Air Force Academy

Feb. 27, 2007

With back-to-back meets in two separate states, the Air Force men's gymnastics team jumps right into the month of March. The Falcons begin a hectic stretch of competition at the Peter Vidmar Invitational on Thursday, March 1, in Los Angeles. Immediately following that meet, Air Force will travel to Tempe, Ariz., for the Southwest Cup on Friday, March 2.

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THE COMPETITION:  The Peter Vidmar Invitational will feature Air Force, UCLA and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe Cal-Berkeley, while the Falcons will face Temple and host Arizona State at the Southwest Cup. That meet will run in conjunction with the Sun Devils' women's meet with Washington.

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY: Air Force welcomes the month of March in hurried fashion. In a span of just two days, the Falcons will take part in two competitions. Air Force will leave the Academy Wednesday, compete in California Thursday, drive to Arizona Friday morning, compete at ASU Friday night and return to Colorado Saturday afternoon.

BACK IN ROTATION: Competing in his first meet in over a month, junior Greg Stine picked up a pair of top-10 finishes at the Pacific Coast Classic. Stine paced the Falcons with a seventh-place score of 8.800 on the floor. In his first competition since the Rocky Mountain Open, he tied for ninth on the still rings with a score of 8.200, while also competing on the vault (7.400) and high bar (7.550).

RECAPPING THE PACIFIC COAST CLASSIC: Greg Stine was one of five Falcons to earn top-10 marks, as Air Force finished second in the collegiate competition. Air Force compiled a team score of 183.800, which was the second-highest collegiate score of the meet. Calgary won the meet with 187.550, while Australia's Victoria HP Centre (181.100) and Arizona State (173.750) rounded out the competition.  In addition to the collegiate gymnasts, the meet featured numerous individual and Level 10 athletes which brought the field of competitors to 114.

GOOD, BETTER, BEST: Sophomore Jacob Schonig won the still rings event at the annual All-Academy Championships on Feb. 17. Scoring a career-best 9.100 on the event, the second-year gymnast bested the field by nearly a half-point, while improving his personal-best total on that event by .700. In addition, Schonig was one of just two gymnasts to clear the nine-point plateau on any event.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN': This week's meet marks the third of three straight competitions in California for the Falcons. Following the Service Academy Classic in San Francisco on Feb. 17, Air Force heads across the bay for the Pacific Coast Classic in Oakland on Feb. 24. The Falcons wrap up their tour of the Golden State at the Peter Vidmar Invitational in Los Angeles on March 1.

COMING UP: The Falcons finally leave the western side of the country next weekend and head to Chicago, Ill., for a pair of dual meets with Illinois-Chicago. The Falcons and Flames will meet on Friday, March 9 at 7 p.m., before concluding the weekend on Sunday, March 11 at 2 p.m.