Meet: Atlantic 10 Conference Championship
Location: Virginia Beach, Va. (Virginia Beach Sports Center)
Team Scores: 1-VCU 122.5, 2-Rhode Island 120, 3-Dayton 113, 4-George Mason 82, T5-Richmond 73, T5-St. Joseph's 73, 7-Duquesne 50, 8-Fordham 46.5, 9-Davidson 25, 10-La Salle 21, 11-Loyola Chicago 20, 12-George Washington 19, 13-Saint Louis 15
Final Results

The Short Story: VCU won the A-10 Indoor Track & Field championship for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons. Desi Akaolisa won Most Outstanding Field Performer after taking home bronze in the weight throw and gold in shot put. 

Sprints/Hurdles

• Senior Asia Powell set a personal-record and took home gold in the 60m dash at 7.36s. That marks the 2nd fastest 60m time in VCU program history
• Powell also won bronze in the 200m run with a time of 24.03s, good for 4th-best in program history
• Freshman Aubree Harris brought home silver in the 60m hurdles with a 8.57s mark
• Junior Jaliyah Person won gold in the 400m run with a 54.75s time. She dominated the race as she cleared the 2nd-place finisher by nearly one second
• Person also finished 4th in the 200m run with a personal-best 24.08s
• Senior Jordyn Evans brought home gold in the 500m run with a personal-best 1:15.33
• In all, the Rams won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal in sprint events

Distance

• Senior Ava Miller set a personal-record with a 2:57.43 finish in the 1000m run

Relays

• The Rams finished 2nd in the 4x400m relay thanks to strong performances from Evans, Tori Lewis, Jaylin Pate and Person. Person anchored the performance with a 54.84s time in her 400m leg
• The 4x400m performance clinched the overall championship for VCU over Rhode Island

Jumps

• Junior Iyana Braswell won bronze in the long jump at 5.86m
• Selkis Elong finished 5th in the long jump with a jump of 5.79m
• Senior Mariah Washington finished 5th in the high jump at 1.64m

Throws

• The Rams dominated the shot put as Akaolisa launched a personal-record 14.26m on her way to gold in the event
• Redshirt senior Like Matalatala won silver in the shot put with a 14.05m throw
• Senior Anaya Harris gained a point for VCU with a 12.61m throw in the shot put
• Freshman Melissa Casiraghi won silver in the weight throw with a 18.39m throw 
• Akaolisa won bronze in the weight throw at 18.13m
• Blanca Pereira and Matalatala each placed in the top-six of the weight throw at 17.30m and 16.70m, respectively
• The throws squad brought home four medals: one gold, two silvers and a bronze

Next Up

The Rams hope to carry momentum into the outdoor season as they begin with a split meet on Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22. Some members will travel to Orlando, Fla. for the UCF Black & Gold Challenge while others remain in Richmond for the Fred Hardy Invitational hosted by UR.