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Tribe Individuals Earn 11 Collegiate All-American Honors in Season Ending Event
W&M Senior Jamie Northrup Named Senior Athlete of the Year
04/10/04 11:30PM
Denton, TX - The College of William and Mary’s 13th-ranked men’s gymnastics program competed for the last time in the 2004 season and went out with flourish, by having eight athletes earn 11 Collegiate All-American honors
at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Individual Championships on Saturday evening at the event hosted by the University of Texas Women’s University.
The Tribe’s evening was highlighted by a pair of individual honors, as Tribe senior team co-captain Jamie Northrup was named as the USA Gymnastics Senior Athlete of the Year. Also, for the fourth consecutive year, W&M Head Coach Cliff Gauthier earned the group’s Men’s Varsity Coach of the Year.
Northrup lived up to the prestigious honor by coming out and winning the gold medal in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.000. He also had an All-American finish on the pommel horse, as he placed fourth with a mark of 8.350. Fellow Tribe senior Alan Palesko also earned the All-American recognition on the floor exercise, by capturing a silver finish with a mark of 8.825, while freshman David Ridings joined Northrup in finishing with All-American honors on the pommel horse, by finishing fifth with a mark of 8.100.
Tribe sophomore Ramon Jackson ended what has been a spectacular season, which included the 2004 NCAA title on the parallel bars, by claiming two Collegiate National Titles (parallel bars and high bar) and earning Collegiate All-American honors on a third (vault). He ended the season undefeated on the parallel bars, by taking the meet’s title on his specialty event with an outstanding mark of 9.500, the second-straight year he has taken the title in the event. Junior Steven Douglass finished tied for the fourth in the same event, with a mark of 8.500. Tribe Senior Matt Roosevelt ended his career by earning his first career Collegiate All-American honor by placing fourth on the high bar, turning to a mark of 8.600. Jackson won the event with a mark of 9.000.
Jackson won his third, and final, All-American honor on the vault, where he placed second with a mark of 9.375. Fellow junior Matt Elson finished fourth on the event with a mark of 9.150.
The following is a listing of the USAG Collegiate All-Americans for each of the individual events.
Men’s Floor Exercise
1. Jamie Northrup (W&M) 9.000
2. Peter Langley (Navy) 8.850
3. Alan Palesko (W&M) 8.825
4. Scott Goff (Springfield) 8.775
5. Shawn Fournier (Springfield) 8.550
6. Kent Reichle (Air Force) 8.475
Pommel Horse
1. Greg Stine (Air Force) 8.550
2. Ben Peterman (Navy) 8.500
3. Aric Hines (Springfield) 8.450
4. Jamie Northrup (W&M)8.350
5T. Ian Anderson (Vermont) 8.100
5T. David Ridings (W&M) 8.100
Still Rings
1. Eric LaMorte (Suffolk)9.800
2T. Greg Stine (Air Force) 8.450
2T. Jeff Anderson (Air Force) 9.450
4. Curtis Haines (SCSU) 9.400
5. Josh Blackman (Navy) 9.300
6. Charles Portz (W&M) 9.075
Men’s Vault
1. Tim Goetz (Springfield) 9.400
2. Ramon Jackson (W&M) 9.375
3. Greg Stine (Air Force) 9.300
4. Matt Elson (W&M) 9.150
5. Paris Gianola-Bland (Arizona State) 9.075
6. Nelson Jiminez (Springfield) 9.025
Men’s Parallel Bars
1. Ramon Jackson (W&M) 9.500
2. Jeff Andersen (Air Force) 8.700
3. Curtis Haines (SCSU) 8.550
4T. Paris Gianola-Bland (Arizona State) 8.500
4T. Stephen Douglass (W&M) 8.500
6. Peter Langley (Navy) 8.475
Men’s Horizontal Bars
1. Ramon Jackson (W&M) 9.000
2. Josh Blackman (Navy) 8.800
3. Greg Stine (Air Force) 8.700
4. Matt Roosevelt (W&M) 8.600
5. Peter Langley (Navy) 8.575
6. Sam Moore (Arizona State) 8.550
Senior Athletes of the Year
Men’s Varsity Division: Jamie Northrup, William & Mary
USAG Men’s Varsity Coach of the Year
Cliff Gauthier, William & Mary
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