DANBURY, Conn. - Junior Lucas Beltran was announced on Tuesday as the ECAC Specialist of the Week after a trio of high-level performances over the weekend in meets at William & Mary and Springfield.

The junior from Corpus Christi, Texas went three-for-four over four combined events at William & Mary and Springfield. His weekend started on Friday when he took first place on vault versus the Tribe with a score of 14.2. He would go on to record two more first-place finishes against the Pride on Sunday scoring a 14.2 on vault and 13.8 on floor. He also scored a 12.3 on parallel bars at Springfield. No. 9 Navy improved to 7-1 on the season with victories over both the No. 15 Tribe and No. 16 Pride. Individually, Beltran ranks 22nd nationally on the vault with a 14.467 average and 28th on the floor exercise with a 14.05 mark.

This is the second career ECAC weekly award for Beltran as he was named the league's Rookie of the Week on Feb. 7, 2017. As a program in 2019, Navy gymnasts have now collected seven weekly honors, including four Rookie and three Specialist of the Week nods  ...
    Jan. 15 - David Toussaint, Specialist of the Week
    Jan. 29 - Josh Williams, Rookie of the Week
    Feb. 5 - Cash Buske, Specialist of the Week
    Feb. 5 - Nehemiah Baker - Rookie of the Week
    Feb. 12 - Dan Clark - Rookie of the Week
    Feb. 24 - Dan Clark - Rookie of the Week
    March 5 - Lucas Beltran - Specialist of the Week

Navy will back in action this coming Saturday with a non-conference tri-meet at Arizona State. The Mids will compete along the host Sun Devils, as well as the Penn State Nittany Lions. First touch in Tempe is set for 6 p.m. ET (4 p.m. local).