Four Falcons Qualify to NCAA Championships

April 3, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Four members of the Air Force men's gymnastics team were selected to participate at the 2007 National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships, the NCAA committee announced this afternoon (April 3) in Indianapolis, Ind. The Falcons will be represented by one all-around competitor and three individual event specialists.

The selection committee invited 12 teams to the championship meet. In addition, they chose six all-around competitors and six specialists for each event that were not on qualifying teams. The national qualifier will take place April 12 at Recreation Hall on Penn State's campus.

Junior Greg Stine (Houston, Texas) was selected to participate in the all-around. His qualifying score of 50.150, which is ranked 11th in the country, is the best score of the six individual participants.

Three other Falcons qualified to the national meet as event specialists. Sophomore Jacob Schonig (Los Gatos, Calif.) earned a berth in the still rings lineup, while junior Brian Boardman (Naperville, Ill.) earned a spot in the vault rotation and classmate Tyler Sickles (Burke, Va.) will compete on the high bar.

Schonig, who is in just his second year of gymnastics, has the second-best qualifying score in the six-participant field at 9.180. Boardman's vault mark of 8.110 is fifth, while Sickles' 8.450 qualifying average is ranked sixth.

With four participants, Air Force is sending the fourth-most athletes from programs not taking an entire squad. William and Mary leads the way with nine different athletes, while Illinois-Chicago and Navy are sending eight and seven gymnasts, respectively.

Players Mentioned

Brian Boardman

Jacob Schonig

Tyler Sickles

Greg Stine

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