WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Rider University women's track and field team opened action at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Outdoor Championships on Saturday at Kessler Stadium on the campus of Monmouth University.

Heading into the final day of competition, the Broncs are in second-place with 37 points through six scored events. The host Hawks lead with 85 points and Iona is in third with 31 points.

Senior Ashley Berry (Somerset, NJ/Franklin) earned the first gold medal of the day for Rider as she finished first overall in the hammer throw with a toss of 52.60m.

Daniella Izzo (Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick) picked up a silver medal thanks to a second-place finish in the pole vault at 3.25m.

Peri Pavicic (Princeton, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central) also earned a silver medal for the Broncs thanks to posting a time of 10:41.72 in the 3,000 steeplechase.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Yesterday I challenged the team that we really needed some people to step up big time to have a chance to win the meet, and Ashley responded to that today.  It is always an incredible moment when you can win an event on your last attempt, and she had that moment today." – Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

"I was really happy for Peri today in the steeple to finish second.  The last time she raced the steeple, it was a disappointing outcome.  We had discussed a few things that we could fix to hopefully improve her performance next time, and I was really proud of her ability to fight and show some grit over the last two laps to secure second." – Hamer

"We had a decent day with a few outstanding performances, but unfortunately we did leave some points out there today.  We knew coming in that we would be down after Day 1 and it was just a matter of getting a lot of track finalists into Day 2, which we did a great job of today.  Now it is on to tomorrow and we need to chip away at their lead event by event and hopefully when we get to the end of the meet, we have a chance to win." – Hamer  

- Fidele Jules finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.25m.
- Yohanny Rodriguez came in fourth-place in the long jump with a leap of 5.47m.
- Lindsay Bauer landed in sixth-place in the long jump with a mark of 5.40m.