Luke Vexler

Position:
AA
Height:
5-6
Weight:
140
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Amherst, MA
High School:
Amherst

2008: Scored two medals in the season opening West Point Open, placing third in the floor competition(14.00) and tied for sixth on the parallel bars (13.70).......finished third in the all-around (84.350), fourth in the pommel horse (14.500), fifth in the rings (13.950) and second in the horizontal bars (14.600) against #1 Penn State....competed at Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas.....Finished first on the pommel horse (14.300), second in the vault (15.550), and third on the floor (14.400) against MIT and Springfield.....finished first in the all-around (86.70), floor exercise (15.2), pommel horse (14.30) and vault (15.55) in tri-meet at Army 2007: Placed second at season-opening home quad-meet in floor exercise (9.000) and all-around (50.400) while ranking in a tie for the second spot on pommel horse (8.300)...Competed in all events in team competition at West Point Open earning a 50.700...Placed third in the floor exercise (8.950) and seventh on the high bar (7.600) and parallel bars (8.150) at West Point Open individual championships...Placed second in the all-around (50.300), third on the high bar (8.950) and fourth in the floor exercise (8.900) in dual-meet at Ohio State...Placed second on the pommel horse (7.400) and third on the high bar (8.050) at MIT...Named ECAC Gymnast of the Week (1/29)...Finished third in the all-around (49.500) while placing in a tie for first in the floor exercise (9.150) at home tri-meet vs. Army and UIC...Placed third in the all-around (49.500) at the Southwest Cup...Finished tied for second in the all-around (51.150) in home tri-meet with Army and Navy...Won the ECAC all-around (52.350) crown...Finished third on the parallel bars (8.600), fourth on the pommel horse (8.550), tied for fourth on the high bar (8.850) and tied for fifth in the floor exercise (8.700) in the ECAC individual championships...Competed on the rings (8.550), vault (8.700), parallel bars (8.550) and high bar (8.550) at the NCAAs...Named program[apos]s co-Most Valuable Gymnast with Sterling Kramer...

2006: Competed in 11 meets as a second-year sophomore...Set new personal-highs on vault (9.200) and high bar (8.800) vs. Army...Scored career-best 9.325 in floor exercise and season-high 8.250 on rings at ECACs...Tallied season-highs on pommel horse (8.600) and in all-around (50.750) at West Point Open...Posted season-high 8.450 on parallel bars at the New England Invitational...Named CGA and ECAC Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 27-28...Placed first at ECACs in floor exercise (9.325) and sixth in all-around (49.700)...Finished season ranked 12th and 14th-nationally in floor exercise (9.230) and in all-around (49.870)...Named team[apos]s MVP...

2005: Competed in eight meets as a true freshman...Competed all-around at the NCAA qualifier...Placed second at the ECAC-EIGL Championships on pommel horse with a season-best 9.400 score, while also finishing third in floor exercise and fifth all-around...Had a season-high 9.000 in floor exercise at Springfield...Posted season-bests on rings (8.500) and high bar (8.800) at Army... Had season bests on vault (9.100), parallel bars (8.600) and all-around (52.700) vs. Navy...Placed first in floor exercise at Maccabiah Games...Named team[apos]s Most Consistent Gymnast and MVP...Awarded ECAC-EIGL Rookie of the Year honors...

PRIOR TRAINING: Trained at Hampshire Gymnastics under coach Jeff La Valle...Junior Nationals qualifier and all-around finalist...

PERSONAL: Major is undeclared...Grandmother was a member of the 1948 Olympic gymnastics team...Uncle competed for Penn State and captured NCAA rings championship...Mother, a 1975 World Games competitor, and Father each competed at UMass...Brother Aaron was a member of the Temple men[apos]s gymnastics team from 1994-98 and the U.S. National Team from 1995-97...Sister was a member of Georgia[apos]s National Championship team.

CAREER-BESTS (through 2007): All-Around: 52.700; Floor Exercise: 9.325; Pommel Horse: 9.400; Rings: 8.600; Vault: 9.200; Parallel Bars: 8.600; High Bar: 8.950

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Temple University Athletics

2008 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Roster

Adam Al-Rokh

Christopher Bizub

Scott Bloomfield

John Buckner

Blake Collins

Andrew Corp

Tyler Croteau

Logan Fiery

Alex Gorski

Ryan Healy

Nicholas Iles

John Jeffries

Robert Kay

Jesse Kitzen-Abelson

Sterling Kramer

Patrick McLaughlin

Greg Monaco

Nate Naisby

Dan Pizzuta

Jason Russo

Evan Shepard

Stuart Shepard

Joseph Skrapits

Luke Vexler

John Vogtman

Jeff Zack

Roster

Adam Al-Rokh

Christopher Bizub

Scott Bloomfield

John Buckner

Blake Collins

Andrew Corp

Tyler Croteau

Logan Fiery

Alex Gorski

Ryan Healy

Nicholas Iles

John Jeffries

Robert Kay

Jesse Kitzen-Abelson

Sterling Kramer

Patrick McLaughlin

Greg Monaco

Nate Naisby

Dan Pizzuta

Jason Russo

Evan Shepard

Stuart Shepard

Joseph Skrapits

Luke Vexler

John Vogtman

Jeff Zack

Luke Vexler

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