BALTIMORE (April 20, 2019) – After competing against 17 squads through the Delaware, Maryland, and D.C. areas, Howard University men's track & field took seventh overall at the 2019 Morgan Legacy, hosted by Morgan State, after racking up 61 points over the two-day event.
 
Sophomore Nathaniel Are (Chicago) led the way, winning the 2019 men's pole vault after catapulting over nine feet in the air (2.75m). For his efforts, the Chicago native scored 10 points for HU.
 
Freshman Ayoade Adebiyi (Virginia Beach, Va.) earned eight points for the Bison with a second-place finish in the men's 3000m steeplechase, recording a new personal best (10:17.67).
 
Fellow classmate Ashton Daniel (Athens, Ga.) became the latest Bison to qualify for the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Championships in Greensboro, N.C. Daniel registered a personal best 21.50 mark in the men's 200-meter dash. Also, the Georgia product punched a ticket to Princeton, N.J. for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Outdoor Championships.
 
Senior Kenneth Chigbue (Bowie, Md.) also competed in the 200-meter dash where he finished 12^th overall with a season-best (21.63).
 
In the field, senior thrower David Hudson (New Rochelle, N.Y.) placed fourth in the men's shot put after tossing nearly 47 feet (14.22m).
 
Freshman Tyler Brown (Coatesville, Pa.) and sophomore Brian Witter (Miramar, Fla.) took 12^th and 15^th, respectively, in the men's discus throw. Brown threw a personal best 39.88m (130'10") while Witter chucked 38.30m (125'8").
 
Other notable field performance included newcomer Michael Coddrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.) placing fourth in the men's hammer throw after throwing over 124 feet (37.83m).
 
To view results from the 2019 Morgan Legacy, please click here.
 
On April 25-27, Director of Track & Field David Oliver and the Bison travel to the City of Brotherly Love for the prestigious Penn Relays, hosted by the University of Penn.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.