Navy’s Isaiah Drake on excessive bar on the 2023 Winter Cup.
The twin meets in ECAC males’s gymnastics didn’t disappoint over the weekend, with all groups placing up fights. Navy took the win over William & Mary and Springfield received large in opposition to Military of their ultimate house meet of the season.
5 of the six ECAC groups (all however Military) will compete subsequent on the USAG Championships from March 22-23.
Right here’s what occurred in Week 11.
#9 Navy @ #14 William & Mary
Last rating: Navy: 396.750 – William & Mary: 388.100
William & Mary
Though the Tribe hasn’t fairly hit the identical excessive scores as Navy, they have been coming off a season-high crew rating and have been seeking to put up a struggle at house for the primary and ultimate time this season.
To some shock, William & Mary got here out of the primary occasion main the Midshipmen by simply over three-tenths. Aidan Cuy led them off sturdy (13.250), Will Harrington continued to construct with a properly caught full-twisting double again dismount (13.400), and Evan Wilkins capped them off with a team-high 13.600 to take second on the occasion.
Some small errors on pommel horse took them out of the lead regardless of a season excessive (61.95), however they got here again sturdy with one other season-high rating on rings (64.85). Evan Wilkins has been dialed in on his set, nailing his 1.5 twisting double tuck dismount once more for a 13.400, simply 0.050 off first. A clear again uprise Maltese for Garrett Kasiski and a double-double dismount (with a griddy to cap it off) for Niko Greenly earned them a pair of 13.100s.
Kasiski continues to battle discovering the touchdown on his entrance handspring double entrance on vault, however it is going to be an enormous rating as soon as he places it to his ft. Cuy nailed his Kas full, and the Tribe completed out with Kas 1.5s from Ricky Pizem (14.050), which is an improve, and Sam Lee (14.500). William & Mary had a fantastic parallel bars rotation, incomes a season-high 66.200 on the occasion and preserving them in competition if Navy didn’t have their greatest rotation on excessive bar.
Nonetheless, a lead-off fall on excessive bar and a number of other errors following took them out of the combo as they completed with a 59.950 on the occasion. Nonetheless, William & Mary put up a fantastic crew rating and confirmed that they are often aggressive with larger rating groups.
Navy
After going in opposition to the No. 1 crew within the nation final weekend, Navy was seeking to calm down and give attention to themselves this week. They did simply that, incomes a season-high crew rating of 396.750, even with the absence of Syam Buradagunta.
The Midshipmen began off the meet with a bang as Brian Solomon nailed his entrance double pike to earn a 13.800 to take the title with the primary routine of the day for Navy. That they had some points within the following routines, with a fall on a double entrance from Caleb Hickey and a fall on Matthew Rosendahl’s troublesome entrance tuck full to double entrance mixture.
They introduced it again on pommel horse, incomes their second-best rating of the season after 4 13+ scores. Ronan McQuillan capped off the rotation with a 13.450 for first. On rings, Isaiah Drake made his return after recovering from an damage earlier within the season. His routine appeared like he had by no means left, with a superbly executed again uprise Maltese to take the title with a 13.450.
Riley Rose hit a near-perfect Yurchenko 1.5 on vault for a career-high 14.100. Within the anchor spot, Matthew Petros hit a robust Kas 1.5 for a 14.600, the best rating on any occasion for the day. Petros’ dominance continued on the next two occasions, as he snagged two extra occasion titles for his 14.000 on parallel bars and 13.400 on excessive bar. His sturdy scores, together with large numbers from Vishal Mandava and Drake, contributed to their greatest efficiency of the season so far. With the return of Buradagunta to lineups, they will be robust to beat going into the postseason.
#12 Military @ #13 Springfield
Last rating: Springfield: 398.550 – Military: 389.250
Military
Coming in ranked larger and after defeating Springfield twice earlier within the season, the Black Knights have been the favorites to win, however they must work for it not being at house.
Their meet began out sturdy, with Steven Manolakis breaking out the best flooring rating of the night within the lead-off spot (13.500). He took a share of the title alongside two different Springfield gymnasts. They suffered a fall later within the lineup from Jaden Clean, however completed out sturdy, trailing by 2.65 factors after Rotation 1.
Military took benefit of some errors from Springfield on pommel horse and gained again a number of tenths from their deficit after a pair of 13.250s from Noah Duran and Gabe Almeida to tie for second. They continued to energy by way of on rings, sticking 4 out of 5 landings for a season-high 64.900 on the occasion.
Vault was strong, with Franco Peirano shifting to the leadoff spot for a 14.100. Manolakis hit an enormous vault for a 14.200, however they missed a possibility to maintain climbing after Johnathan Pinc notched an uncharacteristic 13.700. Parallel bars was constant, with just one error coming from Duran after he misplaced his hand on his Stutz, coming off the bars.
Too far behind after the fifth rotation, Military was simply seeking to end out sturdy and break into that 390 for the third time this season. Sadly, Tucker Blanchard struggled within the opening routine, taking a fall on his Endo kip and big following his Tak half for a ten.500. Zachary Perez gave it his all to almost get them to that mark after his set, nailing his full-twisting double structure for a 13.600 to take the title.
Springfield
With the benefit of the house crowd, Springfield took that power and ran with it, sustaining their lead over Military all through the entire competitors and finally posting their highest crew rating since 2016.
The Pleasure began sturdy on flooring with a gap 13.500 from Timothy Templeton, the identical lead-off rating as Manolakis. A slew of 13+ scores and one other 13.500 from Evan Reichert adopted for an enormous 66.550 opening rotation. Springfield had some highs and lows on pommel horse however was in a position to decrease Military’s means to catch them with Peyton Cramer’s large 14.450 within the anchor spot.
Regardless of Military’s season excessive on ring, their problem doesn’t fairly match as much as Springfield’s. Will Wilson opened with an exquisite set and an enormous double-double dismount for a 13.850 to take the win. A strong 13.300 from Sam Kaplan and a 13.400 from David Handron tallied up a season-high 66.800 for the occasion.
Kaplan continued his sturdy all-around efficiency with an upgraded vault in Rotation 4, throwing a pleasant Kas full for a career-high 14.000. Dominic Ramalho’s large amplitude on his Kas full was rewarded, grabbing the title with a 14.300. Parallel bars was a fantastic occasion for them, sweeping the rostrum and including one other season-high complete to their day (66.900). Senior Aaron Kust competed for the ultimate time in his house enviornment and threw a troublesome Bhavsar to affix Kevin Laurino as the one two ECAC gymnasts to compete that ability this season.
Springfield completed their day sturdy with one other season-high on excessive bar (65.400), capped off with a pleasant 13.150 from Kaplan for an enormous 80.450 within the all-around – a profession excessive displaying.
#15 Simpson @ #11 Air Drive
Last rating: Air Drive: 395.950 – Simpson: 347.300
Simpson
Simpson had a troublesome time on Saturday, recording a season-low crew rating of 347.300. A notable absence from all-arounder Sterling Pariza proved to have a big effect on the crew.
The Storm bought off to a fantastic begin, in large half because of the return of Camden Bontempo to the lineup. Bontempo hit a pleasant Randi opening move and a double Arabian for a 13.350 and a tie for second place. Christopher Duane suffered a fall on his dismount. Karim Madkour hit a pleasant set for a season-high flooring complete of 61.700.
After this constructive begin, they shortly misplaced momentum and weren’t in a position to deliver it again. They took a pair falls on Sivados on horse from Christian Romero and Brennan Voss, and Jake Sweeten ran out of steam after a fantastic struggle on his routine, not getting as much as handstand on his dismount. A season low on rings adopted, with no rating breaking 12.000 on the occasion.
Michelangelo Villani and Bontempo carried the rotation on vault, however low problem from the rest of the lineup solely led to a 66.050. On parallel bars, Alex Catchpole hit a fantastic set to interrupt this system document with a 13.800, grabbing second place. Simpson was seeking to end up sturdy on excessive bar, however an unlucky routine from Jack Campbell (4.300) led to their fifth occasion season-low of the day.