Air Force Chalks Up Record Meet
March 19, 2013
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#10 AIR FORCE became just the eighth team in the nation to break the 430-point mark, as the Academy compiled a program record 431.250 in the dual win over Washington. Two individual records and four team marks fell, including the 4.2-point improvement in the overall team score. Nick Gaudlip set an Academy record on high bar (15.050), while Gared Chapman broke his own program standard on vault (15.350). The Falcons set team records on floor (75.100), vault (73.400) and high bar (71.000), en route to the overall record score (431.250). Gaudlip also led the Falcons with three titles, while Tory Brown added two and Gared Chapman had one in the 425.450-398.500 dual victory over Temple. Gaudlip scored a career-best 14.000 to win pommel horse, and a personal-best 14.750 to win parallel bars. He also tied for first on high bar (14.150). Brown won floor (14.900), and vault (14.750), while Chapman won still rings (15.450) - the sixth-best score in Academy history.
#8 CALIFORNIA took down defending national champion and No. 6 Illinois to end the regular season, 427.000-425.650. Takahiro Kawada posted the winning pommel horse (15.150). The Cal still rings team set a season-high of 72.150, led by Steven Lacombe's first-place 15.150. Lacombe and Kyle Zemeir shared the vault title (15.050), while John Liu claimed the parallel bars and Kevin Wolting the top all-around (84.200).
#2 OKLAHOMA Chris Stehl posted a season-high-tying 15.500 on still rings to lead the No. 3 Sooners to a 432.100-431.250 upset win at No. 2 Michigan, Mar. 9. With the Sooners down by 6.050 points after the third rotation, Stehl and the OU rings team scored a 74.700 on the fourth event, which cut the deficit by three points, nearly in half. No. 2 Oklahoma hosts No. 5 Ohio State Saturday (Mar. 23) to close the regular season.
#4 STANFORD tallied a season-high 438.600 at Army on Mar. 9, backed by Eddie Penev's season-high and fourth winning all-around (89.100). He also won his fourth floor title (16.050), and had career-bests on horse (14.700) and high bar (14.800). John Martin recorded the highest Stanford horse score of 2013 (15.100), and Paul Hichwa claimed high bar on a career-high (15.300). Stanford outscored the host Army and Springfield in all six events.
NICK GUADLIP MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Air Force sophomore Nick Guadlip (Colorado Springs, CO) won pommel horse (career-best 14.000) and parallel bars (career-best 14.750), while tying for first on high bar (14.150) against No. 13 Temple. He was also second on floor (14.700). Gaudlip then set an Academy record with another winning high bar (15.050), as the Falcons scored a program record total of 431.250 in a win over No. 19 Washington. Gaudlip became the first Air Force gymnast to break the 15-point mark on that event. He also placed second on floor (career-best 15.150) and third on p-bars (14.300), helping the Falcons to new team records on floor, vault, high bar and overall score.