WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (March 6, 2016)—The William & Mary men's gymnastics team defeated Navy, 408.8 - 406.6, at Kaplan Arena on Sunday afternoon.
A trio of Tribe gymnasts led the squad with individual event titles, as sophomore
Griffin Antle (pommel horse, 14.5), junior
Rob Meyer (parallel bars, 14.55) and junior
Aria Sabbagh (high bar, 14.1) all recorded top scores.
Highlighting W&M's victory was an outstanding performance on high pommel horse where it posted a season-high 70.35. En route to earning the impressive mark, W&M had five of the top six scorers in the event. In addition to Antle's winning effort, freshman
Jacopo Gliozzi placed second with a career-high 14.35 – a mark that ranks 10th in school history. Senior
Keaton Ackerman also came up big with a season-best 14.2, while Meyer (13.9) and senior
Simon Casey (13.4) rounded out the top group.
Other individual highlights included a second-place showing by Casey on floor (14.1) and a third-place effort by sophomore
Juan Palma on vault (14.7). In addition to setting a career high, Palma's score ranks fourth in school history.
Led by Meyer's winning performance, W&M equaled a season high on parallel bars (67.65), while the other team event totals included floor (67.1), rings (67.75), vault (70.75) and high bar (65.2).
The Tribe will wrap up its regular season home slate in two weeks when it hosts Ohio State for senior day on March 20. Two week's later, W&M will host the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship at Kaplan Arena.