RESULTS | ALL-GSC TEAMS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the fifth straight year, the Lee University women's track & field team claimed the Gulf South Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship. The Lady Flames entered the second day of competition at the Birmingham CrossPlex with a 16.5 point lead. With the help of four event championships, Lee added 132 points and pushed its winning differential to 74.5 points.

Lee was first with 206.5 points. Alabama Huntsville finished second at 132 and West Georgia placed third with 110.5 points.

Liezl Theron started the day with a first place performance in the high jump. She set a GSC Indoor Record with a jump of 1.69 meters. Devon Jackett joined Theron on the podium with a third-place clearance of 1.63 meters. Sydney White added two more points after finishing seventh with a jump of 1.50 meters.

McKenna Cavanaugh posted the first of her two individual championships in the mile. She stopped the clock at 4:53.01 to win by one second and post a GSC Indoor Record. Liza Kellerman (4:56.47) finished fourth, Lily Hare was fifth (4:57.08) and Ashlyn Iliff crossed the line in sixth (5:01.22). Zoe Brickley gave Lee five of the top eight finishes after completing the circuit in eighth (5:10.22).

Cavanaugh added her second title and the team's fourth of the day in the 3000-meter run. She hit the finish line at 9:57.31 to win by 2.42 seconds. Danielle Horter finished fourth (10:09.64) with Brickley (10:12.61) and Paige Patterson (10:15.25) in the next two positions. Katie Krueger placed eighth with a time of 10:17.34.

Hannah Wright won the 60-meter hurdles by 0.18 seconds with a time of 8.70 seconds. Theron was fifth at 9.09 seconds.

Carissa Hall (58.16) and Janay Ryan (58.23) were second and third, respectively, in the 400-meter dash. Jakara Tobler finished seventh with a time of 59.52 seconds, while Delphine Dah was 13^th (1:01.87).

Wright and Ryan claimed top-five finishes in the 200-meter dash. Wright was fourth (25.56) and Ryan placed fifth (25.61).

Five Lady Flames were a part of the field of the 800-meter run. Letlhogonolo Magoro placed fourth (2:15.03), Hare was fifth (2:16.93) and Kellerman finished sixth (2:18.70). Iliff posted a time of 2:22.08 for eighth and Phoebe Moran was 13^th (2:25.44).

Hall covered 11.59 meters to claim third place in the triple jump. Jackett was 11^th with a triple of 9.24 meters.

Samara Brinks and Olivia Davidson competed in the weight throw. Brinks' mark of 14.65 meters put her in seventh, while Davidson placed 22^nd with a throw of 9.50 meters.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Ryan, Tobler, Wright and Hall finished the championship day with a combined second-place time of 3:57.67.

For their contributions the last two days, Cavanaugh was named Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer and Theron was named Co-Most Outstanding Field Performer. Athletes that finished first earned All-GSC First Team honors, while those in second place were named All-GSC Second Team.