March 25, 2010

Meet Notes

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland gymnastics team will head north this weekend for the beginning of its post-season in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League championships. The Terrapins will take the mat for the conference championship Saturday at 2 p.m. in Durham N.H.

As they head north, they are ranked second in the conference overall, second on vault and lead the league on beam. Maryland, ranked No. 31 nationally, is ranked No. 25 nationally in vault and its RQS is 48.930. They are also No. 28 in beam, tied for No. 35 on bars and are No. 30 on floor.

With their performance last weekend, the Terps moved up to No. 2 in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League standings. They lead the league on beam, are second on vault and are third in bars and floor.

Senior Brandi George is fourth in the conference on beam and senior Talia Tossone is seventh. Junior Abigail Adams is in the top ten of the league in four of the five categories. She is tied for seventh on vault, is No. 9 on bars, tied for fourth in floor and tied for fifth in the all-around.

KRIKORIAN NAMED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Freshman Ally Krikorian of the Maryland gymnastics team was named the East Atlantic Gymnastics League's Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week. This is the third time this year Krikorian has earned the Rookie of the Week honor. Heading into the EAGL championships this week, she leads the conference in vault.

Last week, the Terrapins competed against EAGL opponents North Carolina and George Washington and Saturday, they hosted a quad meet of No. 17 Auburn, Yale and George Washington. In the team's two meets last week, Krikorian won the vault competition in both with scores of 9.900 and tied for first in the floor exercise competition in the meet against George Washington, Yale and Auburn.

Krikorian has become one of the Terps' vault specialists over the course of the season, and is averaging 9.839 over the season. In the event, she has earned seven scores of 9.800 or higher in Maryland's 11 meets. She has earned scores of 9.900 in the Terrapins' last three meets.

She has competed in floor exercise in the last four meets, as well as the first meet of the year, and averages 9.625 in the event. Last weekend, in the quad meet, Krikorian earned a career high 9.850.

This is the sixth time this season a Terrapin rookie has been honored with the conference's weekly award. Kesley Cofsky has been honored three times as well.

"Winning Rookie of the Week six times this season really shows the strength of our freshman class. The future is bright for the Terps," Nelligan said.

Log on to umterps.com for updated information on the Terps' trip to the championships this weekend.