BATON ROUGE, LA. – The Maryland track and field squad had a strong showing at the Lloyd Willis Invitational this weekend, which included two 1st place finishes, five personal bests, and one season's best. 

The day was highlighted by performances from Jeff Kline and Kayla Woods. Kline showed up big time in the men's shot put, throwing a whopping 18.91m (62-00.50"). This marked not only a new personal best for the junior, but the throw was good enough to win 1st place, and landed Kline at 2nd all-time at Maryland. Only Ian Pyka's throw of 19.80m (64-11.75") from 1979 was better than Kline's throw from today. 

Kayla Woods also soared to a 1st place finish at the meet in the women's long jump. The graduate student from Wilmington, Delaware jumped a season's best 6.03m, putting her atop the podium. 

Highlights:

• Michaela Bracken ran 1:00.83 in the 400-meter hurdles, which put her in 2nd place 

• Solomon Lawrence sprinted to a personal best in the men's 800M, running at 1:51.23

• Rhys Allen also set a new personal best at the men's discus, throwing 49.22m

• Kami Hickson won her heat of the women's 800M, running it in 2:11.09

• Jayda Bynum, finished 3rd in the women's shot put, throwing 14.61m

• The women's 4x400 team of Kayla Woods, Lydia Robling, Kami Joi Hickson, and Michaela Bracken ran a season's best of 3:43.80

• Ako Hislop ran a personal best of 21.32 in the men's 200m, which also ties him for 10th all-time at Maryland

• Kevin Collins also ran a personal best in the men's 200, finishing with a time of 21.50 

Coach's Comments:

"Today's meet was a great atmosphere to get in some key performances on the track and in the field. We gained some positive momentum propelling us into the midpoint of the season."

Next Up:

The Terps will return next Friday, with the team competing in both the Bucknell Bison Classic and the Larry Ellis Invitational, hosted by Princeton.