LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -  The Rider University men's track and field team competed at both the Colonial Relays hosted by William & Mary and the Sam Howell Invite hosted by Princeton on Saturday.

In Virginia, the men's 4x1500 relay quartet of Danniel Belay (Gaitherburg, MD/Gaithersburg), Tom Long (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson), Kevin Heredia (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) and Scott Ruskan (Oxford, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) set a new program record with a time of 16:05.01.

In Princeton, senior Matt Kraemer (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) set a new program record in the hammer throw with an IC4A-qualifying toss of 56.63m.

The Broncs also got IC4A-qualifying performances at Princeton from Michael Horn (Plainfield, NJ/Ssaint Joseph HS (Metuchen)) in the triple jump (14.80m), Marcquis Smallwood (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) in the 200 (22.02), Russell Malko (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) in the 400 (48.05), and James Green (Timonium, MD/Dulaney) in the 400 (48.48).

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had two great relay performances today in the men's and women's 4x1500 relays. It is always a focal event for us when we come to this meet and the teams always want to set the record." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"The men ran very well today. Long ran a really nice second leg to put us in great position for the final two legs. Kevin really stepped up on his leg. That was a PR for him and he really gritted it out." – Hamer

"We had a successful weekend down here in Virginia and now we turn our attention to the Rider Invite." – Hamer

"We had lots of great stuff today in Princeton! The men overall had a really great day with some incredible efforts.  We really delivered a complete team performed today.  As a coach it was a lot of fun watching our team compete today." – Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey 

"A big highlight today was Matt Kraemer breaking the rider record in the hammer throw.  Matt has chased this record for two years and he really deserved it. He is a guy that has worked his butt off for this program for three years and he is earned this record." – Harvey

"The 400m Group has been on a different level all year and today was a continuation of it. They are really running outstanding. Russell is getting closer and closer to that big breakthrough in the 400m and he's got some talented freshman following him towards those big goals.  I was also really happy for Smallwood.  He's worked really hard and had a big breakthrough today."  – Harvey

- Rider returns to action competing in the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 13-14 and the team is also hosting the Rider Invite on April 13 on campus.