Storm compete at first league championships
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Simpson College men's gymnastics team flew east to compete at its very first Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday afternoon.
Navy captured its fifth consecutive league title with a score of 394.450 and Springfield finished runner-up with a 386.750. William & Mary (383.550) came in third and Army (377.650) edged Greenville (376.250) by just over a point for fourth. Simpson rounded out the competition with a 346.650.
The Storm's highest scoring event of the meet was a 65.750 on vault. Camden Bontempo led the way with a 13.550, Simpson's highest individual score of the day in any event. Michelangelo Villani was next with a 13.400, Kyle Kincade and Sterling Pariza both recorded 13.000s, and Milo Staley added a 12.800.
Pariza set a personal best on rings with a team-high 12.350 and finished just outside the top-10 on floor with a score of 13.050. He completed the day with an all-around score of 72.450. Villani and Staley also competed in all six events, registering scores of 68.650 and 64.550, respectively.
Kincade led the Storm on parallel bars with a score of 12.450 and Villani was Simpson's lead scorer on high bar (11.400).
Meet Report
Floor Exercise - 60.250
Sterling Pariza - 13.050
Kyle Kincade - 12.300
Camden Bontempo - 12.250
Michelangelo Villani - 11.900
Milo Staley - 10.750
Pommel Horse - 47.800
Sterling Pariza - 10.800
Alex Catchpole - 10.650
Michelangelo Villani - 9.050
Milo Staley - 9.000
Jake Sweeten - 8.300
Still Rings - 58.150
Sterling Pariza - 12.350
Kyle Kincade - 12.200
Alex Catchpole - 11.350
Michelangelo Villani - 11.150
Milo Staley - 11.100
Vault - 65.750
Camden Bontempo - 13.550
Michelangelo Villani - 13.400
Kyle Kincade - 13.000
Sterling Pariza - 13.000
Milo Staley - 12.800
Parallel Bars - 60.450
Kyle Kincade - 12.450
Jake Sweeten - 12.200
Sterling Pariza - 12.200
Alex Catchpole - 11.850
Michelangelo Villani - 11.750
High Bar - 54.250
Michelangelo Villani - 11.400
Jake Sweeten - 11.300
Milo Staley - 10.950
Connor Jenkins - 10.900
Ethan Sipos - 9.700
All-Around
Sterling Pariza - 72.450
Michelangelo Villani - 68.650
Milo Staley - 64.550
