Talia Tossone Class: Sophomore Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. High School: Kellam Height: 4-10 Event: All-Around

2007: Qualified to the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship on the balance beam...competed balance beam in all 12 meets, floor exercise in 10 meets and vault once...received second team All-EAGL honor on the balance beam...honored at team banquet as Most Consistent Gymnast...named to EAGL All-Academic team.

Before Maryland: Member of Excalibur Gymnastics...competed on the national elite level for over two years... two-time Junior Olympic National qualifier...placed tenth on vault at the 2005 Junior Olympic Nationals...finished eighth on vault at the 2004 Junior Olympic Nationals...placed sixth at the 2003 U.S. Classic and twelfth at the 2002 U.S. Classic on vault...scored a perfect "10" on vault to lead high school team to state championship in 2006...is the only high school gymnast to have scored a "10" in three consecutive meets.

Personal: Daughter of Tony and Mindy...has two sisters, Whitney and Spencer...Whitney plays field hockey for Old Dominion...3.67 GPA and plans to be an orthodontist...Hobbies include reading, shopping and surfing...lists making J.O. Nationals as biggest athletic thrill.

 

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