LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ and CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA- Mariah Stephens Sarah Eskew, and Hailey Palmer would all hit top-five marks in school history as Rider women's Track and Field hosted the Rider Invitational at the Michael P. Brady Track & Field Complex Saturday.

Stephens would jump the second-best mark in Rider history with a new PR of 12.14m. For Stephens the 12.14m mark breaks her previous best of 12.08m which she set at last year's Rider 5-way. It also sits as the second-best mark for Rider all-time sitting behind only Lauryn Strebeck who set the record in 2014. The Egg Harbor Township native's day would not end there as she would go on to win the 100 Hurdles with a time of 14.68. 

Sarah Eskew would also hit a top-three time in program history as she won the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:02.04. For Eskew, it also become a new PR previously running a 11:19.72 at the Colonial Relays hosted by William and Mary to open up the year. 

Hailey Palmer would round out the top marks in Rider history finishing 1st overall with a time of 57.15 in the 400m. The 57.15 time is a new PR for Palmer and also is the 5th best time in Broncs' history. 

Elsewhere in Virginia, Oliva de la Torre Coca would get an ECAC qualifying mark with a time of 2:11.92 in the 800m at the Virginia Challenge. De la Torre Coca would round out the great duo performances in Virginia as yesterday Teagan Schein-Becker would win the 800m with a time of 2:02.77 which also stands as the all-time outdoor Rider record.

QUOTES AND NOTES

"Mariah was not happy after the hurdles and she took that out on the triple jump today. Great athletes find a way to bounce back after adversity and Mariah did exactly that today."-Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey

"Sarah has a had a great sophomore year on the track and continued that today.  She ran really patiently and when she made her move she made it decisive and never gave an inch."-Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey

"Lydia really dominated the 400 hurdles today.  She wanted to make a statement and she did." -Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey

"Hailey ran a great 400m.  She controlled the race, ran really smoothly, and executed the race plan perfectly.  She's grown so much this year and it's really fun watching her continued development."-Rider Associate Head Coach Brett Harvey

-"Oliva ran a really nice race today. I believe she pushed a little too early and didn't have enough over the last 50 meters to finish as strongly as she desired. It still was a really great effort." Rider Head Coach Bob Hamer

Rider will turn their attention toward the 127th Penn Relays and the TCNJ Invite starting on Thursday April 27th