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ROME, Ga. – The Lee University women's track & field team looks to claim its third-consecutive title at the Gulf South Conference Track & Field Championships this week at Barron Stadium. The Lady Flames have placed first the past two years after finishing second at the 2016 GSC Championships.

The Lady Flames held off Alabama Huntsville by 3 ½ points to win the 2018 GSC Championship in Clinton, Miss.

"Our conference has become increasingly more competitive the last four years," said Lee head coach Caleb Morgan. "The top end quality of each team will play a bigger role in winning this year than in years past. We want to be within striking distance going into day three of the championship. Both championships are going to come down to the final events."

Entering this week's competition, Lee holds the top mark in three of 21 events reported this season. The Lady Flames also have five second-place performances and six that are third-best.

The Lady Flames have found a lot of their success in the middle-distance events. Chloe Flora lead four Lee runners into the top six performances of the 5000-meter run. Flora boasts an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 16:49.73. Amy Carpenter is third (17:42.54), Becca Umbarger is fourth (17:44.47) and Logan Hernandez (17:58.85) holds the sixth position.

Lee holds the top two spots in the 1500-meter run with Charlee Boxall and Flora the only athletes to meet the provisional mark in the event. Boxall's top time this season is 4:29.18 with Flora right behind at 4:29.28. Justine Glass of Montevallo is third at 4:47.38. Carpenter gives Lee three in the top five with a time of 4:48.36. Carpenter has also posted the second-fastest time (37:18.04) in the 10000-meter run.

Kayla Williams (12.04), Kiley Brock (12.12) and Kristen Blevins (12.14) all had times in the top seven of the 100-meter dash. Amber Littlejohn tied for second in the 200-meter dash (24.92) and was second in the 400-meter dash (56.25).

Lee's relay teams found their spots in the top three of each event. The 4x400-meter team was second, while the 4x100-meter team sits in third.

Boxall and Flora also lead the Lady Flames in the 800-meter run. Boxall holds the top time in the GSC at 2:14.69, while Flora is fourth (2:18.82). Lacey Duvall is seventh (2:23.26) in the event.

The Lady Flames have placed two runners into the top three of the 3000-meter steeplechase. Umbarger is second with a time of 11:35.96 and Cate Gifford is third (11:38.45). Marlee Mason of UAH holds the top time of the season at 11:32.96.

Hannah Buttolph is tied for sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.61 meters. NaDarria Inge (Montevallo), Tytavia Hardy (Mississippi College) and Jasmine Crump (Shorter) are tied for the top spot at 1.65 meters.
Kaitlynn Kincer and Kendra Irvine are tied for fourth with Emee Baldwin of UAH with a pole vault of 3.15 meters.

Faith Lewis and Alexis Stevens are fourth and fifth, respectively, in the javelin. Lewis recorded a throw of 36.95 meters and Stevens' best throw was 35.97 meters. Lewis' throw of 12.65 meters puts her in third in the shot put, while Mattie Thomas has the seventh-best mark at 11.32 meters. Lewis is also seventh in the hammer with a throw of 36.94 meters.

Competition begins at 12:15 p.m. EDT on Thursday with the first four events of the heptathlon. The rest of the day's events are the hammer throw, 200-meter dash preliminaries and 10000-meter run.

The final three events of the heptathlon begin Friday's schedule at 10:15 a.m. The shot put and high jump are scheduled for 1 p.m. with the 100-meter preliminaries, triple jump, 100-meter hurdles preliminaries and 3000-meter steeplechase rounding out the day.

The final day of competition begins at noon Saturday with the javelin and ends with the 4x400-meter relay around 4:55 p.m.

NOTE: No GSC institution has ever pulled off the sweep of all four titles (men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track & field).