Jan. 23, 2008

CENTERVILLE, Mass. - For his efforts at the West Point Open last weekend, Navy's Adam Stanton (Jr./Centennial, Colo.) has been recognized as the ECAC Gymnast of the Week, it was released by the conference office on Tuesday.

Stanton advanced to the finals of the pommel horse and won the event with a score of 14.25 on Saturday night. His performance bested Jamie Henderson's 13.9-point effort from Team Gattaca, a club team comprised of several former NCAA elite gymnasts. Henderson was the 2005 NCAA champion on the still rings while at Oklahoma. With Stanton's victory on the pommel horse, he recorded Navy's first event title at the West Point Open since the 2001 season. Stanton qualified for the pommel horse finals following his 14.0-point showing during the prelims on Friday evening.

The product of Centennial, Colo., also took part in the finals of the parallel bars that night, as he placed ninth with a 13.2 from the judges. One day prior in the preliminary round, he scored a 14.05 on the parallel bars and a 13.7 on the still rings.

With the help of Stanton on Friday, Navy finished second out of five collegiate teams with a score of 332.25 points, 2.15 points higher than third-place Army. The meet was Navy's first of the year and the first under the new NCAA scoring system that is no longer based on the 10.0 scale.

The Midshipmen (3-1) will host their first meet of the season this Saturday in Macdonough Hall when William & Mary, Springfield and several club teams descend upon Annapolis for the Navy Open. The meet is slated for a 3 p.m. start.