JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. --- Members of the Tusculum University men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed on the second day of the ETSU Invitational Saturday at the Mini-Dome.
Tusculum senior Widchard Guervil was named Men's Track Athlete of the Meet after winning the 60 meters and finishing second in the 200, while earning his second NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark of the season in the 200. In women's action, Kenisha Stubbs took fourth place in the finals of the women's 60-meter hurdles.
The Pioneers will be back in action on Sunday, Jan. 23 at the Flat is Fast Invitational at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
MEN'S RECAP
Guervil, who ran 6.73 in preliminaries on Friday to equal the fastest time in Division II this season, backed up his top seed in Friday's 60 prelims by winning the finals with a time of 6.74 seconds. In the 200, Guervil grabbed an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 21.46 seconds, the second-fastest time of his career, to finish second behind Appalachian State's De'Shawn Ballard (21.32 seconds).
Other top performances in the 200 came from Jarvis Barber Jr., who finished sixth in 22.35 seconds, and Zackary Nelson, who placed ninth in 22.42 seconds. Devan Hart had his second PR of the weekend with an 11th-place finish in 22.49 seconds, with Pierre Dupuy adding a career best of 22.87 seconds for 14th place.
In the 800 meters, Kyler Hodges knocked 3 1/2 seconds off his previous career best and became just the second Pioneer to break two minutes in the event, placing sixth overall in 1:58.00.
Tusculum's 4x400 meter relay of Barber, Nelson, Xavion Bogus and David Saruni finished second in 3:21.93, less than a second behind the school record of 3:20.99 set in 2020.
WOMEN'S RECAP
Stubbs, who was seeded fifth in the 60 hurdles finals after running 9.24 seconds in prelims, matched that time in the finals to place fourth.
Destini Wilson was the Pioneers' top finisher in the 200 meters at 26.79 seconds, and placed seventh in the long jump at 5.30 meters (17 feet, 4 3/4 inches) which is tied for her third-best career mark. Javiera Ortiz was 11th in the 3000 meters in 11:14.09, the ninth-fastest time in program history and good for fourth place on the all-time performance list in the event, while Celine McNally ran 11:27.78 to move into fifth on the 3000 performance list with her 16th-place finish.
In the shot put, Shanee Angol threw a season-best 10.03 meters (32 feet, 11 inches) for eighth place and Amber Hogan tied her career best at 9.99 meters (32 feet, 9 1/2 inches) for 10th overall.
ETSU Indoor Track and Field Invitational
at Johnson City, Tennessee (Day 2 of 2)
Tusculum results
MEN
60 (finals): 1. Widchard Guervil, 6.74.
200: 2. Widchard Guervil, 21.46 (NCAA qualifier); 6. Jarvis Barber Jr., 22.35; 9. Zackary Nelson, 22.42; 11. Devan Hart, 22.49; 14. Pierre Dupuy, 22.87; 27. Gerard Hearst, 23.26; 32. Xavion Bogus, 23.46; 38. Joshua Stephens, 23.85; 45. Landen Locklear, 24.48.
800: 6. Kyler Hodges, 1:58.00.
4x400: 2. Tusculum A (Barber, Nelson, Bogus, Saruni), 3:21.93; 5. Tusculum B (Hart, Hearst, Stephens, Locklear), 3:45.68.
WOMEN
60 hurdles (finals): 4. Kenisha Stubbs, 9.24.
200: 16. Destini Wilson, 26.79; 22. Destiny Lottie, 27.25; 23. Silvia Bah, 27.47; 33. Kayneshia Carter, 28.05.
3000: 11. Javiera Ortiz, 11:14.09; 16. Celine McNally, 11:27.78.
4x400: 4. Tusculum (Stubbs, Wilson, Bah, Lottie), 4:26.15.
Long jump: 7. Destini Wilson, 5.30m (17-4 3/4).
Shot put: 8. Shanee Angol, 10.03m (32-11); 10. Amber Hogan, 9.99m (32-9 1/2).
