Tim Wang Earns National Gymnast of the Week Award
3/31/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
March 31, 2016
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Air Force junior Tim Wang was named the Collegiate Gymnastics Association's National Gymnast of the Week, the CGA announced today (March 31). Wang, who was named the conference's weekly award on Tuesday, has now claimed the national award three times in his career.
The junior shared the March 31 award with Temple's Jacob Welsh, who received the Club Division honor. The weekly CGA awards are selected by a panel of active collegiate coaches, CGA Honorary Lifetime Members and coaches from major club programs.
Backed by team-leading marks on the floor exercise (14.850), pommel horse (15.550), still rings (14.450) and parallel bars (14.500), Wang scored a season-high 88.150 – the second-highest total in Academy history – to win the all-around on Friday, March 25. He added a career-best high bar score of 14.900 during the team finals to move into 12th on the Academy's all-time list and help the Falcons to a season-high team total of 73.500 on that event.
The native of Riverside, Calif., won the pommel horse during the individual event finals on Saturday, March 26, after collecting a score of 15.400. Wang bettered the eight-finalist field by 0.650 points to repeat as the USAG champion on that event and claim the Falcons' fifth pommel horse title in six years. In addition to the pommel horse and all-around, he also garnered USAG All-America honors on the parallel bars (14.300) and high bar (14.425) after finishing second in both events.
Wang and the 11th-ranked Falcons travel to Palo Alto, Calif., on Saturday, April 2, for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at 4:00 p.m. (PT).
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