Jan. 15, 2010
Results
WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Navy gymnastics team accumulated 320.5 points in its season-opening performance to finish fifth at the West Point Open on Friday evening in Christl Arena.
Defending West Point Open champion Penn State won the team competition with a score of 349.85 points, followed by Temple's 338.7 points. Springfield placed third with 329.0 points and host Army tallied 321.85 points on its home equipment - 7.5 points above its score at Penn State last week. Club teams SUNY Brockport and MIT rounded out the field with 263.8 and 243.35 points, respectively.
Navy's Dylan Parrott (Jr./Rockwell, N.C.) placed fifth with his all-around score of 82.05 points among the six events. Parrott led all gymnasts on the high bar with a 14.15-point routine, 0.05-point ahead of Penn State's Matt Chelberg. The Navy junior also landed in fourth place on the parallel bars with a solid 14.2-point showing. He also led the Mids in scoring on the floor exercise and still rings with scores of 13.85 and 13.75 points, respectively.
Fellow all-around gymnast Andrew Faulk (So./San Antonio, Texas) finished fourth with an aggregate score of 82.35 points among the six events. Faulk's best performance came on the vault, where he earned 15.3 points from the judges for seventh place. He also led the Midshipmen on the pommel horse with a 12.8-point showing and recorded the team's second-best score on the floor exercise (13.5 points), still rings (13.55 points), parallel bars (13.55 points) and high bar (13.65 points).
In his first-collegiate meet, Austin Zalik (Fr./Allentown, Pa.) placed 12th on the vault with a 14.95-point routine. Brian Quinn (Jr./Grain Valley, Mo.) tied Faulk for 20th on the floor exercise with a score of 13.5 points, which was preceded by his 18th-place mark of 13.45 on the still rings. Aaron Ingram (So./Battle Ground, Wash.) landed 15th on the parallel bars with a 13.5-point effort.
For placing among the top-eight gymnasts in specific events, Faulk and Parrott will partake in the event finals tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. in Christl Arena. Faulk will compete on the vault, while Parrott will aim for a medal on the parallel bars and high bar.
