New York, NY – The Rider University men's track and field team finished in second-place at 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Indoor Championships on Sunday at the 168th Street Armory. The two-day event took place February 17-18.

After the second day of action, the Broncs moved from fourth to second thanks to finishing with 118 team points. After a second-place finish a year ago, Monmouth won with a total score of 260. Coming in behind Rider was Manhattan in third-place with 113 points, while Iona (98 points) and Siena (24 points) rounded out the top-five.

Rider got strong individual performances from senior Christin Patrick (East Orange, NJ/Seton Hall Prep), junior Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central), junior Michael Horn (Plainfield, NJ/Saint Josephs HS Metuchen) and senior Juan Baxter (Monmouth Junction, NJ/South Brunswick).

Both Malko and Patrick brought home gold medals on the evening. Patrick picked up his second medal of the weekend with a first-place time of 8.28m in the 60m hurdles, while Malko ran his college-best time of 48.71 in the 400 to finish in first.

Baxter finished behind Patrick in the 60m hurdles, bringing home a silver medal with a second-place time of 8.40.

Horn was the other Bronc individual to win a medal on Sunday. He earned silver thanks to a second-place leap of 14.76m in the triple jump.

Rider ended the evening with a strong finish as the Bronc 4x400 relay of Christopher Reubel (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown), Christian Wiedman (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge), Brian Calderaro (Massapequa, NY/John F. Kennedy) and Malko won with a gold-medal time of 3:18.91.  

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had another really good day today. The men and women really fought hard for each of the points that we accumulated today. We had many outstanding efforts and it was easily the best meet that we had all year. Every season, the goal is to be our best at this meet and the staff and athletes did a really great job of preparing for this meet." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"Coach Harvey did a great job preparing his group today. The sprinters and hurdlers were really good and stood up and gave the team a big boost." – Hamer

"We are very excited to get second over Manhattan. We were up by one point with the 4x400 to go and the relay was able to pull out the victory.  Those guys were able to pull it off last year and they came through again this year." – Hamer

"Malko had a great meet. He won the 400 in a thrilling battle and then came back for an encore performance that was equally as thrilling in the 4x400 relay.  He has really grown and developed a lot this year." – Hamer

"Patrick was really great today. He showed up when we needed him to get a big win and led the rest of the hurdlers to a great performance. This was a big event for us and they delivered." – Hamer   

- Tyrell Jackson earned a sixth-place finish in the 60m with a time of 7.10.
- Freshman Marcquis Smallwood came in eighth in the 60m with a time of 7.33.
- Chris Alexander finished in fourth-place in the 60m hurdles with a mark of 8.46.
- Johnathan Nguyen landed in sixth-place in the 60m hurdle at 8.51.
- Alvin Abraham came in fifth in the 400m with a time of 49.39.
- Brian Calderaro was seventh in the 400m at 50.02.
- Abraham also earned a seventh-place finish in the 200m at 22.74.
- Smallwood also came in eighth in the 200m at 22.84.
- David Gaynor finished in fifth in the shot put with a toss of 16.48m.
- Anthony Ardino was fifth in the 800m with a time of 1:53.89.
- Allen Killiebrew came in sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.90m.
- Avery Killiebrew landed in 10th in the triple jump with a leap of 12.31m.
- Danniel Belay finished fifth in the one-mile run with a time of 4:12.42.
- The Bronc 4x800 relay of Isaiah Jean-Baptiste, Tom Long, Belay and Ardino finished in third with a bronze-medal winning time of 7:46.83.

IC4A-QUALIFIERS
- Russell Malko in the 400m (48.71)
- Anthony Ardino in the 800m (1:53.89)
- Danniel Belay in the mile (4:12.42)
- David Gaynor in the shot put (16.48m)
- Michael Horn in the triple jump (14.76m)
- 4x800
- 4x400

UP NEXT
Rider returns to action next Saturday, February 24 traveling to Staten Island, New York to compete in the Fastrack Last Chance Meet at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.