Chase Cannon, Aaron Nubine Lead Air Force Over UIC

Feb. 28, 2016

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – Juniors Chase Cannon and Aaron Nubine each claimed three event titles this afternoon (Feb. 28), as the 11th-ranked Air Force men's gymnastics team completed a season sweep of 19th-ranked Illinois-Chicago. The Falcons, who earned a 403.400-375.200 victory over the visiting Flames, experimented with their lineup and saw many freshmen in the five-man rotation of each event.

In addition to a winning high bar routine (15.400) that was just 0.050 shy of his own Academy record, Cannon won the pommel horse (14.300) and parallel bars (13.800). Nubine, who tied for first on the vault (14.550) with freshman Jonah Urlaub, earned outright titles on the floor exercise (14.700) and still rings (14.600).

The juniors paced a line-up that saw 20 of its 21 remaining routines contested by first-year gymnasts.

In addition to his share of the vault title, Urlaub added top-three finishes on the still rings (14.300, second) and floor exercise (14.300, third). Sophomore Michael Graft, who missed his freshman season due to injury, finished third on the vault (14.500) and fourth on the parallel bars (13.400). Freshman Lukas Texeira also earned a pair of top-five marks on the day, as he finished second on the high bar (14.050) and fifth on the vault (13.800).

Fellow freshman Eric Klein finished fourth on the high bar with a score of 13.350, while classmates Troy Mather and Christian Kalustian finished fourth (14.100) and fifth (13.950), respectively, on the still rings. In his only event of the day, sophomore Arinn Wade returned to the high bar lineup and finished third with a score of 13.700.

Air Force closes out the home portion of its season next Saturday (March 5), when it hosts a pair of top-10 teams in No. 5 Illinois and No. 5 California. The Falcons will honor seniors Denis Aurelius and Josh Pyne during the triangular meet, which is slated to get underway at 4:00 p.m.

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