Temple University Athletics
Men's Gymnastics Lands First Place In UMass Open
12.8.99 | Men's Gymnastics
Philadelphia, Pa. (December 8) -- Temple brought home first place in last weekend's UMass Open on December 4th at the University of Massachusetts. The Owls finished with a 218.250 outscoring UMass (215.700), Army (208.300), Springfield (189.400), South COnnecticut (185.500), Vermont (183.150) and Daggetts (55.750).
Senior Mike Moran landed first place in the floor exercise (9.600), parallel bars (9.350), second on the horizontal bar (9.550) and second all-around (56.600). Newcomers freshmen Theo Maes and Richie Maguire tied for first place on the vault while Alex Weber finished 4th on the floor exercise (9.350), second on the pommel horse (9.650), sixth on the vault (9.400), fourth on the parallel bars (8.900), tenth on the horizontal bar (8.650) and fourth all around (54.800).
The Owls will compete on January 7-8 in the West Point Open meet at 7:00 p.m.
Individual Results: Floor Exercise: Mike Moran, 1st Alex Weber, 4th Rob Chacon, 10th Nick Veneziale, 19th Richie Maguire, 23rd Kevin hallinan, 28th Pommel Horse: Alex Weber, 2nd Jason Moresi, 5th Mike Moran, 6th Kevin Hallinan, 11th Rob Chacon, 12th Adam Owens, 13th Vault: Theo Maes, 1st Richie Maguire, 2ndT Mike Moran, 3rdT Alex Weber, 6th Rob Chacon, 8thT Kevin Hallinan, 10thT Parallel Bars: Mike Moran, 1st Alex Weber, 4th Richie Maguire, 5th Jason Moresi, 7thT Rob Chacon 12th Kevin Hallinan 14th Horizontal Bar: Mike Moran, 2nd Rob Chacon, 4th Alex Weber, 10th Kevin Hallinan, 11th Richie Maguire, 16th James Jackson, 26th All-Around: Mike Moran, 2nd Alex Weber, 4th Rob Chacon, 5th Kevin Hallinan, 10th Team Results: 1. Temple 218.250 2. UMass 215.700 3. Army 208.300 4. Springfield 189.400 5. So. Connecticut 185.500 6. Vermont 183.150 7. Daggetts 55.750
