Giameo And Tang Earn Second Team All-Big Ten Honors
3/17/2015 11:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Senior Stephanie Giameo and senior Karen Tang were named to the All-Big Ten Second Team by the conference office Tuesday morning. The honors mark the first All-Big Ten recognition for the Terps as members of the Big Ten conference.
First Team honors were awarded to Big Ten gymnasts that finished with a top five Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) in the conference on any of the four apparatuses. Second Team honors were awarded to competitors who tallied a RQS that ranked fifth through tenth in the conference on any of the four apparatuses.
Giameo currently ranks ninth in the Big Ten and tied for 41st nationally on beam. She holds a 9.860 RQS on the event and tallied a season-high 9.900 at Texas Woman's University (3/1). The Roselle Park, N.J. native has recorded a score of 9.800 or above on the apparatus in all 11 meets this season.
Tang is currently ranked ninth in the Big Ten and tied for 38th nationally on bars. She holds a 9.870 RQS on the event and racked a career-best 9.925 twice this season, vs. Minnesota (1/15) and at West Virginia (2/22). The Agawam, Mass. native's career-high score also tied the program record on the event. Tang has posted a score of 9.900 or above on the bars three times this season, and scored above 9.800 in eight of 11 meets this season.
The GymTerps head back to the mat this weekend, as they travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. for the Big Ten Championships. Maryland will compete in the morning session with Rutgers, Iowa and Michigan State at 11:30 a.m.
First-Team All-Big Ten
Mary Jane Horth, Illinois
Sunny Kato, Illinois
Giana O'Connor, Illinois
Nicole Artz, Michigan
Brianna Brown, Michigan
Talia Chiarelli, Michigan
Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan
Lisa Burt, Michigan State
Elena Lagoski, Michigan State
Lindsay Mable, Minnesota
Hollie Blanske, Nebraska
Jessie DeZiel, Nebraska
Second-Team All-Big Ten
Sydney Hoerr, Iowa
Stephanie Giameo, Maryland
Karen Tang, Maryland
Brooke Parker, Michigan
Cierra Tomson, Minnesota
Ashley Lambert, Nebraska
Desire' Stephens, Nebraska
Alexis Mattern, Ohio State
Sidney Sanabria-Robles, Penn State
Briannah Tsang, Penn State
Emma Sibson, Penn State
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