Men's Track & Field | 1/11/2025 10:39:00 PM

PHILADELPHIA & LOUISVILLE, Ken. (January 11, 2025) – Howard University men's track & field team competed in a pair of meets over the weekend: Rod McCravy Invitational (Jan. 10-11) and Penn Select (Jan. 11).
 
ROD MCCRAVY INVITATIONAL
 
In Louisville, HU had five top 3 finishes.
 
The 4x400 relay squad of graduate Noah Langford (Virginia Beach, Va.), sophomore Emerson McKindra (Linden, N.J.) and newcomers Cameron Brazell (Houston) and Elijah Grant (Fort Mills, S.C.) placed third overall, clocking in at 3:12.80.
 
Individually, Grant and McKindra took second (48.43) and third (48.48), respectively, in the 400-meter run.
 
Fifth-year Bison Zachary Hawkins (Lithonia, Ga.) and junior Jorim Bangue (Yaoundé, Cameroon) made the 60-meter hurdles final, earning silver (7.87) and bronze (7.97), respectively.
 
In the field, DMV native senior Chase Drewery (Waldorf, Md.) finished sixth in the triple jump, leaping nearly 50 feet (15.10 meters).
 
PENN SELECT
 
Third-year runner Kobe Hutson (Bridgetown, Barbados) led the charge in Philly, taking third overall in the 400-meter dash (48.70).
 
Fifth-year senior Ezekiel Hawkins (Lithonia, Ga.) placed sixth in the short hurdles (8.55).
 
Off the track, D.C. product Ashton McCullers catapulted 4.40 meters in the pole vault, finishing fifth place.
 
Junior Andre Prince (Windsor, Conn.) earned fifth in the weight throw, tossing 16.92 meters.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
HU is set to compete another pair of meets: Cork Classic (Jan. 17-18) and HBCU Showcase (Jan. 17).
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.