CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University men's 4x100-meter relay set a program record during competition at the Lee Last Chance Meet on Saturday at Lee University.

The quartet of junior Jordan Taylor, senior Jarvis Barber Jr., senior Marquel Pittman and junior Tyrell Edwards crossed the line in 39.98 seconds to win the event and break the 40-second mark for the first time in school history. Their time was a meet record and surpassed their previous school record of 40.18 seconds set at the Montreat College Open on March 25.

Tusculum entered the weekend ranked 10th in Division II in the 4x100 relay, and posted the ninth sub-40 second time of the 2023 outdoor season. A minimum of 14 and a maximum of 18 relay teams will participate at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship, which will be held May 25-27 in Pueblo, Colorado.

Both Taylor and Pittman also qualified for the finals of the men's 100 meters, with Taylor running 10.43 seconds to earn third place in preliminaries and Pittman 10.52 seconds for fourth overall. Both were eventually scratched from the finals. Freshman Isaiah Olson was 15th at 10.59 seconds and senior Devan Hart was 19th at 10.65 seconds.

Declarations for the NCAA Division II Championship will be made Monday, May 15 with the championship field announced Tuesday, May 16.

Lee Last Chance Meet
at Cleveland, Tenn.
Tusculum results

MEN
100 (first round): 7. Isaiah Olson, 10.82 (auto advances); 14. Devan Hart, 10.72 (advances).
100 (prelims): 3. Jordan Taylor, 10.43 (auto advances); 4. Marquel Pittman, 10.52 (auto advances); 15. Isaiah Olson, 10.59; 19. Devan Hart, 10.65.
400: 35. Xavion Bogus, 51.96.
4x100: 1. Tusculum (Taylor, Barber, Pittman, Edwards), 39.98 (school record/meet record).

WOMEN
1500: 10. Emily Coddington, 4:51.23