LEXINGTON, Va. --- Four school records were among the highlights for Tusculum University on day two of the VMI Winter Classic on Saturday, held at the Corps Physical Training Center.

The Tusculum men set three individual and one relay record on Saturday, with All-American Widchard Guervil earning another event win and solidifying his NCAA Division II qualifying time in the 200 meters. Tusculum's women had several school top 10 performances on Saturday, led by an eighth-place finish in the 4x400 relay.

The Pioneers will compete in their final regular-season meet of the indoor season on Friday, Feb. 18 with a visit to Columbia, South Carolina for the USC Indoor Open at the University of South Carolina.

MEN'S RECAP
Guervil moved into second place on the NCAA Division II performance list in the 200 meters with his time of 21.13 seconds, which broke his school record of 21.29 seconds set at the USC Open on Feb. 22, 2020. Guervil is now ranked in the top five in both the 60 meters and 200 meters in Division II, and has 11 first-place finishes in 12 heats this season. Guervil also has six race wins in seven events spanning five meets, with three victories in the 60 meters, one in the 55 meters and two in the 200 meters.

Antonio Aparicio finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.33 and broke his own school record of 1:55.94 set at the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 30, 2021. Xavion Bogus also broke his own Tusculum record in the 500 meters, placing seventh overall in 1:08.07 to improve upon his previous mark of 1:09.36 set at the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 29.

Tusculum's 4x400-meter relay team of Bogus, Guervil, Zackary Nelson and Stephen Brewer ran third with a time of 3:18.33, breaking the record of 3:19.44 set at the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 29. Guervil, Nelson and Brewer all ran on the relay that had set the record two weeks earlier. The Pioneer distance medley relay of Aparicio, David Saruni, Kyler Hodges and Caleb Archer finished sixth overall in 10:54.13, the fourth-fastest time in program history.

Gerard Hearst finished fifth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.00 seconds in the finals, while Nelson was sixth in the 200 meters at 21.98 seconds which is tied for the sixth-fastest time in program history and is a season best for Nelson.

WOMEN'S RECAP
Emily Coddington finished 14th in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:26.15, which is fifth-fastest in program history and the second-best indoor time of her career. In the 200 meters, Silvia Bah was the Pioneers' top finisher in 19th place at 26.88 seconds.

Tusculum's 4x400 relay of I'Keriah Day, Kenisha Stubbs, Destiny Lottie and Bah placed eighth overall in 4:06.20, which is the 10th-fastest time in school history. Lottie also competed in the 200 meters on Saturday and was 21st overall in 26.98 seconds.

VMI Winter Classic - Day 2 of 2
at Lexington, Va.
Tusculum results
MEN
60 (finals): 5. Gerard Hearst, 7.00.
200: 1. Widchard Guervil, 21.13 (school record); 6. Zackary Nelson, 21.98; 28. Pierre Dupuy, 22.97; 34. Gerard Hearst, 23.15.
500: 7. Xavion Bogus, 1:08.07 (school record).
800: 7. Antonio Aparicio, 1:55.33 (school record); 33. Carson Walls, 2:08.54.
Mile: 21. Kyler Hodges, 4:34.02; 26. Ray Richardson, 4:36.91; 41. Gideon Dowling, 4:56.87.
4x400: 3. Tusculum (Bogus, Guervil, Nelson, Brewer), 3:18.33 (school record).
Distance medley relay: 6. Tusculum (Aparicio, Saruni, Hodges, Archer), 10:54.13.
Long jump: 35. Joshua Stephens, 5.72m (18-9 1/4).

WOMEN
200: 19. Silvia Bah, 26.88; 21. Destiny Lottie, 26.98; 42. Emerald Jones, 30.25.
800: 14. Emily Coddington, 2:26.15.
Mile: 31. Celine McNally, 5:51.26.
4x400: 8. Tusculum (Day, Stubbs, Lottie, Bah), 4:06.20.
Shot put: 31. Amber Hogan, 9.20m (30-2 1/4).