Lou Burkel On Last Season's Results And Upcoming Season
9/4/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Sept. 4, 2003
The men's team qualified eight individuals (Jeff Andersen, Julian Benton, Mike Berry, Bill Hermann, team captain Aaron Jackson, Pat McAndrew, Brian Moore and Kent Reichle) to the NCAA Championships, including two in the all-around (Jackson and Andersen). Andersen (FX) and Jackson (V) were the first two Air Force gymnasts to advance to the second day of competition under the new NCAA format. Jackson was named winner of the Academy's Athletic Excellence Award and Most Valuable Gymnast Award.
The team finished second at the All-Academy Championships and defeated Navy both times they competed. The team also finished third at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships and Jackson was named Outstanding Senior Gymnast. He also earned USAG All-American honors in all-around, floor exercise, rings, vault and parallel bars. Andersen won USAG All-American honors in all-around, rings, vault and parallel bars. C3C Patrick McAndrew repeated as the winner of the team's High GPA Award and was named CGA Academic All America along with Jackson and C2C Noah Rich. C4C Brian Moore was voted winner of the Newcomer Award and Andersen was voted winner of the Most Improved Gymnast Award. Andersen and Mike Berry were voted team captains for the 2003-2004 season. The men's team finished second in the Winter Sports Team Excellence race.
2003 graduate and Second Lieutenant Bill Hermann is attending graduate school in meteorology at Texas A&M University. Second Lt. Aaron Jackson married his high school sweetheart (Beth Larsen) following graduation and is coaching AFA gymnastics and completing his introductory flight training before heading to Sheppard AFB, TX in January for undergraduate pilot training. We have seven new faces in the gym: Kurt Antonio (NM), Edwin Berry (CA), Josh Loeser (TX), Mark McNaughton (MA), Ryan Powell (CA), Ryan Stromstad (CA) and Kyle Volpe (CO). This gives us a total of 18 gymnasts training to be the best AFA team in history, including five seniors, three juniors, three sophomores and seven freshmen. All returning gymnasts have earned at least one varsity letter. Our schedule and roster are below. We hope to see you at all of our meets!
2004 Air Force Academy Men's Gymnastics Schedule
7 PM, Fri, 16 Jan HOME Rocky Mountain Open Team & All Around(AFA, Olympic Training Center, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona State, Washington)
1 PM, Sat, 17 Jan HOME Rocky Mountain Open Event Finals(Top 10 on each event from Friday competition)
7 PM, Fri, 23 Jan Away Oklahoma (Coed) in Norman, OK
7 PM, Fri, 30 Jan Away California in Berkeley, CA
Fr-Sa, 7-8 FebAway USA Gymnastics - Winter Cup in Las Vegas, NV(Individuals who qualify)
7 PM, Sat, 14 Feb Away Army & Navy in Houston, TX
6 PM Fri, 27 Feb Away Army in West Point, NY2 PM, Sun, 2 Mar Away Springfield College (& Navy) in Springfield, MA
7 PM, Fri, 5 Mar Home UIC1 PM, Sun, 9 Mar Home UIC & California
7 PM, Fri, 12 Mar Away Nebraska (& Oklahoma) in Lincoln, NE
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7 PM, Fri, 19 Mar MPSF Championships (Team & AA) @ Stanford7 PM, Sat, 20 Mar MPSF Championships (Event Finals) @ Stanford
Fri, 2 Apr NCAA Qualifier, University of IllinoisSat, 3 Apr NCAA Championships, Team & All Around FinalsSun, 4 Apr NCAA Championships, Event Finals
Fri, 9 Apr USAG Collegiate Championships, Team & AASat, 10 Apr USAG Collegiate Championships, Event Finals
2003 Men's Gymnastics Roster
NAME YR/CLASS SQDN HOMETOWN
C1C Jeff Andersen (Co-captain) SR/2004 CS-24 Marietta, GAC1C Mike Berry (Co-captain) SR/2004 CS-13 Houston, TXC1C Julian Benton SR/2004 CS-03 Houston, TXC1C Matt Joseph SR/2004 CS-14 Whitefish Bay, WIC1C Noah Rich SR/2004 CS-14 Ropesville, TX
C2C Randy Doyle JR/2005 CS-26 Lawrenceville, GAC2C Patrick McAndrew JR/2005 CS-23 Universal City, TXC2C Kent Reichle JR/2005 CS-16 Cambridge, MN
C3C Brian Moore SO/2006 CS-08 Cypress, TXC3C Eric Peele SO/2006 CS-05 Bethel, NC
C3C Greg Stine SO/2006 CS-29 Houston, TXC4C Kurt Antonio FR/2007 CS-19 Rio Rancho, NMC4C Edwin Berry FR/2007 CS-13 El Cajon, CAC4C Josh Loeser FR/2007 CS-04 Alvin, TXC4C Mark McNaughton FR/2007 CS-09 Stoneham, MAC4C Ryan Powell FR/2007 CS-18 Wildomar, CAC4C Ryan Stromstad FR/2007 CS-18 Corona, CAC4C Kyle Volpe FR/2007 CS-30 Boulder, CO
