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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Art Pittman/Atlantic 10
Art Pittman/Atlantic 10
Tom Manning/Atlantic 10

Eryn Byrd

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Western Branch HS
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS/RECORDS
  • Shot put: 16.22m
  • Discus: 49.26m
  • Weight throw: 18.88m
  • Hammer throw: 44.15m
2024 OUTDOOR
  • Captured bronze in shot put at the Atlantic 10 Championship
  • Set a new hammer throw personal best, 44.15m at the UCF Black & Gold Invitational 
2024 INDOOR
  • Atlantic 10 shot put champion, throwing a personal best 16.22m
  • Captured silver in the weight throw at the A-10 Championship
  • Won the Brant Tolsma shot put

2023 OUTDOOR
  • Did not compete
2023 INDOOR
  • Named Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Field Performer for the second indoor season in a row
  • Won the shot put with a personal best throw of 14.87m at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Finished third weight throw with a PR of 18.18m at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Won the shot put at the Boston University Scarlet and White Invitational, earning Atlantic 10 Field Performer of the Week honors
  • Placed third in the weight throw to open the season at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational
2022 OUTDOOR
  • Placed third in the shot put (14.11m) and second with a personal best of 49.26m in the discus at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
  • Grabbed top-10 finishes in the shot put and discus at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Won the discus at the JMU Invitational with a mark of 44.67m
  • Placed second in the shot put (14.34m) and fourth in the discus (45.57m) at the South Florida Invitational
  • Placed third in the shot put with a mark of 14.68m at the Texas State Invitational, also setting a personal best of 43.86m in the hammer throw
  • Secured a top-10 finish in the shot put at the Black & Gold Invitational with a mark of 14.43m
2022 INDOOR
  • Named to Atlantic 10 Track & Field All-Rookie Team
  • Named Most Outstanding Field Performer at Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Won the shot put and threw a personal best 17.87m to place third in the weight throw at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Won the shot put and placed eighth in the weight throw at the Kenneth Giles Invitational
  • Secured top-10 finishes in the shot put and weight throw at the Doc Hale Elite Meet, recording a personal best of 14.80m in the shot put
  • Placed fourth in the shot put at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
2021 OUTDOOR
  • Named to Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field All-Rookie Team
  • Earned top-five finishes in the shot put and discus at the VCU Final Qualifier
  • Competed at the Atlantic 10 Championships, placing second in the shot put with a mark of 14.64m and fourth in discus 
  • Placed fifth in the shot put at the USF Invite
  • Set then-personal bests of 45.59m in the discus throw and 39.05m in the hammer throw at the USF Bulls Invite, also placing third in the shot put
2021 INDOOR
  • Placed third in the shot put at the Mason Winter Track Fiesta, also setting a personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 14.87m
  • Earned top-10 finishes in the shot put and weight throw at the VMI Keydet Invitational, Patriot Games, and Virginia Tech Challenge
PRIOR TO VCU
  • New Balance Nationals Outdoor Emerging Elite shot put champion
PERSONAL
  • Born on Oct. 23, 2002
  • Major: Biology
  • Plans to become a physician's assistant

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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  • 2024-25Graduate Student

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