Army Gymnastics Makes History at NCAA Championship with Highest Team Finish

Friday, April 17

Champaign, Ill.

8:00 p.m.

Army West Point

NCAA Championships

Army West Point Gymnastics Poses for a Picture during the NCAA Championship Meet on April 17, 2026

Army Gymnastics Makes History at NCAA Championship with Highest Team Finish

April 18, 2026 | Men's Gymnastics

Meet Score: NCAA Qualfiers Meet Score: NCAA Finals

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Army West Point gymnastics made history on Friday night securing the team's highest ever finish at the NCAA Championship meet with a 308.593, which was good enough for ninth place. The Black Knights also qualified five individual finalists across five disciplines for the NCAA Championship finals. Three Black Knights earned top 20 finishes in their respective events in the finals: Thomas Morrow (14^th), Jake Prabhakaran (12^th), Parallel Bars (17^th), Horizontal Bar (15^th ).

The Black Knights competed in the second session of the NCAA meet with eventual National Champion Stanford, Third Place Finisher Michigan, Illinois, Penn State and Navy. In the NCAA championship format, each team has four competitors per event with all four scores counting towards the team score and the highest non-team qualifying athletes advance to the final with the opportunity to take home All-American status with a top 8 finish in the NCAA Championship final.

Army collected the third best score on the horizontal bar of all the teams in their session with a 51.322, the second highest team score on the apparatus of the season.

Starting on the Floor Exercise, the Black Knights highest finisher was freshman Thomas Morrow, who recorded a 13.600. Morrow qualified as an individual for the NCAA Championship Final. In the Finals, Morrow bested his score from the night before with a 13.633, which was good enough for 14^th overall. The ECAC Rookie of the Year was the third highest finisher from a non-qualifying school.

In the Pommel Horse, sophomore Jake Prabhakaran had a career meet in the NCAA Championship qualifiers tying a career high on the apparatus with a 13.700. Prabhakaran was the highest finisher for the Black Knights and the second highest non-qualifying team qualifier with a fifth-place finish. In Saturday's final, he collected a 13.466 which was good enough for 12^th place, the highest of any Black Knight in the final meet.

On the third event, the Still Rings, Jaden Blank was the highest finisher for the Black Knights with a 12.600, earning 15^th place at the NCAA Qualifier. On the Vault, the Black Knights qualified two gymnasts to the Finals, Nick Lester and Felipe Junqueira. Lester recorded a 13.800, while Junqueira earned a 13.600. In the Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar, Cash Johnston qualified on both events to the NCAA final round. He scored a 13.266 on the Parallel Bars and recorded a new career high on the Horizontal bar with a 13.500. Johnston finished in 10^th and eighth on each of the apparatus' in the qualifying meet. In the finals, he scored a 13.400 (17^th) on the Parallel Bars and 13.400 (15^th) on the Horizontal Bar.

Rank	Team Name	NCAA Final	NCAA	NQA	Ave.	High
1	Stanford	329.825	327.992	322.988	323.517	327.200
2	Oklahoma	328.495	322.825	328.150	326.838	332.100
3.	Michigan	324.857	324.623	324.250	321.217	330.400
4.	Nebraska	324.662	320.059	320.963	319.517	325.650
5.	Illinois	322.224	319.658	315.075	313.056	319.350
6.	Ohio State	316.093	320.294	317.863	317.722	326.550
7.	California	---	312.026	314.913	312.900	317.750
8.	Penn State	---	311.357	315.375	314.556	317.650
9.	Army	---	308.593	309.963	306.689	314.800
10.	Greenville	---	307.059	311.325	308.030	314.350
11.	Navy	---	306.726	310.850	309.445	314.750
12.	Springfield	---	306.426	308.500	306.180	310.550
13.	William & Mary	---	---	307.913	303.067	310.850
14.	Air Force	---	---	306.425	305.850	310.100
15.	Simpson	---	---	300.938	298.239	303.200