Black Knights Edged by Air Force

Friday, January 26

West Point, NY

6 PM

Army West Point

394.750

394.150

Air Force

Black Knights Edged by Air Force

January 26, 2018 | Men's Gymnastics

RESULTS

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The No. 12 Army West Point gymnastics team was edged by No. 10 Air Force Friday night by 0.600 points, 394.750-394.150.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MEET NOTES

Cole Casanova was the highest scorer at the meet accumulating 65.850 points in five events
Nathan Goff (65.650) and Elliott Herman (53.050) followed suit for the Black Knights' best performers.
Ryan Wilson won the vault tonight with a mark of 14.100. Only one other competitor scored over a 14.000.
The team's score of 394.150 is a season-high and is just shy of the program's top-three.
The Black Knights' 65.800 on high bar ranks third-best in program history under the current scoring regulations.
Army notched a 65.200 on parallel bars to fall 0.100 behind a top-three mark in the category as well.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Herman was the Cadets' top competitor on floor exercise with a 13.550 to place second overall.
Seth Cannon and Nick McAfee tied for sixth in the event with 13.000 marks.
Casanova led the way on pommel horse turning out a 13.350 which was second in the meet.
Goff tied for fourth at 12.800.
On the rings, it was Herman again in second place (13.250) coming shy of Air Force's Fletcher Braunton (13.700) who ranks second nationally in the event.
Wilson captured first on vault tying his season-high mark of 14.100. Alejandro Tombrink placed third at 13.900 also tying his season-high.
McAfee landed in the second-place slot on parallel bars with a season-high 13.800, 0.450 higher than his next-best score.
Herman tied for fourth in the event at 13.250, a personal best for the year.
On the high bar, Goff tied for second with a mark of 13.800, a season-best for the senior.
Tombrink was fourth in the event as Army's second-best finisher with scores of 13.300.