Army Wins ECAC/EIGL Alpha Factor Men's Gymnastics Team Championship
Team ResultsIndividual Results
Saturday's Individual Event Results
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 25 – University of Illinois-Chicago junior Eric Novick (Colonia, N.J.) won the all-round championship, while Army won the team championship on the first day of action at the ECAC/EIGL Alpha Factor Men’s Gymnastics Championships, hosted by Springfield College.
Army totaled 214.025 points, followed by Temple University (210.975) and William & Mary (210.350) to round out the top-three teams of the eight-team field. Host Springfield compiled 201.200 points for a sixth-place showing.
Novick totaled 52.450 points to win the all-around title, including a fifth-place effort on rings (9.25) and a sixth-place showing in pommel horse (8.950)
UIC senior Neil Faustino (Stockton, Calif.) finished first in the vault (9.525) and the floor exercise (9.050) while taking third in rings (9.60), as Temple freshman Luke Vexler (Amherst, Mass.) won the pommel horse (9.40) and tied for fourth in the floor exercise (8.925).
Springfield senior Nelson Jimenez (Salem, N.H.) finished second in vault (9.350) to qualify for Saturday’s event finals, which start at 3:00 p.m. The top-eight finishers in each individual event qualify for Saturday’s event finals.
ECAC/EIGL Alpha Factor Men’s Gymnastics Championships
Hosted by Springfield College
Team Results:
1) Army 214.025; 2) Temple 210.975; 3) William & Mary 210.350; 4) Ill.-Chicago 209.500; 5) Navy 202.250; 6) Springfield 201.200; 7) James Madison 191.400; 8) MIT 180.350.
Individual Event Finalists High Bar
1. Sterling Kramer - Temple 9.050
2. Tim Morrison - UIC 8.95
3. Joe Baumann - Army 8.9
4T. Jose David Ramos - Temple 8.850
4T. David Locke - William & Mary 8.850
6T. Brian Lee - Army 8.650
6T. Andrew Hunt - William & Mary 8.650
8T. Mike Oliveira - Army 8.6
8T. Steve Douglass - William & Mary 8.6
Vault
1. Neil Faustino - UIC 9.525
2T. Nelson Jimenez - Springfield 9.35
2T. Mike Assenmacher - Army 9.35
4. Kyle Welsh - Army 9.3
5. Jose David Ramos - Temple 9.2
6T. Mattt Elson - William & Mary 9.15
6T. Owen Nicholls - William & Mary 9.15
8T. Eric Novick - UIC 9.1
8T. Brandon Whitten - Army 9.1
8T. Nyika White - Temple 9.1
Parallel Bars
1. Ramon Jackson - William & Mary 9.3
2. Mike Oliveira - Army 9.00
3. Brian Lee - Army 8.850
4. Jose David Ramos - Temple 8.8
5T. Mike Tiffany - Army 8.7
5T. Eliot Proctor - Army 8.7
7. Eric Novick - UIC 8.650
8. Steve Douglass - William & Mary 8.6
Still Rings
1. Nyika White - Temple 9.9
2. Brian Lee - Army 9.65
3. Neil Faustino - UIC 9.6
4. Sean Blackman - Navy 9.55
5. Eric Novick - UIC 9.25
6T. Josh Blackman - Navy 9.225
6T. Jeff Jaekle - William & Mary 9.225
8. Nick Stavros - UIC 9.2
Pommel Horse
1T. Luke Vexler - Temple 9.4
1T. Nick Stavros - UIC 9.4
3. Kevin Ryan - Army 9.3
4T. Ben Peterman - Navy 9.1
4T. Sterling Kramer - Temple 9.1
6. Eric Novick - UIC 8.95
7. Brandon Whitten - Army 8.8
8. Brian Lee - Army 8.7
Floor Exercise
1T. Neil Faustino - UIC 9.050
1T. Eliot Proctor - Army 9.050
3. David Locke - William & Mary 8.950
4T. Luke Vexler - Temple 8.925
4T. Mike Assenmacher - Army 8.925
6. Josh Blackman - Navy 8.875
7. Andy Krueger - UIC 8.850
8. Mike Oliveira - Army 8.825
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