Brandon Abboud

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.
High School:
Creighton Prep

AWARDS AND HONORS
2019-20 All-BIG EAST Team
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Fly Silver Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Silver Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 100 Fly Bronze Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Medley Relay Bronze Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2018-19 All-BIG EAST Team
2018-19 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2018-19 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2018-19 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Medley Relay Gold Medalist
2018-19 BIG EAST Championships: 800 Free Relay Silver Medalist
2018-19 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017-18 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2019-20: Earned All-BIG EAST in five events at the 2020 BIG EAST Championships, including a pair of individual races...Set a season-best time in the prelims of the 200 fly at 1:48.58 to qualify in the top spot of the Championship final...Finished runner-up to teammate Landon Clark in the Championship final to help seal the team’s fifth BIG EAST Championship title...Also earned All-BIG EAST with a bronze medal in the Championship final of the 100 fly with a personal-best time of 48.67...Also qualified for the Championship final of the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 1:51.66 in the prelims...Won BIG EAST title as part of the school-record setting 200 free relay, swimming a 19.98 third leg as the Musketeers tied for first with a time of 1:21.05...Also earned All-BIG EAST as part of the runner-up 400 free relay, swimming a 44.77 leg, and as part of the third-place finishing 200 medley relay....Competed in the 100 fly at the Toyota US Open in December 2019.

2018-19: Earned All-BIG EAST as part of four relays and qualified for three championship finals to help the Musketeers win the 2019 BIG EAST Championship...Set a personal-best time of 48.86 in the 100 fly, the fastest time by a Musketeer that season, to qualify in the second spot for the Championship final where he finished fourth...Set a personal-best time of 1:49.95 in the prelims of the 200 fly to qualify for the Championship final where he finished fourth...Set a personal-best time of 1:51.95 in the prelims of the 200 IM to qualify for the Championship final...Swam a 20.17 leg in the school-record-setting 200 free relay that took first with a time of 1:21.23... Took the third leg of the gold-medal winning 400 free relay that finished in a time of 3:00.24...Swam a 48.38 butterfly leg in the school-record setting 400 medley relay that took gold with a time of 3:14.84...Helped the Musketeers set a school-record time of 6:35.34 and take second in the 800 free relay...Set a personal best time in the 50 free, 21.36, at CSU Magnus Cup...Set a personal-best time in the 100 free, 46.43, at Magnus Cup.

2017-18: Competed in the 500 free, 100 fly and 200 fly at the BIG EAST Championships…Placed fifth in the 200 fly with a time of 1:50.68, fourth fastest time in program history…Competed in the B-Final of the 100 fly at the BIG EAST Championship, setting the ninth fastest time in program history, 50.15…Competed in the B-Final of the 500 free, setting a season-best time of 4:38.80 at the BIG EAST Championships… Set season best times in the 50 free (21.52), the 100 free (47.44, as part of a relay) and the 200 free (1:44.54, as part of a relay) at the CSU Magnus Cup.

2016-17: Competed in three events at the BIG EAST Championships during freshman season...Set a season best time of 1:40.82 in the 200 free to take the top spot in the B-Finals during the conference meet...Competed in the B-final of 500 free as well, setting a season best time of 4:36.39...Competed in the B-Final of the 200 fly after setting a season-best time of 1:51.58 in the prelims...also qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: As a senior, collected three Nebraska State Championships, in the 100 free, (46.88), 200 free (1:41.31) and 500 free (4:39.77)...As a junior, won the 500 free at the Nebraska stat championships with a personal record time of 4:38.24...A two-time state finalist as a sophomore, in the 200 and 500 free.