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Pabellon Captures Pommel Horse Title at West Point Gymnastics Open
January 15, 2023 | Men's Gymnastics
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Plebe Maddox Pabellon wrote the headlines for Army capturing pommel horse Saturday evening in the individual event finals at the annual West Point Gymnastics Open. He is the sixth Black Knight to be crowned a champion in that event and first since 2014.
Pabellon, one of six Army athletes who qualified for the individual finals, posted a personal best score of 14.35, besting a field of eight qualifiers to include outpointing Penn State's Derek Schlagenhauf (14.05) for that honor. Only six athletes scored in the 14-point range in that meet, the other four coming on vault.
Blaze Kennedy turned in a strong performance placing fourth on pommel horse (13.55), joining Pabellon on the podium, along with a fifth on parallel bars (13.00).
Jacob Nauman and Joseph Buselmeier rounded out Army's medal winners placing fifth on floor exercise (13.65) and sixth on still rings (12.65), respectively.
Also qualifying in other events were Jackson Pophal on parallel bars, Zachary Perez and Buselmeier on high bar with Nauman on vault.
Full results can be found HERE.
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The Black Knights will travel to Annapolis, Md., to compete at the Navy Open (Individual) on Saturday, Jan. 21.
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