OWLS FINISH SECOND IN QUAD MEET HOME OPENER

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple men's gymnastics team posted a 198.600 score to finish second behind No. 4 Stanford, which had a 211.750 total, Saturday evening in a quad meet at McGonigle Hall. The 15th-ranked Owls placed ahead of Springfield (3rd, 178.750) and M.I.T. (4th, 175.450) to improve their record to 7-6.

Temple won the pommel horse with a 32.300 total behind sophomore Luke Vexler, who captured the event title with an 8.400 score. Freshman John Vogtman also performed well on the apparatus, finishing second with an 8.350. In addition, Vexler paced the Owls on floor exercise (2nd, 9.200) and horizontal bar (5th, 8.150), while Vogtman was the team's top competitor on rings (6th, 8.300).

Sophomores Alex Gorski and Sterling Kramer also had impressive showings for the Cherry & White. Gorski posted a 9.000 on vault to place fourth in the event, while Kramer had an 8.500 on parallel bars to earn third.

Vexler and Kramer both performed all-around, finishing third and fourth, respectively, with 50.000 and 48.050 totals. Kramer currently ranks 13th nationally all-around.

Stanford sophomore David Sender, the nation's second ranked all-arounder, won the floor exercise (9.650), vault (9.350) and parallel bars (9.150) en route to the all-around crown with a 52.100. The Cardinal won five of six team events.

Temple, under the direction of 30th-year head coach Fred Turoff, returns to action next weekend at the Pacific Coast Collegiate Classic at the Oakland (Calif.) Convention Center.

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OWLS FINISH SECOND IN QUAD MEET HOME OPENER

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