MARYLAND AT HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL
September 13, 2024
PSU Cross Country Course
10:00 a.m.
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Terps head into their next race of the season this Friday at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational. The 6K race will begin at 10:00 AM at PSU Cross Country Course in State College, PA.
B1G Weekly Award Winners
- After finishing first and second in Maryland's season-opening race at the Salisbury Fall Classic, Rose Coats and Eva Rogers were named the Big Ten Runner and Freshman of the Week, respectively.
- Coats, a sophomore from Brooklyn, NY, guided Maryland to a first-place team finish as she led the field of 116 runners with a time of 20:22.3. It was the first individual win of her career after having a pair of top-three finishes as a freshman in 2023. The time was also a personal best for the sophomore in a 6K race. She finished 37 seconds ahead of second place and 44 seconds ahead of third with an average mile time of 5:27.8.
- Rogers, a native of Odenton, MD, placed second overall in her first collegiate race with a time of 20:59.2. She averaged 5:37.7 per mile which was just 10 seconds behind Coats.
Maryland Among Top In Mid-Atlantic Regional Poll
- The Maryland cross country team earned a No. 8 ranking in the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Preseason Poll.
- The first official national and regional coaches polls will be released on Monday, Sept. 16.
- Georgetown was the top ranked squad in the region followed by Big Ten foe Penn State at No. 2 and Penn at No. 3
Terps win Salisbury fall classic
- A 1-2-3 sweep paced Maryland in its opening race of the year as the Terps took the team title at the Salisbury Fall Classic on Saturday, August 31st at Winter Place Park. Rose Coats was the first to cross the finish line followed by Eva Rogers and Katie Turk.
- Maryland finished the race with a top score of 24 points followed by Johns Hopkins (53) and Seton Hall (85).
- Along with the top trio, Katie Altieri finished seventh as the fourth runner among the top 10 for Maryland.
Keep An Eye On Altieri
- Heading into the start of the 2024 cross country season, the Big Ten announced its Runners To Watch for the year with Katie Altieri chosen as one of the top performers in the league.
- Altieri has been one of the top distance runners for the Terps throughout her career. Last year during the cross country campaign, she had a pair of top-five finishes with fourth-place showings at the Baltimore Metro Meet and the Navy Cross Country Invitational.
- At the Salisbury Fall Classic, Altieri finished in the top 10, helping the Terps bring home the win to open the season.
team preview
- Maryland will be headlined this season by the veteran trio of Altieri, Rose Coats, and Katie Turk. The Terps return 12 members from last season's squad while adding six newcomers.
- Overall, the squad will take part in four regular season races before heading to the Big Ten Championship (Nov. 1) followed by the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meet (11/15).
- Last season, the Terps finished 10th at the Big Ten Championship to equal its best mark in the event originally set in 2017. That set-up an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet which was the best finish for the harriers since 2003.
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