BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Liz Lannom and Gracie White each earned a weekly Gulf South Conference track and field award as announced by the league on Wednesday. Lannon earned her second freshman of the week honor, while Waite eas field athelete of the week.
Lannon set new bests in both 60m and 200m and set the second fastest times in school history in both. She is now ranked 25th and 30th respectively in the nation. Lannom placed fourth in the 60-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 7.56 seconds to eclipse the qualifying time of 7.63 seconds. She added another provisional time in the 200-meter dash where she finished at 24.50 seconds to beat the necessary time of 24.73 seconds.
Gracie Waite, who is also a freshman, set a new school record in the shotput with a throw of 13.73m, this also ranks her 24th in the nation. In the same meet, she also set a new best in the women's weight throw, throwing a distance of 14.10m.