Air Force Finishes Second At Cal-Berkeley
2/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 24, 2003
The Air Force men's gymnastics team finished second in a triangular meet Saturday evening at Cal-Berkeley with Cal and UC San Santa Barbara. The Falcons finished with a team score of 199.450 behind hosts California (213.850) and just ahead of UCSB (194.000).
Senior team captain Aaron Jackson led Air Force with a 51.625 for third place in the all-around. Junior Jeff Andersen took sixth with a 49.500. Jackson and Andersen tied with each other for fourth on parallel bars with a score of 8.400. Junior Mike Berry finished eighth (8.250).
On horizontal bar, Berry took fifth for the top Air Force spot with an 8.250. Jackson finished second on still rings with a 9.000, followed by Andersen and junior Julian Benton who tied for sixth (8.400). Jackson also took third on vault (9.125) and floor exercise (9.050). Berry finished eighth on floor with an 8.525. Jackson was also the top finisher on pommel horse for the Falcons with a score of 8.200.
Air Force returns to action when the team travels to Chicago to face Illinois-Chicago Friday, Feb. 28, March 2. The Falcons return March 7 to host Army in an inter-service meet in the Cadet Gymnasium's West Gym.
TEAM SCORESCalifornia- 213.850Air Force - 199.450UCSB - 194.000
FLOORGraham Ackerman (Cal) 9.500David Eaton (Cal) 9.100Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 9.050Alan Parsons (Cal) 8.900Cody Moore (Cal) 8.650
HORSEDavid Eaton (Cal) 9.600Michael Ashe (Cal) 9.150Graham Ackerman (Cal) 8.550Jay Yee (Cal) 8.350Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 8.200
RINGSAaron Floyd (Cal) 9.200Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 9.000Cody Moore (Cal) 8.850Michael Ashe (Cal) 8.700David Eaton (Cal) 8.650
VAULTGraham Ackerman (Cal) 9.500Donald Mahr (UCSB) 9.150Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 9.125David Eaton (Cal) 9.100Israel Alatriste 9.000
P-BARSGraham Ackerman (Cal) 8.750Shawn Mowry (Cal) 8.600Chris Rodriguez (Cal) 8.500Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 8.400Jeff Anderson (A.F.) 8.400
H-BARDavid Eaton (Cal) 9.650Cody Moore (Cal) 9.450Graham Ackerman (Cal) 8.700Aaron Floyd (Cal) 8.350Mike Berry (A.F.) 8.250
A-ADavid Eaton (Cal) 54.250Cody Moore (Cal) 51.875Aaron Jackson (A.F.) 51.625Donald Mahr (UCSB) 50.100Israel Alatriste (UCSB) 49.500