PITTSBURG, Kan. --- Tusculum University senior Widchard Guervil collected a pair of All-America honors on Saturday on the final day of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship, hosted by Pittsburg State University at the Robert W. Plaster Center.
Guervil finished fourth in the men's 60 meters and took seventh in the men's 200 meters for the Pioneers, singlehandedly helping Tusculum finish in a tie for 30th place in the final team standings. Tusculum was the top-finishing men's team from the NCAA Southeast Region with seven points.
The Fort Myers, Florida native qualified fourth for the 60-meter finals after running 6.72 seconds in Friday's preliminaries. In the final, Guervil had the early lead but was defeated by West Texas A&M sophomore Benjamin Azamati, who ran 6.63 to take gold. Malachi Adams of Tiffin was second in 6.71 seconds, followed by J.T. Smith of Texas A&M Commerce in third at 6.72 seconds and Guervil in fourth at 6.73 seconds.
In the 200 meters, Guervil had qualified fifth with a time of 21.31 seconds in trials on Friday. Guervil ran in the second of the two final sections on Saturday, but placed third in the heat and seventh overall with a time of 21.58 seconds. Brandon Miller of Grand Valley State took the gold, running 21.02 in the final, while Azamati was second in 21.32 seconds.
Guervil is a five-time indoor All-American, having finished fourth in the 60 meters in both 2018 and 2022 and seventh in the 200 this year. Guervil was also slated to run in the 60 and the 200 at the 2020 Indoor Track & Field Championship, but the meet was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and all entrants were given All-America status. Guervil earned All-America status in outdoor track at the 2018 NCAA Championship, where he was eighth in the 100 meters.
Guervil ends his Tusculum indoor career holding the 10 fastest times in program history in the 60 meters, with a record of 6.67 seconds set at the 2018 NCAA Championship. He also has the eight fastest indoor times in the 200 meters, twice running 21.13 seconds in February of this season, and is part of the four fastest 4x400-meter relays in school history.
