March 26, 2010
DURHAM, N.H. -
The Maryland gymnastics team placed five student-athletes on the East Atlantic Gymnastics League first teams announced at Friday night's banquet. Freshman Kesley Cofsky tied for the conference's Rookie of the Year, while junior Abigail Adams was named to three of the conference's five first teams and to one second team.
Cofsky tied with Pittsburgh's Meaghan Biros for Rookie of the Year. Cofsky was a three-time Rookie of the Week this season. The Maryland freshmen class claimed the award in six of the 11 weeks of the season. Heading into the championships on Saturday, Cofsky is in the top 15 in the EAGL on vault, bars and floor.
The EAGL names first and second teams in each of the four events and the all-around. Terrapins were named to nine of the ten teams and Maryland was represented on each first team.
Adams earned first team honors on bars, floor and in the all-around. She owns the Terps' season high scores on each of those three events. She was also named to the vault second team. Adams is in the top ten of the conference on vault, bars, floor and the all-around. In 2009, Adams was named to the first teams for floor, bars and the all-around and second team on vault.
Freshman Ally Krikorian was named to the first team on vault, as she heads into this weekend's championships leading the conference in vault. Krikorian earned four scores of 9.900 or higher this season on vault and three straight in the last two weeks.
Senior Talia Tossone and Brandi George were named to the first and second team on beam, respectively. Tossone, who averages a 9.734 on beam, is a three-time first team beam honoree. She was named to the second team her freshman year and ended this season seventh in the conference. George was named to the first team in her first three seasons and finished tied for fourth in the conference on beam.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Joseph earned a spot on the second team for bars. She earned a new career high of 9.850 this season and finished No. 12 in the conference. Senior Michele Brenner was named to the second team for floor exercise. She finished the regular season No. 12 in the conference. Brenner is a two-time first team honoree in floor exercise.
The Terrapins will take the mat tomorrow at 2 p.m. at New Hampshire. Live stats will be available here. Log on to umterps.com for updated information on the Terps' trip to the championships this weekend.
- Go Terps -
