Maryland Gymnastics Heads to Illinois for Big Ten Championships Saturday
3/18/2026 10:53:00 AM | Gymnastics
Maryland (19-6, 3-6 B1G) at Big Ten Championships
March 21, 2026
State Farm Center
1:00 p.m. ET
Big Ten Network
SETTING THE STAGE
- The Maryland Terrapins open this week ranked No. 25 on NCAA vault.
- Maryland will be competing in session II of the Big Ten Championships, hosted by Illinois in the State Farm Center.
- Maryland will be competing alongside Penn State, Iowa and Ohio State in the second session.
- Team seeding is determined by the final Big Ten regular season standings. In the event of a tie, head-to-head results shall be used. If there is still a tie, team NQS following the Big Four meets shall be used.
- Maryland finished 1st at the George Washington Quad meet this past 196.100 showing.
- Maryland posted a 49.075 team score on floor on the back of Aine Reade's 9.900 mark and Maddie Komoroski's 9.875.
- Aine Reade is ranked No.10 in the Big Ten on Floor.
- Maryland finished 12th, and scored 195.700 and placed fourth during session two at the Big Ten Championships at Crisler Center at University of Michigan last year.
- Head Coach Brett Nelligan has surpassed 300 career wins.
- Graduate student Josephine Kogler, Senior Maddie Komoroski, Senior Megan Bingham and senior Taylor Rech joined the Terrapins' 1,000-point club after their performances over the course of the season. 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 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 post season
- Nebraska, Washington, Illinois, and Rutgers will compete in Session I on March 20 at 6 p.m. CT.
- UCLA, Michigan State, Michigan, and Minnesota will compete in Session III on March 21 at 5 p.m. CT.
- Following the Big Ten Championships, Maryland will advance to NCAA Regionals.
- The top 36 teams in the nation, based on National Qualifying Score (NQS), qualify for NCAA Regionals at four predetermined sites.
- The top 12 all-around competitors and top 16 event specialists not on a qualifying team are also selected to compete individually at regionals.
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. Reade is currently ranked No.10 in the Big Ten on floor.
- 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.
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