Air Force Academy
All-Academies
Air Force Captures Sixth Straight All-Academy Title
2/13/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 13, 2016
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Backed by three Academy records, the 11th-ranked Air Force men's gymnastics team captured their sixth straight All-Academy title this evening (Feb. 13) in Atlanta, during the annual triangular championship between the three service academies.
Recording a season-high team score of 427.350 - the eighth-highest total in Air Force history - the Falcons easily defeated their counterparts from 12th-ranked Navy (424.100) and 13th-ranked Army West Point (422.850).
Junior Tim Wang recorded an Academy-record score of 15.650 to win the pommel horse, while classmate Chase Cannon finished first on the high bar with a program-best score of 15.450. Wang's score is tied for the highest in the nation this season, while Cannon's mark is ranked second.
In addition to his victory on the pommel horse, Wang also earned first-place honors on the still rings with a score of 14.500. In all, the Falcons accounted for the top score on five of the six events, as freshman Christian Kalustian won the floor exercise with a career-best tally of 15.300 and junior Aaron Nubine scored a 14.750 to win the vault.
Kalustian, whose 15.300 is the third-highest floor score in Air Force history, paced the Falcons to a new event record total of 75.600 -- an overall improvement of one-half point -- and was one of five Falcons to reach the 15-point barrier. Classmate Ryan Girouard scored a career-high 15.250 -- the program's fourth-highest individual score -- to tie for second, while Nubine tied for fifth with a season-best mark of 15.050. Freshmen Jonah Urlaub and Eric Klein tied for seventh with matching career-high scores of 15.000 -- the ninth-highest tallies in program history.
With a third-place score of 13.900, Arinn Wade was the Falcons' top finisher on the parallel bars, while Urlaub and Kalustian tied for fourth with matching marks of 13.850 (career-high for Urlaub). Sophomore Fletcher Braunton finished third on the still rings with a tally of 14.300, while Urlaub added top-five finishes on the vault (career-high 14.450, fifth) and in the all-around (career-high 83.100).
Air Force is off from team competition next weekend (Feb. 18-20), while select gymnasts travel to Las Vegas for the annual Winter Cup Challenge.
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