Hopkins put an exclamation point to the way she ended her indoor campaign at the Great Midwest Championships. She set an all-time and a new meet record in the weight throw.
The momentum carried into the outdoor season at her first meet at the Margaret Simmons Invitational as she had a pair of winning distances in the shot put and hammer throw.
Hopkins had a distance of 12.55m in the shot put and 47.62m in the hammer throw. She owns six of the current top-10 best distances in the shot put and owns seven, including the overall conference record, in the hammer throw.