ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Two weeks after laying it all out on the line and coming away with a victory at the Star Meet versus Army, the Navy men's gymnastics team will be back in action this Saturday night with service academy supremacy waiting in the wings at the 2025 All-Academy Championship Meet. Hosted at the Fort Worth Convention Center as part of the Horton Challenge Weekend, the three-team contest will see No. 8 Navy (2-0), No. 9 Army (1-3) and No. 10 Air Force (1-1) compete for the right to claim the title of top service academy this season. First touch is set for 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.).

Live stats will be available via RoadToNationals. Additionally, Navy's Instagram will provide live coverage on Saturday. 

Navy at the All-Academy Championship
An annual competition between the three Division I service academies' gymnastics teams, Air Force controlled the series from 2014-18 with five straight victories before Navy brought the trophy home to Annapolis over a four-year run from 2019 to 2022. The Falcons wrestled back control of the championship in 2023 and held onto for the second straight year with a 7.15-point win over the Mids last February.

Last Ten Competitions
  2024: Air Force (397.25), Navy (390.10), Army (382.50) in Frisco
  2023: Air Force (396.55), Navy (393.00), Army (389.15) in Frisco
  2022: Navy (393.5), Army (381.25), Army (379.9) in Frisco
  2021: Navy (395.2), Air Force (379.1), Army (377.85) in West Point
  2020: Navy (407.7), Army (394.1), Air Force (387.5) in San Antonio
  2019: Navy (408.5), Air Force (402.9), Army (396.4) in Annapolis
  2018: Air Force (403.85), Navy (400.2), Army (399.55) in San Antonio
  2017: Air Force (405.8), Navy (394.2), Army (Didn't Attend) in San Antonio
  2016: Air Force (427.35), Navy (424.1), Army (422.85) in Atlanta
  2015: Air Force (427.75), Army (413.0), Navy (410.1) in Houston

Most Recent All-Academy Championship: February 10, 2024
Taking on a field of service academy rivals at the 2024 All-Academy Championship, the No. 8 Navy gymnastics team placed second, one spot behind No. 9 Air Force and one spot ahead of No. 12 Army. At the completion of 30 routines in the tri-meet at The Ford Center at The Star on Saturday night, the Falcons registered 397.25 points, while the Mids tallied 390.1 points to out-pace the Black Knights, who were 7.6 points back at 382.5.

Juniors William Champagn and Vishal Mandava led Navy's individual efforts on Saturday night as they each placed first, Champagne on the rings and Mandava on the high bar. Additionally, Syam Buradagunta and Matthew Petros finished second respectively on the floor exercise and parallel bars.

As a team, Navy scored 65.55 points on the floor exercise, 65.15 on the pommel horse, 61.35 on the rings, 68.4 on the vault, 66.95 on the parallel bars and 62.7 on the high bar.

Comparing the Squads
    (2025 Averages)

	Navy	Individual Leader	Air Force	Individual Leader	Army	Individual Leader
All-Around	310.15	N/A	308.071	N/A	309.58	N/A
Floor Exercise	52.77	Viciana, 13.48	50.93	Upton, 13.47	52.62	Buselmeier, 13.57
Pommel Horse	50.18	Soltz, 12.85	53.75	Hoopes, 14.82	52.72	Pabellon, 14.05
Rings	50.27	Stein, 13.05	50.65	Gopaul, 12.75	51.08	Buselmeier, 13.12
Vault	54.82	Drake, 14.00	53.87	Upton, 14.00	53.85	Lester, 13.98
Parallel Bars	51.18	Champagne, 13.17	50.92	Upton, 13.13	50.63	Heary, 13.13
High Bar	51.87	Drake, 13.40	47.90	Upton, 12.32	50.97	Phelps, 13.25

Last Time Out: Navy vs. Army, February 1 at West Point
With even less margin for error than in prior years due to the new four-counter scoring system, the Navy men's gymnastics team turned in a near flawless meet on Saturday afternoon with the 2025 Star on the line versus service academy rival Army. Faced with competing in the hostile confines of the Black Knights' Gross Sports Center and trailing by 0.55 points at the mid-way mark of the six-event contest, the Mids calmly and confidently posted a season-high point total to come from behind and defeat Army for the seventh straight Star Meet, 314.60 to 311.90. Over the final three events, the vault, parallel bars and high bars, Navy out-scored Army by 3.25 points.

Isaiah Drake led the late charge as he swept the top spot on each of the final three apparatus. He cleared the field on the vault by 0.45 points with a dominant 14.3 score before edging opponents by 0.15 on the parallel bars and 0.05 on the high bar. He was joined atop the event leaderboards by Danilo Viciana, who aced his floor exercise routine and Aaron Stein, who did the same on the rings.

As a team, Navy scored 53.2 points on the floor exercise, 50.25 on the pommel horse, 52.15 on the rings, 55.05 on the vault, 51.1 on the parallel bars and 52.85 on the high bar.