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Goetz's National Championship Leads Men's Gymnastics At USAG Championships
Complete ResultsDENTON, Texas, April 10, 2004 - Springfield College senior Tim Goetz (South Plainfield, N.J.) was named the national vault champion and finished fifth in the all-around competition to garner two of the Pride's six All-America honors at the USAG Collegiate Championships hosted by Texas Women's University on Saturday.
Goetz totaled 51.075 points in the all-around on Friday night to earn his first All-America honor of the meet. The top-seven finishers in each individual event in Friday's team competition advanced to Saturday's event finals. SC finished fourth with 202.300 points.
Goetz registered a 9.400 to win the vault, and added a 8.350 on the parallel bars to finish seventh.
Other All-America performances for the Pride included a third-place effort by sophomore Aric Hines (Greensboro, N.C.) on the pommel horse (8.450); a fourth-place finish by freshman Scott Goff (Syracuse, N.Y.) in the floor exercise (8.775); a fifth-place showing by sophomore Shawn Fournier (Lewiston, Maine) in the floor exercise (8.550), and a sixth place performance by junior Nelson Jimenez (Salem, N.H.) on the vault (9.025).
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Head Coach Steve Posner
Entering his 30th season as head men's gymnastics coach, Dr. Steve Posner is recognized as one of the most outstanding gymnastics coaches in the East. Posner, who has coached 145 All-Americans and 21 National Champions, led the Pride to another successful season in 2011. He has been named the NACGA Eastern Region Coach of the Year in two of the past three years. His latest book, published in 2008 and entitled "Coaching Leadership Handbook -- Instilling Values and Character through Sport," is available on Amazon.com.Read more.
