WASHINGTON (June 9, 2025) – Howard University track & field program sends 12 Bison to Eugene, Ore., to compete at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The four-day event (June 11-14) is set to take place at Hayward Field, hosted by the University of Oregon.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
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Bison Nation can also follow all the action via ESPN (June 11-12), ESPN2 (June 13-14) and/or live results.
MEET PREVIEW
Monday (June 5), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) unveiled its Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifiers where HU saw 12 Bison in six entries: 100-meter dash (women); 100-meter hurdles (women); 400-meter hurdles (men & women); 4×100 relay (women) and 4×400 relay (men).
MEN
Wednesday (June 11), graduate Noah Langford (Virginia Beach, Va.) kicks off HU with the 400-meter hurdles semifinal round. The Virginia native returns to Eugene after earning USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) honorable mention a year ago. He looks to become the first men’s long hurdler All-American since 1989 (John Branch).
Langford, sophomore Emerson McKindra (Linden, N.J.) and freshmen Cameron Brazell (Houston) and Elijah Grant (Fort Mill, S.C.) conclude Day One with the 4×400 relay race. The four Bison are looking to become the first men’s relay team to earn All-American status since 1984 (Anton Skerritt, Donald Battle, Richard Louis & Oliver Bridges). Junior Dylan Gaines (Houston) is an alternate.
WOMEN
Thursday (June 12), graduates Kailei Collins (Houston) and Marcia Sey (London, United Kingdom), senior Tiffani-Rae Pittman (Bowie, Md.) and sophomore Aiyana Gray-Williams (Winston-Salem, N.C.) open Day Two with the 4×100 relay. The four runners look to become the first All-American 4×100 relay squad in program history. Third-year Bison Kiya Lawson (Montclair, N.J.) and sophomore Mackenzie Robinson (Ypsilanti, Mich.) are the alternates.
Individually, Sey is set to compete in the 100-meter hurdles semifinal round. She seeking to become the first All-American in the short hurdles since Darci Khan (2023).
Collins gears up later that night, looking to become the first All-American in the 100-meter dash in program history.
Junior Aniya Woodruff (Harrisburg, N.C.) closes out Day Two with the 400-meter hurdles. The Tar Heel native is seeking to become only the second woman in program history to earn All-American status in the long hurdles (Jessica Wright – 2022 & 2023).
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.
