STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Rider University men's track and field team opened the 2019 calendar year and the second semester of action on Friday, competing in the Wagner College Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

On the day, the Broncs won two different events.

Senior Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) had a strong day for Rider, playing a part in both of the events that Rider won. He finished first in the 500 with an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:04.41.

Malko was also part of the Bronc 4x400 relay quartet alongside Noah Rivera (Randolph, NJ/Newton), Jerome Boyer (Edison, NJ/Edison) and Alvin Abraham (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) that finished in first-place with an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:18.96.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a decent day today. We had some that gave great effort and ended up with some really good results. We had some that gave great effort, but didn't get the desired outcome and then we had some that were not very good. We need to fix the last group and then we will have the team that we desire this season." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"Malko has a really nice day winning the 500 and running a nice leg on the 4x400. Both were IC4A qualifying performances so he's right where he needs to be right now." – Hamer

- Matt Kramer was fourth in weight throw with a toss of 15.84m.
- Aye Oyewole landed in third-place in the long jump with a leap of 6.81m.
- Allen Killiebrew was fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.55m.
- Vijesh Jadoo came in fourth in the pole vault at 3.80m.
- Thomas Avolio was fourth in the 500 with a time of 1:06.37.

UP NEXT
Rider returns to action next Friday, January 11, taking part in the one-day Saint Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invite at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.