MARYLAND AT HARRY GROVES SPIKED SHOE INVITATIONAL
September 12, 2025
PSU Cross Country Course
10:00 a.m.
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Terps head into their second 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.
Last Time at spiked shoe invitational
- Rose Coats led the Terps with a top-15 finish, crossing the line at 20:47.0 to get 14th overall out of 221 runners.
- As a team, the Terps finished 8th (242) out of seventeen total teams with host school Penn State taking the top score (42).
- The other top finishers for the Terps included Katie Turk (36), Eva Rogers (47), Katie Altieri (75), and Rubie Goffena (119).
Coats wins opening night xc25
- To kick off the season, Rose Coats took the top spot at the Trials of Miles run, hosted by New Balance, with a time of 16:55.7
- Coats was followed by teammates Eva Rogers and Katie Dutko who also had top-10 finishes placing 7th and 10th, respectively.
- This was the second consecutive season where Coats won the season opening meet as she also won the 2024 Salisbury Fall Classic.
Dutko named b1g freshman of the week
- Katie Dutko was named the Big Ten Women's Cross Country Freshman of the Week last week after her performance in the Terps' 2025 season opener.
- Dutko was the top freshman finisher at the Trials of Miles Opening Night XC25, presented by New Balance, finishing 10th overall with a time of 18:19.7 on the 5K course.
- This marks the first weekly honor of her career and the second consecutive year that Maryland has had a rookie earn the accolade to open the season. Current sophomore Eva Rogers earned B1G Freshman of the Week honors last year following her first collegiate race as well.
coming up next
- Next up for the Terps will be the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Friday, October 3.
- Last showing at Paul Short for the Terps saw them finishing 28th out of 42 teams with Coats finishing 14th out of 371 runners.
