ANNAPOLIS, Md. - One week after traveling to Columbus, Ohio for a matchup with No. 5 Ohio State, the Navy gymnastics team will take on another potential NCAA Championship foe when it heads out to the West Coast for a dual meet at the University of California. Currently ranked seventh in the nation the Mids (10-3) will take on the No. 11 Bears (4-8) on Cal's Senior Day. The first touch at Haas Pavilion is set for 4 p.m. local (7 p.m. ET).
Navy outscored California at last year's NCAA Championship meet as the Mids beat the Bears by 2.264 points (393.123 - 390.859) in the competition at the University of Illinois.
Last Time Out
Navy fell on the road last Saturday to the fifth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 408.9 to 397.2. In their first collegiate meet in three weeks, the Mids started off well, but were unable to overcome a season-best score from the host Buckeyes. Navy outscored Ohio State on both the floor exercise and vault in the competition at OSU's Covelli Center.
Individually, a career-best 14.7 score on the vault by
Travis Keller led the Mids as he won the event over his teammate
Connor Van Loo by 0.05 points. In addition to this pair of top-two performances on Saturday,
Josh Williams and
Frank Bradley each placed second respectively on the rings and floor exercise.
As a team, Navy scored 68.6 points on the floor exercise, 63.35 on the pommel horse, 66.1 on the rings, 72.5 on the vault, 63.35 on the parallel bars and 63.0 on the high bar. This is the second meet in 2020 that the Mids have surpassed the 72.0-point plateau on the vault after notching a 72.8 on Jan. 18 at the Navy Open. Saturday marked the first five-up, five-count meet of 2020 for the Mids.
Comparing the Squads
|
Navy |
Cal |
| A-A |
406.633 |
398.250 |
| FX |
69.27 |
69.63 |
| PH |
65.93 |
63.88 |
| R |
68.38 |
66.22 |
| V |
72.33 |
71.22 |
| PB |
66.18 |
66.68 |
| HB |
67.15 |
63.10 |
Who to Watch ... Gymnasts in the Top-25 Nationally
All-Around
15) Cal - Jonathan Wang - 79.50
Floor Exercise
15) Cal - Darren Wong - 14.27
t-21) Navy -
Lucas Beltran - 14.10
25) Navy -
Frank Bradley - 14.05
Pommel Horse
t-17) Navy -
Ryan Orce - 13.70
t-17) Navy -
Dan Clark - 13.70
20) Navy -
Jake Carlson - 13.68
24) Navy -
David Toussaint - 13.65
28) Cal - Darren Wong - 13.57
Rings
7) Navy -
Josh Williams - 14.18
t-17) Navy -
Ryan McVay - 13.80
t-17) Navy -
Jake Carlson - 13.80
30) Cal - Kyte Crigger - 13.55
Vault
9) Navy -
Connor Van Loo - 14.67
11) Navy -
Lucas Beltran - 14.63
t-13) Cal - Asad Jooma - 14.58
15) Navy -
David Toussaint - 14.55
t-21) Cal - Kyle Shuttle - 14.47
Parallel Bars
16) Cal - Darren Wong - 14.05
t-33) Navy -
Max Gerber - 13.60
High Bar
t-11) Navy -
Cash Buske - 13.73
18) Navy -
Ben Provost - 13.68
34) Cal - Darren Wong - 13.47
