NEW ORLEANS, La. --- Five members of the Tusculum University indoor track & field team have received All-Southeast Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Senior Widchard Guervil was named All-Region in the men's 60 meters, the men's 200 meters and as part of the men's 4x400-meter relay, while junior Zackary Nelson was All-Region in the men's 400 and the 4x400 relay. Also earning honors from the Pioneers' 4x400 relay were freshmen Stephen Brewer and Xavion Bogus. The Tusculum women were represented on the All-Region team by grad student Kenisha Stubbs, who was recognized in the women's 400 meters.
The top five individuals in each event from the region earned All-Region distinction from the USTFCCCA, in addition to each member of the region's top three relay teams. Guervil received additional accolades by being recognized as the Top Regional Performer in both the 60 and 200.
Guervil had the fastest time in the region in the 60 meters at 6.69 seconds set at the University of South Carolina Open on Feb. 18, and also posted the top mark in the 200 meters of 21.13 seconds, which he set at the VMI Winter Classic on Feb. 11. Guervil, who won three gold medals at the South Atlantic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship and was named Men's Track Athlete of the Meet, is seeded third at this weekend's NCAA Division II Championship in both the 60 and 200. Guervil is undefeated in the 60 meters this season, going 11-for-11 in heats and placing first overall in all five meets in which he competed in the event.
Nelson also qualified for nationals for the Pioneers, after running a converted time of 47.73 seconds in the 400 meters en route to taking gold at the SAC Championship. Nelson's converted time was fourth-best in the region in the 400, after he set the program record in the event with an elapsed time of 48.15 seconds at the USC Open on Feb. 18.
Tusculum's 4x400 relay team of Bogus, Guervil, Nelson and Brewer ran 3:18.33 at the VMI Winter Classic on Feb. 12 to break the school record of 3:19.44 set earlier in the season at the VMI Winter Relays. Their time was the second-fastest in the region this season, and set up the Pioneers to win gold at the SAC Championship with a conference meet record time of 3:21.50.
Stubbs ran a career-best time of 57.85 seconds in the 400 meters at the USC Open on Feb. 18, the sixth-fastest time in school history. She would go on to finish second in the 400 at the SAC Championship, while adding a fourth-place finish in the 60 hurdles at the conference meet. Stubbs' time in the 400 was the third-fastest in the region and second-best in the conference this season.
