Atlantic 10 Conference Championships
Location: Fairfax, Va. (George Mason Stadium)
Team scoring (through 6 events): George Mason 61.5, La Salle 30, Dayton 27.5, UMass 26.5, Rhode Island 23.5, VCU 20, George Washington 14, Richmond 10, Davidson 8, Saint Louis 7, Duquesne 6, Fordham 0, Saint Joseph's 0

THE STARTING LINE

• VCU is in sixth place overall with 20 points through six of 22 overall events
• Jessica Tucker won a silver medal and eight points after setting a personal record with a long jump of 6.00 meters
• Lauren Graves earned five points with a fourth-place finish in the pole vault. She had a personal best vault of 3.56 meters
• Makayla McGowan had a personal record hammer throw of 51.54 meters in the hammer throw to earn four points with her fifth-place finish
• Courtney Higgins had a record day, posting multiple personal bests. She earned three points with a personal best of 5.78 meters in the long jump
• Higgins also currently leads the heptathlon with 3,133 points. Higgins set a PR of 1.64 meters in the high jump and 14.34 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles during the first day of the event
• Lauryn Taylor, Simone Pierre and Rorie Spencer all advanced in the 200 meters as Taylor had the fastest time of the prelims with a personal best of 23.84 seconds. Pierre also had a personal record of 24.30 seconds
• Pierre also advance to the finals of the 400 meters after running a personal best of 56.13 seconds
• Yasmine Silmon advanced to the finals of the 400 meter hurdles after running a personal best time of 1:01.69 and finishing with the fifth fastest preliminary time

UP NEXT
The 2021 Atlantic 10 Championships conclude Sunday with the first women's event beginning at 10:30 a.m. The final day of events will be streamed on ESPN+.