ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy gymnastics team will have an action-packed weekend of competition on the road versus ECAC foes as the Mids will kick off the weekend with a Friday night matchup at William & Mary before heading up the East Coast for a Sunday afternoon tilt with Springfield College. Competition between the No. 8 Mids and No. 15 Tribe is set for 6 p.m. at William & Mary's Kaplan Arena, while Sunday's meet versus the No. 16 Pride at Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass. is slated to begin at 1 p.m.
William & Mary will be providing live results free of charge for fans unable to attend the meet on Friday. Navy Gymnastics'
Facebook page will carry live video of the team's routines on both Friday and Sunday.
2019 Matchups
These three squads have faced off multiple times during the first half of the 2019 season as all three competed at the West Point and Navy Opens on Jan. 11 and Jan. 19. The following week on Jan. 26, Navy and William & Mary went head-to-head in Williamsburg.
West Point Open
Navy - 395.20 (2nd of 6 Teams)
William & Mary - 382.65 (4th of 6)
Springfield - 372.25 (5th of 6)
Midshipmen Event Wins:
Lucas Beltran (VT - 14.50)
Navy Open
Navy - 400.55 (1st of 4 Teams)
William & Mary - 378.95 (2nd of 4)
Springfield - 378.65 (3rd of 4)
Midshipmen Event Wins:
Lucas Beltran (FX - 14.10, VT - 14.70);
Ryan Orce (PH - 13.50);
Ben Provost (PB - 13.50);
Cash Buske (HB - 13.50)
Navy at William & Mary
Navy - 394.25
William & Mary - 390.60
Midshipmen Event Wins:
Ben Provost (FX - 13.6);
Frank Bradley (VT - 14.1);
Last Time Out
In the first five-up, five-count competition of the 2019 season, Navy posted a solid 393.95-point showing in a three-team meet at Penn State's Rec Hall on Saturday, Feb. 23. Competing alongside the No. 6 Nittany Lions and the No. 13 Air Force Falcons, the No. 7 Mids went 1-1 as they outscored the Falcons, 393.95 to 392.65, but came up short versus the host Nittany Lions, who tallied a season-high point total of 410.3.
Navy was led by its high-scoring horizontal bar squad that netted the team 66.7 points, 2.25 more than Penn State and 5.15 more than Air Force. The trio of
Cash Buske,
Ben Provost and
Max Gerber finished consecutively in third, fourth and fifth place with scores of 13.55, 13.50 and 13.45, respectively. His strong high bar score was the second top-five result of the day for Provost as he kicked off the meet with a standout performance on the floor exercise that netted him a 13.95-point score, placing him first, clearing the 15-man field by 0.20 points.
Navy's pommel horse corps also had a pair of top-five performances as
Dan Clark was back in top form as he posted a career-best score of 13.9, good enough for fourth place. His teammate,
David Toussaint was one spot back in fifth with a 13.8 effort.
As a team, Navy scored 65.7 points on the floor exercise, 64.45 on the pommel horse, 66.05 on the rings, 69.00 on the vault, 62.05 on the parallel bars and 66.7 on the high bar.
Individually, Clark was recognized on Tuesday as the ECAC Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive announcement.
Comparing the Squads
|
Navy |
W&M |
Springfield |
| A-A |
403.383 |
392.167 |
381.133 |
| FX |
68.750 |
64.833 |
64.350 |
| PH |
66.767 |
65.883 |
61.267 |
| R |
67.400 |
67.217 |
62.983 |
| V |
70.150 |
69.633 |
67.517 |
| PB |
66.533 |
64.967 |
64.817 |
| HB |
67.050 |
63.250 |
62.117 |
Mids in the Top-30
The following nine gymnasts are ranked in the top-30 nationally as of Feb. 25 ...
Lucas Beltran
#25 - Floor Exercise, 14.033 Nat'l Qualifying Average (NQA)
#25 - Vault, 14.400 NQA
Cash Buske
#16 - High Bar, 13.600 NQA
Dan Clark
#20 - Pommel Horse, 13.550 NQA
Max Gerber
#28 - High Bar, 13.467 NQA
Ryan McVay
#25 - All-Around, 76.000 NQA
Ryan Orce
#9 - Pommel Horse, 13.933 NQA
Ben Provost
#21 - High Bar, 13.550 NQA
David Toussaint
#8 - Pommel Horse, 14.017 NQA
Josh Williams
#21 - Rings, 13.800 NQA
