TEMPLE MEN'S GYMNASTICS PLACES SIXTH IN FIRST SESSION OF NCAA QUALIFYING COMPETITION

The Temple University men's gymnastics team, ranked 11th nationally, placed sixth with a 204.300 team score in session I of the NCAA qaulifying competition on Thursday, April 4, 2002, in Norman Oklahoma. The top three teams from the afternoon (session I) and evening (session II) competitions advance to the NCAA Championships, April 5-6 in Norman.

Ohio State (215.375), Michigan (214.075) and Stanford (214.000) advanced from the afternoon competition. Oklahoma, Penn State, California, Iowa, UMASS and William & Mary compete during the evening session.

Individual competitors can advance to event finals dependant upon qualification in preliminary competition. Temple's top event finisher during the afternoon session was Theo Maes, who tied for fourth place with a 9.200 score on vault.

TEMPLE'S TOP 20 FINISHERS (SESSION I)

Floor Exercise:

17T, Richie Maguire, 8.800

17T, Theodore Maes, 8.800

Horizontal Bar:

19T, Richie Maguire, 8.550

Parallel Bars:

13T, Travis Kitchen, 8.600

18, Alex Weber, 8.425

Pommel Horse:

16, Alex Weber, 8.750

Rings:

11, Nyika White, 8.850

12T, Richie Maguire, 8.800

12T, Adam Courtney, 8.800

Vault:

4T, Theodore Maes, 9.200

16T, Nyika White, 9.000

All-Around:

12, Alex Weber, 49.200

Temple University Athletics

TEMPLE MEN'S GYMNASTICS PLACES SIXTH IN FIRST SESSION OF NCAA QUALIFYING COMPETITION

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