Maryland Announces All Training Temporarily Suspended After 46 Positive COVID-19 Cases Across Ten Teams
Maryland has halted workouts following a spike in positive cases, multiple sources confirm with All Terrapins. The school announced in a statement on Thursday evening that all training is temporarily suspended.
"On August 31 and September 1, 2020, the University Health Center conducted on-campus screening for 501 student-athletes. A total of 46 student-athletes have tested positive, affecting 10 different teams. Student-athletes will be tested again on Tuesday, September 8. As a precautionary measure, all athletics training activities have been suspended until those test results are received."
Cumulative results of all athletics testing to date:
- 2191 tests
- 63 positive results
Maryland began the fall semester this week as the university will begin in-person instruction on September 14. "To help with our efforts to phase in the resumption of on-campus activities, and out of an abundance of caution, we begin this semester with all undergraduate instruction delivered online,” University of Maryland president Darryll Pines wrote in an email to students on August 31. “It is our hope and expectation that in-person and blended instruction will resume on September 14, because we believe that the richness of a University journey comes from an on-campus environment, where a community of scholars, students and staff unite for an academic, research, residential, social and athletic experience.”
The Big Ten presidents and chancellors are expected to vote on the fate of the fall season tomorrow, weeks after the conference took widespread criticism for postponing fall sports. News of the vote came just one day after U.S. president Donald Trump revealed he and Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a “productive” conversation.
