ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University sprinter Widchard Guervil has been honored as the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending Dec. 5, the SAC office announced Tuesday.

Guervil earned an NCAA Division II qualifying time in the 60 meters as he picked up a pair of victories in the season-opening Appalachian Open on Saturday at Appalachian State University. Guervil was victorious in the 55 meters, and also ran in the 4x300 relay for the Pioneers that took first place.

Guervil's time of 6.29 seconds in the finals of the 55 meters converts to 6.79 seconds using the NCAA conversion formula for 55 meters to 60 meters, which beats the qualifying time of 6.87 for the 60. Guervil was the top qualifier and one of four Pioneers to advance to the finals after running 6.38 in preliminaries.

In the 4x300, the senior from Fort Myers, Florida teamed with Zackary Nelson, Stephen Brewer and Jarvis Barber Jr. for a winning time of 2:18.42.

Guervil has qualified for indoor nationals four times in his career in the 60 meters. He finished fourth at the 2018 NCAA championship to become Tusculum's first track and field All-American. After skipping nationals in 2019 due to injury, Guervil was slated to compete at the 2020 championship before it was canceled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tusculum will return to competition at the ETSU Invitational on Jan. 14-15 in Johnson City.