LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University men's track and field team won the Rider Invite on Saturday afternoon at the Michael P. Brady Track on campus. The Broncs tallied 166.5 total points over 18 events scored to take home the team title.

The team delivered four IC4A-qualifying performances.

In the 110m hurdles, Nate Bowie (Matawan, NJ/Matawan) posted an IC4A-qualifying time of 14.90 which was good enough for second-place.

Freshman Tahkwan Ingraham (Union, NJ/Union) finished second in the 400 with an IC4A-qualifying time of 48.75.

In the long jump, freshman Ayo Oyewole (Colonia, NJ/Colonia) came in third-place with an IC4A-qualifying leap of 7.02m.

The Rider 4x100 relay quartet of Mike Cephas (Vineland, NJ/Vineland), Benjamin Aidoo (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville), Marcquis Smallwood (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) and Julian Santana (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) posted an IC4A-qualifying time of 41.87.

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a really good meet today. It was beautiful weather that was conducive for some great performances and the athletes delivered.  We were able set many PRs and collect a few more ECAC and IC4A qualifying marks during the day. I am very excited about where the team is right now and we just need to stay focused and stick to the process over the next few weeks." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"The men had some solid performances spread out over many events. We are a very complete team on men's side and that showed today. I am very excited to see what will happen if we put it all together over the next few weeks." - Hamer

- Rider returns to action next weekend, April 19-20. The Broncs will be sending student-athletes to the Duke Invitational, the Georgia Tech Invitational, the Larry Ellis Invitational and the Widener Invitational.
- 14 different team scored points at the meet.