March 25, 2007
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - One day after earning USAG Collegiate Division All-America status in the all-around, Navy junior Christopher Tam (Draper, Utah) qualified for All-America honors in three events as eight Midshipmen gymnasts earned the recognition during the individual event finals of the USAG Collegiate Division Championship on Sunday afternoon at Kaplan Arena.
Tam registered a second-place finish on the high bar with an 8.9, placed third on the pommel horse with a 7.8 and came in fourth in the floor exercise after an 8.7-point performance. The Navy junior earned USAG Collegiate All-America honors in the floor exercise for the second time in his career, while capturing the distinction on the high bar and pommel horse for the first time. He also finished eighth on the still rings with an 8.2.
Two Midshipmen recorded first-place efforts during the event finals on Sunday. Junior Isaac Olson (Spokane, Wash.) topped the field on the high bar with an 8.95 from the judges. Sophomore Joseph Atzenbeck (Broomfield, Colo.) posted the highest score on the pommel horse with an 8.5. Both gymnasts recorded USAG Collegiate All-America honors for the second-straight year on their respective apparatuses.
Joining Tam with USAG Collegiate All-America status in multiple events on Sunday was junior Brandon Cook (Longmont, Colo.). Cook tied Tam for fourth in the floor exercise with an 8.7 and came in fifth with a 7.9 on the vault. He has finished among the top-six gymnasts in both events at the USAG Collegiate Championship during each of the last-three years.
Senior team captain Sean Blackman (Fayetteville, Ga.) finished fourth on the still rings with an 8.75 for his third-consecutive USAG Collegiate All-America accolades. Junior Jon-Michael Chombeau (Beaverton, Ore.) placed third on the vault with an 8.1, while sophomores Adam Stanton (Centennial, Colo.) and James Godfrey (Columbia, S.C.) finished among the top-six competitors on the parallel bars.
Navy will head to Philadelphia next weekend to take part in the ECAC/EIGL Championship, hosted by Temple University. The Midshipmen recorded a second-place finish in last year's championship in Macdonough Hall, their highest placing since the 1997 season.
2007 USAG COLLEGIATE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
INDIVIDUAL EVENT FINALS
MARCH 25, 2007
Floor Exercise
1. Gregory Stine (Air Force), 9.3
2. Dave Locke (W&M), 9.05
3. Sean Liner (Washington), 8.75
4. Christopher Tam (Navy), 8.7
4. Brandon Cook (Navy), 8.7
6. Sloan Crawford (W&M), 8.65
7. Christopher Wolford (Air Force), 8.35
8. John Ferreira (Springfield), 8.2
Pommel Horse
1. Joseph Atzenbeck (Navy), 8.5
2. Derek Gygax (W&M), 8.25
3. Christopher Tam (Navy), 7.8
4. Gregory Stein (Air Force), 7.6
4. Bradley Sutton (MIT), 7.6
5. Sterling Van Winkle (JMU), 7.5
6. Richard Pearson (W&M), 7.45
7. Sterling Guthrie (Unatt.), 7.05
8. Garrett Canter (Air Force), 7.05
Rings
1. Gregory Stein (Air Force), 9.3
2. Aaron Gehr (Arizona State), 9.0
3. Jacob Schonig (Air Force), 8.8
4. Sean Blackman (Navy), 8.75
5. Aaron Ingram (W&M), 8.5
6. Boris Rasin (MIT), 8.45
7. Chuck Portz (W&M), 8.4
8. Christopher Tam (Navy), 8.2
9. Matt Weiser (Arizona State), 6.95
Vault
1. Dave Locke (W&M), 8.4
2. Sean Liner (Washington), 8.3
3. Jon-Michael Chombeau (Navy), 8.1
4. Keith Stumpf (Springfield), 8.05
5. Brandon Cook (Navy), 7.9
5. Brian Boardman (Air Force), 7.9
7. Gustav Lindquist (W&M), 7.85
8. Christopher Wolford (Air Force), 7.2
Parallel Bars
1. Andrew Hunt (W&M), 8.7
2. Sean Liner (Washington), 8.1
3. Dave Ridings (W&M), 8.05
4. Adam Stanton (Navy), 8.0
5. Boris Rasin (MIT), 7.75
6. James Godfrey (Navy), 7.650
7. Josiah Loeser (Air Force), 7.55
8. Andrew Kelly (Springfield), 7.5
9. Tyler Sickles (Air Force), 6.850
High Bar
1. Isaac Olson (Navy), 8.95
2. Christopher Tam (Navy), 8.9
3. Tyler Sickles (Air Force), 8.5
4. Gregory Stine (Air Force),8.45
5. Dave Locke (W&M), 8.1
6. Light Townsend (Texas), 7.7
7. Thomas Caldwell (MIT), 7.55
8. Matthew Davis (Springfield), 7.45
9. Sean Liner (Washington), 6.55
