NEW YORK, NY – The Rider University men's track and field opened action at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Indoor Championships on Saturday. The two-day event takes place February 16-17, at the 168th Street Armory.

Heading into the final day of action, the Broncs are in second-place with 35.5 points. Monmouth leads the MAAC Championships after day one with 79.5 points.
Rider earned a pair of medals on Saturday.

Senior Matt Kraemer (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) earned the first gold medal of the championships for Rider by winning the weight throw. Kraemer bested the field with an IC4A-qualifying toss of 17.59m.

Freshman Ayo Oyewole (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) made a splash in his first conference championship appearance, earning a silver medal in the long jump with a second-place and IC4A-qualifying leap of 7.37m.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a lot of really good performances tonight. It was exciting to get four wins on the first day. They were very exciting moments that energize the team." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"Matt is such a hardworking and committed athlete. He's always making every effort to better himself and tonight he was rewarded for all of his efforts." – Hamer

"We are very excited for tomorrow and we need to make the most of the finals that we made." – Hamer

- Ethan Dowie was seventh in the long jump at 6.93m.
- Avery Killiebrew came in eighth in the long jump at 6.88m.
- Matt Siley ended up in 10th-place in the long jump at 6.58m.
- Cody Campbell finished in eighth overall in the weight throw with a toss of 16.13m.
- Kyle Poetsch landed in ninth-place in the weight throw with a mark of 16.09m.  
- Danny Daurio was seventh in the 5,00 with a time of 15.11.81.
- Devynn Lee was fifth in the high jump at 1.89m.
- Soham Kolli and Darnel St. Clair tied for seventh in the high jump at 1.84m.
- Avery Killiebrew was ninth in the high jump thanks to clearing 1.79m.
- Nate Bowie ended up in 10th-place in the high jump at 1.79m.