University of Maryland Athletics

Personal Bests: 

2020 Indoor (Junior): Opened junior season in the 4x400m (3:47.43) at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet (1/25)...ran the 400m (56.89) at Penn State National (2/1)...member of the fourth-place 4x400m relay team (3:44.77) and took home eighth in the 400m (56.01) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/8)...ran a season best 400m (54.41) with a seventh-place finish and led off the 4x400m (3:39.63) team, who took home fifth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/29)

2019 Outdoor (Sophomore): Second Team All-American... Second Team All-Big Ten... Opened the outdoor season with a first place finish as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:50.29) at the Maryland Invitational (3/16/19)... had a ninth-place finish in the 200m (24.26) and took first in the 400m (54.08) at the UNF Spring Break Invitational (3/21/19)... finished 20th in the 400m hurdles (1:01.05) and third as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:35.90) at the Florida Relays (3/28/19)... finished third in the 400m hurdles (59.65) and took first as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:50.21) at the UVA Quad Meet (4/6/19)... placed third in the 400m hurdles (59.31) at the Virginia Challenge (4/19/19)... finished sixth as a member of the 4x200m relay team (1:37.00) and third in the 400m hurdles (58.41) at the Penn Relays (4/25/19)... won the 400m dash (54.29) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/3/19)... earned Second-Team All-Big Ten honors in the 400m hurdles with a second-place finish (57.69) and earned sixth as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:40.55) at the Big Ten Championships (5/10/19)... advanced past NCAA Regionals with a 10th-place finish in the 400m hurdles (56.88), also finished 21st as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:37.92) at the NCAA East Prelims (5/23/19)... earned Second Team All-American honors with an 11th-place finish in the 400m hurdles (57.62) at the NCAA Championships (6/5/19)

2019 Indoor (Sophomore): Did not compete

2018 Outdoor (Freshman): IAAF World U20 Champion…NCAA East Regional Qualifier…competed in nine meets…placed first on 4x400 relay team (3:52.60) at the Maryland Invitational (3/17)…placed first in 400 hurdles (59.20) and 4x400 relay team (3:40.49) at USF Bulls Invitational (3/22-23)…ran the 400m (1:00.90) hurdles and 4x400 relay team (3:43.03)at the Florida Relays (3/29-31)…first place finish in the 400 hurdles (59.03) hurdles and second place 4x400 relay team (3:50.49) at Virginia (4/6)…placed first in Virginia Challenge (4/20-21) in the 400m hurdles (57.74) and the 4x400 relay team (3:39.58)…ran 4x200 and 4x400 relay team at Penn Relays (4/26-28)…placed first in the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/4) in the 400 (54.86)…ran a season best in the 400m hurdles (56.59) at the Big Ten Championships (5/11-13)…competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/24-26)…competed for Canada in the IAAF World U20 Championships (7/10-15) placed 2^nd (58.09) in the 400m hurdles.

2018 Indoor (Freshman): Competed in six meets…placed 3^rd (56.61) and the 4x400 relay (3:45.16) in the Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13)…placed first in the 400m (56.76) at the Penn State National (1/26-27)…2^nd place 4x400 relay team (3:42.58) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/2-3)…ran a season best in the 300 (38.28) and 60 (7.75) at the Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track & Field Classic (2/9-10)…ran a seasons best in the 400m (54.17) and placed 4^th in the 4x400 relay team (3:35.89) at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24). 

Before Maryland: Ran track at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School and for the Speed Academy Athletic Club…2017 Pan Am Junior silver medalist in the 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay…2017 Canadian Senior bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles…2016 Canadian junior 4x400 relay record holder (3:32.25)…2016 IAAF World Junior bronze medalist in the 4x400 relay and 400 meter hurdles…2016 Junior National Champion in the 400m hurdles…2016 National Youth Track Athlete of the Year (Myrtle Cook Trophy)…four-time Provincial Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year…2015 Canadian Youth 400m hurdles record holder (56.79)…2015 IAAF World Youth Silver Medalist in the 400 meter hurdles…three-time gold medalist in the 100m, 200m and 200m hurdles at the 2014 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships…2014 Female Athlete of the meet (Leroy Washington Award) at Legions National Youth Track and Field Championships…eight time OFSAA medalist…six-time OFSAA gold medalist…secured OFSAA titles in the 100m, 400m and 400m hurdles in 2016…honor roll.

Personal: Daughter of Roger and Marcia Santiago…has an older brother Dana…chose Maryland because, “the moment I stepped on campus I knew that Maryland would be a place that I could call home. I was impressed by the academic system at Maryland as well as the coaching staff and athletes on the team,”…uncle is former NFL player O.J. Santiago…lists sports hero as Molly Killingbeck…majoring in letters and sciences.