Feb. 24, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--The Navy men's gymnastics team improved to 9-7 on the year with an easy 197.2-163.9 victory over James Madison (0-17) Saturday afternoon at McDonough Hall.

"It was a pretty good meet for us," said Navy assistant coach Craig Holt. "I thought overall we performed very well."

Junior Christopher Tam won the all-around with a score of 48.90. Tam placed second on the still rings, vault and high bar and finished first on the parallel bars.

The Mids started the meet out strong taking first, second and third place in the floor exercise. Brandon Cook won the floor with a season-best 8.95, while James Godfrey placed second with an 8.45 and Ty Fritz finished third with an 8.2.

Rich Mehlman won the still rings with a score of 8.5, while Christopher Tam placed second (8.4) and Sean Blackman was third (8.2).

Cook came back to win the vault with a score of 8.4, while Tam and Matt Phelan tied for second with an 8.15.

Tam continued his impressive performance on the parallel bars, finishing first with an 8.35, while Joseph Atzenbeck finished second with an 8.3 and Jon-Michael Chombeau finished third with an 7.95.

Atzenbeck finished first on the high bar with a 8.75, while Tam placed second (8.6) and Cook was third (7.9).