BIRMINGHAM, Ala. For the sixth straight time, the Lee University women's track and field team won the Gulf South Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Lady Flames scored 267 points setting a new GSC indoor record to maintain the title. The previous record was 260.5 points set by Lee in 2022. Lee remains the only school in the history of the conference to win the indoor championship. 

Freshman Liz Lannom dominated the championship as she was named the most outstanding overall performer, most outstanding track performer, and freshman of the meet. Senior Liezl Theron earned most outstanding field athlete of the championship. Lee won ten events at the championship.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville came in second place with 189 points. The University of Montevallo came in third while Mississippi College was fourth. Christian Brothers University was fifth and Trevecca Nazarene University was in sixth. 

Liezl Theron took home the first title of the day for the Lady Flames in the high jump. She and teammate Liz Lannom went to a jump off at 1.70 meters. In the fourth and final jump Theron cleared it setting a new GSC indoor record. Lannom did not clear and came in second with a 1.64-meter clearance.

The Lady Flames took the top four spots in the mile run. Lily Hare earned the win by almost three seconds with a time of 4:51.55. Ana Patricia Campos was second with a time of 4:54.11. Katie Beam was third, and Ashlyn Iliff was fourth. Emily Liddle was eighth for Lee.
Samara Banks won the weight throw for the Lady Flames as she threw almost a meter further than anyone else with a mark of 16.81 meters. Gracie Waite came in seventh in the event and Olivia Davidson came in 16^th.

Maddox Mayfield came in fourth in the 400-meter race with a time of 57.47. Sydney White was fifth and Delphine Dah was eighth.

Jydia Faucette took second place for Lee in the triple jump with a distance of 11.02 meters.

Liz Lannom won her first GSC title with a win in the 60-meter hurdles. She ran an 8.73 to take the win by a quarter of a second. Liezl Theron was fifth and Ane Peasley was seventh.

Less than half an hour later, Lannom ran again in the 60-meter race and came in second with a time of 7.64. Ane Peasley took eighth in the race.

Aria Hawkins set a GSC record in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:09.85. She won the event by four seconds. Hare was fourth, Beam came in fifth. Abi Moore was seventh while Iliff was ninth.

Lannom was the only runner in the 200-meter race with a time of 24.62.

Aria Hawkins took the title in the 3000-meter race winning with a time of 9:55.81. She was three seconds faster that Ana Patricia Campos who came in second. Megan Adams was fourth, Katie Krueger was fifth, and Kaylee Esteridge was tenth.

The Lady Flames will now see who will qualify for the national championship in Indianapolis in March and then look towards the outdoor season.

Coach Caleb Morgan's Thoughts:
"We graduated a lot of people last year and for the women to come in and to have a great showing all the way around. I can't say enough about this group. We had a lot of great performances from freshmen Liz Lannom and Gracie Waite. Liezl Theron and Samara Banks had great showings. We also took the top five in a race which we have never done before. We had great balance and not really any holes in the squad and it showed this week."