Several members of the Rider men’s indoor track and field teams competed at the 86th annual IC4A Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center this weekend.  “We took home two All-East performances this weekend,” said head coach Rob Pasquariello.  “We were successful in an extremely competitive meet.”

Several members of the Rider men’s indoor track and field teams are competing at the 86th annual IC4A Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center this weekend.  “We competed well,” said head coach Rob Pasquariello.  “We got one All-East performance and had two others put themselves in strong position to attain All-East honors on Sunday.”

Several members of the Rider University indoor track & field teams took part in the NYU Fast Track Invitational Friday night.  For the Rider women, senior Katie O’Connor (Forked River , N.J./Lacey Twp.) placed second in the high jump (5’5”).   For the Rider men, junior Andre Fearon (Newark, N.J./St. Benedict's Prep) placed fourth in the 800 (1:52.69).

After ten consecutive runner-up finishes, the Rider women’s team won its first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Indoor Championship, and the Rider men placed runner-up for the 10th time in 11 years.  “It feels great,” said head coach and women’s conference coach of the year Rob Pasquariello.  “To defeat such a quality program such as Manhattan makes the victory all the sweeter.”

17 members of the Rider University indoor track & field teams were named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic team at the MAAC Championships Friday night.  "We want to win but we want to win the right way," said head coach Rob Pasquariello.  "Being strong in the classroom is part of it and academics comes first with us."

The Broncs co-hosted the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games at the 168th Street Armory Friday night.  “It went really well,” said head coach Rob Pasquariello.  It’s always a little bit of a weird meet in the respect that the conference championships are next week so they are trying their best to succeed but also trying not to get hurt in the process.”

The Broncs competed in the seventh annual New Balance Invitational this weekend at the New York City Armory.  “The women’s team came out with a really good focus and competed well,” said head coach Rob Pasquariello.

The Broncs are competing in the seventh annual New Balance Invitational Friday and Saturday at the New York City Armory. “Overall, things went pretty well,” said Rider head coach Rob Pasquariello.  “We had two big highlights with the men’s DMR and the women’s shot put breaking records.”

The Rider men’s indoor track and field teams competed Saturday in the Terrier Invitational, hosted by Boston University.  “We had some really solid performances today,” said head coach Rob Pasquariello.  “We had some real workman like efforts and put together four IC4A qualifying times.”

Randy Nixon and Kelly Kajunski of the Rider University indoor track & field teams were named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Performers of the Week for all competition January 16-22.

Five outstanding athletes from five different sports spanning three decades will be inducted into the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame January 20, 2007.

The Broncs competed at the Great Dane Classic Friday night, hosted by the University at Albany at the 168th Street Armory. “This was another step up in competition from last week, and the teams really responded,” said Rider head coach Rob Pasquariello. 

The Broncs competed at the Penn State Relays Saturday, breaking five team records. “Both the men and women performed very well,” said Rider head coach Rob Pasquariello. “There was good competition in a nice facility, and we had a real team effort. We really competed hard.”

The Broncs began the indoor season with half of the team in the Bronx, at the Christmas Invitational at Fordham, and the rest at Princeton at the New Year’s Invitational. “This was a really good start to the indoor season,” said Rider head coach Rob Pasquariello.

As part of the MAAC Gives Back and The Rider Athletics Partners in a Caring Community Program, Rider Athletics and eight of the varsity teams assisted the Rider University's Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community Service by donating food during the 2006 annual drive.