Jan. 23, 2010
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Highlighted by Andrew Faulk's (So./San Antonio, Texas) first-place performance in the all-around, the Navy gymnastics team placed fourth in the Navy Open on Saturday afternoon in Macdonough Hall.
Temple won the meet with a score of 332.5 points to edge second-place Springfield's 331.6 points. William & Mary tallied 323.7 points, followed by Navy's 317.0 points and SUNY Brockport's (club) 274.35 points.
Faulk led Navy and finished among the top-six overall gymnasts in each of the six disciplines to total 84.8 points in the all-around, 0.65-point ahead of second-place gymnast Ty Evans from Springfield. Faulk's cumulative score on Saturday was 2.45 points higher than his showing at the West Point Open just a week before.
The Navy sophomore registered a 14.35-point performance on the high bar to land in second place, 0.55-point off first-place performer Patrick McLaughlin from Temple. Faulk placed third on the still rings (14.2 points), fourth on the floor exercise (14.0 points), fourth on the pommel horse (13.35 points), fourth on the vault (15.4 points) and sixth on the parallel bars (13.5 points).
Rookie Austin Zalik (Fr./Allentown, Pa.) placed ninth in the all-around with a 77.65-point showing, highlighted by his ninth-place score of 13.7 points on the still rings. Team captain Brian Quinn (Jr./Grain Valley, Mo.) finished sixth on the still rings with a 14.0-point routine.
The Midshipmen will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 31, when they head up to Springfield, Mass., to take on Springfield at 1 p.m. for the third time in as many weeks.
