Vandalia senior athlete Faith Duplayee will be continuing her athletic career in a new sport, as she will attend Greenville University as a member of the Powerlifting team. Duplayee, a member of the Lady Vandals basketball and track and field teams, made her commitment official with a signing last week at Vandalia High School. Duplayee says she chose to pursue powerlifting as a way to challenge herself.
Audio PlayerIn the last couple of years, a new program called “Elevate” has been enacted for female athletes at Vandalia High School and Duplayee says that program has had a big part in her growth as an athlete.
Audio PlayerDuplayee will be joining the Panthers Powerlifting team that will be in just its second year of the program in 2025-2026. This year the team scored eight first-place finishes in their first ever meet as a program back in October and most recently had four athletes compete at University Nationals earlier this month with three of the four bringing home Top 7 finishes.
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