Gymnastics: Falcon tied for 11th at NCAA Championships

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  • By Perkin Valerie
  • U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AFNEWS) --  Sophomore Jacob Schonig and junior Greg Stine of the Air Force men's gymnastics team concluded an amazing run at the NCAA Men's Collegiate Gymnastics Championships April 13 here. The meet featured the top six teams in the nation, as well as the top six all-arounders and event specialists not on a competing team.

Schonig matched his career-best score on the still rings (9.550) to tie for 11th -- a finish that fell just shy of advancing to the individual event finals April 14. In fact, his score was just .250 off of the event winner. After just two years of training on the still rings, Schonig has improved his personal high by more than two points, while becoming one of the highest scoring Falcons at the national meet in more than 10 years.

Stine competed in a pair of events. As the first competitor of the night, Stine scored an 8.600 on the floor exercise to finish in a tie for 43rd. He also secured a score of 9.200 on the still rings to tie for 30th.

April 13 marked the final night of the 2007 season for Air Force, which has improved dramatically over the course of the year, marked by two contenders at the national meet.

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