BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—After missing last year's Southland Conference Indoor Championships, Annemarie Broussard is just making up for lost time.

Broussard, a senior from Abbeville, grabbed another gold in the pole vault, clearing 12-7.5 to bring home the gold medal, highlighting the first day of the SLC Indoor Championships on Sunday at the Birmingham Cross Plex.

"Day one was a very good day," head coach Mike Heimerman said. "We did almost what we thought we could do. We did it with some different people than expected but scored some valuable points. We put a lot of athletes in the running finals and we have some good field events tomorrow too."

Down to her third attempt at 12-7.5 and with the gold medal on the line, Broussard showed how clutch she is to snatch her third gold medal in her indoor career.

She also helped NSU as it aims to win its second consecutive team title, as it is the leader after day one with 56 team points. Lamar is second with 45 and UIW has 39.

Broussard wasn't the only pole vaulter to find the podium, as she was joined by friend Madison Brown, who took home the bronze, clearing 12-5.5.

Peyten Wade also added points for NSU, clearing 10-6 to finish seventh.

On the men's side, Hayden Barrios claimed the silver medal, clearing 16-2.75, which tied a personal best.

The jumps teams had a successful day, led by Broussard's gold. In the women's long jump, four NSU athletes recorded points, led by Sanaria Butler's 19-5.5, which earned her the silver. Finishing right behind her to secure the bronze was Samari Finney, whose personal best of 19-5.25 earned her third.

Victoria Byrd (19-0.50)'s season best jump landed her in fifth place, while Jaslyn Smith (18-1.5) came in eighth.

In the men's long jump, Andrew Gilreath's season-best leap of 23-10 earned him the silver medal.

Randy Kelly matched Gilreath's silver with one of his own. He cleared 6-11.5 in the high jump, which ties a personal best. Like the outdoor season, he finished just behind Southeastern Louisiana's Slavko Stevic.

NSU wanted a strong start to the indoor meet, and that is exactly what it received, in the form of Raven-Symone Jarrett and Tim Pelkmans.

Jarrett held the lead in the pentathlon before the final event, as she won the silver medal with 3514 points, falling just shy of Clemence Varin of UIW's score.

Jarrett held a slight three-point lead into the 800-meters, but Varin finished first to win the gold.

Through four events, Pelkmans is currently in second place, 66 behind Houston Christian's Scott Boon.

Pelkmans finished in the top four in all four events so far, including in the top three in three of them, which helped him head into the final three events in position to earn a medal.

In the running events, the women dominated, especially in the 200-meter dash.

In that event, four Lady Demons---Maygan Shaw, Lynell Washington, Vanessa Balde and Sanaria Butler—earned a spot in Monday's finals.

Shaw ran a personal-best 24.03 to place second in the event, as the top eight advance to the finals. The four qualifies all finished in the top six in the prelims.

Washington (24.22) came in fourth, immediately followed by Balde (24.32) in fifth and Butler (24.40) in sixth.

Victoria Byrd and Kahliyah Anderson finished tied for 12^th, as Byrd's was a personal best and Anderson's was a season best.

On the men's side in the 200, a pair advanced to the finals, including Keontae Gaines, who ran a personal-best 21.09 to finish first. Mikkel Johansson (21.31) was not too far behind, coming in third. Cyrus Jacobs narrowly missed qualifying, finishing 11^th with a time of 21.83.

Each gender also had multiple athletes advance to the finals in the 400.

The women have three, led by Butler. The sensational sophomore led the way in the prelims with a time of 54.19. Shaw came in third with a time of 54.85 and Tranasia Jones finished in seventh with a season-best 55.87.

Finney posted a personal-best 56.27, nearly making the finals, finishing in 10^th.

Johansson led the way for the men with a fourth-place finish with a time of 48.84. Teammate Cyrus Jacobs came in right behind him in fifth, clocking a 48.92.

Desmond Duncan posted a season-best 49.89.

In the 60-meter dash, the women are once again sending multiple athletes to the finals. Washington, who is going for her third consecutive indoor gold in the 60, won the prelims with a season-best 7.36.

Victoria Byrd also advanced to the finals, clocking a personal-best 7.54, to come in seventh.

Balde nearly advanced as well, coming in ninth with a time of 7.63.

Keontae Gaines sailed to the finals on the men's side, placing second with a time of 6.75.

Tavis Wilson lost out on the finals by less than one-one hundredth of a point.

Balde did advance in the 60-meter hurdles, winning the prelims with a time of 8.55. Jarrett also qualified for the finals, running an 8.95 to finish sixth out of 20 runners.

Three athletes either set personal bests or season bests in the men's 800-meter dash.

Brian Norton finished 13^th with a personal-best 1:55.78 and Korbin Shumate finished right behind him with a season-best time of 1:56.57.

Evan Wilson also posted a personal best, clocking a 2:04.94.

Both genders competed well in the weight throw as well.

Ianna Roach and Diamante Gumbs each found the podium, as Roach's 54-4.75 was enough for the bronze, while Gumbs' season-best 63-7 won him the silver.

Bernesha Knowles nearly joined Roach on the podium, finishing with a personal-best 54-2.75, to score five valuable points for NSU.

"I thought the throwers did great," Heimerman said. "Ianna and Bernesha had season or personal bests and they almost kept second and third. Diamante throwing his best mark in two years was so great to see. He is a competitor."

Day two begins Monday at 9 a.m. with the final three events of the pentathlon. Both the field and running events start at 11 a.m.