LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -  The Rider University women'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 women's 4x1500 relay quartet of Teagan Schein-Becker (Trappe, PA/Perkiomen Valley), Kristin Siegle (Estell Manor, NJ/Buena Regional), Peri Pavicic (Princeton, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central) and Hailey Arguien (Churchville, NJ/Churchville-Chili) set a new program record with a time of 19:17.28.

In Princeton, graduate student Sara Gardner (Holland Township, NJ/Delaware Valley) won the 100m hurdles at 13.71. She set a new meet record in the prelims with a time of 13.68.

Also at Princeton, Dyani Bigelow (Sewell, NJ/Clearview Regional) finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying time of 1:02.47.  Fidele Jules (Tinton Falls, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) finished in sixth-place in the shot put with an ECAC-qualifying toss of 14.26m, while Ashley Berry (Somerset, NJ/Franklin) ended up in seventh-place in the discus throw with an ECAC-qualifying throw of 43.06m.

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 women got a great lead off from Teagan and things just kept rolling from there. These women have had a great year and they continue to help to raise the bar for the program." – 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! Sara Gardner set a meet record with her winning time of 13.68 in the 100 hurdles.  The women 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 

"We also got ECAC marks from Ashley Berry in discus, Fidele Jules in shot put and Dyani Bigelow in the 400 hurdles.  Dyani ran an incredible race, easily the best she has run in college and was rewarded with a great time.  Sara also delivered another 'A' performance and she is significantly ahead of where she was a year ago which is exciting for us as we move into championship season." – 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.
- Quinn Bithell was third in the high jump at 1.65m.
- Lindsay Bauer was fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.52m.
- Yohanny Rodriguez came in third in the triple jump with a mark of 11.81m.