she became the 2010 commonwealth games champion in both the 1 m springboard and the 3 m synchro springboard with émilie heymans as well as holding a 2010 commonwealth silver in the 3 m springboard. after her positive results she said that "this was my first commonwealth games and i didn't expect to win so many medals. it shows i'm on the right track for the olympics." in 2011, abel also has achieved a bronze medal and a silver medal from the world championships in the 3 m springboard and the 3 m synchro again with heymans. she then went on to win a silver with heymans at the 2011 pan american games in the 3-metre synchro event. for the year of 2011, abel was named the aquatic federation of canada's female athlete of the year.