Meet: NCAA East First Round
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Hodges Stadium)
Day 2 Results
 
 
Sophomore thrower Gudrun Hallgrímsdóttir has qualified for the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA East First Round meet in Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday. Hallgrímsdóttir punched her ticket with an impressive mark of 65.42m, comfortably breaking her own VCU school record in the event.
 
Hallgrímsdóttir is the first Ram to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 2015 when Kiara Porter placed eighth and earned All-American honors in the 400-meter dash. The 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships will be held June 7-10 in Austin, Texas.
 
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• Freshman Selkis Elong represented the Rams in the long jump, leaping 5.67m on her best effort of the evening.
• Junior Lauryn Taylor and freshman Kayelyn Tate competed in the 100m, clocking in at 11.52 and 11.55, respectively.

 
UP NEXT
 
The men's portion of the NCAA East First Round wraps up tomorrow, with three VCU athletes slated to compete: Jaekob Vollbrecht in the discus at 1 p.m., David Coles in the triple jump at 6 p.m., and Daiqwaun Faircloth in the quarterfinal round of the 110m hurdles at 6:15 p.m.