College Track & Field
Rider at Fastrack National Invite
STATEN ISLAND, NY—The Broncs competed at the Fastrack National Invite Friday night at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.
“We had a really nice day today,” said Rider head coach Bob Hamer. “We had many PRs and some ECAC and IC4A qualifiers which was the goal.”
For the Rider women, senior Miranda Roberts (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) placed sixth and set a new Rider record in the pole vault (11'9.75"). “The highlight was Miranda's new Rider record in the pole vault and ECAC qualifier,” Hamer said. “She has been so close this season so it was great to see her breakthrough. She is having a great season. She had one nice attempt at the next height. She will get that new height soon.”
Senior Stephanie Welte (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Basil's Academy) won the mile in a PR 4:58.66. “Welte ran a great race today in the mile,” Hamer said. “She has come such a long way in four years. She has battled a lot of injuries and setbacks but she kept trying to knock down that wall. Today it came down for her when she broke 5:00 for the first time to qualify for ECACs. I'm really excited for her.”
For the Rider men, freshman Alvin Abraham (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor Twp.) placed second in the 400m with an IC4A qualifying time of 49.19.
Sophomore Danniel Belay (Gaithersburg, MD) placed 12th in the 3,000m with a PR 8:36.74., senior Tom McLaughlin (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor) placed 13th in the mile (4:20.75), junior Johnathan Jackson (Roselle, NJ/Magnet) placed 14th in the 800m with an IC4A qualifying time of 1:52.37, senior Darien Edwards (South Orange, NJ/St. Benedict's) placed 15th in the 800m with an IC4A qualifying time of 1:52.57, freshman Brook Wilson (York, PA/Central York) placed 16th in the 800m (1:55.49) and freshman Dalin Hackley (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) ran a PR 1:56.66 in the 800m, placing 25th.
Also for the Rider women, sophomore Alexandra Santora (Douglasville, PA/Daniel Boone) placed seventh in the mile in a PR 5:09.11, senior Madeline Hummel (Marlton, NJ/Holy Cross) placed eighth in the 800m (2:16.55), senior Nicolette Mateescu (Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick) placed ninth in the 3,000m with a PR 10:14.43, junior Megan McGarrity (Philadelphia, PA/Saint Basil) placed 14th in the 3,000m with a PR 10:22.16 and senior Daria Chadwick (Summit, NJ) placed ninth in the 60m hurdles (8.92) prelims.
“Overall we had some nice improvements for the year so I'm very pleased,” Hamer said. “We accomplished what we set out to do. This will definitely give us some momentum going into MAACs.”
The Broncs travel to Monmouth Saturday for the Winter Collegiate Open. “We have another meet tomorrow and then our entire focus will be on the MAAC championships,” Hamer said. “We are excited and ready to go.”
