 21.85.
2022 Outdoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Finished second in the Penn Relays Division 6 4x100 finals…Qualified for the IC4A/ECAC Championships in the 100 and 4x100.
Penn Relays (4/28-30): Reached the finals in both the 4x100 and 4x400 events…Placed second in the 4x100 with a 41.57. IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/13-15): Finished seventh place in the 4x100, going 42.18…Placed tenth in the 100, running a 10.71.
2022 Indoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Competed in two meets for Stony Brook, earning second place in two events.
Penn 10-Team Select (1/15): Placed second in the 400m with a 48.63…Earned second with a 4x400 time of 3:18.02.
2021 Outdoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Earned six event wins during the regular season…Was the America East bronze medalist in the 400 and silver medalist in the 4x100.
Fordham Icahn Invitational (3/20): Won the 200 (22.14), 4x100 (42.86), and 4x400 (3:18.96) in his first collegiate outdoor meet…America East Outdoor Championships (5/1-2): Won bronze in the 400, setting a lifetime PR of 48.27 in the finals…Earned silver in the 4x100, helping his squad go 41.70 in the event…Placed fourth in the 4x400, going 3:19.38. IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16): Ran a 48.60 for seventh overall.
2021 Indoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Did not compete.
2020 Outdoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor (at Stony Brook)
Season: Set a PR in the 500m…Finished fifth in the America East Championships in the 400 and fourth in the 4x400.
Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (1/30-31): Clocked a 1:06.49 in the 500 for fourth overall, setting a PR in the event. America East Indoor Championships (2/21-22): Went 48.68 in the 400 finals for fifth place in the conference in his first indoor season…Helped his team to a 3:17.85 mark, finishing fourth in the 4x400.
Competed for Walter Panas High School where he holds two school records in sprint events…Was a two-time All-Section honoree and won the 2018 county championship in the 300m dash…Was a member of the high honor roll.
PERSONAL
Son of Patrick Abel and Lesleyne Henry-Abel…Has one sister, Jesselyne…Pursuing a master’s degree in organizational development and change at Penn State…Chose Penn State because “the power five program resources. Penn State will give me the best chance to compete nationally for Guyana.”