COLLEGE PARK, Md.— After a successful inaugural Big Ten campaign, the Maryland gymnastics team finished the 2015 season ranked No. 23 nationally in attendance.
A 35% increase from 2014, the team saw an average 1,584 fans attend all home meets and ranked fifth in the Big Ten in attendance, behind Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Penn State. The previous season the team averaged 992 fans per meet.
Twice this season the team saw its single-meet attendance record shattered after 2,091 attended the inaugural Beauty and the Beast event with the wrestling team, along with 2,207 who attended the annual PRIDE meet against #4 Michigan. The previous single-meet record was 1,366.
Maryland's meet against Michigan, which drew 2,207 fans, was the 26th highest attended meet in the nation.
In the gym the team finished 30th in the nation and qualified for the NCAA Regionals for the seventh consecutive year. At regionals, the team placed third, its highest finish since 2001.
View the overall 2015 attendance rankings HERE and the individual meet attendance rankings HERE.
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