University of Maryland, College Park Women's Track & Field
University of Maryland, College Park fields a women's track & field team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 100 players, about the median of 95, with 1 head coach and 8 assistants. Team expenses were $2,160,267, well above the median of $939k — $21,602 per roster spot, top quarter of Division I women's track & field programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 45 in force from 2025-26, that is 55 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (315 of 348 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 989, about the median of 987, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $8,222,557 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $28,451 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's track & field programs
Where this program sits against its 348 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 45)
The program
- Roster100 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap45 55 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 8 assistant
- Team expenses$2,160,267 for the year
- Operating expenses$555,806 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$21,602 division median $10,430
- Academic Progress Rate989 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained99% year to year
- Eligible99% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$8,222,557 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$28,451 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$596,091 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Valmon head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
| Danielle Siebert | Head Coach of Cross Country & Associate Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Track & Field | On file · sign in |
| Lynn Smith | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Kibwé Johnson | Throws Coach | not on file |
| Dezerea Bryant-Moore | Assistant Coach - Women's Sprints | On file · sign in |
| Alex Amankwah | Assistant Coach | not on file |
| Dominic Berger | Assistant Coach | not on file |
| Rudy Winkler | Assistant Coach, Throws | not on file |
| Stephen Travers | Volunteer Coach - Sprints | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school track & field players513,808 2024-25
- Division I roster spots33,139 348 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 16 6.4% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's track & field recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 88%
Women's Track & Field
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $2,160,267 $21,603 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 8 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $8,222,557
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $596,091
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $11,505 in-state · $40,306 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 14 burglaries · 61 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 103 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of Maryland, College Park
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Women's Track & Field programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University Division III · Landmark Conference | 5 | 79 | $91k | — | 84% | |
| Howard University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. | 6 | 93 | $1.3M | 994 | 35% | |
| Gallaudet University Division III · United East Conference | 6 | 8 | $47k | — | 61% | |
| University of the District of Columbia Division II · East Coast Conference | 7 | 16 | $166k | — | — | |
| George Washington University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference | 8 | 70 | $575k | 1000 | 44% | |
| American University Division I · Patriot League | 9 | 68 | $714k | 1000 | 47% | |
| Georgetown University Division I · BIG EAST Conference | 9 | 85 | $1.6M | 997 | 13% | |
| Bowie State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 10 | 38 | $109k | — | 84% | |
| Marymount University (Virginia) Division III · United East Conference | 11 | 15 | $50k | — | 81% | |
| George Mason University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference | 22 | 119 | $1.5M | 997 | 89% | |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County Division I · America East Conference | 22 | 70 | $902k | 992 | 74% | |
| U.S. Naval Academy Division I · Patriot League | 25 | — | — | 998 | 9% |
Other women's track & field programs in the Big Ten Conference
Every Big Ten Conference women's track & field program · Women's Track & Field budgets ranked