ALLENDALE, Mich. – University of Southern Indiana Indoor Track & Field recorded three provisional times at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet invite Friday afternoon in Allendale, Michigan.
 
Senior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) recorded a provisional time of eight minutes, 19.69 seconds in the 3000-meters while placing seventh. This is Grau's second provisional time of the year, also recording one in the mile.
 
Sophomore Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) had a provisional time in the 5000 meters, placing 13^th in 14:33.64. In the women's 5000 meters, junior Hope Jones (Cumberland, Indiana) also recorded a provisional, placing 17^th in 17:16.27.
 
In the men's mile, freshman Javan Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) missed a provisional time by three tenths of a second. He finished 17^th in 4:11.98.
 
Seniors Cain Parker (Petersburg, Indiana) and Melina Gryschka (Garbsen, Germany) each recorded 26^th place finishes in their events, with Parker finishing the 5000 meters in 14:52.94 and Gryschka completing the 3000 meters in 10:13.00.

During Saturday's open portion of the meet, senior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) brought home a seventh-place finish in 8:45.39 in the 3000 meters. In the field, freshman Tyrell Nickelson (English, Indiana) tied for sixth in the high jump with a leap of six feet, 2.75 inches.

Junior Austin Jones (Botkins, Ohio) had a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters in 2:02.37 at the Dragon Grand Prix in Tiffin, Ohio. 

USI returns to action Saturday at the DePauw Classic in Greencastle, Indiana.