WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. --- The Tusculum University men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed at the Flat Is Fast Invitational at the JDL Fast Track on Sunday.
For the Tusculum men, senior Widchard Guervil earned wins in the 60 meters and 200 meters and junior Zackary Nelson won the 400 meters. Tusculum's women were led by graduate Kenisha Stubbs, who was third in the 400 meters.
The Pioneers will run at the VMI Winter Relays in Lexington, Virginia on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29.
MEN'S RECAP
Guervil was the top qualifier for the 60-meter finals after running 6.72 seconds in preliminaries. In the finals, Guervil ran 6.71 seconds for the third-fastest time in program history (fastest in a non-championship meet) and second-fastest in Division II this season. Guervil followed up by winning the 200 meters in 22.01 seconds.
Nelson set a school record in the 400 meters by crossing the line in 49.63 seconds, breaking the mark of 50.15 seconds set by David Saruni at the USC Open on Feb. 22, 2020. Saruni competed in the 600 meters and finished ninth in 1:28.58, behind Stephen Brewer who was sixth in the 600 at 1:26.99.
Devan Hart also qualified for the finals in the 60 meters after running 6.93 in prelims, and placed sixth overall with a career-best mark of 6.91 seconds which is third on the Tusculum performance list in the event. Hart was third in the open 200 meters at 22.81 seconds. In the mile run, Kyler Hodges took seventh place at 4:31.20.
Caleb Archer finished 13th in the 3000 meters with a career-best time of 9:07.91, with Ray Richardson also setting a personal best in the event at 9:15.66. Richardson turned in an eighth-place finish in the 1000 meters at 2:41.79, with Antonio Aparicio placing 10th in the 800 meters at 2:00.70.
Tusculum's 4x400 relay of Saruni, Jarvis Barber Jr., Brewer and Nelson took second place in 3:25.42.
WOMEN'S RECAP
Stubbs ran 1:00.52 to place third in the open 400 meters. Destini Wilson placed fifth in the long jump at 5.19 meters (17 feet, 1/2 inch), 12th in the 200 meters (27.11 seconds) and was ninth in qualifying for the 60 meters at 8.27 seconds.
Freshman Celine McNally was 11th in the 800 meters in 2:29.77, which is the sixth-fastest time in program history, while Emily Coddington took 13th at 2:31.41 which is seventh-best in school history. Javiera Ortiz ran 11:13.20 in the 3000 meters for the fourth-fastest time in program history.
In field events, Shanee Angol was 19th in the shot put at 9.94 meters (32 feet, 7 1/2 inches) and Amber Hogan took 14th in the weight throw at 10.96 meters (35 feet, 11 1/2 inches).
Flat Is Fast Invitational - at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Tusculum results
MEN
60 (finals): 1. Widchard Guervil, 6.71; 6. Devan Hart, 6.91.
60 (prelims): 1. Widchard Guervil, 6.72; 7. Devan Hart, 6.93; 10. Gerard Hearst, 6.95; 16. Pierre Dupuy, 7.04; 17. Jarvis Barber Jr., 7.04.
60 (qualifying): 2. Pierre Dupuy, 7.08.
200 (seeded): 1. Widchard Guervil, 22.01.
200 (open): 3. Devan Hart, 22.81; 20. Pierre Dupuy, 23.40; 23. Gerard Hearst, 23.78.
400 (seeded): 1. Zackary Nelson, 49.63 (school record).
400 (open): 17. Josh Stephens, 54.94.
600: 6. Stephen Brewer, 1:26.99; 9. David Saruni, 1:28.58.
800: 10. Antonio Aparicio, 2:00.70.
1000: 8. Ray Richardson, 2:41.79; 17. Caleb Archer, 2:52.62; 21. Xavion Bogus, 2:54.62; 23. Bryson Livesay, 2:56.86.
Mile: 7. Kyler Hodges, 4:31.20.
3000: 13. Caleb Archer, 9:07.91; 19. Ray Richardson, 9:15.66; 34. Bryson Livesay, 9:33.37.
4x400: 2. Tusculum A (Saruni, Barber, Brewer, Nelson), 3:25.42; 8. Tusculum B (Bogus, Aparicio, Hodges, Hart), 3:43.76.
WOMEN
60 (qualifying): 9. Destini Wilson, 8.27; 14. Silvia Bah, 8.37; 20. Destiny Lottie, 8.43; 21. Kayneshia Carter, 8.44; 24. Faith Robinette, 8.54.
200: 12. Destini Wilson, 27.11; 18. Kayneshia Carter, 28.12.
400: 3. Kenisha Stubbs, 1:00.52; 15. Silvia Bah, 1:06.18.
800: 11. Celine McNally, 2:29.77; 13. Emily Coddington, 2:31.41
3000: 13. Javiera Ortiz, 11:13.20; 21. Nicole Griffith, 11:36.66; 23. Judy Chellah, 11:40.19.
4x400: 4. Tusculum A (Stubbs, Wilson, Coddington, Lottie), 4:20.15; 5. Tusculum B (Griffith, Bah, McNally, Chellah), 4:31.35.
Shot put: 19. Shanee Angol, 9.94m (32-7 1/2); 21. Amber Hogan, 9.53m (31-3 1/4).
Weight throw: 14. Amber Hogan, 10.96m (35-11 1/2).
Long jump: 5. Destini Wilson, 5.19m (17-1/2).
