LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – FDU men's and women's track and field headed to Rider University to compete in the Rider 5-Way earlier today. The Knights met opponents from Fordham, NJIT, Rider and Sacred Heart in their second outdoor meet of the season. It was a successful day for the burgundy and blue, who saw multiple personal and season bests on the day.
 
-Matthew Escalante, Kervens Alvernio and Marcus Powell all participated in the men's 100m, placing seventh, ninth and tenth respectively
-Freshman Tata Coulibaly and senior Andree Celestin competed in the women's 100m hurdles, finishing second and third with times of 14.80 and 15.08
-Freshman Rilwan Olunlade ran an impressive 16.72 in the men's 110m hurdles
-Senior Onnieka Rolle ran 1:02.57 in the women's 400m for a fifth-place finish
-Junior Jordana Greaux-Gist ran a personal best 1:10.06 in the women's 400m
-Freshman Tele Abe placed sixth in the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.41
-Senior Ahmed Brown set a season best throw of 37.22m in the men's discus, giving him a sixth-place finish
-Freshman Nilaja Wiltshire and junior Ella Johnson both competed in the women's discus throw, placing tenth and thirteenth respectively
-Freshman Darien Cade placed ninth in the men's hammer throw with a mark of 33.36m
-Freshman Tata Coulibaly placed fifth in the women's hammer throw with a mark of 40.44m
-Freshman Myles Taylor finished third in the men's high jump with a height of 1.85m, followed by fellow freshman Rilwan Olunlade who placed fifth with a height of 1.80m
-Freshmen Zander Romero, Jashad Kersey and Christian Mercado all had an impressive day in the long jump, setting personal and season bests. Romero had a pr of 6.47m which placed him in seventh, followed by Kersey who finished eighth with a mark of 6.33
-Sophomore Marie Etong Ntonga placed fifth in the women's long jump with a personal best of 5.30m
-Senior Ahmed Brown placed second in the men's shot put with a mark of 14.45m
-Freshman Darien Cade also threw shot, placing seventh with a season best mark of 13.07m
-Nilaja Wiltshire won the women's shot put with a personal best 13.31m mark
-Jashad Kersey and Christian Mercado placed fourth and ninth in the men's triple jump with marks of 13.52m and 12.45m
-Reigning NEC Indoor Triple Jump Champion Marie Etong Ntonga placed fourth in the women's triple jump with a mark of 10.98m
-The men's 4x100m relay of Julian Jamison, Chigozie Ibekwe, Zander Romero and Christian Mercado placed third with a time of 45.18
-The women's 4x100m relay of Akayla Morris, Onnieka Rolle, Amiyah Williams and Anaya Lowder placed fourth with a time of 49.93
-The men's 4x400m relay of Brandon Barreto, Ekuyami Conteh, Terry Scott and Christian Mercado placed sixth with a time of 3:37.44
 
The Knights look ahead to the Towson Invitational, taking place at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland on March 29.  
 
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