LANDOVER, Md. (February 23, 2019) – After the conclusion of the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Championships, the Howard University women's distance medley relay (DMR) squad consisting of junior Sydney Benson (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.), sophomore Destiny Stanford (Woolwhich Township, N.J.) and freshmen Melanie White (Orlando, Fla.) and Jessica Wright (Durham, N.C.) earned All-MEAC honors for their performances Friday. The team won bronze after recording a season-best (12:11.82) in the event.

The top three finishers in each event earned All-MEAC honors.
 
Overall, HU men took 10^th while the Howard women placed eighth overall.
 
Championship Saturday saw several Bison in action.
 
Benson fell just shy of medaling after placing fourth overall in the women's 800-meter run (2:14.72).
 
Stanford clocked in at 10:43.49 (season-best) and claimed seventh in the 3000-meter run.
 
In the field, senior David Hudson (New Rochelle, N.Y.) recorded a new personal best in the men's shot put (13.81m; 45'0").
 
On the women's side, second-year jumper Rachel Edler (Stone Mountain, Ga.) registered a new personal mark in the triple jump (12.03m; 39'1").
 
North Carolina A&T State won the men's & women's MEAC Indoor titles.

To view results from the entire 2019 MEAC Indoor Championships, please click here.
 
On March 8-9, Howard begins the outdoor season in Wilmington, N.C. for the Seahawk Invitational, hosted by UNC-Wilmington.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.