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Gunnarsdottir, Erna
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Erna Gunnarsdottir
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Kvennaskólinn í Reykjavík
- Hometown:
- Mosfellsbaer, Iceland
Bio
Gunnarsdottir's TFRRS Results
Olympian - Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Iceland - shot put)
*First-ever female shot putter to represent Iceland at the Olympic Games*
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (11th-Shot Put)
2023 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (7th-Shot Put)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (15th-Shot Put)
2021 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (11th-Shot Put)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2023 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Shot Put)
2022 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2021 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2019 C-USA Outdoor (Shot Put)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (2nd)
2023 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (2nd)
2021 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2020 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (2nd)
2019 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (1st)
2019 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (2nd)
SUPERLATIVES
2023 C-USA Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (1/31/23)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (5/3/22)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 NCAA Outdoor - 11th, Shot Put, 17.24m
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 12th, Shot Put, 17.13m
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 16.96m
2023 NCAA Indoor - 7th, Shot Put, 17.59m
2023 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 17.92m
2022 NCAA Outdoor - 15th, Shot Put, 16.63m
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 12th, Shot Put, 16.93m
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Shot Put, 17.15m
2022 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 16.79m
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 13th, Shot Put, 16.57m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 16.77m
2021 NCAA Indoor - 11th, Shot Put, 16.44m
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 16.95m
2020 C-USA Indoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 15.69m
2019 NCAA West Prelims - 24th, Shot Put, 15.64m
2019 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Shot Put, 15.72m
2019 C-USA Outdoor - 13th, Discus, 35.77m
2019 C-USA Indoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 15.45m
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Shot Put - 17.92m (58-9.5), C-USA Championships (2/19/23)
Outdoor
Shot Put - 17.29m (56-8.75), Texas Relays (3/26/22)
Discus - 42.57m, Tom Tellez Invitational (5/3/19)
2022-23
Indoor: Competed at five meets...Won her fifth conference title in shot put at the C-USA Championships with a personal best throw of 17.92m. Won four event titles of the five meets she competed at...Earned First Team All-American honors after a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Threw at five meets...Earned Second Team All-American honors with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Austin...Placed second at the conference championships...Qualified for the NCAA Championships after a 12th-place finish at the NCAA West Prelims.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at four meets...won the C-USA title in the shot put with a throw of 16.79m...also recorded victories at the Howie Ryan Invitational (16.75m) and Fastrak Collegiate Challenge (16.90m). Outdoor: Threw at eight meets...earned first career Outdoor All-American honors with 15th place result in shot put at NCAA Championships...placed 12th in shot put at NCAA West Prelims...won second career C-USA Outdoor shot put title with throw 17.15m...established season-best mark of 17.29m in shot put at season-opening Texas Relays...won a total of four shot put competitions.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned Second Team All-American honors by placing 11th in the shot put at the NCAA Championships...won the C-USA title in the shot put at the C-USA Championships with a season-best throw of 16.95m (55-7.50). Outdoor: Threw at six meets...advanced to the NCAA West Prelims where she placed 13th in the shot put...earned Second Team All-Conference honors with a second place result in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won the shot put three times (Texas A&M Invitational, Roadrunner Invitational, J. Fred Duckett Twilight).
2019-20
Indoor: Threw at five meets...earned all-conference honors with a second place finish in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won three shot put competitions, including the Leonard Hilton Invitational where she set a season-best mark of 16.19m.
2018-19
Indoor: Competed at five events...placed second in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won the shot put in her collegiate debut at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational with a season-best throw of 15.64m. Outdoor: Won a C-USA title in the shot put with a winning throw of 15.72m...also recorded victories in the shot put at the Texas A&M Invitational and the J. Fred Duckett Twilight...qualified for the NCAA West Prelims where she finished 24th in the shot put.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Kvennaskolinn i Reykjavik (Iceland) where she competed for head coach Petur Guamundsson.
PERSONAL
Parents: Gunnar Leosson and Helena Sveinbjarnardottir...two brothers, two sisters...majoring in Natural Sciences...Rice College: Sid Richardson.
Olympian - Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Iceland - shot put)
*First-ever female shot putter to represent Iceland at the Olympic Games*
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2023 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (11th-Shot Put)
2023 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (7th-Shot Put)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (15th-Shot Put)
2021 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (11th-Shot Put)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2023 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Shot Put)
2022 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2021 C-USA Indoor (Shot Put)
2019 C-USA Outdoor (Shot Put)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (2nd)
2023 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (2nd)
2021 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (1st)
2020 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (2nd)
2019 C-USA Outdoor Shot Put (1st)
2019 C-USA Indoor Shot Put (2nd)
SUPERLATIVES
2023 C-USA Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (1/31/23)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (5/3/22)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 NCAA Outdoor - 11th, Shot Put, 17.24m
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 12th, Shot Put, 17.13m
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 16.96m
2023 NCAA Indoor - 7th, Shot Put, 17.59m
2023 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 17.92m
2022 NCAA Outdoor - 15th, Shot Put, 16.63m
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 12th, Shot Put, 16.93m
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Shot Put, 17.15m
2022 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 16.79m
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 13th, Shot Put, 16.57m
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 16.77m
2021 NCAA Indoor - 11th, Shot Put, 16.44m
2021 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Shot Put, 16.95m
2020 C-USA Indoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 15.69m
2019 NCAA West Prelims - 24th, Shot Put, 15.64m
2019 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Shot Put, 15.72m
2019 C-USA Outdoor - 13th, Discus, 35.77m
2019 C-USA Indoor - 2nd, Shot Put, 15.45m
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
Shot Put - 17.92m (58-9.5), C-USA Championships (2/19/23)
Outdoor
Shot Put - 17.29m (56-8.75), Texas Relays (3/26/22)
Discus - 42.57m, Tom Tellez Invitational (5/3/19)
2022-23
Indoor: Competed at five meets...Won her fifth conference title in shot put at the C-USA Championships with a personal best throw of 17.92m. Won four event titles of the five meets she competed at...Earned First Team All-American honors after a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Threw at five meets...Earned Second Team All-American honors with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Austin...Placed second at the conference championships...Qualified for the NCAA Championships after a 12th-place finish at the NCAA West Prelims.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at four meets...won the C-USA title in the shot put with a throw of 16.79m...also recorded victories at the Howie Ryan Invitational (16.75m) and Fastrak Collegiate Challenge (16.90m). Outdoor: Threw at eight meets...earned first career Outdoor All-American honors with 15th place result in shot put at NCAA Championships...placed 12th in shot put at NCAA West Prelims...won second career C-USA Outdoor shot put title with throw 17.15m...established season-best mark of 17.29m in shot put at season-opening Texas Relays...won a total of four shot put competitions.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned Second Team All-American honors by placing 11th in the shot put at the NCAA Championships...won the C-USA title in the shot put at the C-USA Championships with a season-best throw of 16.95m (55-7.50). Outdoor: Threw at six meets...advanced to the NCAA West Prelims where she placed 13th in the shot put...earned Second Team All-Conference honors with a second place result in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won the shot put three times (Texas A&M Invitational, Roadrunner Invitational, J. Fred Duckett Twilight).
2019-20
Indoor: Threw at five meets...earned all-conference honors with a second place finish in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won three shot put competitions, including the Leonard Hilton Invitational where she set a season-best mark of 16.19m.
2018-19
Indoor: Competed at five events...placed second in the shot put at the C-USA Championships...won the shot put in her collegiate debut at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational with a season-best throw of 15.64m. Outdoor: Won a C-USA title in the shot put with a winning throw of 15.72m...also recorded victories in the shot put at the Texas A&M Invitational and the J. Fred Duckett Twilight...qualified for the NCAA West Prelims where she finished 24th in the shot put.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Kvennaskolinn i Reykjavik (Iceland) where she competed for head coach Petur Guamundsson.
PERSONAL
Parents: Gunnar Leosson and Helena Sveinbjarnardottir...two brothers, two sisters...majoring in Natural Sciences...Rice College: Sid Richardson.
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