Meet: Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships
Location: Kingston, R.I.
Day 1 Results (PDF)
Day 1 Top 5 Team Scores: George Mason 68, VCU 33, La Salle 28, Davidson 19, Richmond 16
 
The Short Story:  Sophomore Gudrun Hallgrímsdóttir won the weight throw, becoming the first Ram ever to throw over 20 meters in the event. Junior Eryn Byrd, freshman Selkis Elong, and freshman Chelsea Davis also earned podium finishes in their events on the first day of the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships.

SPRINTS

• Junior Lauryn Taylor was the fastest finisher in both the 60m and 200m dash prelims, with times of 7.44 and 24.70 in those events. Freshman Kayelyn Tate and senior Lauryn Freeman will join her in the 60m final, while junior Simone Pierre, junior Karah Moore, and Tate each advanced to the 200m final with Taylor
• Moore was the top Ram and third-fastest overall in the 400m preliminaries, completing the two laps in a blistering time of 57.73

HURDLES

• Freeman recorded the fastest time in the 60-meter hurdles prelims at 8.46. Graduate student Symone Foster also won her heat in the prelims, crossing the line in 8.51. Senior Syvanna Metcalfe also clinched a spot in the finals with a fifth-place finish in the prelims

 
DISTANCE

• Redshirt freshman Lauren Tunnell advanced to tomorrow's final in the 1000m in a heat-winning time of 2:56.54, the fourth-fastest time overall
• Sophomore Cassidy Guyton ran an indoor PR of 18:18.28 in the 5000m

 
JUMPS

• The freshman duo of Elong and Davis both made the podium in the long jump, finishing second and third, respectively. Furthermore, their marks of 5.82m and 5.81m were personal records for both of them

 
THROWS

• Hallgrímsdóttir's best throw of 20.03m was not only a school record in the weight throw, but also an Icelandic national record for the event
• Byrd also claimed a spot on the podium in the weight throw, finishing third with a PR of 18.18m

MULTI

• Junior Jailah Channer earned the Rams' first three points of the meet with her sixth-place showing in the pentathlon

UP NEXT
 
The Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships conclude tomorrow, Sunday, February 26, from Mackal Fieldhouse at the University of Rhode Island. The first events of the day begin at 9 a.m.