MM 5.19: Maryland track and field earns five day three podium finishes at Big Ten Championships

This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.

Maryland track and field ended the final day of Big Ten competition with five podium finishes Sunday.

The podium finishes consisted of the men’s 4×100 and women’s 4×400 relay teams, as well as 400-meter runner Maya Valmon, 800-meter runner Eric Albright and triple jumper Tolu Akinduro.

The men’s 4X100 squad finished in eighth place while the women’s 4X400 squad posted the third-best time in program history and finished sixth overall. Valmon finished in eighth place with a time of 53.82 seconds while Albright secured seventh place with a time of 1:49.13. Akinduro took eighth place with a 12.64-meter leap.

In some other impressive performances, Kami Joi Hickson placed ninth in the 800 meters and Jennessa Wolfe finished 15th in the high jump.

In other news

No. 2-seed Maryland men’s lacrosse is headed to the Final Four after defeating Georgetown Sunday, 9-6. Nolan Rogalski recapped the action.

Maryland men’s baseball was eliminated from postseason contention over the weekend but still won its final game Saturday. Tahlia Williams recapped the contest.

Former Maryland women’s basketball star Alyssa Thomas kicked off her debut with the Phoenix Mercury Sunday.

Some other former Maryland women’s basketball players shined in WNBA opening weekend action.