Indianapolis, Ind. - April 5, 2011 – Three members of the Springfield College men's gymnastics team will compete in the 2011 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships held at St. John Arena on the campus of Ohio State University on April 15-16.Ty Evans, Jimmy Pezzino, and Ryan Ponce were all selected as National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics National Qualifiers by the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Committee. The national qualifier, which consists of two pre-qualifying sessions, will be conducted April 14.
Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, in addition to the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Final competitions will take place April 15-16, also at Ohio State University.
Evans was selected to compete in the all-around competition. Evans qualified for the all-around with a score of 82.983, which was second among qualifying scores.
Pezzino will make his second trip to nationals and will compete in a pair of events as he qualified for the floor exercise with a 14.600 score and the vault with a mark of 15.592, which was the top qualifying score.
Ponce will represent Springfield on the still rings with a qualifying score of 14.525, making his first trip to nationals.
Entering his 32nd season as head men's gymnastics coach, Dr. Steve Posner is recognized as one of the most outstanding gymnastics coaches in the East. Posner led the Pride to another successful season in 2012 and was named the EIGL Coach of the Year. Read more.
