ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University senior sprinter Widchard Guervil claimed his fifth AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week award of the season for the week ending Feb. 20, the SAC office announced Tuesday.
Guervil stayed undefeated in the 60 meters with a win at the University of South Carolina Indoor Open on Friday. Guervil ran 6.69 in the finals, the second-best mark of his career in the event and third-fastest in Division II this season. Guervil has four first-place finishes in the 60 this season and has won all nine of his heats in the event. Guervil was second in the 200 meters at USC at 21.13 seconds, tying his school record and remaining second nationally in Division II.
Guervil has seven wins and two second-place finishes in nine events this season, and has won 14 of the 15 heats across those nine events. He will be the top seed in both the 60 meters and 200 meters at the SAC Indoor Track & Field Championship, which will be held Saturday and Sunday at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.