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Finnegan Named "Most Outstanding Senior Athlete" at USA Collegiate Championships

4/13/2002 - Men's Gymnastics
Finnegan Named "Most Outstanding Senior Athlete" at USA Collegiate Championships

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Navy men's gymnastics team concluded its 2002 season with a strong showing in the individual event finals of the USA Gymnastics National Collegiate Championship, led by Dan Finnegan (Sr./Richmond, Va.) who received the meet's "Most Outstanding Senior Athlete" award Saturday evening.

After winning the all-around title Friday night, Finnegan closed out his career with five top-eight finishes in the individual event finals at Springfield College's Blake Arena. Finnegan recorded a second-place finish on the rings with a score of 8.75 and placed fifth on the floor exercise with a score of 8.55. He also finished seventh on the pommel horse (8.20) and eighth on the parallel bars (8.10) and on the high bar (8.30).

Team captain Tripp Glasgow (Sr./Orlando, Fla.) also capped an outstanding career with a second-place finish on the parallel bars with a score of 8.45, as well as a sixth-place finish on the high bar (8.60).

Nick Willet (Sr./Westminster, Md.) posted a score of 8.75 to finish fourth on the floor exercise. On the vault, Drew Barker tallied a score of 8.825 to finished sixth followed by Andy Helchinger (Sr./Stockton, Calif.) in ninth place with a score of 8.40.