Cannon, Goff Advance to NCAA Finals

Friday, April 21

West Point, NY

1 PM/7 PM

Army West Point

NCAA

Cannon, Goff Advance to NCAA Finals

April 21, 2017 | Men's Gymnastics

RESULTS
PHOTOS

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Nathan Goff and Seth Cannon exceled in tonight's qualifying session of the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships at West Point and will advance to Saturday night's finals. Goff will compete on the parallel bars and Cannon on the floor exercise.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MEET NOTES

Nathan Goff and Seth Cannon were among a select group of three individual qualifiers in their respective events to advance.
Goff had a 14.050 on parallel bars to move forward, while Cannon recorded a season-high score on floor exercise (14.200).
Leo Genders' best score of the night was on vault where he notched a 14.250.
Grant Cullen had a standout score on the parallel bars for the Black Knights with a 13.400.
Elliott Herman notched a 13.200 performance on still rings to cap-off the night for Army. Other Cadets competing were Alejandro Tombrink, Brandon Shively and Andre Hufnagel.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Goff was up first on the floor exercise as he was paired with the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners. He posted an even 13.000 to kick off the evening session.
Genders kicked things off from the vault with a 14.250 to mark the sixth score over 14.000 this season.
In the next round, Goff competed on pommel horse where he posted an 11.850, while Cannon earned a score of 11.700 on high bar.
Cullen had a standout routine on the parallel bars for the Black Knights with a 13.400.
Cannon then exceled on the floor exercise and turned out a season-high 14.200, the first time achieving marks over 14.000 this season, to finish in a three-way tie for eighth to advance to Saturday's individual finals.
Goff recorded a 13.650 on still rings in the third rotation as Tombrink had an 11.500 on pommel horse.
Genders' high bar career came to a close when his wrist guard snapped on his first revolution around the bar. He bounced back though with a 13.300 on floor exercise.
Also in the fourth rotation was Shively (10.950) on pommel horse and Goff competed to a 13.850 on vault.
The all-arounder (Goff) then notched a night-high of 14.050 on parallel bars tie for 12th among 36 competitors in that event to qualify for Saturday's individual finals and vie for All-America honors.
Wilson made his first appearance of the night when he posted a 12.850 on still rings and Hufnagel tallied an 11.650 performance.
Goff capped off the night with a mark of 13.500 on high bar which gave him an all-around score of 79.900 to rank fourth on the day, just missing the cutoff (top three) to advance to Saturday.
Herman recorded a 13.200 on still rings and Wilson added marks of 13.300 on vault to close-out the second session for Army.

TEAMS ADVANCING FROM EACH SESSION TO VIE FOR TEAM TITLE SATURDAY

First Session (top three)
Stanford (420.45)
Ohio State (414.65)
Nebraska (413.05)

Second Session (top three)
Oklahoma (430.60) – NCAA 2016 defending champions
Illinois (421.30)
Minnesota (420.10)

HOW TO FOLLOW
CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL • GoArmyWestPoint.com
VIDEO • NCAA.com/livevideolinks
LIVE RESULTS SESSION III • GoArmyWestPoint.com
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MGYM