Terps Stay in DMV for Local Split Weekend

4/17/2024 12:00:00 PM | Track & Field

Virginia Challenge Schedule Virginia Challenge Live Results

Maryland at Virginia Challenge & Johns Hopkins/Loyola Invitational

April 20-21 2024

Charlottesville, VA & Baltimore, MD

1:45 PM (20th), 11:00 AM (21st)

Live Results (UVA),

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Maryland track and field team will stay local this weekend for a split meet weekend at the UVA Challenge and the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.

Last Time Out (Long Beach and Bryan Clay Invitationals)

Kayla Thorpe broke her own school record in the women's javelin record in Long Beach, tossing 51.69m, becoming the first female Terp to throw over 50m in the javelin under new reguations
Kami Joi Hickson ran a new personal best in the women's 800m, crossing the finish line in 2:08.15 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
Jeff Kline took third place in the men's shot put in Long Beach

Kayla Thorpe

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 Year at the UVA challenge & hopkins/loyola invitational

Jeff Kline set his new personal best in the men's shot put throwing 19.11m at the UVA Challenge
Brandon James entered the record books with his 200m run, crossing the finish line in 21.25 seconds, putting him in tenth all-time in school history at the UVA Challenge
Anna Coffin set a new personal best in the women's 800m

Jeff Kline

Current terps in the Outdoor Maryland All-Time Top Ten

The Terps have sixteen current student-athletes who hold spots in the school's all-time outdoor top ten.

MEN

Kamari Trotz - #6 100m, #2 4x100
Brandon James - T-10 100m, #10 200m
Eric Albright - #2 800m, #1 4x800m
Jeff Kline - #2 Shot Put
Andrew Harmon - #2 Hammer Throw
Mekhi Abbott - #1 Javelin
Rhys Allen - #6 Discus

WOMEN

Katie Altieri - #4 5000m,
Anna Coffin - #1 4x800, #3 1500m
Armanie Coleman - T-5 100m, #7 200m
Kami Joi Hickson - #1 4x800, #6 800m,
Jayla Bynum - #6 Shot Put
Tolu Akinduro - #7 Triple Jump
Kayla Thorpe - #1 Javelin
Morgan Graham - #4 Discus
Jessica Sutter - #4 Javelin

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.