Complete Results

WEST POINT, N.Y.; January 27, 2006 - The No. 7 Penn State men's gymnastics team won four of six events en route to clinching its ninth consecutive West Point Open Friday evening. The Nittany Lions amassed a winning team score of 206.800, significantly outdistancing second place Army (199.500). Temple placed third (197.050) while Navy took fourth (196.550).

Penn State compiled the highest team score on the pommel horse (33.950), an event in which it is ranked No. 1 in the nation, the rings (37.100), the parallel bars (32.050), and high bar (33.950). The Lions' total on the rings was a season high, easily topping its previous best of 35.700 attained last weekend at Michigan.

Sophomore Tommy Ramos (Guaynabo, P.R.) stepped into the spotlight Friday evening, spearheading the Penn State effort with victories on the rings and the parallel bars. His rings score of 9.800 was a career best. Ramos used these wins as a springboard to a second place finish in the all-around, his first-ever top three finish in the event.

Freshman Casey Sandy (Brampton, Ont.) defended his No. 1 national ranking on the pommel horse, taking first with a season-high score of 9.450. Sandy added a second place on the high bar.

Juniors Matt Cohen (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Justin Miklos (Flemington, N.J.) also contributed performances that were pivotal to the Penn State victory. Cohen took second on the rings (9.400) while Miklos was the runner-up on the pommel horse (8.700).

Competition at the West Point Open resumes on Sat., Jan. 28 at 7:00 p.m. The top eight finishers from each of Friday night's events advance to the individual finals on Saturday evening. Below is a list of Penn State gymnasts who have earned a spot in the individual event finals:

Floor Exercise: Shaun Antonio, Chad Buczek
Pommel Horse: Derek Helsby, Casey Sandy
Rings: Tommy Ramos, Derek Helsby, Casey Sandy, Matt Cohen
Vault: Santiago Lopez
Parallel Bars: Santiago Lopez
High Bar: Tommy Ramos, Casey Sandy

 Final Team Standings Team FX PH SR V PB HB Total 1. Penn State 34.750 33.950 37.100 35.000 32.050 33.950 206.800 2. Army 35.050 31.300 32.800 35.800 31.850 32.700 199.500 3. Temple 35.450 31.950 32.000 34.500 31.550 31.600 197.050 4. Navy 33.550 31.900 33.100 34.850 30.500 32.650 196.550 5. Surgent's 35.100 29.800 31.300 35.600 31.550 31.850 195.200 6. Springfield 32.500 29.750 32.100 31.700 29.000 27.650 182.700 7. Flushing 32.350 29.000 31.600 31.950 26.800 27.850 179.550 8. M.I.T 31.750 27.700 27.700 30.950 28.750 25.800 172.650 9. Mass Gym 30.950 27.650 27.700 32.250 28.050 25.500 172.100 10. JMU 30.450 27.550 27.650 32.200 27.550 25.650 171.050 Floor Exercise 1. Luke Vexler, Temple 9.250 2. Mike Assenmacher, Army 9.150 3. Brandon Cook, Navy 9.100 Pommel Horse 1. Casey Sandy, Penn State 9.450 2. Justin Miklos, Penn State 8.700 3. Luke Vexler, Temple 8.600 Rings 1. Tommy Ramos, Penn State 9.800 2. Matt Cohen, Penn State 9.400 3. Mike Tiffany, Army 9.350 Vault 1. Chris Weist, Surgent's 9.150 Anthony Morales, Army 9.150 3. Brandon Cook, Navy 9.100 Parallel Bars 1. Chris Weist, Surgent's 8.600 2. Eliot Proctor, Army 8.500 3. Santiago Lopez, Penn State 8.250 Dustin Crammer, Surgent's 8.250 High Bar 1. Tommy Ramos, Penn State 8.950 2. Casey Sandy, Penn State 8.850 3. Luke Vexler, Temple 8.650 All-Around 1. Luke Vexler, Temple 50.750 2. Tommy Ramos, Penn State 50.350 3. Mel Anton Santander, Mass Gym 50.350