Gymnastics Claims Fourth-Place Finish at ECAC Championships; Lands Four on All-ECAC First Team

Saturday, April 1

Annapolis, MD.

2:00 PM

Army West Point

ECAC Championships

Gymnastics Claims Fourth-Place Finish at ECAC Championships; Lands Four on All-ECAC First Team

April 01, 2023 | Men's Gymnastics

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Army West Point Gymnastics took home fourth-place with a team score of 377.65 at the ECAC Championships hosted at Navy's Halsey Field House Facility on Saturday afternoon.

Army saw four named to the All-ECAC First Team following the meet, including Gabe Almeida, Patrick Armstrong, Joseph Buselmeier and Johnathan Pinc.

Maddox Pabellon was named ECAC Rookie of the Year and Specialist of the Year following the meet, while Caleb Churchill earned ECAC Most Imrpoved Gymnast honors for the season.

Armstrong was runner-up on still rings leading the Cadets to a first-place team finish for Army, headlining the Black Knights' performance at the ECAC Championships.

Armstrong's 13.55 on the rings was just shy of his career mark of 13.6 in placing second in that event behind William & Mary's Christian Marsh, who claimed the individual title with his score of 13.7. Joseph Buselmeier turned in a 13.3 to place fifth as Army claimed the team title with a 64.70 composite, their second highest score of the season. Buselmeier earned All-ECAC honors on still rings, parallel bars and the all-around.

Gabe Almeida and Johnathan Pinc finished among the leaders placing third on pommel horse (13.25) and vault (14.25), respectively. Pinc's number was his second highest score of the season as both landed on the All-ECAC team.

Posting Army's highest scores in the other team events was Almeida on floor exercise (13.1), Buselmeier (parallel bars, 13.45) with Zachary Perez on high bar (12.55).

Top-seeded Navy captured four of the six team events walking off with the championship trophy after besting the field with a score of 395.65.

Springfield College (386.85) edged William & Mary (384.25) for runner-up honors followed by Army (377.65), Greenville (377.25) and Simpson College (346.85).

FULL RESULTS

ECAC Awards
Gymnast of the Year: Dominic Ramalho, Springfield
Specialist of the Year: Maddox Pabellon, Army
Rookie of the Year: Maddox Pabellon, Army
Most Improved Gymnast: Caleb Churchill, Army
Assistant Coach of the Year: Springfield Coaching Staff
Coach of the Year: Kip Simons, Navy

All-ECAC Floor Exercise Team
Isaiah Drake, Navy
Connor Van Loo, Navy
Syam Buradagunta, Navy
Ian Dinmore, Navy
Jakarie Williams, Springfield
Dominic Romalho, Springfield
Caleb Hickey, Navy

All-ECAC Pommel Horse Team
Ronan McQuillan, Navy
Syam Buradagunta, Navy
Gabe Almeida, Army
Sam Smith, William & Mary
Koby Cantu, Greenville
Major Bain, Greenville
Jacob Foster, Greenville

All-ECAC Rings Team
Christian Marsh, William & Mary
Patrick Armstrong, Army
David Handron, Springfield
Isaiah Drake, Navy
Joseph Buselmeier, Army
Ricky Mays, Greenville
Dominic Ramalho, Springfield

All-ECAC Vault Team
Trenton Peazant, William & Mary
Ricky Mays, Greenville
Johnathan Pinc, Army
Syam Buradagunta, Navy
Andrae Butler, Springfield
Evan Sikra, William & Mary
Dominic Ramalho, Springfield
Isaiah Drake, Navy
Matthew Petros, Navy

All-ECAC Parallel Bars Team
Isaiah Drake, Navy
Vishal Mandava, Navy
Dominic Ramalho, Springfield
Sam Kaplan, Springfield
Matthew Petros, Navy
Joseph Buselmeier, Army

All-ECAC High Bar Team
Giovanni Gambatese,Navy
Owen Carney, Springfield
Caleb Hickey, Navy
Matthew Petros, Navy
Riley Rose, Navy
Sabastian Gordon, Navy

All-ECAC All-Around Team
Isaiah Drake, Navy
Dominic Ramalho, Springfield
Sam Kaplan, Springfield
Aiden Cuy, William & Mary
Mark Fu, William & Mary
Joseph Buselmeier, Army

The Black Knights will return for the NCAA Championships on Apr. 14-15 hosted by Penn State University.