LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider women's track and field team wrapped up day one of the 2025 MAAC Outdoor Championships in strong form, finishing the opening day in first place with 56 points. The Broncs delivered standout performances across the board, earning multiple podium finishes and advancing a strong contingent to Sunday's finals.
Grace Medei led the way for Rider, capturing gold in the 10,000m with a winning time of 35:41.02.
Danielle Lambert secured silver in the hammer throw, marking a distance of 47.33m.
In the field,
Mariah Stephens earned bronze in the long jump with a leap of 5.97m.
On the track,
Dylan Giloley,
Valencia Gosser, and
Taylor Johnson each qualified for tomorrow's 100m final. Giloley also advanced in the 200m, joined by Gosser and
Hailey Palmer.
Raisa Palleijah posted the fastest time in the 100m hurdles prelims (13.82) and will be joined by Stephens in tomorrow's final.
Palmer, who qualified for the 200m final, also claimed the top prelims time in the 400m (57.57) and will compete in her third event final.
Morgan Jean and
Amari Pinkett will join her in the 400m final.
In the 400m hurdles,
Lydia Wallace and Pinkett punched their tickets to the final and will race for gold on day two.
Krisantha Spencer was the lone Bronc to advance in the 800m, finishing prelims in 2:16.70.
In the 1500m,
Liz Fis and
Jordan O'Neill moved on to the final and will represent Rider in tomorrow's race.
Quotes and Notes
"We had a really good meet today. I mean, you're never going to be perfect, but we had a really good meet. We scored above what we projected to score today, which is great.
We had one event where we were maybe one point behind, but that's going to happen. You can't be perfect. But we were still really, really good in that event and got the points that we needed to be.
And so I think we're in a really, really great position. But, you know, there is we always preach that there is no day two without day one, so we had a pretty good day one, but we can't skip ahead to day two. So we still need to make sure we finish it off tomorrow and show up with the same enthusiasm, excitemen,t and hopefully we're having a great day."
– Rider Director of Cross Country, Track & Field Bob Hamer
Up Next
The Broncs are next in action tomorrow to wrap up the 2025 MAAC Outdoor Championships.
