Vigdis Jonsdottir

Photo by: Matthew Kamph

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-6
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Reykjavik, Iceland
Prev School:
Southeastern Louisiana

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Career
Thrower that transferred from Southeastern Louisiana prior to the 2018-19 campaign … Has 12 top-three performances (11 outdoor/1 indoor) … Has won four crowns, with all coming in the hammer … In indoor (two seasons), has improved her distance in the weight throw by eight feet since arriving at Memphis … In outdoor (one season), has added more than a foot to her hammer effort since coming to Memphis.

Honors
Two-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (hammer) in 2018 and 2019 … 2018 All-Southland Conference (hammer) … Silver medalist in the hammer at the 2018 Southland Conference Championships.

Outdoor
Has competed exclusively in the hammer … 2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in eight meets, including the postseason … Posted five top-three performances … Threw a personal-best in the hammer at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Placed fifth in the event at the conference meet … Had top-three performances in each of her first four outdoor meets as a Memphis Tiger … Finished runner-up in the hammer at the Rhodes College Invitational and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Placed third in the event at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational and Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational … Also third in the hammer at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … 2018 (SE Louisiana): Appeared in eight meets, including the postseason … In the eight meets, won four titles and was runner-up twice … Placed first in the hammer in four of her first five meets … Won hammer crowns at Tulane Early Bird Invitational, McNeese State Cowboy Relays, Southeastern Louisiana-Southern University dual meet and Southeastern Louisiana’s Strawberry Relays … Threw a season-best at the Southeastern Louisiana-Southern University dual meet … Runner-up performances came at the LSU Alumni Gold meet and Southland Conference Championships … Made her college outdoor debut at the Tulane Early Bird Invitational.

Indoor
Has competed exclusively in the weight throw … 2019-20: Competed in all six meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Set a personal-best in the weight throw in claiming third place at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … The finish was her best of the campaign … Scored points in three other meets … 2018-19: Threw in six meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Posted a season-best in the event at the conference meet … Top finish was sixth in the weight throw at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Made her Memphis debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational in January 2019 … 2017-18 (SE Louisiana): Had five meet appearances … Made collegiate indoor debut at the McNeese State Indoor II in January 2018 … Threw a season-best and recorded her top finish (5^th) in the event at the meet … Competed in the event at the Southland Conference Championships.