Air Force Academy
Army West Point
Air Force Drops Dual Meet To Army West Point
1/29/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 29, 2016
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Three gymnasts earned event titles, but a young Air Force men's gymnastics team dropped a 422.650-417.000 decision to service academy rival Army West Point this evening (Jan. 29) in New York. The loss snapped the Falcons' eight-meet win streak over the Black Knights in duals.
Senior Denis Aurelius and sophomore Fletcher Braunton picked up event titles on the vault (14.700) and still rings (14.650), respectively, while finishing within the top five on an additional event. Aurelius placed second to Braunton on the rings with a tally of 14.600, while Braunton finished fifth on the pommel horse with a 13.650. With a season-high score of 14.300 on the parallel bars, sophomore Jonathon Fornoff rounded out the Falcons' trio of event winners, as he bettered the field by nearly a half point.
In his only event of the night, junior Tim Wang scored a 14.650 to finish second on the pommel horse, while sophomore Arinn Wade picked up third-place finishes on the still rings (season-high 14.300), parallel bars (13.850) and high bar (14.100).
The Falcons' lineup included a season-high 22 routines completed by members of the freshmen class, with four gymnasts combining for six top-five finishes. Jonah Urlaub, who tallied an 81.950 in his all-around debut, matched his career-high of 13.650 to finish fourth on the parallel bars, while Lukas Texeira earned the same placement on the vault with a career-high 14.500 and tied for fifth on the high bar with a 14.000. Troy Mather tallied a career-high score of 14.300 to tie with Wade for third on the still rings, and Ryan Girouard registered a 14.300 to earn the Falcons' highest finish of the night on the floor exercise (fifth).
Air Force returns to the Academy next Saturday (Feb. 6), when it hosts Minnesota at 2:00 p.m.
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