Temple University Athletics
Saturday, January 21
2:00 p.m.
Temple University
at
Navy Open
Al-Rokh Leads Owls; Men's Gymnastics Dominates Season-Opening Meet
1.21.12 | Men's Gymnastics
Complete Results
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – First impressions certainly go a long way. Temple Men's Gymnastics took the top spot in their first meet of the season at the Navy Open with their first place score of 330.800, while senior Adam Al-Rokh scored 82.400 all-around for a first place finish among all competitors.
Temple put a large distance between itself and its competitors. Host school Navy finished with the closest score to the Owls, earning 309.800 points. Springfield placed third with a score of 308.000, which was ahead of William & Mary (307.900) and Brockport (204.800).
On Saturday afternoon, the Owls put their offseason hard work on display across the board.
The event opened with floor exercise, where the Owls put forth an indication of their success for the day.
Junior all-around Allan Malone put forth an impressive first place finish on the mat in floor exercise, with a score of 14.700.
Senior Chris Mooney and John Leonard finished just behind Malone, with scores of 14.600 and 14.500, respectively, in the event, allowing the Owls to take the top three spots in the event.
Zach Aguiar and Evan Burke also posted strong scores in the floor exercise, earning sixth and seventh places scores of 13.900 and 13.800—in that order.
Temple continued to best its competition as it moved onto the pommel horse event, where Taylor Brana secured a first place score by earning 14.500 points in the event.
The Owls flooded the standings of that event, as Adam Al-Rokh, Michael Bittner and Chris Mooney followed up with scores that were enough to earn them the ensuing spots in the top four.
On rings, it was the only event that the Owls didn't have a top-finisher. But, Al-Rokh placed within striking distance of the top spot with a score of 14.100, which was 0.300 off from William & Mary's Ryan Ponce's first place score of 14.400.
When the competition shifted to vault, Burke stole the show with his first place score of 14.400. Teammate and senior Jeff Zach followed up and finished with a second place tie with Navy's Nate Gessner.
Temple's domination didn't stop. In the parallel bar event, Mooney proved to be the best in the completion with his first place point point total of 14.300.
Again, the Owls showed their dominance. Senior Logan Fiery and Al-Rokh placed within points of each other, taking third and fourth place, respectively.
The final event solidified Temple's first outing at the Navy Open, as Alex Tighe and Blake Collins were the top two finishers for the Owls. Tighe scored 14.700 on the half bar, which was ahead of Collins' score of 13.600
Up next for the Owls, they'll head to West Point for team meet on Friday before individual competition on Saturday.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – First impressions certainly go a long way. Temple Men's Gymnastics took the top spot in their first meet of the season at the Navy Open with their first place score of 330.800, while senior Adam Al-Rokh scored 82.400 all-around for a first place finish among all competitors.
Temple put a large distance between itself and its competitors. Host school Navy finished with the closest score to the Owls, earning 309.800 points. Springfield placed third with a score of 308.000, which was ahead of William & Mary (307.900) and Brockport (204.800).
On Saturday afternoon, the Owls put their offseason hard work on display across the board.
The event opened with floor exercise, where the Owls put forth an indication of their success for the day.
Junior all-around Allan Malone put forth an impressive first place finish on the mat in floor exercise, with a score of 14.700.
Senior Chris Mooney and John Leonard finished just behind Malone, with scores of 14.600 and 14.500, respectively, in the event, allowing the Owls to take the top three spots in the event.
Zach Aguiar and Evan Burke also posted strong scores in the floor exercise, earning sixth and seventh places scores of 13.900 and 13.800—in that order.
Temple continued to best its competition as it moved onto the pommel horse event, where Taylor Brana secured a first place score by earning 14.500 points in the event.
The Owls flooded the standings of that event, as Adam Al-Rokh, Michael Bittner and Chris Mooney followed up with scores that were enough to earn them the ensuing spots in the top four.
On rings, it was the only event that the Owls didn't have a top-finisher. But, Al-Rokh placed within striking distance of the top spot with a score of 14.100, which was 0.300 off from William & Mary's Ryan Ponce's first place score of 14.400.
When the competition shifted to vault, Burke stole the show with his first place score of 14.400. Teammate and senior Jeff Zach followed up and finished with a second place tie with Navy's Nate Gessner.
Temple's domination didn't stop. In the parallel bar event, Mooney proved to be the best in the completion with his first place point point total of 14.300.
Again, the Owls showed their dominance. Senior Logan Fiery and Al-Rokh placed within points of each other, taking third and fourth place, respectively.
The final event solidified Temple's first outing at the Navy Open, as Alex Tighe and Blake Collins were the top two finishers for the Owls. Tighe scored 14.700 on the half bar, which was ahead of Collins' score of 13.600
Up next for the Owls, they'll head to West Point for team meet on Friday before individual competition on Saturday.
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