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Indiana Fairgrounds Invitational
Track & Field Heads To Indiana Fairgrounds Invitational
2/7/2025 11:46:00 AM | Track & Field
- This will be the fifth meet of a three-month Indoor season leading up to Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis, IN on February 28 and the NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, VA on March 14-15.
- The Terps will compete in some of the toughest meets on the collegiate indoor track and field schedule, including the Penn State National Open, the Clemson Tiger Paw Invite, and the Valentine Invitational in Boston, MA.
- Isabella Castillo finishes eighth in the 60-meter hurdles with the ninth-best time in program history of 8.56 seconds.
- In the 200 meters (seeded) Maya Valmon placed sixth with a time of 24.67, followed by Sam Payne in ninth with a new personal best of 24.76.
- Chioma Njoku placed second in the weight throw with marks of 20.39m.
- In the 600 meters (seeded), Kami Joi Hickson placed fifth with 1:31.26, second best in program history, and Emma Pegg came in ninth with 1:33.51, the ninth-best time in program history.
- In the unseeded 600 meters, Lydia Robling placed second with the eighth-best time in program history at 1:33.42, and Ariana Wright followed in seventh with a time of 1:37.17
- Hickson found herself another second-best time in program history in the 800 meters after she placed ninth with a time of 2:07.53
- In the 1,000 meters, Katerina Talanova came in fourth at 2:54.56
- Katie Turk came across ninth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:30.75, second best in program history
- In the 5,000 meters, Emma Lorey placed eleventh at 18:10.49
- 18 Terps are among the program's all-time top 10 on the women's indoor team.
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Armani Coleman holds the program record for the 60-meter dash (7.43 seconds) and the 200 meters (23.69).
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Victoria Teasley ranks second in the 60 meters (7.45 seconds).
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Isabella Castillo ranks ninth in the 60 meter hurdles (8.56 seconds).
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Maya Valmon ranks fifth in the 300 meters (38.86) and eighth in the 400 meters (55.13).
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Sam Payne ranks sixth in the 300 meters (39.09), 10th in the 400 meters (55.22), and fourth in the 500 meters (1:13.57).
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Lydia Robling ranks eighth in the 300 meters (39.77) and eighth in the 600 meters (1:33.42).
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Madison Depry ranks 10th in the 300 meters (39.96).
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Emma Pegg ranks fourth in the 600 meters (1:32.54), and ninth in the 600 meters (1:33.51).
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Kami Joi Hickson ranks second in the 600 meters (1:31.26), second in the 800 meters (2:07.63), and eighth in the 1,000 meters (2:52.56).
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Katie Turk ranks ninth in the 1,000 meters (2:52.60) and second in the 3,000 meters (9:30.75).
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Katie Altieri ranks sixth in the 1,000 meters (2:52.60), fifth in the 3,000 meters (9:38.42), and fifth in the 5,000 meters (16:45.03).
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Rose Coats holds the program record for the 5,000 meters (15:54.62).
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The quartet of Turk, Maya Mosley, Emma Pegg, and Emmi Simon are tied for 10th all-time in the distance medley relay (11:45.76).
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The foursome of Ka'nai Bey, Valmon, Hickson, and Payne hold the seventh fastest time in the 4x400 relay (3:40.05).
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Jennessa Wolfe ranks 10th in the high jump (5' 8.75").
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Tolu Akinduro ranks fourth in the triple jump (41' 11.75").
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Chioma Njoku ranks second in the weight throw (69' 9.00").
- A trio of Terps competed this past summer in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Maryland celebrated as Thea LaFond won Gold in the triple jump becoming the first Track Terp to medal in the Olympic games. LaFond posted a mark of 15.02 meters (49-feet, 3.5 inches) - a new Dominica national record in the event. She was the 10th Gold medalist in Maryland history and the first Terp student-athlete to win Gold since Vicky Bullett in 1988.
- With a throw of 77.92 meters, Maryland track and field assistant throws coach Rudy Winkler placed sixth in the hammer throw finals. The mark was his best effort at the Olympic games after he posted marks of 71.89 meters in 2016 (Rio) and 77.08 meters in 2021 (Tokyo). The sixth-place finish was also his best showing at the Olympics improving upon his previous high of seventh in Tokyo.
- Chioma Onyekwere represented Nigeria in the discus after making her second Olympic games.
- Additionally, assistant coach Danielle Siebert served as Women's Head Manager for Team USA – her second straight Olympic Games on the staff.
