Maryland Kehoe Twilight Meet
May 2, 2025
College Park, MD
1:00 PM (Field Events), 5:30 PM (Track Events), 7 PM (Senior Day Ceremony)
COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Maryland track and field team closes out the regular season on Friday night when the Terps host the annual Kehoe Twilight Meet at Kehoe Track and Field Complex. In addition to the meet, the Terps will also celebrate the 2025 Senior Class, hold a pre-meet Alumni Reception, run the Charles Torpey Alumni Mile, and hold a special recognition in honor of former head coach and Maryland's 1965 high jump national champion Frank Costello.
Field events will begin Friday at 1 PM, while the track events will start at 5:30 PM. The Senior Day Ceremony is slated for 7 PM.
final meet schedule
A peek at the scheduLe
- This will be the eighth meet of the outdoor season leading up to Big Ten Championships in Eugene, OR from May 16-18 and the NCAA Championships in Eugene, OR from June 11-14.
- Maryland will host two track meets at Kehoe Track & Field this season with the Maryland Invite on March 29 and the Kehoe Twilight Meet on May 2.
The Terps are set to compete in eight meets this year to prep for the Big Ten and NCAA Championships.
Penn Relays Recap
- Maryland had a strong showing last weekend at the Penn Relays with four new school records set as well as a number of performances that moved up the program's all-time top 10 charts.
- On Thursday, Chioma Njoku in the hammer throw and Katie Turk in the 1,500 meters highlighted Maryland's opening day of competition. Njoku placed second overall in the Championship division with a mark of 62.77 meters which was her third best throw of the season. Turk won her heat and placed 27th overall in the 1,500 meters championship with a time of 4 minutes, 22.07 seconds. That time set a new personal best and is the fifth-fastest time in program history.
- On Friday, A pair of school records fell as the Terps set new standards in the men's distance medley relay as well as the women's 4x400 meter relay. Maryland also saw three other all-time top 10 performances on the day.
- Eric Albright, Sam Ford, Max Worley, and Jack Barchet combined to finish 10th overall in the distance medley relay for a new program record time of 9 minutes, 39.29 seconds. That broke the previous record of 9:39.8 set back in 1976.
- Soon to follow were the women's 4x400 meter relay team of Sam Payne, Lydia Robling, Kami Joi Hickson, and Maya Valmon who qualified for Saturday's finals with a time 3:35.38 and a 7th-place overall finish. The group previously had the fifth-fastest time in program history and bested the previous record of 3:35.90 which was set in 2019. This season Payne, Robling and Valmon have now been part of two of the three fastest 4x400 relay teams in program history.
- The day started with the women's distance medley relay squad of Emmi Simon, Emma Pegg, Lucy Scothern, and Katie Altieri turning in the program's eight fastest time with a mark of 11:53.13 to finish 18th overall.
- They were followed by the 4x100 relay team of Bryce Hatcher, Victoria Teasley, Jewel Ofotan, and Armanie Coleman who had the fourth-fastest time in program history clocking in at 45.67 seconds (16th overall).
- On Saturday, another pair of records fell as both the men's and women's 4x800 meter relay teams set new program standards bringing the weekend total to four new records set. The women's 4x800 team of Katie Turk, Katerina Talanova, Emma Pegg, and Kami Joi Hickson combined to clock 8 minutes, 42.42 seconds for an eighth-place overall finish. The new time was 0.54 seconds faster than the previous mark set at the 2023 Penn Relays. They were followed by the men's 4x800 squad of Jack Barchet, Isaiah Chapman, Max Worley, and Eric Albright who placed 10thoverall with a time of 7 minutes, 27.07 seconds. That mark was nearly four seconds faster than the old record which was also set at the 2023 Penn Relays.
- Earlier in the day, Morgan Graham took fourth in the discus with a throw of 54.63 meters which is now the second-best mark in program history and her new personal best by 1.32 meters.
Maryland's Men's And Women's Record-Setting 4x800 Meter Relay Teams
Last Time at The Kehoe Twilight Meet
- An impressive outing by Andrew Harmon launched him to the number one overall spot in men's hammer throw. He threw a 61.68 and now has the program record for the event.
- Eric Albright finished with a 1:48.26 time in the men's 800m which is now his personal best, finished number one overall and a program best.
- Anna Coffin competed in the women's 1500m and finished for the first time under a 4:20 time. She finished first place with a time of 4:19.99.
- Morgan Graham also stepped into the circle for women's discus and hammer. She launched 53.31 in discus which is now number three all-time.
- Rhys Allen stepped back into the circle for men's discus and threw 51.94m and finished in the number one spot.
- Maryland finished in all top three spots in the 100m dash. Collins finished with a 10.44 which earned him a first place finish and improved on his number seven all-time record. Ofotan came in second at 10.63, Leach finished third with a 10.73.
- Tyler Baruch competed in the men's long jump and finished with a distance of 7.35m and finished first in the event.
- Armanie Coleman, Ni-Ann Cross, Kyra Lyles, Jewel Ofotan, and Ashley Thomas competed in the women's 100m. Coleman came in at 11.73 which was good for a first place finish in the event.
Current terps in the Indoor record books
- 34 Terps are among the programs all-time Top 10 on both men's and women's outdoor track teams.
- Eric Albright currently holds the record for the 800 meters (1:47.32).
- Jack Barchet ranks ninth in the 800 meters (1:50.22) and tenth in the 1500m (3:48.32).
- Isaiah Chapman ranks ninth in the men's 400m hurdles (51.64 seconds).
- Roman Spikes ranks ninth in the men's 200m (21.22 seconds).
- The 4x200 squad of Joshua Goffe, Tanner Leach, Roman Spikes, and DJ Tarver posted the third-fastest 4x200 performance (1:25.55) at the Penn Relays.
- The foursome of Joshua Goffe, Mykel Morman, Tanner Leach, and Roman Spikes rank sixth in the men's 4x200 (1:26.05) and fourth in the men's 4x100 (40.30 seconds).
- Aaron Abedin and Leach are a part of the ninth all-time best foursome in the 4x200 relay (1:26.58).
- The 4x800 team of Jack Barchet, Isaiah Chapman, Max Worley, and Eric Albright set a new program record (7:27.07) at the Penn Relays.
- Albright, Justin Depinto, and Max Worley are three of the foursome that hold the fifth all-time record for the 4x800 relay (7:35.91)
- The DMR squad of Albright, Sam Ford, Worley, and Barchet set a new program best time of 9:39.29 at the Penn Relays.
- Albright, Worley, and Ford are members of the third all-time best distance medley (9:43.43)
- Andrew Harmon holds the record for the hammer throw (61.68m).
- Rhys Allen ranks sixth in the discus (56.34m).
- Fin Essley ranks fifth in the hammer throw (59.02m).
- Armanie Coleman has the third all-time best in the 100m (11.56 seconds) and seventh in the 200m (24.14 seconds).
- Victoria Teasley ranks ninth in the 100m (11.82 seconds).
- Maya Valmon ranks tenth in the women's 200m (24.18 seconds), and fifth in the women's 400m (53.76 seconds).
- Sam Payne ranks ninth in the 400m (54.26 seconds).
- Kami Joi Hickson has the fifth all-time best 800m time (2:07.32).
- Katerina Talanova ranks seventh in the 800m (2:08.81).
- Katie Turk ranks fifth in the women's 1,500m (4:22.07) and 10th in the 800m (2:09.88)
- Katie Altieri ranks fourth in the 5,000 meters (16:38.24).
- Rose Coats holds the sixth best time in the 10,000m (36:13.43).
- Tolu Akinduro has the fourth best all-time mark in the triple jump (42-01.25).
- Morgan Graham currently ranks second in the discus (54.63m).
- Chioma Njoku holds the record for the women's hammer throw (64.96m).
- In the 4x800, Turk, Talanova, Emma Pegg, and Hickson hold the school record (8:42.42).
- Hickson, Katie Turk, and Emma Pegg are in the foursome that holds the sixth best time in the 4x800 relay (8:50.19).
- Sam Payne, Lydia Robling, Kanai Bey, and Maya Valmon rank second in the women's 4x400 (3:37.57).
- The foursome of Sam Payne, Maya Valmon, Kami Joi Hickson, and Lydia Robling rank fourth in the women's 4x400 (3:38.82).
- Bryce Hatcher, Teasley, Jewell Ofotan, and Coleman rank fourth all-time in the 4x100 (45.67).
- The relay team of Madison Depry, Maya Valmon, Sam Payne, and Armanie Coleman rank fifth all-time in the women's 4x100 (45.70 seconds).
- The DMR squad of Emmi Simon, Pegg, Lucy Scothern, and Altieri are eight all-time (11:53.13).
Olympians In Paris
- 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.
Maryland Track & Field was represted by four Terps at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
