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Event-Packed Family Weekend Draws 7,000

By Maryland Today Staff

0.5 Downhill “Race”

Photos by Tyler Ecker

One of the highlights of Family Weekend was Saturday's 0.5K Downhill “Race" along McKeldin Mall. It started with a trainer from RecWell and Testudo leading stretching exercises, particularly to prepare for the work of bringing a doughnut and coffee to the mouth at the "hydration station." Afterward all participants in the race got a medal and a bumper sticker to reward their efforts.

More than 7,000 Terp family members and their students toured, cheered, paddled, golfed, sang and ate their way through the university’s 38th annual Family Weekend.

The three-day event, ending yesterday, boasted the second-highest attendance in its history, said Brian Watkins, director of the Office of Parent and Family Affairs.

Additions for 2018 included dinners for Terp legacy families and out-of-staters, in partnership with the Alumni Association, and a 0.5K “race” down McKeldin Mall, including a doughnut and coffee hydration station halfway through.

Other highlights included the annual gospel brunch, a RecWell paddling tour of D.C. along the Potomac River, a Terps Against Hunger community-service event, and post-football game tailgate, which drew over 2,200 guests.

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Jordan Dowtin-Dorsey and her mother, Ebony Dowtin Harris paint ceramic mini-Testudos at the Art & Learning Center.

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