Gymnastics Prepares to Host NCAA Championships

WEST POINT, N.Y. – After much anticipation, the Army West Point gymnastics team is set to host the 2017 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships at West Point April 21-22.

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The Black Knights welcome the top gymnasts in the nation for the three-session championship meet this weekend at Christl Arena. The first qualifying session will be Friday at 1 p.m. featuring the teams of Ohio State, Stanford, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State and Air Force along with individual qualifiers from William & Mary and University of Illinois – Chicago.

The second qualifying session will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and features the teams of Oklahoma, Navy, California Berkley, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa along with the individuals from Army and Springfield.

Saturday's finals are slated for 6 p.m. Those who advanced will be announced Friday night after the completion of the two qualifying sessions.

This is the fourth time in the last six years that the No. 14 Black Knights have sent nine qualifiers to the championships. It will also be the third time in 12 years that Army has hosted NCAAs at West Point.

Leading the way for the Black Knights will be Nathan Goff who has qualified as an all-arounder for the first time in his career. He leads the individuals group with a qualifying score of 80.663 and is slated as No. 11 in the country. Last year, Goff represented the Cadets on the parallel bars and high bar at the NCAA Championships and moved forward to the Saturday session on the high bar.

Senior captain Leo Genders is also on the list qualifying for high bar, in which he leads the field with a 13.950 and is 19th nationally, vault (14.063) and floor exercise (13.500). Genders advanced on high bar at the 2016 NCAA Championships and competed on floor Friday night.

Seth Cannon and Ryan Wilson have also qualified for multiple events. Cannon will represent Army on the floor (13.763) and high bar (13.250), while Wilson will appear on vault (14.088) and rings (13.450). Cannon participated in last year's NCAAs on the floor as Wilson repeats on vault.

Rounding out the rest of Army's field is Elliott Herman, still rings (13.363), Andre Hufnagel (13.375) and Brandon Shively (13.300) on pommel horse, Grant Cullen, parallel bars (13.338) and Alejandro Tombrink (13.288) on high bar.

The Black Knights will have representation on each apparatus when they welcome the teams and individuals to the banks of the Hudson.

Tickets for all sessions are still available to fans and can be purchased here.

For up-to-date information about the Army West Point gymnastics team, follow @ArmyWP_GYM on Twitter and Instagram.

Gymnastics Prepares to Host NCAA Championships

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Players Mentioned

Seth Cannon

Grant Cullen

Leo Genders

Nathan Goff

Elliott Herman

Andre Hufnagel

Brandon Shively

Alejandro Suarez

Ryan Wilson

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