Nov. 28, 2006
INTRASQUAD I
On Friday, November 17th, the Maryland gymnastics team took their skills from the training gym to their competition facility, the Comcast Pavilion, for a closed-door intrasquad meet. Less than two months away from their home opener on January 12th, the Terps demonstrated both full and partial routines to the judges. After each rotation, the judges gave the team feedback on their routines and deductions. The majority of the routines were done by the freshmen class, who showed great confidence in their routines. However, the highlight of the night was co-captain Angela Ferg. Ferg appeared to be in great competitive shape and performed extremely well on the vault, beam and floor.
Vault Highlights:
Talia Tossone...Hristakieva - round-off, flic-flac on - ½ turn forward layout salto
Brandi George...Layout Yurchenko with a full twist
Angela Ferg...Layout Yurchenko with a full twist (stuck cold!)
Uneven Bars Highlights:
Margaux Meeks... Schaposchnikova...back giant w/ full turn to a double tuck dismount
Candice King ...giant w/ full turn to a Tkatchev
Talia Tossone...Pak salto... an unusual dismount, a Gonzales - a back giant facing the low bar to a back salto over the high bar
Marisa St. Louis ...giant w/ full turn to a Tkatchev ... Arabian double front dismount
Brandi George....back stalder w/ full turn to a straddle back to handstand
Rachel Colon... back uprise to handstand w/ full turn to a Geinger
Balance Beam Highlights:
Candice King...back handspring - back pike ...punch front salto...great amplitude on jumps
Margaux Meeks... back handspring - layout step-out... gainer layout step-out
Michele Brenner... back handspring - layout step-out...a very nicely done switch leap to switch side leap ...punch front salto
Talia Tossone...punch front salto...flic-flac - layout step-out...front aerial...switch leap - one-arm back handspring - tuck jump w/ full turn series...showed elegant style throughout the routine
Angela Ferg ... punch front salto mount...a beautiful back handspring - layout step-out -layout step-out
Brandi George... nailed both the George I (gainer front aerial) & George II (gainer side aerial)...front aerial - back handspring - layout step-out series
Floor Exercise Highlights:
Morgan Fishbein... 2 ½ twist mount... tucked double back dismount
Lindsey Bonomo...piked double back mount....tucked double back dismount
Michele Brenner....front through to a tucked double back mount... piked double back dismount
Brandi George... piked double back mount....tucked double back dismount
Talia Tossone... piked double back mount...front handspring-front layout-Rudi
*All routines had excellent music selection and interesting choreography done by Russell Warfield.
INTRADSQUAD 2 - "Red vs. Black"
The first time the public will be able to watch the team in action will be on Thursday, December 7th at 7:00 pm at their "Red vs. Black" intrasquad meet. Several of our athletic staff members and university professors will serve as guest coaches and judges. Admission is free and the team will available to sign autographs following the event.
Black team:
Brandi George
Margaux Meeks
Gretchen Kittelberger
Lindsey Bonomo
Rachel Colon
Allison Dama
Kelsey Nelligan
Red team:
Talia Tossone
Angela Ferg
Candice King
Morgan Fishbein
Marisa St. Louis
Michele Brenner
Kim Loew
