Spikes Shines As Terps Close Out Outdoor Opening Weekend

Saturday, March 7

Long Beach, CA

1 PM

Maryland

Long Beach Opener

Roman Spikes competes at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Spikes Shines As Terps Close Out Outdoor Opening Weekend

3/7/2026 8:35:00 PM | Track & Field

Full Results

LONG BEACH, CA - Roman Spikes produced a standout mark in the 100 meters to lead the way for the Maryland Terrapins on day two of the Long Beach Opener. He recorded the eighth-best all-time performance in the event in the program's record book.

Spikes posted a time of 10.44 seconds to finish fourth overall on the day. The mark places the
sophomore on the program's top-10 list in the team's first meet of the outdoor season.

Roman Spikes sets a new eighth best mark in the 100 meters🔥 pic.twitter.com/h9cQJg2HMv
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) March 7, 2026

The Men's 4x100 team consisting of Sam Ford, Gabe Levrone, Roman Spikes and Tanner Leach turned in a first place performance in the event at a time of 40.93 seconds.

Men's 4x100 relay starts Day 2 off with a win

Gabe Levrone ➡️ Tanner Leach ➡️ Roman Spikes ➡️ Sam Ford pic.twitter.com/MZpdarGSUa
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) March 7, 2026

Justin DeVaughn secured a second-place finish in the 110m hurdles after recording a time of 14.36 seconds.

Second-place finish for Justin DeVaughn in 110m hurdles! 🐢 pic.twitter.com/NcSTB16Pel
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) March 7, 2026

Three Terps recorded top-10 finishes in the 200 meters, Roman Spikes finished third (20.77), Tanner Leach placed fifth (21.25), and Gabe Levrone took sixth (21.30).

The Terps showed out in the 200m with three top-10 finishes 🔥

Roman Spikes – 3rd
Tanner Leach – 5th
Gabe Levrone – 6th
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) March 7, 2026

Joe Garzio turned in a first place performance at a clip of 1:52.07 in the 800 meters. In addition Mehdi Guerrah placed second in the 400mh at a mark of (52.88).

Rhys Allen and Ella O'Neall both placed second in the men's and women's shot put. Allen reached a distance of 17.13 meters and O'Neall hit a mark of 14.61 meters.

Full List of Maryland Performances
SP - Rhys Allen - 17.13m - 2nd
SP- Ella O'Neal - 14.61m - 2nd
DT - Rhys Allen - 49.93 - 8th
DT - Fin Essley - 47.77 - 9th
DT - Daouda Niang - 43.75 - 17th
DT - Morgan Graham - 48.29m - 4th
HJ - Justin DeVaughn - 1.91m - 4th
100m - Roman Spikes - 10.44 - 4th (8th all-time)
100m - Gabe Levrone - 10.76 - 11th
110mh - Justin DeVaughn -14.36 - 2nd
200m - Roman Spikes - 20.70 - 3rd
200m - Tanner Leach - 21.25 - 5th
200m - Gabe Levrone - 21.30 - 6th
200m - Mykel Morman - 21.83 - 15th
200m - Femi Ayanbadejo - 21.94 - 18th
400m - AJ Glavicic - 48.60 -7th
400m - Aaron Abedin - 48.86 - 10th
400m - Sam Ford - 49.19 -12th
400mh - Mehdi Guerrah - 52.88 - 2nd
800m - Joe Garzio - 1:52.07 - 1st
800m - Austin DeSisto - 1:58.38 - 6th
800m - Cliff Carty - 1:58.59 - 9th
1500m - Calvin Kilgallon - 3:51.00 - 3rd
1500m - Eric Penkala - 3:58.01 - 9th
1500m - Luke Coffin - 3:58.55 - 10th
1500m - Jack Kinrade - 4:06.16 - 15th
4x100m - Sam Ford, Gabe Levrone, Roman Spikes, Tanner Leach - 40.93 - 1st
4x400m - AJ Glavicic , Mehdi A. Guerrah, Aaron Abedin , Sam Ford - 3:11.58 - 2nd
4x400m - Mykel Morman, Tanner Leach, Joe Garzio, Jack Kinrade - 3:20.52 - 6th