COLLEGE PARK, MD – After finishing first and second in Maryland’s season opening race at the Salisbury Fall Classic, Rose Coats and Eva Rogers were named the Big Ten Runner and Freshman of the Week, respectively.
Coats, a sophomore from Brooklyn, NY, led Maryland to a first-place team finish as she led the field of 116 runners with a time of 20:22.3. It was the first individual win of her career after having a pair of top-three finishes as a freshman in 2023. The time was also a personal-best for the sophomore in a 6K race. She finished 37 seconds ahead of second place and 44 seconds ahead of third with an average mile time of 5:27.8.
Rogers, a native of Odenton, MD, placed second overall in her first collegiate race with a time of 20:59.2. She averaged 5:37.7 per mile which was just 10 seconds behind Coats.
The Terps will return to action on Friday, Sept. 13 at Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational which will begin at 10 AM.
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