LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University men's track and field team competed at two separate meets on Saturday. The Broncs saw members of the squad compete at both the Penn State National Open and the John Thomas Terrier Classic hosted by Boston University.

Between the two events, the team got six IC4A-qualifying performances.

At Penn State, junior Adam Maid (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) qualified for the finals and finished eighth in the shot put with an IC4A-qualifying toss of 16.70m.

In Boston, the men had a very successful day. Senior Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) continued his strong indoor campaign with a solid performance in the 400. Malko finished seventh in the event with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 48.66.

Malko wasn't done for the day as he was also part of the Bronc 4x400 relay alongside freshman James Green (Timonium, MD/Dulaney), freshman Jerome Boyer (Edison, NJ/Edison) and senior Dalin Hackley (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) that came in third with an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:15.95.

In the 200, freshman Julian Santana (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) registered an IC4A-qualifying mark of 22.14.

Graduate student Danniel Belay (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg) posted an IC4A-qualifying time of 4:13.42 in the one-mile run.

Freshman Kevin Heredia (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) delivered a strong performance for the second day in a row. He posted an IC4A-qualifying mark of 1:54.49 in the 800.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Overall today the shot putters were very good. Fidele and Adam have both struggled early this season with some technical adjustments. Today they put things together and had great results. To make a final of this caliber was great for both of them. We unfortunately were not great outside the shot put circle today. We had some good efforts, but not at all the results we had hoped for." – Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey on the team's performance at Penn State

"After the women had a lot of success yesterday, it was the men's turn and they delivered. We had a really nice day of running today. We had a bunch of PRs, Top Ten marks, and IC4A qualifying performances today. I'm really excited about the men today. We spoke about how much success the women had yesterday and that it would be their turn to shine today. They definitely rose to that challenge." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer on the meet in Boston

"The middle distance men really stepped up today with some great races in the 800 and mile. These guys have been ready for a breakthrough and they definitely had that today. One of the things that I'm really excited about is that we had four relays get the ECAC or IC4A qualifying mark this weekend. We now have five of the six relays qualified. Our goal has always been to get all six and we are really close to that goal after this weekend." – Hamer

- Rider returns to action next Friday, February 1, competing against neighboring TCNJ in a dual meet on the campus of Lawrenceville Prep on Route 206.