Terps Ready for Big Ten Indoor Championships

Maryland at Big Ten Indoor Championships

February 23-24, 2024

Geneva, OH

10:30 A.M. (23th), 9:30 A.M. (24th)

Live Results

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Maryland track and field will travel to Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio, where the Championships will be hosted by the SPIRE Institute.

Last Time Out (Navy Select & USATF Indoor championships)

Eric Albright broke his second school record in as many weeks, breaking the men's 1000m record at the Navy Select meet with a time of 2:23.22
Kami Joi Hickson and Katie Turk entered the record books in the women's 1000m, etching their names in eighth and ninth respectively
Emma Pegg won the women's 800m with a personal best time of 2:12.49
Kevin Collins finished in second place in the men's 200m, crossing the finish line in 21.91 seconds
Chioma Njoku (weight throw) and Jeff Kline (shot put) participated in USATF Indoor Championships in Alberqurque, New Mexico

Eric Albright Crosses Finish Line During 1000m at Navy Select

Eric Albright crossing the finish line during his record breaking 1000m run

The newcomers and the veterans

The Terps return several stellar student-athletes from last year's team, including senior Jeff Kline. Kline, a Blandon, PA native, not only competed at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last season, but also competed at USATF Indoor Championships last February, going up against some of the best shot-putters in the country.
Sophomores Tolu Akinduro and Rhys Allen are also back for their second season as Terps following a summer in which they both competed in domestic championships. Akinduro competed for Canada at the U20 Pan-American games in the triple jump, while Allen competed for Great Britain at the U20 European Championships in the discus.
The Terps also welcome a strong freshman class, highlighted by high-jumper Jennessa Wolfe. The Nova Scotia native competed alongside Akinduro at the U20 Pan-American games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where she won the gold medal in the women's high jump with a jump that cleared 1.71m, which also would have placed her in the top-10 of last year's Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Read more about Wolfe's journey to College Park here.

Freshman Jennessa Wolfe

Last time at the Doc Hale VT Meet

Katie Altieri ran 16:45.03 in the women's 5000m, a time that sits in third all-time in school history
Kyra Lyles crossed the finish line in the women's 600m with a time 1:33.23, which is fourth all-time in school history
Anna Coffin placed in the women's mile, coming in seventh place

Kyra Lyles

Current terps in the Indoor record books

Eric Albright (first in the 1000m), Kami Joi Hickson (eighth in the 1000m), and Katie Turk (ninth in the 1000m) put their names in the recoerd books at the Navy Select meet
Eric Albright (first in the 800m) Chioma Njoku (second in the weight throw), Kami Joi Hickson (fourth in the 800m), Tolu Aknduro (fourth in the triple jump), Kevin Collins (sixth in the 200m), Madison Depry (eighth in the 300m), and Rhys Allen (tenth in the shot put) all entered the record books during the Terps' split weekend at Clemson, Liberty, and Boston University
Victoria Teasley (tied-first in the 60m), Kevin Collins (third in the 300m), and Andrew Harmon (fifth in the weight throw) etched their names in the record books at the Hokie Invite
Kevin Collins (fifth in the 60m) vaulted into the record books at the Nittany Lion Challenge
Armanie Coleman (60m) entered the record books at the Navy Invitational
Jeff Kline holds the Maryland shot-put record with a throw of 19.65m
Junior Eric Albright currently sits in third all-time in the the men's 1000m.
Brandon James is currently sixth all-time in the men's 200m, while Kamari Trotz is fourth all-time in the men's 60m.
Both Maya Mosley and Lydia Robling are in the top-ten all-time for the women's 300, sitting at sixth and tenth respectively.
Kyra Lyles is in fourth-place all-time in the women's 600m.
Graduate student Anna Coffin and junior Katie Altieri sit in second and fifth place all-time in the women's 3000m. Altieri is also third all-time in the 5000m, while Coffin is third all-time in the mile.
Jayla Bynum and Kayla Thorpe are both in the top-ten all time in the shot-put, with Bynum sitting fifth and Thorpe ninth

Jayla Bynum and Kayla Thorpe

Meet the coaches

Head Coach Andrew Valmon is in his 21st season with the Terps track and field team. Valmon brings an abundance of experience, having been the head coach of U.S.A. Track and Field for 2012 Olympic Games, a 2-time Olympic Gold medalist, being part of the U.S.A's 4x400 team in both 1988 and 1992.
Associate Head Coach Danielle Siebert is entering her 15th season as a coach with Maryland, and boasts an impressive resume as a member of the U.S.A Track and Field, serving on multiple International team staffs. Siebert also competed for the Terps from 2002-2006.