Audrey Armstrong brought home hardware this weekend when she won the 2023 NJCAA Outdoor Track &Field National Championship in the Hammer Throw.  Armstrong won the title on her sixth and final throw of the competition with a mark of 51.93m. After fouling on her first two attempts, Armstrong hit a mark of 47.26m, which put her in fourth place and secured her a spot in the finals. In the finals, Armstrong again fouled her first two attempts and was still in fourth place when she reached to her sixth and final throw. Armstrong's final throw moved her to the top of the leaderboard where she secured the victory by over one meter.

Armstrong went into the national championship meet with the top mark in the NJCAA in the Hammer Throw with a mark of 54.80m. She holds the PVCC school record with that mark which she set at the Cody McBride Invitational in March of this year.

This is Armstrong's first NJCAA National Championship title.  She finished third in the Hammer Throw at the 2022 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship. She is also the first female NJCAA National Champion for the Pumas since pole vaulter Jamilyn Michaud won an NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field title in 2008.

Congratulations Audrey!