Written by Sarah Kyle<\/p>\n
Harding University’s sprint team is making its way to the top this season, with the 4X400 team provisionally qualifying at last Saturday’s Bison Invitational on Ted Lloyd Track.<\/p>\n
The achievement is not something to be taken lightly, according to team member Frank Bolling, who runs the first leg of the race.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s been six or seven years since Harding’s had a sprint relay team qualify,” Bolling said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The team qualified with a time of 3:14.67, a time which Bolling said hopefully will be cut down by up to two seconds at next weekends Kansas Relays.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We’ll be fresh then and we’ll only be running relays,” Bolling said. “So we’re looking to drop one and a half or two seconds off our time.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Success will depend on each individual’s own progress, according to Bolling, who said that the team must work together to individually excel in order to better the team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s always exciting because it’s not just an individual, it’s a group of guys working together for a goal,” Bolling said. “If one person doesn’t do their job then the whole team fails. So it’s just really cool that we’re all doing well and peaking at the right time.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This year’s 4×400 team is unique in that in consists of a runner from each classification: from youngest to oldest. From freshman Kory Howard, sophomore Milton Stewart, junior Blake Arnold and Bolling, a senior, the difference levels of experience throughout the team makes for a unique chemistry, according to Bolling.<\/p>\n
Team Member Bios<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/strong>st<\/strong><\/sup>Leg: Frank Bolling<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:<\/strong>22<\/p>\n Classification:<\/strong>Senior<\/p>\n Major\/Activities:<\/strong>Preaching and Business Management<\/p>\n Track History:<\/strong>This season will mark his fourth year running track.<\/p>\n Personal Record in the open 400:<\/strong>49.8 seconds<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong>When you aren’t running the quarter, do you lean more towards the sprints or distance?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong>“Not really distance, but not really sprints either. I’ve been training specifically for the 800, and lately I’ve been training with the sprinters to get a little speed in.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 2<\/strong>nd<\/strong><\/sup>Leg: Milton Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:<\/strong>20<\/p>\n Classification:<\/strong>Sophomore<\/p>\n Major\/Activities:<\/strong>Business Finance, Spiritual life director of Gamma Sigma Phi<\/p>\n Personal Record in the open 400:<\/strong>49.4 seconds<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong>How long have you been running?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong>“I have been running since my mom took me to the doctor as a baby to ask what was wrong with my feet and legs, and why I was still so clumsy at the age when most kids start walking; the doctor simply said \u2018He’s a runner.'”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>rd<\/strong><\/sup>Leg: Kory Howard<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:<\/strong>18<\/p>\n Classification:<\/strong>Freshman<\/p>\n Major\/Activities:<\/strong>Preaching<\/p>\n Track history:<\/strong>Has been running since the 7th<\/sup>grade.<\/p>\n Personal Record in the open 400:<\/strong>49.3 seconds<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong>What’s the difference between your training in high school and your first collegiate season?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong>“Its weird because it’s more relaxed but at the same time it’s a lot more difficult. The workouts are ridiculous, trying to keep up with Blake and Milton. It definitely creates faster improvement though, having people that are a lot faster than you to run with.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>th<\/strong><\/sup>Leg: Blake Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:<\/strong>21<\/p>\n Classification:<\/strong>Junior<\/p>\n Major\/Activities:<\/strong>Exercise Science<\/p>\n Track history:<\/strong>Has been running since his senior year of high school.<\/p>\n Personal Record in the open 400:<\/strong>48.3 seconds<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong>Why run track?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong>“I like the competition. I’m an adrenaline junkie, so the competition is really nice. But it also promotes a lot of good discipline and is promoting a pretty good work ethic and helps out with staying in shape.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Sarah Kyle Harding University’s sprint team is making its way to the top this season, with the 4X400 team provisionally qualifying at last Saturday’s Bison Invitational on Ted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[268],"class_list":["post-4085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-hurricane-florence"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}