COLLEGE PARK, MD - Maryland Track and Field head coach
Andrew Valmon announced the team's outdoor schedule on Tuesday.
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"This year's outdoor schedule is a mix of competitive opportunities that will prepare us for the changing Big Ten landscape," said Valmon.Â
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The Terps will kick off the outdoor season in Orlando, Florida at the UCF Black and Gold Invitational from March 15th-16th, before returning to College Park to host the first of two home meets in the spring, the Maryland Challenge, which will be on March 22nd and 23rd.Â
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Maryland will then head back to the Sunshine State to take part in the Florida Relays in Gainesville on March 29th and 30th, and then will return home and stay local by traveling to the Dalton Ebanks Invitational, hosted by George Mason the first weekend in April.Â
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The Terps will then embark on their longest road trip of the season, heading out to the west coast for the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California and Long Beach Invitational in Long Beach, California from April 11th to the 13th. The team will then compete in another split weekend, competing at the Virginia Challenge and the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational the weekend of April 19th.
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The next weekend, Maryland will head to Philadelphia to take part in the iconic Penn Relays from April 25th to 27th, before coming back to College Park to host the team's last meet of the regular season, the Kehoe Twilight Meet, on May 3rd.
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The postseason will begin for the Terps at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 10th-12th. Then, individual members of the team who qualify based on their performances from the season will head to NCAA East Prelims from May 22nd-25th in Lexington, Kentucky.
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The collegiate slate concludes with the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon from June 5th to 8th, followed by the Olympic Trials two weeks later, from June 21st-30th.Â
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