College Track & Field
Rider 3rd at MAAC Championships
Ritter Most Outstanding Performer
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ—Both the Rider men's and women's teams placed third at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Monmouth University.
“We had a goal coming in to finish second,” said Rider head coach Bob Hamer.
With a gold (steeplechase) and a pair of silvers (1500, 5,000m) senior Emily Ritter (Millsboro, Del./Sussex Tech) was named the Championship Most Outstanding Performer. “It was a big day for Emily,” Hamer said. “She had the big win last night (steeplechase) and came out today and ran a great 1500. If the meet was close we were going to put her in the 5K to see if we could make a run for second place and she went out there and ran a great race. To go out and break the Rider record was pretty impressive.”
On Sunday Ritter placed second in the 1500m (4:33.50) and second in the 5,000m with a Rider record and ECAC qualifying time of 16:55.37. “She's just the second person in Rider history to break 17 minutes in a 5K,” Hamer said. “That was tremendous. She is just a special athlete.”
On Sunday for the men sophomore Erik Adamcik (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon) won the pole vault (4.70m). “Erik has been very consistent all year,” Hamer said.
Sophomore Devon Jefferson (Franklin Park, NJ/Franklin) placed second in the 400 hurdles (55.41) and fourth in the 110m hurdles (14.81). “Devon has had a great year,” Hamer said.
On Sunday for the Rider women, senior Taylor Harmon (Robbinsville, NJ) won the high jump with an ECAC qualifying PR height of 5'7” for her third career MAAC gold. “Taylor is just incredible,” Hamer said. “She's a 'big-meet' jumper. I'm really proud of her, to think she came to Rider as a cheerleader and switched over to track and she's been one of our more decorated individual performers.”
Junior Nicolette Mateescu (Kendall Park/South Brunswick) placed third in the 5,000m (17:15.35) and junior Olivia Rosenberger (North Wales, PA) placed third in the triple jump (11.43m).
Also for the Rider men sophomore Kyle Bryant (Cherry Hill/Cherry Hill HS East) placed third in the triple jump (14.02m) and fourth in the high jump (1.99m).
Senior Andrew Pozo (Forked River, N.J./Toms River HS South) placed fourth in the hammer (55.08m), freshman Christin Patrick (East Orange/Seton Hall Prep.) placed fifth in the high jump (1.99m), sophomore Wil Asamoah (Edison, NJ) placed fifth in the 110m hurdles with a PR time of 14.84 and sophomore Garrett Camp (Queensbury, NY) placed fifth in the pole vault with a PR of 14'3”.
Freshman Andrew Horberg (Somerset, NJ/St. Joseph's Metuchen) placed seventh in the 400m (50.67), junior Charles Wilks (Secane, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) placed seventh in the discus (46.50m), senior Anthony DeFranco (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston) placed seventh in the 100m dash (11.40), junior Tom McLaughlin (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor) placed eighth in the 1500 with PR 3:58.65, freshman Shabazz Shuler (Long Branch) placed eighth in the 100m dash (11.91) and senior George Solujich (East Windsor, NJ/Notre Dame) placed eighth in the discus (45.44m).
The 4x100 relay of sophomore Wil Asamoah (Edison, NJ), freshman Shabazz Shuler (Long Branch), senior Anthony DeFranco (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston) and junior Jalen Thomas (Baltimore, Md/Reservoir) placed fifth (43.15).
Also for the women freshman Cleopatra Morrison (Long Branch, NJ) placed fourth in the 100m dash (12.28) and fourth in the 200m (25.82), freshman Stephanie Lombardo (Buffalo, N.Y./Cheektowaga) placed fourth in the discus (41.05m), junior Nicole Georgia (Lincoln Park, NJ/Boonton) placed fifth in the 400 hurdles (1:04.26), junior Daria Chadwick (Summit, NJ) placed fifth in the high jump (1.60m) and sixth in the 100m hurdles (14.76), sophomore Juliann Brand (Egg Harbor, NJ) placed seventh in the 400 hurdles (1:04.42), freshman Karoline Sandvig (West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) placed seventh in the hammer (41.83m), senior Ashley Edwards (Westfield) placed eighth in the 400m (58.67) and junior Madeline Hummel (Marlton, NJ/Holy Cross) placed eighth in the 400 hurdles (1:04.66).
The 4x100 relay of junior Miranda Roberts (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.), freshman Cleopatra Morrison (Long Branch, NJ), junior Daria Chadwick (Summit, NJ) and junior Nicole Georgia (Lincoln Park, NJ/Boonton) placed fourth (48.77).
The Broncs will now compete in the Eastern Championships at Princeton May 15-17, the men in the ICAAAAs and the women in the ECAC Championships.
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