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2020 Gymnastics Roster

Alecia Farina

  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Brecksville-Broadview Heights
  • Hometown Broadview Heights, Ohio

Biography

As a Senior (2020): Competed in all 10 meets for the Terrapins on vault, nine on bars and six on beam…Academic All-Big Ten...started her senior season a season-best score of 9.875 on vault where she placed first on the podium followed by a second-place finish on bars with a 9.825 and a 9.600 on beam at the Little Boston Invitational (1/11)...notched a 9.750 on vault, a 9.725 on bars and a 9.700 on beam vs. Iowa (1/19)...earned a 9.850 on vault and a 9.775 on bars at the Ohio State Tri-Meet (1/25)...posted a 9.700 on vault and a 9.825 on bars against Illinois (2/2)...earned a 9.800 on vault and a 9.725 on bars at Nebraska (2/8)...notched a 9.750 on vault and finished second on bars with a 9.850 against Rutgers (2/16)...earned a 9.800 on vault at Big Fives (2/22)... on her senior night, tallied a 9.775 on vault and placed third on bars earning a season-best 9.875 at the Terrapin Invitational (3/1)...posted a 9.650 on vault and a 9.750 on bars at the Towson Tri Meet (3/6)...posted a 9.700 on vault and earned a 9.875 on bars at the George Washington Invite (3/8)...*The remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a Junior (2019): Competed in 14 meets on vault, seven meets on beam and 14 meets on floor...posted a 9.800 or better on vault seven times...earned a 9.825 or better on bars four times...scored a 9.775 or better on floor four times...earned second on vault with a 9.750, tied for first on bars with a 9.875 and took first on floor with a 9.750 in the first meet of the season...earned third on vault with a 9.750 and tied for first on bars with a 9.875 at Illinois (1/19)...earned a 9.775 against Michigan on floor (1/26)...placed first on vault at Rutgers (2/2) with a 9.850, took third on bars with a 9.825 and finished third on floor with a 9.775...earned a 9.800 on vault against Ohio State (2/8)...notched a 9.850 on bars at Minnesota (2/15)...earned a 9.800 on vault at Big Fives (2/22) and a 9.775 on floor…scored a 9.775 on vault at George Washington (3/1)...earned a 9.7500 on vault at home vs. George Washington (3/4) and a 9.750 on floor...placed second on vault with a 9.825 at Temple Tri Meet (3/8)...took the vault title with a 9.875 on senior night (3/10)...took second on vault with her season high 9.900 at the Towson Five (3/17)...tied for fourth at Big Ten Championships with her season best 9.900 on floor (3/23)...earned a 9.850 on vault at NCAA Regionals in Athens (4/5).

As a Sophomore (2018): Competed in 13 meets on floor, seven meets in the all-around, 11 meets on vault, 10 meets on bars and seven meets on beam...named Second Team All Big-Ten...earned a 9.850 or better on vault three times...earned a 9.900 or better on bars twice...earned a 9.900 or better on floor four times...placed second on vault with a 9.875 in the Minnesota Quad Meet (1/13)...took the floor title with a 9.900 and third place in the all-around with a 39.150 in home opener win against Penn State (1/19)...posted a season high in the all-around grabbing third place with a 39.350 and second place on bars with a 9.875 at No. 7 Michigan (2/4)...notched first placed on bars with a 9.900 and earned a 9.900 on floor in Maryland Quad Meet (2/11)...had the team high on floor with a 9.850 at West Virginia...tied for team season high on any event and the even title with a 9.925 on floor in Pink Invitational (2/23)...set a personal best on vault with a 9.900 in GWU Quad Meet (3/4)...won the vault title with a score of 9.825 and tied her season best on floor with a 9.925 in Maryland Five meet (3/11)...placed third on bars with a 9.900 in Big Five (3/17)...posted a 9.850 on floor, 9.800 on bars and 9.700 on vault in NCAA Regionals to finish the season (4/7).

As a Freshman (2017): Competed in all 13 meets on vault and bars and in 12 on floor...became an all-around competitor, competing in the all-around and on beam in six meets...qualified for NCAA Regionals on floor...earned a 9.850 on bars vs. Alaska, Arizona and Minnesota (1/14), winning the event title...notched a 9.825 on bars and 9.800 on floor at Penn State (1/21)...posted 9.825s on bars and floor at Iowa (1/29)...posted a 9.825 on bars and 9.900 on floor vs. Michigan (2/5)...scored a 9.800 and won the bars title vs. Rutgers, Penn and Yale (2/11) while also earning a 9.825 on floor...tallied a season-high 9.900 on bars to win the event title at the George Washington Pink Meet (2/17) while also earning a 9.800 on floor...competed in the all-around for the first time vs. Kentucky, Penn and William & Mary (2/19), winning the bars (9.825) and floor (9.875) titles...tallied a season-high 9.925 on floor vs. West Chester, William & Mary and Temple (2/24), winning the event title...earned a 39.100 in the all-around vs. West Virginia and Iowa State (2/26)...notched a season-high 39.225 in the all-around with a 9.800 on beam and 9.825s on bars and floor vs. William & Mary, New Hampshire, West Chester and Temple (3/1)...earned a 9.800 on floor at the B1G Five meet (3/11)...posted a season-high 9.850 on vault at the Big Ten Championships (3/18)...competed at the NCAA Gainesville Regional on floor, earning a 9.750.

Before Maryland: Only gymnastics in Ohio high school history to receive a perfect 10 on vault, which she did three times...finished second on floor, 10th on vault and 23rd in the all-around at the 2016 U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships...holds 15 gold medals and four silvers, making her the most decorated gymnast in Ohio high school history...won the Ohio High School Athletic Association titles on vault, beam, floor and all-around in 2016...placed third on beam at 2014 Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships...two-time Cleveland.com Gymnast of the Year...owns four of the top-five all-around finishes in Ohio high school state tournament history...set the all-around state tournament record with a 38.775 in 2015.

Personal: Daughter of Rick Farina and Kim Giaimo...has five brothers, Jake, Matt, Ricky, Billy and Nate...most interesting accomplishment was being featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd...if she could play another sport at Maryland, it'd be volleyball...favorite pregame meal is PB&J...wants to be a physician's assistant.


CAREER HIGHS
Vault: 9.900 (2x, last at Towson Five Meet, 3/17/19)
Bars: 9.900 (3x, last at B1G Five Meet, 3/17/18)
Beam: 9.800 (2x, last at Maryland Five, 3/1/17)
Floor: 9.925 (3x, last at Maryland Five Meet, 3/11/18)
All-Around: 39.350 (at Michigan, 2/4/18)

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2018Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2019Junior

    All-Around
    5'4"
  • 2020Senior

    All-Around
    5'4"