BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lee University women's track & field team sits in first place following the first day of competition at the 2025 Gulf South Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Lady Flames are in pursuit of their sixth consecutive GSC Indoor Championship.

With six of the 17 events completed, the Lady Flames have accumulated 100 points. Montevallo is in second place with 56 points and Alabama Huntsville is in third with 41 points.

Brynn Depinet took home the first individual title of the meet, winning the pole vault. She cleared 3.70 meters which was a full tenth of a meter higher than anyone else. Liezl Theron finished third in the long jump, going 5.49 meters. Jydia Faucette came in sixth with a 5.28 meter jump, and Liz Lannon was seventh with a 5.27 meter mark.

Freshman Gracie Waite took her first ever GSC individual title, winning the women's shot put. She set a new GSC indoor record with a throw of 14.27 meters. Sydney White came in fifth with a 11.57 meter throw while Olivia Davidson threw 11.18 meters for an eighth place finish.

Theron set a new GSC pentathlon record with 3607 points to take home the title. White came in third in the pentathlon.

The Lady Flames swept the top five spots in the 5000-meter race. Megan Adams took home the title by just one-one hundredth of a second over Katie Krueger. Ashlyn Iliff came in third while Lyndi Chapman and Kaylee Estridge closed out the top five. Adams took home the title in 17:16.85 while Krueger was 

Lee ran away with the distance medley relay title, winning by 52 seconds and setting a new GSC indoor record in the process. Ana Patrica Campos, Maddox Mayfield, Lily Hare, and Aria Hawkins ran the relay in 11:24.74.

The final day of the GSC Championships is scheduled to start Friday morning at 9 a.m. CT at the Birmingham CrossPlex.