LEXINGTON, Va. --- The Tusculum University men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed on the second and final day of the VMI Winter Classic on Saturday.
The Pioneers did not establish any school records during Saturday's action, but did receive a victory in the men's 400 meters from Zackary Nelson along with a third-place finish in the 60 meters from Marquel Pittman.
Tusculum will return to VMI next weekend to participate in the Winter Relays, which will be held Friday and Saturday afternoon, Feb. 3-4.
MEN'S RECAP
Nelson won the 400 meters with a time of 47.97 seconds, the second-fastest of his Pioneer career behind his NCAA-qualifying time of 47.72 set at Vanderbilt last week.
Pittman, who qualified for the finals of the 60 meters on Friday, took third place with a time of 6.79 seconds. In the 200 meters, Pittman ran 21.82 seconds to take fifth overall and tie for the ninth-fastest time in program history. Jarvis Barber Jr. finished 16th overall in 22.38 seconds while Isaiah Olson ran 22.62 seconds to move into 10th place on the program performance list.
In the 800 meters, Antonio Aparicio ran a season-best time of 1:56.27 to finish fourth overall, with the fifth-fastest time in program history. DeWayne Morris was ninth in 1:58.28 to surpass his previous season-best time by just over two seconds.
The Tusculum "B" 4x400-meter relay of Dorian Craven, Daryl Smith Jr., Aparicio and Morris finished fourth in 3:22.25, the fastest-ever time by a "B" 4x400 for the Pioneers and the eighth-best time in program history.
In the long jump, Jamal Cash was Tusculum's top finisher at 6.14 meters (20 feet, 1 3/4 inches) while Mikeal Pillar led the Pioneers with a 27th-place effort in the shot put at 11.87 meters (38 feet, 11 1/2 inches).
WOMEN'S RECAP
Tusculum was led in the 200 meters by Kylia Wright, who had a season-best time of 26.11 seconds that ranks seventh-best in program history. Emily Coddington took 25th place in the 800 meters at 2:29.71, and Silvia Bah ran 1:05.28 in the 400 meters and was 38th overall.
The Pioneer 4x400 relay of Theresa Green-White, Wright, Kiera Taylor and Aliyah Adderley placed 14th overall with a time of 4:20.97.
In the shot put, Amber Hogan just missed a career-best mark as she finished with a top throw of 10.12 meters (33 feet, 2 1/2 inches), just a half-inch off her Tusculum PR of 33-3 set at South Carolina on Feb. 18, 2022.
VMI Winter Classic - Day 2 of 2
Tusculum results
MEN
60: 3. Marquel Pittman, 6.79.
200: 5. Marquel Pittman, 21.82; 16. Jarvis Barber Jr., 22.38; 26. Isaiah Olson, 22.62; 50. Keelen Lester, 23.81.
400: 1. Zackary Nelson, 47.97; 23. Dorian Craven, 51.24.
800: 4. Antonio Aparicio, 1:56.27; 9. DeWayne Morris, 1:58.28; 47. Landen Locklear, 2:13.07.
Mile: 47. Jerry Ricker, 4:55.62.
4x400: 4. Tusculum B (Craven, Smith, Aparicio, Morris), 3:22.25; 16. Tusculum C (Cash, Locklear, Olson, Lester), 3:40.38.
Long jump: 21. Jamal Cash, 6.14m (20-1 3/4); 38. Carlos Turner, 4.39m (14-5).
Shot put: 27. Mikeal Pillar, 11.87m (38-11 1/2); 39. Gavin Rowell, 10.52m (34-6 1/4).
WOMEN
200: 21. Kylia Wright, 26.11; 28. Theresa Green-White, 26.60.
400: 38. Silvia Bah, 1:05.28.
800: 25. Emily Coddington, 2:29.71; 38. Inmaculada Delgado, 2:33.30.
4x400: 12. Tusculum (Green-White, Wright, Taylor, Adderley), 4:20.97.
Shot put: 32. Amber Hogan, 10.12m (33-2 1/2).
