Maryland (13-6, 3-6 B1G) at Towson (11-11, 2-1 CAA) vs. George Washington (13-11) vs. Penn
March 13, 2026
SECU Arena
6:00 p.m. ET
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COLLEGE PARK, MD - The Maryland gymnastics team travels to close to home for Towson's quad meet, facing Towson, George Washington and University of Pennsylvainia on Friday night. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. ET. Fans can stream the competition on Youtube and follow live updates on X at @TerpsGymnastics.
SETTING THE STAGE
- The Maryland Terrapins rank No. 23 nationally on floor and No. 24 on vault.
- Maryland will compete in two meets this week, one at Towson's quad meet Friday night and another quad meet at George Washington Sunday, where the GymTerps will finish regular season competition.
- Maryland reached a season high event score of 49.200 on beam on Saturday
- Sophomore Rayna Engelmayer won the beam title with a 9.875, also marking a career best.
- Graduate Josephine Kogler tied to win the floor title with sophomore Aine Reade, with both Terps marking a 9.875 to finish Maryland's last home meet of the season.
- Head coach Brett Nelligan surpassed 300 career wins after Saturday's quad.
- Senior Maddie Komoroski has been named as a 2026 AAI Award Nominee, an award given to the most outstanding collegiate senior gymnast.
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Maryland recorded the highest floor event score in program history against No. 17 Penn State on January 24 with a 49.575.
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The score surpassed the previous program record of 49.550, set against Temple on March 10, 2000.
- Taylor Rech and Madeline Komoroski were named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch entering the season.
- The Terrapins opened the 2026 season after recording the best NCAA Regional performance in program history, scoring a 196.825 and placing fourth in Session II of the NCAA Pennsylvania Regional last April.
- Maryland enters the meet with 11 new faces on the roster, including six freshmen and five transfers.
- The Terrapins are led by head coach Brett Nelligan, who is in his 17th season at the helm of the program.
- Nelligan signed a contract extension through June 2030, announced in August by Jim Smith, Barry P. Gossett Director of Athletics.
Senior
Taylor Rech was named a 2026 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.
Checking out the schedule
- Maryland closes the regular season at the Big Ten Championships on March 20 before advancing to NCAA Regionals on April 1.
Senior Maddie Komoroski was named a 2026 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.
the newcomers Impact
- The Terps have welcomed five transfers this past offseason, bringing a new level of experience and talent to College Park.
- Megan Bingham is a Second-Team All-Conference All-Around gymnast who achieved a career-high score of 9.950 on beam. She joins the Terps from Bowling Green State University and is now a senior, recording her highest score on beam this season in the lead-off spot, 9.850. Bingham has also surpassed 1,000 career points.
- Aine Reade earned First-Team All-Conference honors and was an eight-time Conference Rookie of the Week. She recorded a career-high 9.900 on floor and comes to Maryland from the University of New Hampshire as a sophomore. Reade marked a new career-high 9.975 on floor against Penn State this season.
- Chelsey Dennis is a First-Team All-Conference gymnast and two-time Conference Rookie Specialist of the Week. She posted a career-high 9.900 on balance beam while competing at Towson University and is now a junior. Dennis most recently posted a 9.825 season-high on bars against Penn State.
- Katrina Mendez-Abolnik achieved a career-high score of 9.900 on vault, appeared in 10 of 12 meets in 2025 all on vault, and joins the Terps from Bowling Green State University as a graduate student. Mendez-Abolnik has been a force on vault in the anchor spot, posting a season-high of 9.850.
- Alexis Czarrunchick transferred from the University of Georgia and is now a sophomore. She was the state all-around runner-up in 2023 and previously trained at MG Elite.
