Track Terps Head To Navy To Open Indoor Season On Saturday

Maryland at Navy Invitational

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The Maryland monitor and area staff will kick off the 2025-26 indoor season on the Navy Invitational in Annapolis this Saturday, December 6. The meet will begin at 9 AM for the throws and jumps and 11:45 AM for the monitor occasions within the Wesley A. Brown Fieldhouse. The Terps will compete towards Johns Hopkins, Loyola, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, and William & Mary.

Notes for Traveling Fans:

• Vehicular entry to the Naval Academy is restricted to these drivers with a Department of Defense identification card. 

• All different guests should both park exterior of the Naval Academy grounds and stroll by way of the safety gates at Gate 1 or take the complimentary shuttles from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, Md., 21401). 

• The shuttles will run from 8 a.m. to six:30 p.m.

• Enter the blue/west car parking zone by way of gate 5 off of Taylor Avenue. 

• The value of parking is $10.

• Visitors 18 years and older should current a government-issued identification card (driver’s license / passport) to realize entry to the Academy grounds, whereas guests 17 and youthful should be accompanied by an grownup.

A peek on the scheduLe

• This would be the solely meet in December for the Terps.
• The season kick into full gear in January with the Terps heading to the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge (1/17).
• Overall, Maryland will compete in eight meets previous to the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis.

The Terps are set to compete in eight meets this yr to prep for the Big Ten and NCAA Championships.

Cross Country Recap

• Rose Coats dominated the cross nation season for the second straight season because the junior as soon as once more certified for the NCAA Cross Country Championship Meet. 
• After incomes All-Region honors, Coats positioned 111^th total on the championship race with a time of 20 minutes, 0.2 seconds – the quickest time in program historical past for a Terp on a nationwide championship 6K course. She joined Rosalind Taylor as the one Terps to go to back-to-back NCAA Championships and it was the primary time since Alexandra Lucki and Emily Bracher represented Maryland in back-to-back championship races in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
• In addition to Coats’ success, Katie Dutko had an impressive fall marketing campaign highlighted by a pair of Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors making her the primary Terp to earn these accolades since becoming a member of the Big Ten in 2014. She was additionally named Maryland’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree.

Last time on the navy invitational

• Last yr on the Navy Invitational, 5 Terps received occasions and three data have been set. 
• Armanie Coleman set a brand new program file within the 200 meters with a time of 23.69 seconds which additionally set a brand new Brown Field House file. Chioma Njoku received the burden throw (20.66m) which was additionally a brand new facility normal.
• Samantha Payne received the five hundred meters (1:13.57) which stands because the fourth-fastest mark in Maryland historical past. 
• Simone Cooper received the shot put in her first collegiate meet with a toss of 13.30 meters, whereas Katerina Talanova received the 1,000 meters in 2 minutes, 56.45 seconds.

Current terps within the Indoor file books

• Eight Terps are among the many program’s all-time prime 10 on the ladies’s indoor staff.
• Armanie Coleman holds this system file for the 60-meter sprint (7.43 seconds) and the 200-meter sprint (23.69).
• Victoria Teasley ranks second within the 60 meters (7.45 seconds).
• Maya Valmon ranks fifth within the 300 meters (38.86) and eighth within the 400 meters (54.48).
• Rose Coats holds this system file for the three,000 meters (9:18.23) and the 5,000 meters (15:54.62).
• Maya Mosley is a part of the quartet together with alums Katie Turk,  Emma Pegg, and Emmi Simon who’re tied for tenth all-time within the distance medley relay (11:45.76).
• The foursome of Ka’nai Bey, Valmon, alum Kami Joi Hickson, and alum Sam Payne maintain the seventh quickest time within the 4×400 relay (3:40.05).
• Jennessa Wolfe ranks tenth within the excessive soar (5′ 8.75″).
• Tolu Akinduro ranks third within the triple soar (41′ 10.75″).