Springfield, Mass. -- March 14, 2010 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy men's gymnastics team used an extraordinary score on vault to leap over both William & Mary and host Springfield College on the final event this afternoon in a tri-meet at SC's Blake Arena. Air Force used a 62.350 in vault to score a total of 342.950 points to William & Mary's 337.800 and Springfield's 336.650. For the Pride, the score was a high for the season.Entering the final apparatus, Springfield was in first place by about a point over both Air Force and William & Mary. But Air Force scored 62.350 points in the vault, while William & Mary tallied a 57.150 on parallel bars, and Springfield a 54.700 on high bar.
Nash Mills (Coto De Caza, Calif.), a junior from Air Force, was the top All-Arounder with a score of 86.300. In second was Spingfield's Ty Evans, a sophomore from San Jose, Calif., who scored an 84.250. In third was senior Derek Gygax (Stevensville, Md.) of William & Mary with an 84.000.
Team Score -- Air Force 342.950, William & Mary 337.800, Springfield 336.650
All-Around
1) Nash Mills, AF -- 86.300
2) Ty Evans, SC -- 84.250
3) Derek Gygax, W&M -- 84.000
4) Josh Fox, SC -- 82.200
5) Andy Hunter, W&M -- 81.500
Floor Exercise
1) Josh Fried, W&M -- 14.700
2) Josh Fox, SC -- 14.600
3) Travis Langham, AF -- 14.500
T4) Joel Uptmor, AF -- 14.400
T4) Jimmy Pezzino, SC -- 14.400
T6) Ty Evans, SC -- 14.300
T6) Dan Klimkowski, AF 14.300
Pommel Horse
1) Dan Klimkowski, AF -- 14.300
2) Matt Tocchio, SC -- 14.250
3) Derek Gygax, W&M -- 14.200
4) Futa Ikeda, W&M -- 14.000
5) Mike Licari, SC -- 13.700
T6) Nash Mills, AF -- 13.500
T6) James Okamoto, AF -- 13.500
Still Rings
1) Dan Klimkowski, AF -- 14.500
2) Nash Mills, AF -- 14.400
3) Dave Ellis, W&M -- 14.250
T4) Joel Uptmor, AF -- 14.150
T4) Josh Spencer, AF -- 14.150
T4) Stephen Deutsch, W&M -- 14.150
Vault
T1) Travis Langham, AF -- 15.750
T1) Joel Uptmor, AF -- 15.750
T3) Nash Mills, AF -- 15.550
T3) Jimmy Pezzino, SC -- 15.550
5) Ty Evans, SC -- 15.400
6) Devin Menefee, AF -- 15.300
Parallel Bars
1) Ty Evans, SC -- 14.550
2) Derek Gygax, W&M -- 14.500
T3) Nash Mills, AF -- 14.450
T3) Andy Hunter, W&M -- 14.450
5) Alex Egerter, W&M -- 14.200
T6) Vince Smurro, W&M -- 14.000
T6) Thomas Wilkinson, AF -- 14.000
High Bar
1) Derek Gygax, W&M -- 14.300
T2) Nash Mills, AF -- 14.250
T2) Josh Fox, SC -- 14.250
4) Garrett Canter, AF -- 14.000
5) Josh Spencer, SC -- 13.900
6) Vince Smurro, W&M -- 13.850
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 2013 as he led five gymnasts to the NCAA Championships. Read more.
