For Colleges, Success on the Track Is Not Translating to the Budget.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Lap splits and training programs are usually Andrew Valmon's daily concerns. But in recent weeks, fund-raising and the search for possible endowment money have been added to his to-do list as the University of Maryland track coach. Maryland needs to raise nearly $4.2 million by July 1 to save its storied men's track program, which once won 24 consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference outdoor titles and produced stars like the hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah. Men's track and five other programs at Maryland will be eliminated unless more money can be found in the coming months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]