Jan. 19, 2008
Results
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Navy gymnast Adam Stanton (Jr./Centennial, Colo.) topped all competitors on the pommel horse to highlight four medalist efforts for the Midshipmen in the West Point Open on Saturday night.
Stanton earned a 14.25 from the judges on the pommel horse to better Jamie Henderson's second-place 13.9 from Team Gattaca, a club team comprised of several former NCAA elite gymnasts. Henderson was the 2005 NCAA champion on the still rings while at Oklahoma. Stanton also saw action on Saturday on the parallel bars, where he finished ninth with a 13.2.
The product of Centennial, Colo., was not the only Navy gymnast to capture a medal on the pommel horse, as classmate Joseph Atzenbeck (Jr./Broomfield, Colo.) placed fourth with a 13.4.
Brandon Cook (Sr./Longmont, Colo.) produced the highest collegiate score on the vault Saturday and ranked fourth overall with his 15.5-point performance. Cook, who finished third on the apparatus during the prelims on Friday, finished only 0.55-point off the first-place effort by Zeke Jackson of Team Gattaca.
Isaac Olson (Sr./Spokane, Wash.) also captured a medal with his 13.1-point routine on the high bar to place sixth overall and third among collegiate gymnasts. Christopher Tam (Sr./Draper, Utah) came in eighth on the high bar with a 12.2, while Trey James (Jr./Columbia, S.C.) landed in ninth place on the pommel horse with an 11.85.
Yesterday, Navy finished second among the five collegiate teams with a score of 332.25 points, 2.15 more than host Army and 7.30 off team champion Temple's total. It was Navy's first meet competing under the new NCAA scoring system that no longer is based on the 10.0 scale.
The Midshipmen (3-1) will return to action next Saturday when they host William & Mary, Springfield and several junior teams in Macdonough Hall for the Navy Open. Action is slated to begin at 3 p.m.
