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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Menntaskóli Borgarfjarðar
  • Hometown Hvanneyri, Iceland

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS/RECORDS
  • Weight throw: 23.19m* (NCAA Division I Indoor Championships, 3/14/2025)
  • Hammer throw: 69.92m* (Dani Palooza Last Chance, 5/18/2025)
  • Shot Put: 11.11m (VCU RAMS Indoor Invitational, 1/8/2023)
*=Program Record

2025 OUTDOOR
  • First Team All-American
  • A-10 Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year
  • 6x A-10 Performer of the Week
  • Victorious in five meets in hammer throw
  • A-10 champion in hammer throw (67.22m)
  • Set a program record for hammer throw at the Dani Palooza Last Chance meet at 69.92m
  • NCAA East First Round Champion for hammer throw (69.53m)
  • Finished 6th in hammer throw at the NCAA Championship meet (68.66m)
2025 INDOOR
  • Victorious in four meets in the weight throw
  • A-10 Champion in weight throw (21.89m)
  • Finished 2nd in the NCAA Division I Championships for weight throw while setting a program record at 23.19m
  • Finished in the top-3 in each meet she competed in

2024 OUTDOOR
  • First-Team All-American
  • Finished fifth at the NCAA Hammer Throw Championship
  • Set a new personal best and school record in the hammer throw, 69.76m
  • Second ranked hammer thrower in the NCAA
  • Won the hammer throw four times
  • Atlantic 10 Outdoor champion in the hammer thro
2024 INDOOR
  • Weight throw Atlantic 10 Indoor champion
  • Placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championship weight throw
  • Won thee weight throw three out of four appearances
  • Never placed lower than second in the weight throw
  •  Set new personal best 22.44m weight throw at the Doc Hale VT meet

2023 OUTDOOR
  • Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw, finishing 15th
  • Finished fourth in the hammer throw at the NCAA East First Round 
  • Set the VCU school record in the hammer throw at 65.42m
  • Atlantic 10 Champion in the hammer throw
  • Won the hammer throw three times during the regular season
2023 INDOOR
  • Won the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship in the weight throw, setting a new VCU and Icelandic national record with her throw of 20.03m
  • Won the weight throw at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a then-PR of 19.39m
  • Finished no worse than fifth in the weight throw all season long

2022 OUTDOOR
  • Named to Atlantic 10 Outdoor All-Rookie Team
  • Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (April 12), Atlantic 10 Field Performer of the Week (April 27)
  • Named Most Outstanding Rookie Performer at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
  • Qualified to the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, placing 23rd in the hammer throw
  • Won the hammer throw at the VCU Final Qualifier
  • Atlantic 10 Outdoor Champion in the hammer throw
  • Broke the school record and placed second in the hammer throw at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 60.14m
  • Won the hammer throw at the South Florida Invitational with a then-school record mark of 59.35m
  • Placed third in the hammer throw at the Black & Gold Invitational, setting a then-school record of 57.49m
2022 INDOOR
  • Named to Atlantic 10 Indoor All-Rookie Team
  • Placed sixth in the weight throw at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Kenneth Giles Invitational with a mark of 18.22m, placing second
  • Grabbed top-five finishes in the weight throw at the Doc Hale Elite Meet and Brant Tolsma Invitational
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Competed at the 2021 U20 Icelandic Championships
PERSONAL
  • Born in Reykjavíc, Iceland
  • Born on July 7, 2002
  • Major: Biology
  • Competed in the World Athletics Championships in 2025, representing Iceland

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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