WILLIAMSBURG, VA – The Rider University men's track and field team opened action at the 2019 Colonial Relays hosted by William & Mary on Friday afternoon.
On the second day of competition at the event, the Broncs got two IC4A-qualifying performances.
Both of Rider's IC4A-qualifying marks on Friday came in the 1500. Junior
Tom Long (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) finished with a time of 3:55.75 and graduate student
Danniel Belay (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg) crossed the finish line at 3:56.37.
QUOTES
"We had a very good day today with many PRs and some ECAC/IC4A qualifying marks."
– Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer Â
"Long continues his very strong season with an IC4A mark in the 1500 meters. He is still learning how to race at a very high level and once he figures that out he will make a huge breakthrough."
– Hamer
"We have a few relays tomorrow with the highlight being the 4x1500. It's the only chance we have to race it all year and they get very excited to run this race."
– Hamer
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