Feb. 15, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy all-around competitor Dylan Parrott (Fr./Rockwell, N.C.) has been recognized as the USAG Collegiate Division National Gymnast of the Week for his impressive performance in the Star Meet against Army last Saturday, it was announced on Wednesday.

Parrott is already the third Navy gymnast to earn weekly national honors this season. Adam Stanton (Jr./Centennial, Colo.) first earned the award for winning the pommel horse finals at the West Point Open. One week later, Christopher Tam (Sr./Draper, Utah) won the all-around in the Navy Open to claim national acclaim for the second time in his career.

Parrott came through with his best performance of the year to win the all-around with an 84.55, scoring higher than a 14.0 in five of the six disciplines. The Navy freshman led all gymnasts on the parallel bars with a solid 14.1-point showing. He bested his previous season highs on the floor exercise (14.55 points), still rings (14.2 points), vault (14.85 points) and high bar (14.4 points). He placed second on the still rings, third on the still rings and third on the vault.

With Parrott's help, Navy scored nearly four points higher than its previous season-best team score to defeat Army, 340.75-322.6, in Macdonough Hall.

Navy (6-3) will head out to Laguna Beach, Calif., for the All-Academy Championship on Sunday at 7 p.m. PST (10 p.m. EST). The Midshipmen are aiming for their first title over service academy foes Army (2-5) and Air Force (2-4) since the championship was created in 2000.