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BYRD, TAYLOR LEAD VCU ON FINAL DAY AT A-10 CHAMPS; RAMS PLACE THIRD

Black and Gold 4x100 captures title

Atlantic 10 Conference Championships (Day Two)
Location: Fairfax, Va. (George Mason Stadium)
Standings: 1-UMass 128, 2-George Mason 115, 3-VCU 103, 4-Richmond 86, 5-Dayton and Rhode Island 68, 7-Duquesne 66, 8-Davidson 50, 9-Loyola Chicago 45, 10-Saint Joseph's 35, 11-Fordham and Saint Louis 29, 13-La Salle 26, 14-George Washington 10, 15-St. Bonaventure 0
 
The short story: Senior Eryn Byrd and VCU's 4x100-meter relay quartet captured gold, while senior Lauryn Taylor scored in three different events, to lead VCU to a third-place finish Sunday at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships in Fairfax.
 
THROWS

  • Byrd vaulted into the lead with a toss of 14.33 meters on her second attempt and never looked back. On her fifth try, she cemented her victory with her mark of 14.91. It's the fifth A-10 shot put title of her decorated career, but first outdoors. She also collected bronze in the discus with season-best heave of 43.93 meters
  • VCU junior Anaya Harris threw 43.67 in the discus to take fourth
  • Junior Like Matalatala matched her best result in an A-10 Championship meet, placing fourth in the shot put with a mark of 14.00 meters

SPRINTS

  • The VCU quartet of Mabel Alagbe, Lauryn Taylor, Asia Powell and Kayelyn Tate ran its best 400-meter relay of the spring, clocking 45.57 to pull away from Dayton (45.92) for the gold
  • Taylor (11.68) and Powell (11.93) captured second and fourth, respectively, in the 100 for VCU. Taylor also placed fifth in the 200 in 24.52, while Powell (25.21) was eighth
  • Freshman Indira O'Neil equaled her season best in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking 14.19 on the way to a sixth-place finish
  • Sophomore Jaliyah Person placed eighth in the 400 for the Rams
  • Junior Nia Warren claimed eighth in the 800 in 2:13.15 

JUMPS

  • Junior Sydney Carr leaped 12.12 meters on her third attempt to place fourth in the triple jump. Sophomore Damoilola Ogbeta and junior Prissy Mpofu were sixth and seventh, respectively, for the Black and Gold in the event
  • Junior Mariah Washington equaled her personal best of 1.65 meters and took seventh in the high jump

MULTI
Jailah Channer earned an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon
 

Players Mentioned

Mabel Alagbe

Sprints
Freshman

Eryn Byrd

Throws
Senior

Sydney Carr

Jumps
Junior

Jailah Channer

Multi
Senior

Anaya Harris

Throws
Sophomore

Jaliyah Person

Long Sprints
Freshman

Asia Powell

Sprints
Sophomore

Kayelyn Tate

Sprints
Sophomore

Lauryn Taylor

Sprints
Senior

Nia Warren

Mid Distance
Redshirt Freshman

Mariah Washington

High Jump
Sophomore

Like Matalatala

Throws
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Mabel Alagbe

Freshman
Sprints

Eryn Byrd

Senior
Throws

Sydney Carr

Junior
Jumps

Jailah Channer

Senior
Multi

Anaya Harris

Sophomore
Throws

Jaliyah Person

Freshman
Long Sprints

Asia Powell

Sophomore
Sprints

Kayelyn Tate

Sophomore
Sprints

Lauryn Taylor

Senior
Sprints

Nia Warren

Redshirt Freshman
Mid Distance

Mariah Washington

Sophomore
High Jump

Like Matalatala

Redshirt Junior
Throws