Tribe Men’s Gymnasts Open Season at Navy

W&M Places Second at Tri-Meet

01/13/07 6:00PM

Annapolis, Md. - The College of William and Mary’s men’s gymnastics squad opened its 2007 season in a tri-meet at the Naval Academy by placing second with a team score of 186.65 on Saturday afternoon.

The hosting Midshipmen posted the afternoon’s top score, compling a six-event total of 194.05, while James Madison finished third with a score of 159.250. The College now sits at 1-1 on the year.

As a team, the College posted meet high scores on both the vault (32.85) and the parallel bars (30.30). The Naval Academy took the remaining four apparatus as a team.

Individually, junior Andrew Hunt (Upper Black Eddy, PA) posted the College’s only first place performance at the event, as his mark of 8.45 paced the field. Hunt turned in a solid effort on the high bar, placing fourth with a mark of 8.05.

Promising sophomores, James Prim (Hendersonville, NC) and Sloan Crawford (Burlington, Ontario) each grabbed silver on the afternoon, as Prim was the runner-up on the rings with a mark of 8.35; while Crawford flipped to a second-place mark of 8.55 on the floor exercise.

Junior all-arounder Aaron Ingram (Paxton, Mass.) had a pair of fourth-place efforts, as he posted a 7.7 on the pommel horse and a 8.15 on the ring event. Crawford rounded out a very good season debut by also placing fourth on the vault with a mark of 8.8.

Freshman Derek Gygax (Stevensville, Md.) turned in a solid fourth-place effort on the pommel horse in his first career performance.

The Tribe will be back in action next Sunday, as it travels to Temple University to compete against the Owls, national power Penn State University and James Madison.