Springfield, Mass. -- February 20, 2011 -- The Springfield College men's gymnastics team today hosted the 2011 New England Men's Gymnastics Invitational Championships at Blake Arena. Springfield College has the only collegiate men's varsity team in New England. Tim Daggetts' Club proved to be the team victor, with Springfield College finishing second, and the College at Brockport third.Also competing in this meet were club participants from R&R, Andy Valley, In-Flight Gymnastics, Tri-Town, Guigeres, US Academy, Ellis School of Gymnastics, Old Colony, and from Boston University, MIT, the University of Southern Maine, and the University of Vermont.
The final team standings were as follows: 1) Daggetts (327.600), 2) Springfield College (323.050), 3) Brockport (285.000), 4) Ellis (281.200), 5) Tri-Town (267.000), 6) R&R (265.300), and 7) Vermont (206.250).
Capturing the all-around competition was Ty Evans from Springfield College with a score of 83.550. In second was Jon Deaton of Daggetts (82.600), followed by Paul Wood of Daggetts (81.650), Brett Lazarus of MIT (79.450), Jake Shapiro of MIT (79.400), and Patrick Ryther of Ellis.
Evans had a particularly outstanding meet, not only winning the all-around, but also finishing first in the vault (15.350) and the parallel bars (14.300). He also placed second in the high bar (14.200), third in the floor exercise (14.200), and fifth in the still rings (13.100).
Jimmy Pezzino of SC finished second in the floor exercise (14.300), and third in the vault (14.700). Another member of the Pride, Ryan Ponce, took first in the still rings (14.200), and fourth in the parallel bars (13.400). Finally, Garrett DeSantis also finished in the Top Six on two occasions -- fifth in the high bar (13.200), and sixth in the pommel horse (12.900).
For all individual scores, please see the round-up below -- Top Six
All-Around
1) Ty Evans, SC -- 83.550
2) Jon Deaton, Daggetts -- 82.600
3) Paul Wood, Daggetts -- 81.650
4) Brett Lazarus, MIT -- 79.450
5) Jake Shapiro, MIT -- 79.400
6) Patrick Ryther, Ellis -- 76.700
Floor Exercise
1) Jon Deaton, Daggetts -- 14.900
2) Jimmy Pezzino, SC -- 14.300
3) Ty Evans, SC -- 14.200
4) Devin Clarke, Daggetts -- 13.700
5) Brian Gildemyer, Brockport -- 13.600
6) Jake Shapiro, MIT -- 13.500
Pommel Horse
1) Patrick Ryther, Ellis -- 13.600
2) Dan DiBenedetto, Daggetts -- 13.600
3) Rich Ruggiero, SC -- 13.000
4) Paul Wood, Daggetts -- 12.900
5) Brett Lazarus, MIT -- 12.900
6) Garrett DeSantis, SC -- 12.900
Still Rings
1) Ryan Ponce, SC -- 14.200
2) Dan DiBenedetto, Daggetts -- 13.400
3) Jon Deaton, Daggetts -- 13.300
4) Jake Shapiro, MIT -- 13.300
5) Ty Evans, SC -- 13.100
6) Brett Lazarus, MIT -- 12.900
Vault
1) Ty Evans, SC -- 15.350
2) Josh Ungar, Daggetts -- 15.100
3) Jimmy Pezzino, SC -- 14.700
4) Keith Stumpf, Old Colony -- 14.650
5) Paul Wood, Daggetts -- 14.550
6) Brett Lazarus, MIT -- 13.950
Parallel Bars
1) Ty Evans, SC -- 14.300
2) Jon Deaton, Daggetts -- 14.300
3) Paul Wood, Daggetts -- 13.800
4) Ryan Ponce, SC -- 13.400
5) Andy Kelly, Old Colony -- 13.100
6) Jake Shapiro, MIT -- 12.900
High Bar
1) Paul Wood, Daggetts -- 14.300
2) Ty Evans, SC -- 14.200
3) Dan DiBenedetto, Daggetts -- 14.100
4) Brett Lazarus, MIT -- 13.700
5) Garrett DeSantis, SC -- 13.200
6) Jake Shapiro, MIT -- 13.100
Entering his 31st 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.
