Temple University Athletics
OWLS SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE IN QUALIFYING ROUND OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
4.7.06 | Men's Gymnastics
PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple men's gymnastics team placed sixth with a 196.925 score in session II of the qualifying round of the NCAA Championships Thursday evening in Norman, Oklahoma. The host Sooners (217.225),
The Owls had many fine performances Thursday night, but did not have any individuals advance. Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, advanced from each qualifying session to the finals.
Sophomores Sterling Kramer and Luke Vexler fell just short of qualifying as all-arounders, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively. Kramer posted a 49.350 total and Vexler accumulated a 48.850 score.
Junior Clay Stewart was
Four Owls concluded the regular season ranked among the nation's top 20, as the Owls finished third at the ECAC Championships on March 25. Vexler, the 2006 ECAC floor exercise champion, is the country's 12th rated (9.230) performer in the floor exercise and 14th-rated all-around (49.870) competitor. Kramer, the 2006 ECAC all-around champion, is ranked 18th all-around (48.950). Vogtman, the 2006 ECAC Co-Rookie of the Year is ranked 18th (8.490) on pommel horse and Stewart is the nation's 14th rated (9.150) student-athlete in the floor exercise.
