LEXINGTON, Va. --- Four victories and three school records were among the highlights for the Tusculum University men's and women's indoor track & field teams as they competed on the second day of the VMI Winter Relays on Saturday.

The Tusculum men were led by Marquel Pittman, who won the 60 meters, Zackary Nelson, who broke his own school record and won the 400 meters, and Antonio Aparicio who broke his own school record in the 800 meters. The Pioneers' 4x400-meter relay also earned a first-place finish on Saturday. The Tusculum women were paced by Theresa Green-White, who won the 60 meters and broke her own school record in the event.

MEN'S RECAP
Pittman, who was the top qualifier in the 60 meters in Friday's preliminaries, ran 6.76 seconds in the finals to lead a Tusculum sweep of the event. Jordan Taylor joined Pittman as an NCAA qualifier with a second-place time of 6.84 seconds, while Devan Hart was third in 6.91 seconds.

Nelson, who set a school record and won the 300 meters on Friday, breezed to victory in the 400 meters with a time of 47.54 seconds that broke his own mark of 47.72 seconds set at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Jan. 21. Nelson has run sub-48 seconds in the 400 each of the last three weeks. Dorian Craven was third in 50.00 seconds and Stephen Brewer took sixth in 50.50 seconds.

Aparicio finished third in the 800 meters at 1:55.11, breaking his record of 1:55.33 set at the VMI Winter Classic on Feb. 12, 2022. DeWayne Morris ran 1:57.16 to finish seventh overall and move into second place on the program performances list.

In the 200 meters, Hart was eighth at 22.44 seconds, with Isaiah Olson taking 10th place at 22.71 seconds. Tusculum had two qualifiers for the finals in the 60 hurdles, with Jamal Cash taking fifth place with a season-best time of 8.56 seconds and Daryl Smith Jr. in seventh place at 8.73 seconds.

The Pioneers' 4x400 relay team of Craven, Nelson, Pittman and Jarvis Barber Jr. won with a time of 3:18.00, the second-best time in program history. Tusculum's "B" relay of Brewer, Smith, Aparicio and Xavion Bogus was third in 3:23.83, tenth-fastest in school history.

In the shot put, Adrian Gumm followed up his school-record performance in the weight throw on Friday by taking seventh in the shot put with a throw of 13.99 meters (45 feet, 10 3/4 inches) that is the second-best in program history.

WOMEN'S RECAP
Freshman Theresa Green-White qualified fifth for the finals of the 60 meters, then ran 7.73 seconds in the finals to win the event and break her own school record of 7.78 seconds set at last week's VMI Winter Classic. Kiera Taylor placed third at 7.82 seconds, just off her qualifying time of 7.81 seconds and her third-best time of the season.

Emily Coddington took fifth in the 800 meters at 2:22.51, the third-fastest time in program history and just off her career best of 2:22.21 set a the VMI Winter Classic on Feb. 13, 2021. In the 400 meters, Kylia Wright took seventh overall at 1:02.61.

Tusculum's 4x400 relay of Wright, Taylor, Judy Chellah and Green-White finished in seventh place at 4:22.27.

VMI Winter Relays - Day 2 of 2
Tusculum results
MEN
60: 1. Marquel Pittman, 6.76; 2. Jordan Taylor, 6.84 (NCAA qualifier); 3. Devan Hart, 6.91.
60 hurdles: 5. Jamal Cash, 8.56; 7. Daryl Smith Jr., 8.73.
200: 8. Devan Hart, 22.44; 10. Isaiah Olson, 22.71; 20. Keelen Lester, 23.85; 30. Carlos Turner, 27.20.
400. 1. Zackary Nelson, 47.54 (school record); 3. Dorian Craven, 50.00; 6. Stephen Brewer, 50.50; 13. Xavion Bogus, 52.65; 19. Landen Locklear, 53.81; 21. Jamal Cash, 54.14.
800: 3. Antonio Aparicio, 1:55.11 (school record); 7. DeWayne Morris, 1:57.16.
Mile: 23. Jerry Ricker, 4:49.13.
4x400: 1. Tusculum A (Craven, Nelson, Pittman, Barber), 3:18.00; 3. Tusculum B (Brewer, Smith, Aparicio, Bogus), 3:23.83; 7. Tusculum C (Morris, Hart, Taylor, Locklear), 3:28.59.
Long jump: 17. Carlos Turner, 5.10m (16-8 3/4).
Shot put: 7. Adrian Gumm, 13.99m (45-10 3/4); 18. Gavin Rowell, 12.17m (39-11 1/4); 19. Mikeal Pillar, 12.05m (39-6 1/2).

WOMEN
60: 1. Theresa Green-White, 7.73 (school record); 3. Kiera Taylor, 7.82.
400: 7. Kylia Wright, 1:02.61; 14. Judy Chellah, 1:04.66; 15. Silvia Bah, 1:05.28; 16. Aliyah Adderley, 1:05.68.
800: 5. Emily Coddington, 2:22.51; 20. Inmaculada Delgado, 2:38.46.
4x400: 7. Tusculum (Wright, Taylor, Chellah, Green-White), 4:22.27.