Air Drive, William & Mary, Simpson, Springfield, and Navy are set to seem on the USAG Males’s Collegiate Nationwide Championships in Springfield this weekend and kick off the postseason of NCAA males’s gymnastics.
The meet will include a workforce and all-around competitors on Friday and an occasion finals spherical on Saturday, with each beginning at 1 p.m. ET and streaming on Virtius. The matchup may even supply a partial preview of the next week’s ECAC Championships, the place the Tribe, Simpson, Springfield, Navy, Greenville, and Military will face off.
Air Drive and Navy met twice through the common season. Air Drive got here out forward on the All-Academy Championships in February, however Navy defeated the Falcons throughout a twin meet with Stanford in Week 10. Count on an intense contest for the highest spot this Friday.
William & Mary and Springfield are carefully matched, too: The Delight broke 390 final weekend for the second time this yr, whereas William & Mary’s prime rating is a 386.0. Simpson’s greatest whole of the yr is 367.15.
The all-around competitors must also be tight. Springfield’s Dominic Ramalho enters because the top-ranked six-event gymnast, with a four-score common of 76.983. Teammate Sam Kaplan, Military’s Joseph Buselmeier, and William & Mary’s Aidan Cuy will likely be vying for the all-around crown as properly.
Listed below are routines to observe from every of the 5 groups.
Air Drive
- Patrick Hoopes’ pommel horse. Hoopes competes one of many nation’s most tough horse routines, which features a Kehr to F flop, full Stockli, Sohn, and rather more.
- Erich Upton’s flooring. Upton has scored as excessive as 14.2 this yr with a routine that options a triple-double opening go.
- Oliver Zavel’s parallel bars. Zavel has a prime rating of 13.9 this yr. His routine features a peach handstand, straddle entrance one-and-a-quarter, Bhavsar, and double-pike dismount.
Navy
- Connor Van Lavatory’s flooring. Van Lavatory competes clear connection passes, a full-in, triple-full dismount, and has scored as excessive as 14.25 this yr.
- Ronan McQuillan’s horse. The junior set a season-high 13.9 earlier this month with a routine that features a D flop, E flop, Roth, and swing handstand dismount.
- Isaiah Drake’s parallel bars. Drake scored a season-best 13.95 earlier this month after shifting by way of a whip-it, peach handstand, and practically sticking his double pike dismount.
Springfield
- Dominic Ramalho’s flooring. Ramalho set a season-high final weekend of 13.8 and performs a double structure, double entrance, entrance double-full dismount.
- Owen Carney’s vault. Carney competes a clear Kas full and set his greatest rating of the season (14.45) final week in opposition to Military.
- David Handron’s rings. Handron has scored as excessive as 13.95 this yr with a routine that features a again uprise Maltese, and full-twisting double tuck dismount.
William & Mary
- Trenton Peazant’s vault. Peazant recorded a season-best rating on the occasion final week after performing a clear Tsuk double full.
- Christian Marsh’s parallel bars. Marsh scored a 13.95 earlier this yr with a routine that included a peach handstand, Diam, and caught double entrance dismount.
- Will Harrington’s flooring. Harrington scored a 13.8 earlier this yr after mounting with a double structure, touchdown a double entrance, and sticking a full-twisting double tuck dismount.
Simpson
- Milo Staley’s pommel horse. Staley scored a 13.3 in opposition to OU and Nebraska final month, displaying off clear journey components and a swing-handstand dismount.
- Sterling Pariza’s flooring. Pariza has the workforce’s prime rating on the occasion of 13.25 and performs a full-in opening go and again 2.5 dismount.
- Michelangelo Villani’s vault. Villani notched a 14.0 in opposition to Greenville final month along with his Kas half.