LORETTA, Pa. (November 13, 2021) – Howard University men's swim team grabbed its first victory as a Northeast Conference (NEC) member, knocking off LIU, 143.50-118.50.
 
Overall, the Bison secured 10 first-place finishes, led by junior Luke-Kennedy Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas).
 
On the afternoon, Thompson earned three wins in the 1000 Free (9:49.19), 200 Breast (2:11.57) and 200 IM (1:57.92). For his efforts, he landed in the program's all-time leaderboard for each category, sitting second, 10^th and eighth, respectively.
 
Senior Miguel Davis, Jr. (Washington), juniors Mark-Anthony Beckles (Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago) and Miles Simon (Atlanta) and freshman Brenton Cooper (Baton Rouge, La.) competed in the 200 Medley Relay where they won the event, clocking in at 1:34.05.
 
Individually, Simon won a pair of races in the 100 Back (51.84) and 200 Back (1:56.81) while placing sixth and fourth on the school's all-time list, respectively.
 
Beckles earned victories in the 50 Free (20.93) and 100 Fly (50.58), landing seventh and eighth all-time in program history, respectively.
 
Beckles, Simon, junior Arion Solomon (Fairburn, Ga.) and sophomore Spencer Miles (Lynchburg, Va.) took part in the 200 Free Relay, winning the event with the fourth-fastest mark in school history (1:24.07).

Solomon also competed individually in the 100 Free, finishing in first place with a 48.34 time.
 
Other notable performance included second-year Bison Mark-Anthony Thompson (Nassau, Bahamas) winning the 100 Breast with the ninth-best mark in program history (58.69).
 
Howard closes out the first half with the H2ounds Invitational. The two-day event (Dec. 3-4) is hosted by Loyola (Md.).
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.