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2019 Men's Gymnastics Roster

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Christian Correale

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Harrisburg, Pa.
  • High School Central Dauphin

Biography

Career Accolades:
• Team Captain for the 2018-19 school year
• 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-American (At Large-3rd Team)
• 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District (At Large-1st Team)
• 2018 USAG Collegiate All-American on Rings (2nd Place)
• 2018 All-ECAC on Rings (T-5th Place)
• Qualified for the event finals of the 2016 ECAC Championships in both the rings and parallel bars
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 16, 2016)
• Named First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete by CGA in ‘16, ‘17 and ‘18

Career Highs:
R: 14.25 (Springfield, 2016)
PB: 13.85 (West Point Open, 2016)
HB: 13.05 (William & Mary/Temple, 2018)

2018 (Junior):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- 12.65 --- 13.1 --- ---
--- --- 13th --- T-11th --- ---
Navy Open --- --- 12.85 --- 13.4 12.95 ---
--- --- 4th --- T-4th T-7th ---
William & Mary/Temple --- --- 13.35 --- 12.25 13.05 ---
--- --- 3rd --- 8th T-6th ---
Army - Star Meet --- --- 13.65 --- 13.15 --- ---
--- --- 3rd --- 3rd --- ---
at All-Academy --- --- 13.35 --- 13.2 --- ---
--- --- 9th --- 2nd --- ---
at Oklahoma --- --- 13.15 --- 12.7 --- ---
--- --- 7th --- 10th --- ---
at William & Mary --- --- 13.55 --- 13.0 --- ---
--- --- 4th --- 3rd --- ---
at Springfield --- --- 12.05 --- 10.8 11.8 ---
--- --- 6th --- 9th 10th ---
at ASU (w/Penn State) --- --- 13.2 --- 13.2 --- ---
--- --- 8th --- 8th --- ---
Michigan / W&M --- --- 13.75 --- 12.9 --- ---
--- --- 5th --- 8th --- ---
at USAG Champs. --- --- 13.4 --- 12.55 --- ---
Team --- --- 6th --- 22nd --- ---
at USAG Champs --- --- 13.5 --- --- --- ---
Ind. Finals --- --- T-2nd --- --- --- ---
ECAC Champs --- --- 13.1 --- 13.35 --- ---
--- --- T-5th --- 7th --- ---
at NCAA Champs. -Q. --- --- 13.1 --- 12.63 --- ---
First Session --- --- 20th --- 30th --- ---

2017 (Sophomore):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- 13.2 --- 11.9 --- ---
--- --- T-19th --- T-38th --- ---
Navy Open --- --- 12.9 --- 13.6 --- ---
--- --- T-9th --- T-4th --- ---
at ECAC Champs. --- --- 13.05 --- --- --- ---
--- --- T-11th --- --- --- ---
at NCAA Champs.-Q --- --- 13.3 --- --- --- ---
Second Session --- --- 30th --- --- --- ---

2016 (Freshman):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- 13.55 --- 13.85 --- ---
--- --- 14th --- T-17th --- ---
Navy Open --- --- 13.7 --- 13.3 --- ---
--- --- 6th --- 7th --- ---
Army-Star Meet --- --- 14.0 --- 13.7 --- ---
--- --- T-3rd --- 6th --- ---
at All-Academy --- --- 13.9 --- 13.7 --- ---
--- --- T-8th --- T-7th --- ---
William & Mary --- --- 13.95 --- 13.15 --- ---
--- --- T-5th --- 8th --- ---
at William & Mary --- --- 14.1 --- 13.1 --- ---
--- --- 2nd --- T-8th --- ---
at Springfield --- --- 14.25 --- 13.15 --- ---
--- --- T-3rd --- 10th --- ---
at USAG Champs. --- --- 13.35 --- 13.65 --- ---
--- --- T-17th --- T-24th --- ---
at ECAC Champs. --- --- 14.2 --- 13.7 --- ---
--- --- T-3rd --- 9th --- ---
at ECAC - Ind. Finals --- --- 14.0 --- 13.1 --- ---
--- --- 10th --- 8th --- ---
at NCAA Champs.-Q --- --- 13.55 --- 13.0 --- ---
--- --- T-28th --- T-30th --- ---

Prior to Navy:
• Competed with Artistic Sports Academy Plus Gymnastics under the direction of Barry Mattern and Travis Shelton. Navy gymnasts Eric Poletti ’16 and Wyatt LaPointe ’17 were members at ASAP alongside Correale
• A five-time Junior Olympic National Qualifier
• Three-time Region 7 Level 10 champion: 2013 – High Bar, 2015 – All-Around, 2015 – Rings
• Named a USA Gymnastics Academic All-American all four years of high school (2012-15)
• Away from the gym, was a four-year member of the National Honor Society, as well as a four-year catechist aide at St. Catherine Laboure Church

General:
• Son of Lewis III and Laurie
• Brother, Lewis IV, graduated USNA in 2015
• Athletic family as father played two years of baseball at Bloomsburg University, while brother suited up for four years on Navy’s sprint football team
• Enjoys skiing, swimming and golfing in his free time

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2017Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2018Junior

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2019Senior

    All-Around
    5'8"