STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Rider University men's track and field team had another solid meet on Friday at the Saint Thomas Aquinas College Spartan Invitational. The one-day event was contested at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

The Broncs won two different events and picked up a pair of IC4A-qulaifying performances.

Sophomore Danny Daurio (Bogota, NJ, Bogota) picked up a win for the Broncs in the 3,000. He finished first overall with a time of 8:50.24.

The other Rider win on the day came from the 4x800 relay quartet of Danniel Belay (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg), Michael Mazzei (Monroe, NJ/Bishop Ahr), Keven Heredia (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) and Tom Long (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson). They finished first overall with an IC4A-qualifying time of 7:51.15.

In the 400, the Broncs got a pair of IC4A-qualifying performances from senior Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and freshman James Green (Timonium, MD/Dulaney). Malko finished second overall with a time of 48.70, while Green landed in fourth-place at 48.98.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a really good meet today. The goal was to be up near the top in every event and collect some wins when the opportunities presented and I think the athletes did a really nice job with that goal today. We got some really great effort from many areas and we improved from last week. If we can keep this momentum going forward we will get to where we want to go this season." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"Malko and Green are proving to be a nice one-two punch in the 400 for us. They also both raced very well in the 200 today. The men on the track competed very well in many areas today. We were getting contributions from every event area. Daurio bounced back from a subpar result last week to get the win, Smallwood had a big meet in the 60 and 200. The 4x800 and distance medleys performed well." – Hamer

- It marked the second straight meet and third overall for the Broncs at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.
- Vijesh Jadoo came in fifth in the pole vault at 3.80m.
- Ayo Oyewole was second in the long jump with a leap of 6.99m.
- Adam Maid finished fourth in the shot put at 14.97m.
- Marcquis Smallwood landed in fifth in the 60m dash at 7.08.