Maya Giordano entered her first collegiate indoor season as a freshman with the University of Delaware. Before arriving in Newark, she had never thrown the weight throw or the hammer. Despite learning the event for the first time at the Division I level, she produced steady improvement throughout the winter while competing against experienced throwers who had trained in the event for years.

Early Season Start

Giordano opened her college career at the 2024 Penn Opener. She recorded:

  • Weight Throw, 12.64 meters, 41 feet 5.75 inches

  • Shot Put, 10.24 meters, 33 feet 7.25 inches

That meet served as her introduction to the weight throw and the start of her development in the event.

Rapid January 2025 Progress

By mid January she began making large jumps.

At the NYC Gotham Cup she threw:

  • Weight Throw, 14.64 meters, 48 feet 0.5 inches

  • Shot Put, 11.10 meters, 36 feet 5 inches

One week later at the Dr. Sander Scorcher she improved again:

  • Shot Put, 12.20 meters, 40 feet 0.5 inches

  • Weight Throw, 15.29 meters, 50 feet 2 inches

From her December opener to late January, her weight throw improved nearly 2.7 meters, about 8 feet 9 inches.

Competing Against National Level Fields

At the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational, one of the largest indoor meets in the country, Giordano threw 15.43 meters, 50 feet 7.5 inches, in the weight throw and placed seventh in her section. The meet featured athletes from major Division I programs across the country.

Conference Championship Performance

Giordano closed the indoor season at the CAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with her best performance of the year:

  • Weight Throw, 15.53 meters, 50 feet 11.5 inches, 9th place

  • Shot Put, 11.73 meters, 38 feet 6 inches, 17th place

Her weight throw mark placed her just outside scoring position in a field filled with upperclassmen specialists.

Season Perspective

Giordano’s freshman indoor season showed rapid development in a highly technical event she had never competed in before college. Over the course of the winter she improved from 12.64 meters, 41 feet 5.75 inches, to 15.53 meters, 50 feet 11.5 inches in the weight throw, an improvement of nearly 3 meters, about 9 feet 6 inches.

Producing that level of progress while competing against experienced collegiate throwers highlighted both her learning curve and her potential as she moved into the outdoor season and the hammer throw.