Abigail Ruston

{{short description|American shot putter}}

Abigail Ruston (born April 3, 1983) is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put.

She finished twelfth at the 2006 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and improved to sixth place the following year with a personal best throw of 17.47 meters.[http://www.usatf.org/events/2006/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F55.asp 2006 Women's Shot Put]. USATF (2006). Retrieved on 2010-05-21.[http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/usaoutdoortfchampionships/results/fullResults_open.asp 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Full Results - Open]. USATF (2007). Retrieved on 2010-05-21. Ruston received NCAA Outdoor All-America honours in 2007.[http://www.goutsa.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13100&ATCLID=3644206 Men's Track and Field - Chris Adams]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410091219/http://www.goutsa.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13100&ATCLID=3644206 |date=2010-04-10 }}. University of Texas at San Antonio. Retrieved on 2010-05-21.

She finished as the runner-up to Jillian Camarena at the 2008 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, throwing a personal best of 18.03 m at the competition.Lee, Kirby (2008-02-24). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43533.html Acuff collects fourth title, third straight for Walker - USA Indoor champs Day 1]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-05-21. As a result, she was selected for the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and finished in eleventh place, outdoing her compatriot Camarena.[http://www.iaaf.org/wic08/results/eventcode=3656/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=SP/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/results.html#detW_SP_hash_q 2008 World Indoors Shot Put - Women's Qualification]. IAAF (2008-03-08). Retrieved on 2010-05-21. In the outdoor season that year, she threw a personal best of 18.13 m in May, but only managed eighth at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials with a throw of 17.41 m.[http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F32.asp 2008 US Olympic Team Trials]. USATF (2008). Retrieved on 2010-05-21.