ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Harding men's 4x400-meter relay team ran an NCAA provisional time on Day 1 of the Grand Valley State University Big Meet on Friday. It was the first provisional time run by the mile relay team this season.

Justin Durham, Kory Howard, Landon Belcher, and Milton Stewart placed fifth of 11 teams in 3 minutes, 17.45 seconds, improving on their season-best time by almost five seconds.

Harding also had three individuals compete Friday. Senior Ryan Johnson set a personal-best time of 1:55.93 in the 800 meters. Senior Wojciech Kopec placed 36th in the mile in 4:22.96, and sophomore Jonathan Koonce placed 12th in the long jump with a mark of 18 feet, 7.25 inches.

All three Harding runners who competed in the 400 meters Saturday set personal bests. Howard placed fifth of 104 runners in 49.64 seconds. Belcher was ninth in 49.93, and Durham was 43rd in 51.52.

The Bisons had one other personal best in the field events Saturday. Ryan Cagle added nearly two feet to his personal best shot put, placing 31st of 60 athletes with a mark of 42-05.25.