March 30, 2008

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Navy gymnast Adam Stanton (Jr./Centennial, Colo.) won the pommel horse and earned All-America honors in two other events as the Midshipmen concluded action with the individual event finals at the USAG Collegiate Division Championship at Springfield's Blake Arena on Saturday night.

The Midshipmen, who won the team title on Friday evening, saw seven of their own earn USAG Collegiate Division All-America distinction for placing among the top-six gymnasts on Saturday.

Stanton, who topped the field on the pommel horse during the team competition of Friday, won the event with an impressive 14.6-point routine. The Navy senior placed second on the parallel bars with a season-best 14.85 and finished fourth on the still rings with a 14.0 from the judges.

Two Midshipmen came away with USAG Collegiate Division All-America recognition in two events on Saturday. Joseph Atzenbeck (Jr./Broomfield, Colo.) finished just behind Stanton on the pommel horse with a score of 14.5 and ranked third on the high bar with a 13.05. Dylan Parrott (Fr./Rockwell, N.C.) earned a 14.85 on the floor exercise to place second and finished third on the parallel bars with a season-high 14.8.

Isaac Olson (Sr./Spokane, Wash.) landed second on the high bar with 13.25-point mark from the judges. Brandon Cook (Sr./Longmont, Colo.) finished fifth on the floor exercise with a 14.2, while Christopher Tam (Sr./Draper, Utah) scored a 13.6 on the still rings to place fifth and Grant Waldron (Fr./Columbia, Md.) earned a fifth-place mark of 14.7 on the vault.

The Midshipmen will return to action next Friday through Saturday, when they head up to West Point, N.Y., for the ECAC Championship.