Air Force Begins Season Hosting Rocky Mountain Open
1/9/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 9, 2007
The Air Force men's gymnastics team opens the 2007 season hosting the Rocky Mountain Open on Jan. 12-13 in the Academy's Cadet West Gym. The meet will feature
Weekly Release 01 - Rocky Mountain Open
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MEET INFORMATION
Friday's event will begin at 7 p.m., and feature the team competition, while the top 10 finishers from the team finals (with no more than three from each squad) will compete in Saturday's event finals at 1 p.m.
`ROUND AND `ROUND WE GO
Air Force will begin the evening on the floor exercise and following the rotation of pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to the Rocky Mountain Open will be $5 for adults and $2 for children. Tickets will be available for purchase 1½ hours before the start of the meet each day. There will be a special ticket price of $1 for groups. Please contact the ticket office at 719-472-1895 for information regarding group ticket sales.
RETURNING RMO CHAMPIONS
Last season,
HOME SWEET HOME?
The Falcons will be predominantly a road team this season, competing at the Academy only twice. In fact, Air Force will wrap up its home schedule just three meets into the season.
BRING IT
As a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Air Force will match up against several of the nation's top teams. Three of the league's programs are ranked amongst the top four in the nation*, including top-ranked
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN(S)
Senior Kurt Antonio and junior Brian Boardman were selected as captains for the 2007 squad. It is just the ninth time in the program's 51-year history that two gymnasts have shared the captaincy duties.
NEW FACES IN THE CROWD
Air Force adds a quartet of newcomers to the roster. Sophomore Liam Taylor will join freshmen Garrett Canter, Robert Durbin and Brennan Wolford on the Air Force squad.
WELCOME BACK
Greg Stine joins the Class of 2008, following a two-year LDS mission in
THE STAFF
The Falcons coaching staff will have a new look this season, as head coach Kip Simons added a pair of assistants to his staff. Olympian Brett McClure and former Air Force gymnast Lt. Col. Chuck Schweiss join the program as first-year assistant coaches. McClure was a member of the 2004 Olympic Team that won a silver medal in Athens, while Schweiss was a 1982 Academy grad and four-year letterwinner on the men's gymnastics team. Air Force will also receive assistance from Dave Mickelson, who is in his sixth season as a volunteer coach.
