CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- Members of the Tusculum University men's and women's track and field teams competed at the two-day Flames Invitational, hosted by Lee University.
The Tusculum women amassed 20 points and finished 15th out of the 30 teams that scored, while the Tusculum men did not have any finishers in the top eight and as a result did not earn any team points.
The Pioneers will compete in their final regular-season meet on Friday-Saturday, April 16-17 at the Catamount Classic, hosted by Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
WOMEN'S RECAP
Despite being entered in only seven events, the Pioneers set four school records at Lee, led by sophomore Faith Bostick and senior Kenisha Stubbs who each set a pair of records.
Bostick ran in the 200 meters Friday night and finished second in 24.54 seconds, breaking the record of 25.12 seconds set by I'Keriah Day in 2019. Bostick took third in the 100 meters on Saturday at 11.92 seconds, setting the school record for the second time in three weeks while surpassing her time of 12.07 seconds set at Lenoir-Rhyne on March 21.
Stubbs broke her record in the 100 hurdles for the third straight meet, taking eighth in 15.29 seconds to break her time of 15.51 set at Montreat on March 27. Stubbs was sixth in the 400 hurdles at 1:06.26, beating her own school record of 1:07.12 which she set March 21 at Lenoir-Rhyne.
Emily Coddington finished 19th in the 800 meters at 2:25.11, the fifth-best time in program history, and took 21st in the 1500 meters at 4:59.86 which is seventh in school history and places her second on the program performance list behind All-American Nicole McMillen.
MEN'S RECAP
Sophomore Antonio Aparicio shattered the school record in the 1500 meters, finishing 22nd overall in 4:00.29 which broke the old school mark of 4:05.52 set at the 2019 SAC Championship by Kyler Hodges. Aparicio finished 24th in the 800 meters at 1:57.44, the second-best mark in program history behind his own record of 1:56.67 set at Montreat on March 27.
Hodges broke his own school record in the steeplechase, running the 3000 meters in 9:46.60 to barely beat his old record of 9:46.96 which he also set at the 2019 SAC Championship.
Junior Alex Perez also broke Hodges' record in the 1500 meters, running 4:05.50, and was 27th overall in the steeplechase with a career-best time of 10:04.05.
Senior Althiery Leontes finished 10th in the 400 hurdles at 57.44 seconds, and senior Widchard Guervil ran the 400 meters for the first time in his Pioneer career and finished 21st overall in 51.16 seconds, the second-best time in program history.
Sophomore Caleb Archer set a career best in the 5000 meters of 15:29.52, the second-best time in program history and 42 seconds better than his previous best time.
In the field, sophomore Alex Higgins finished 17th overall in the shot put at 13.49 meters (44 feet, 3 1/4 inches), a career best and the second-best mark in program history. Higgins was 25th in the hammer throw at 33.82 meters (110 feet, 1 inch).
Flames Invitational - at Cleveland, Tenn.
Tusculum results
MEN
400: 21. Widchard Guervil, 51.16.
400 hurdles: 10. Althiery Leontes, 57.44.
800: 24. Antonio Aparicio, 1:57.44.
1500: 22. Antonio Aparicio, 4:00.29 (school record); 31. Alex Perez, 4:05.50.
3000 steeplechase: 22. Kyler Hodges, 9:46.60 (school record); 27. Alex Perez, 10:04.05; 32. Carson Wells, 10:37.70.
5000: 54. Caleb Archer, 15:29.52.
Hammer: 25. Alex Higgins, 33.82m (110-1).
Shot put: 17. Alex Higgins, 13.49m (44-3 1/4).
WOMEN
100: 3. Faith Bostick, 11.92 (school record).
100 hurdles: 8. Kenisha Stubbs, 15.29 (school record).
200: 2. Faith Bostick, 24.54 (school record).
400: 19. Aliyah Adderley, 1:05.23.
400 hurdles: 6. Kenisha Stubbs, 1:06.86 (school record).
800: 19. Emily Coddington, 2:25.11; 32. Judy Chellah, 2:34.72; 34. Yoland Boyce, 2:39.35.
1500: 21. Emily Coddington, 4:59.86.
