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Bowie teen makes history, now headed for Olympics in Paris
BOWIE, Md. — A Bowie teenager who doesn't even have a driver's license just made Olympic history. Quincy Wilson made Team USA for the Paris Olympic Games. At just 16 years old, he is the youngest U.S. male track & field athlete to make an Olympic team, according to Bill Mallon, an Olympics historian.
MoCo’s Masai Russell Sets Olympic Trials Record, Qualifies For Olympics
Potomac native and Bullis alumna Masai Russell set an Olympic trials record and qualified for the Paris Olympics with a 12.25 in the 100m hurdles. While at Bullis, Masai accomplished the following as a student athlete:. Top-ranked 300m hurdler all four years in high school. Eight-time National Champion (sprint relays...
Big Blue Swim School Sets Opening Date; 80% Off Swim Lesson Offer Available
Big Blue Swim School, located at 13032 Middlebrook Rd in Germantown, is offering a deal of 80% off the first four swim lessons ahead of its scheduled opening. The swim school, which has taken over the former site of Monkey Joe’s from 2016-2019 and Hard Times Cafe before that, has a planned July 8th opening date. Big Blue was founded in 2009 by U.S National Champion swimmer Chris DeJong and this will be the school’s first Maryland location. No opening date has been announced.
Coach Joe Lee leads Bullis Track & Field into national prominence
WASHINGTON (7News) — Joe Lee is like a mad professor. The track is his laboratory. He's detail-oriented and leaves no stone unturned. Going into his 12th year at Bullis School, a private school in Potomac, Maryland, Lee has transformed the track and field program into a national power. Watch...
Hoops Recruiting Notes From The Trail
HYATTSVILLE, Md. – Things are starting to come into focus now after the June live periods in regards to Maryland Basketball recruiting. Here's what I saw and heard:. Chris Jeffrey, 6-2, PG, Mt. Zion Prep (Lanham, Md.): Yes, the staff is still recruiting Acaden Lewis, but that's the longest of longshots. They backed off Chance Mallory, and while Tyler Jackson could still be in the mix, all signs point to Jeffrey as being the point guard target in the '25 class.
MM 7.2: Maryland football earns commitments from 3-star defensive players
Maryland football added to a commitment-filled weekend on Saturday, when two three-star defensive players announced their decision via Instagram. Edge rusher Sidney Stewart attends Concordia Prep in Towson, Md. He is the 97th-ranked player at his position and the No. 43-ranked player from Maryland, according to the 247Sports Composite. He chose Maryland over Boston College, Indiana and Virginia Tech.
Football Player Capsules: Jalen Huskey
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: Huskey was a low three-star corner recruit in the 2022 class out of Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg, Md.). He mainly accrued offers from smaller Division I schools and ended up opting for Bowling Green.
Former Auburn infielder Mariah Penta transfers to Maryland
Following the end of the season for Auburn softball, many moves have been made within the team’s roster as players are jumping in and out of the transfer portal. One of those players who entered the portal has now found a new home for her softball career. Mariah Penta...
Stone Ridge Prepares to Celebrate Trio of Olympic Swimmers
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda is preparing to celebrate three alums making the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team. Following the Olympic Trials, Katie Ledecky, Phoebe Bacon and Erin Gemmell were named to the Olympic team roster heading to Paris. In honor of the three making the team,...
MoCo’s Kayla DiCello Ruptures Achilles at Olympic Trials
An unfortunate injury has ended Kayla DiCello’s 2024 Olympic hopes, as the 2022 graduate of Northwest High School in Germantown and Boyds resident announced that she ruptured her achilles during the opening event at the Olympic Trials. Dicello shared the following on social media, “Thank you so much for...
Football Player Capsules: Ezekiel Avit
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: Avit was a mid-level three-star out of Churchill High (Potomac, Md.) in the 2023 class. To continue reading,...
Registation opens for Senior Olympics
Online registration opened July 1 for the 2024 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. There are 83 events during 15 days of competitions, Sept. 14-29. Events include sports, such as power walking, swimming, and pickleball, and also non-athletic events, such as Scrabble and jigsaw puzzles. Participants must be 50 years of age...
2024 Team Talent Preview: Maryland
TOTAL OFFENSE- 845.86 (18th) Quarterback- 129.1 (16th) Starter- MJ Morris (64.6) Reserves- Billy Edwards (43.1), Cameron Edge (29.5), Khristian Martin (27.9) Maryland is faced this year with replacing Taulia Tagavailoa who set the Big Ten record for career passing yards (test out that fun fact with your friends). They decided to turn to North Carolina State transfer MJ Morris to fill the hole who last year started 4 games for the Wolfpack before deciding to shut things down and redshirt in advance of a transfer he already knew was coming. His career totals of 6.8 yards per attempt with 14 TDs and 6 INTs don’t exactly inspire confidence that he is an immediate impact starter. Morris’ backup should be Billy Edwards who was also the backup last year and completed just 33% of his passes across 30 attempts. Not great. Although Edwards at least came in as a short yardage wildcat rushing option and had 7 rushing TDs.
10 For 10: Celebrating 10 Years in the Big Ten Conference
Only July 1, the University of Maryland celebrates 10 years in the Big Ten Conference. The past 10 years have been filled with numerous championships, record-setting seasons, amazing individual performances and major capital projects that have showcased the Terrapins to be among the very best in the nation. Please take...
Terrapins Go 2-0 on Croatian Tour
SPLIT, CROATIA -- The Maryland women's basketball team dominated the second and final game of its Croatian Tour, 92-53, over All Star Split at Mala Dvorana S.C. Gripe in Split Sunday evening. Freshman Breanna Williams led the Terrapins with 20 points, as she went 7-16 from the floor and 5-5...
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