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Feb. 10, 2007

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Navy sophomore gymnast Joseph Atzenbeck (Broomfield, Colo.) place among the top-five in three events, but the Midshipmen were handed a 207.9-200.45 loss by Army in the Star Meet at the Gross Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.

The 200.45 points were a season-high total for the Midshipmen, but the Black Knights also eclipsed their previous season-best mark to drop the Mids to 7-6 on the year. With the loss, Army extended its Star Meet winning streak in West Point to five-consecutive meets. Last year, Navy defeated Army, 201.3-198.825, in Annapolis to win the N-Star.

Atzenbeck won the parallel bars with a score of 8.75 points to lead the Midshipmen to a season-high and event-winning score of 34.3 points. The Navy sophomore also placed third on the high bar with an 8.7 and tied for fifth with an 8.35 from the judges on the pommel horse.

Junior Christopher Tam (Draper, Utah) placed second in the all-around with a total of 48.0 points. The nationally 20th-ranked gymnast in the all-around posted scores of 8.0 or higher in four disciplines. He earned an 8.7 on the still rings to finish fourth and posted a score of 8.65 points in the floor exercise to place sixth.

Navy surpassed its season-high mark on the still rings by nearly three points with a score of 34.3 points. Junior Richard Mehlmann (Bristol, R.I.) led the team with an 8.9, followed by Tam's 8.7, sophomore Adam Stanton's (Centennial, Colo.) 8.45 and sophomore Ken Lee's (Rockville, Md.) 8.25.

The Mids also eclipsed their season-best effort on the pommel horse with a 33.4-point effort, more than two points higher than their performance last weekend. Sophomore Trey James (Matthews, N.C.) tied with Army's Brandon Whitten for the individual event title with an 8.6 from the judges.

The Midshipmen will meet Army again next Saturday, along with Air Force, at the All-Academy Championship in San Francisco, starting at 7 p.m. PT.