NEW YORK, NY – The Rider University men's track and field team finished in second-place at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Indoor Championships. The two-day event took place February 16-17, at the 168th Street Armory in New York City.

Monmouth won the team title with 271.5 points. Rider was in second-place with 116.5 and Iona ended up third overall with 112 points. The Broncs leapfrogged the Gaels thanks to winning gold in the final event of the meet.

On Sunday, the Broncs brought home five medals, highlighted by earning a pair of gold medals.

Senior Nate Bowie (Matawan, NJ/Matawan) picked up the team's first gold medal of the day thanks to finishing in first-place in the 60m hurdles with an IC4A-qualifying time of 8.27.

The other Rider gold medal on the day came in the final event of the day. The Bronc 4x400 relay quartet of Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central), James Green (Timonium, MD/Dulaney), Noah Rivera (Randolph, NJ/Newton) and Dalin Hackley (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) won with an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:17.01.

In the triple jump, senior Allen Killiebrew (Carney's Point, NY/Penns Grove) eanred a bronze medal with a third-place leap of 14.55m.

Malko also brought home a silver medal in the 400 courtesy of second-place and IC4A-qualifying time of 48.53.

Rider also earned a silver medal in the 4x800 relay as the quartet of Isaiah Jean-Baptiste (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill HS East), Kevin Heredia (Clifton, NJ/Clifton), Danniel Belay (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg) and Tom Long (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) finished in second with a time of 7:48.64.

Rider had one major award winner as freshman Ayo Oyewole (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) was named the Field Performer Rookie of the Meet.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a real good day 2 in many areas. We were able to get a few more MAAC titles which is always a great accomplishment for the athletes. We had a very exciting start to the meet winning the first three events - both 60 hurdles and the women's 60.  It gave us a lot of momentum to start the day." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"It was great to see Nate return to the top of the podium. He has overcome a large amount of adversity and it is always great to see an athlete stay determined and get back on track to achieving their goals. He gave us a big ten points this weekend." – Hamer

"The men's 4x400 has been a signature event for us for years now. The program takes a lot of pride in this event and the men really learn to gather everything to be their best in that moment." – Hamer  

"Ayo was outstanding in the long jump yesterday and then he was very good in the triple jump today. It is a very exciting moment for someone in the program to receive this honor. He has been really good for us all season so this is a very deserving award." – Hamer

"We had a goal coming into this season of winning a championship. Unfortunately, Monmouth was not going to let that happen. They are a tremendous program and they really brought it this weekend. We did not have a perfect and complete meet so we will need to take the successes from this weekend and also the disappointments and learn from them. There are definitely some areas that did not go as expected and we will work to improve on them. We also had some great performances from our athletes that we are so excited to celebrate." – Hamer

- Benjamin Aidoo came in fifth in the 60m dash with a time of 6.98.
- Aidoo also added a seventh-place finish in the 60m hurdles at 8.56.
- Danniel Belay finished fourth in the one-mile run with a time of 4:14.64.
- Tom Long ended up in seventh-place in the one-mile run at 4:15.77.
- James Green landed in fourth-place in the 400 with an IC4A-qualifying time of 48.88.
- Noah Rivera came in sixth in the 400 at 50.19.
- Dalin Hackley was seventh in the 400 with a time of 50.26.
- Thomas Avolio finished sixth in the 800 at 1:57.62.
- Kevin Heredia ended up in seventh in the 800 with a time of 1:58.28.
- Marcquis Smallwood landed in seventh-place in the 200 at 22.71.
- Vijesh Jadoo came in seventh in the pole vault at 3.75m.
- Ayo Oyewole was sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 14.00m.
- Devynn Lee finished seventh in the triple jump at 13.95m.
- Darnell St. Clair landed in eighth-place in the triple jump with a leap of 13.29m.
- Avery Killiebrew came in ninth in the triple jump at 13.20m.
- Marcell Brown ended up ninth in the shot put at 14.28m.
- Matt Kraemer was 10th overall in the shot put with a toss of 13.99m.