Jacksonville, Fla. - Auburn senior thrower Alyssa Kopp qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing 11th in the women’s javelin throw on Thursday at the NCAA East Preliminaries at Hodges Stadium. Kopp is the first Auburn woman in school history to advance to the NCAA Championships in the javelin.
“I’m so happy to be able to do this for Auburn,” Kopp said. “It’s my last season at Auburn and I really wanted to make my teammates and coaches proud. I wanted to do it for me, but I’ve been here so long, I wanted to do something to have an impact.