LUBBOCK, Texas & NEW YORK (January 18, 2025) – Howard University men's track & field program excelled in a pair of meets over the weekend: Corky Classic (Jan. 17-18) and HBCU Showcase (Jan. 18).
 
CORKY CLASSIC
 
Graduate sprinter Goba Dan-Princewill (Houston) highlighted the weekend, setting a new school record in the 60-meter dash (6.71) while advancing to the semifinal round. The Houston native also competed in the 200-meter dash, placing second overall with a 21.11 mark.
 
Graduate Noah Langford (Virginia Beach, Va.), fifth-year Bison Zachary Hawkins (Lithonia, Ga.) and junior Jorim Bangue (Yaoundé, Cameroon) each made the 60-meter hurdles semifinal round but fell just shy of reaching the final round.
 
HBCU SHOWCASE
 
At the Armory in New York City, rookies Habtamu Epley (Chicago) and Paul Robinson (Bowie, Md.) finished fifth (4:31.10) and seventh (4:34.97), respectively, in the mile run.
 
Epley and Adam Abiade competed in the 3K run, recording times of 9:04.82 (sixth) and 9:23.14 (eighth), respectively.
 
Second-year Bison Jordan Good (Burlington, N.C.) earned eighth place in the 800-meter run (1:55.55).
 
In the field, junior Andre Prince (Windsor, Conn.) placed fourth overall in the weight throw, tossing 50 feet (15.24 meters).
 
Senior Sean Wray (Stafford, Va.) claimed seventh place in the triple jump, leaping over 47 feet (14.36 meters).
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
Saturday (Jan. 25), HU returns to the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia) for the Penn 10 Elite, hosted by the Quakers.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.