Falcons Head to All-Academy Championships

The Air Force men's gymnastics team returns to action this Saturday (Feb. 13), when it travels to West Point, N.Y., for the 2021 All-Academy Championships. The annual meet, which features the Falcons and their service academy counterparts from Army West Point and Navy, will begin at 1:00 p.m. (ET) at the USMA Gross Center.

MEET INFORMATION
The All-Academy Championships will be streamed live on the Army gymnastics Facebook page.

LET'S MEET THE FIELD
It will be the first in-person meet of the year for both Army West Point and Navy, as the two schools started the season with virtual meets. Army West Point, 0-3 on the year, is ranked fifth in the national standings with a three-score average of 367.283, while Navy (0-1), like Air Force, does not have enough meets to qualify for the national (three-score) rankings. One member of the Black Knights' squad is listed among the NCAA top 10, as Matthew Martin is tied for sixth on the pommel horse with a National Qualifying Average of 13.200.

AIR FORCE IN THE RANKINGS
With a two-meet mark of 379.250, Air Force holds the 11th-best average in the nation – and will enter the three-score rankings following this weekend's meet.

LAST TIME OUT ...
Allen Shadan and Garrett Braunton combined to lead the Falcons in four events during a dual meet against top-ranked Oklahoma on Jan. 23. The pair picked up fifth-place finishes on the parallel bars (13.500) and high bar (13.200), respectively, while Shaden equaled his personal-best of 13.30 to tie for sixth on the still rings and Braunton posted a career-high of 14.100 – the 15th-best mark in Academy history – to earn the same placement on the vault.

WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THE FALCONS
Select Falcons head to Indianapolis, Ind., for the Winter Cup Challenge over the Feb 26-28 weekend, while the rest of the team is off from competition until Saturday, March 13, for a conference dual meet at California.

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