COLUMBIA, S.C. --- The Tusculum University women's 4x400-meter relay team set a South Atlantic Conference record Saturday as the Pioneers competed on the second day of the Carolina Challenge at the University of South Carolina Indoor Track and Field Complex.

The Tusculum women ran 3:51.76 to break the conference record of 3:52.15 set by Lenoir-Rhyne at the 2019 SAC Championship. The Pioneer men's 4x400-meter "A" relay set a school record of 3:25.03 during Saturday's competition.

The Pioneers will return to action Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8 at the Camel City Invitational at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

WOMEN'S RESULTS
The Pioneer 4x400 relay of Hachlaine Petit, Ke'Lah McMiller, Kenisha Stubbs and Earthaiza Watkins ran 3:51.76 to finish 10th overall and second among Division II schools in a field that included Kansas, South Carolina, East Carolina, VCU, Wofford and Georgia Southern. Their time of 3:51.76 broke the school record of 3:53.84 set two weeks ago on the same track, and was just .13 off the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 3:51.63.

Petit ran 57.28 on the leadoff leg, with McMiller following with a 57.65 split on the second leg. Stubbs ran 58.17 in the third segment of the race, with Watkins coming home in 58.67 to give the Pioneers first in their heat over Northern Colorado and Fayetteville State's B relay. For Petit, it was her second SAC record of the weekend as she ran 57.05 in the 400 meters Friday afternoon.

In the 200 meters, McMiller was the top finisher for Tusculum at 26.21 seconds, giving her the seventh-best time in school history and fourth place on the program performance list in the event. Aliyah Adderley ran 26.66 and moved into eighth place on the Tusculum performance list in the event.

MEN'S RESULTS
The Pioneer 4x400 relay of David Saruni, Kyle Stanley, Antonio Aparicio and Jontavus Walker ran 3:25.03 to break the school record of 3:27.33 set two weeks ago at the Gamecock Opener, of which Saruni and Walker had also participated.

Walker ran 22.71 in the 200 meters to move into fourth place on the program performance list in the event, while Saruni's time of 23.07 seconds ranks him ninth-best. In the 5,000 meters, Alex Perez was 22nd overall in 16:07.32 for the ninth-fastest indoor 5K time in program history.

Carolina Challenge - at Columbia, South Carolina
Day 2 of 2
Tusculum results
WOMEN
200: 67. Ke'Lah McMiller, 26.21; 86. Earthaiza Watkins, 26.55; 89. Kayneshia Carter, 26.63; 90. Aliyah Adderley, 26.66; 105. Hailey Cole, 27.44; 126. Brittany Bowery, 31.18.
4x400: 10. Tusculum A (Petit, McMiller, Stubbs, Watkins), 3:51.76 (SAC record/school record)

MEN
200: 57. Jontavus Walker, 22.71; 85. David Saruni, 23.07; 102. Gerard Hearst, 23.47; 106. Pierre Dupuy, 23.52; 108. Jamire Thompson, 23.59; 125. Isaac Hybarger, 24.22; 126. Arlington Ferguson, 24.35.
5000: 22. Alex Perez, 16:07.32.
4x400: 20. Tusculum A (Saruni, Stanley, Aparicio, Walker), 3:25.03 (school record); 24. Tusculum B (Ferguson, Hilliard, Hybarger, Julien), 3:34.88.