Springfield College has a long and rich gymnastics tradition, which dates back to 1891. Today, the Pride is one of the top squads in the Northeast, winning four of the last six New England Championship titles. Springfield will also host its 99th annual Home Show, a performance unique to the gymnastics world, at Blake Arena on campus in 2008.
At the 2007 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships, hosted by Springfield College (Mar. 28-29), three SC gymnasts received All-American honors a total of five times. They included freshman Josh Fox, who finished 4th in the All-Around, 4th in the high bar, and 6th in the floor exercise; Andrew Kelly, who finished sixth in the parallel bars; and Matt Tocchio, who finished 6th in the pommel horse. At the NCAA Division I Championships at Stanford University, Fox also placed 25th in the floor exercise. As a team in 2008, Springfield placed 2nd in the New England's, 4th in the USAG's, and 5th in the ECAC's. Springfield also defeated Army for the first time in 26 years in a tri-meet that included MIT.
At the 2006 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships, Andrew Malaby ‘06 earned All-American status for his performance on the still rings and the vault. Donny Eckhart ‘06 received All-American status for his performance on the parallel bars. At the same meet in 2007, Keith Stumpf earned All-American honors by finishing fourth in the vault.
Head coach Steve Posner has coached numerous All-Americans (128 all told) in his 26 seasons at Springfield College. He led the Pride to three straight USA Gymnastics national championships from 1991 to 1993. In 2007, Coach Posner won the coveted CGA Coaches Honor Award for his 25 years of meritorious service to collegiate gymnastics. And in 2008, he was named the NACGC East Region Coach of the Year.
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