Maryland Travels to Ohio for Spire Invite

2/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field

By: Maryland Athletics

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Maryland track and field team will look to build on a solid performance at the Armory Invitational when it travels to the Spire Invite this weekend in Geneva, Ohio.

Action will begin Friday and culminate Saturday. You can watch the action here.
Find updates on Twitter by following the team @MarylandTrack.

Leading off

Junior Micha Powell continued her sensational season with another school record at the Armory Invitational. Powell clocked 53.73 in the 400m to set a new program best mark. At the Penn State Relays, she ran 1:12.46 in the 500m to notch a school record.
In the throwing events, senior Chioma Onyekwere enters the weekend after winning the shot put in New York with a throw of 52-08.00. She has won four event titles this season.
Sophomore Claudia Ababio took second in both the weight throw and the shot put at the Terrapin Invitational and will be back in action this weekend.
Alexandra Lucki placed second in a strong field in the one mile run at the Armory Invitational, finishing in 4.45.36, the second-best mark in school history. Lucki won the 600m at the Terrapin Invitational with a time of 1:35.29. She has been one of the Terps' most versatile performers this season with top-three finishes in five different events.
Catherine Voelpel had a strong showing in New York, taking second in the 500m in 1.15.49.
Junior Lisa Meneau won the 300m at the Terrapin Invitational in a school record 39.24. She'll be back on the track this weekend.
In the high jump, Johnna Dominick returns to action after a third-place finish at the Terrapin Invitational. Freshman Izzy Laurel is also scheduled to compete.
Maryland features a strong distance contingent that includes Emily VandeWater, Catherine Sheffo, Alexa Squirini and Sydney Almeida.
Maryland had a strong showing at the Terrapin Invitational. Maryland women's team won the competition with 180 points while the men's team also had a number of strong performances.
Senior Dan Trettel has been Maryland's top men's performer this season and backed that up with a third-place finish in the 1000m in 2:27.98 and a fourth-place finish in the mile in 4:11.32.
Freshman Carlos Vanzego had a breakout performance to take the triple jump crown at the Terrapin Invitational and will be back in action this weekend.