ECAC Championships preview

By Dall-E 3
Images based on school mascots

Note: All rankings are by total score. Stick bonus included in D score. Home meets are in red. Does not include neutral deductions for injury substitution. Please point out errors if you spot any. “Watch lists” are based on scores so far this season, - which isn’t always a reliable indicator. “Watch lists” are in no particular order, and I’m sure I left some deserving gymnasts out. The listed average is the average of all scores, not the 4-score average. If I have no official information a gymnast is injured, he was put on the list.

The grey shading doesn’t mean anything other than I’m not smart enough to get rid of it. Please forgive the out-of-alignment photos and crappy Excel screenshots - I was born in the 1900s.

History could be made at the ECAC Championships, with Greenville, one of the first new men’s NCAA gymnastics teams added in 60 years, aiming for a podium spot at their conference championships. Greenville could qualify a full team to the NCAA Championships in only their second year of existence if they maintain their place in the top 12 teams in the nation. Can they hold off Army to claim a spot? It would be a boost for the sport if other potential candidates to add men’s gymnastics see a brand new team on the podium.

Team and AA

Navy could be on its way to a “six-peat” at the ECAC Championships. As they are currently ranked #1 in the ECAC and are competing the highest total difficulty, they have a good shot.

The top group is dominated by Springfield, Navy, and Greenville. Greenville is the only team in the ECAC aside from Navy to be over 390 in 4 score average, all-score average, and high. Springfield sits atop the chart, but in direct matchups with Navy and Greenville, the latter two came out on top.

Gymnasts to watch in the AA if they compete it (high and average shown, these ECAC all-arounders don’t get much rest.)

Isaiah Drake (Navy) - 80.65 (only score, status for the AA uncertain due to injury earlier in the season.)

Sam Kaplan (Springfield) - avg 76.289, high 80.45

Jaden Blank (Army) - avg 74.55, high 77.55

Aidan Cuy (William & Mary) - avg 75.65, high 77

Gavin Zborowski (William & Mary) - 76.125, high 76.95

Sterling Pariza (Simpson) - avg 74.5, high 76.9

Nick Lester (Army) - avg 74.45, high 75.1

Nick LeBlanc (Army) - avg 74.45, high 75.1

Milo Staley (Simpson) - avg 71.6, high 73.65

Michelangelo Villani (Simpson) - avg 71.875, high 73.25

Events

Greenville leads the pack with a high of 69.4, (1.45 points ahead of the second highest score in the conference), and are currently 8th in the nation on floor. Greenville achieved this score in the neutral non ECAC territory of the Air Force Academy.

Some Gymnasts to watch on FX:

Syam Buradagunta (Navy) - avg 13.781, high 14.25

Garrett Kasiski (William & Mary) - avg 12.672, high 14.3

Zach Connelly (Greenville) - avg 13.617, high 14.2

Evan Reichert (Springfield) - avg 12.9, high 14

Charles Kramer (Greenville) - avg 13.310, high 13.95

Michael Avery (Greenville) - avg 13.371, high 13.9

Jaden Blank (Army) - avg 12.87, high 13.8

Aiden Nielson (Greenville) - avg 13.362, high 13.8

Colby Prince (Navy) - avg 13.244, high 13.7

Franco Peirano (Army) - avg 12.967, high 13.6

Jaxon Clapper (Greenville) - avg 12.793, 13.65

Felix Kriedemann (Springfield) - avg 12.85, high 13.65

Will Harrington (William & Mary) - avg 12.494, high 13.65

Max Rubin (Army) - avg 12.78, high 13.6

Evan Wilkins (William & Mary) - avg 13.01, high 13.6

Navy leads the team pack, but Springfield has the star in Peyton Cramer, ranked 7th in the nation.

Some gymnasts to watch on PH:

Peyton Cramer (Springfield) - avg 13.877, high 14.7

Maddox Pabellon (Army) - avg 13.42, high 13.9

Ronan McQuillan (Navy) - avg 13.36, high 14.2

Syam Buradugunta (Navy) - avg 13.357, high 14.2

Landon Benas (Greenville) - avg 12.978, high 13.95

Matthew Petros (Navy) - avg 12.913, high 13.95

Noah Duran (Army) - avg 12.913, high 13.4

Daniel Gurevich (Navy) avg 13.017, high 13.7

Felix Kriedemann (Springfield) avg 12.35, high 13.7

Gabe Almeida (Army) - avg 12.794, high 13.45

Koby Cantu (Greenville) - avg 12.694, high 13.75

Sam Smith (William and Mary) - avg 13.55, high 13.6

Jacob Foster (Greenville) - avg 13.061, high 13.6

Leader Springfield was the home of 2014 NCAA still rings bronze medalist, Ryan Ponce. At the same contest, Landon Funicello of William & Mary finished fourth. Simpson has the current #1 SR gymnast in the ECAC - Brian Rollinson.

Some gymnasts to watch on SR:

Brian Rollinson (Simpson) - avg 13.122, high 13.9

Will Wilson (Springfield) - avg 12.711, high 13.85

Isiah Drake (Navy) - avg 13.2, high 13.6

David Handron (Springfield) - avg 12.417, high 13.5

Sam Kaplan (Springfield) - avg 12.25, high 13.45

Nico Greenly (William and Mary) - avg 12.968, high 13.4

Evan Wilkins (William & Mary) - avg 12.3, high 13.4

Sergey Popov (Greenville) - avg 12.731, high 13.4

Peyton Cramer (Springfield) - avg 12.669, high 13.25

Jacob Foster (Greenville) - avg 12.694, high 13.25

Riley Rose (Navy) - avg 12.656, high 13.2

Landon Benas (Greenville) - avg 12.819, high 13.2

Greenville and the Armed Forces lead the ECAC team vault standings. Greenville is ranked # 1 in the conference and #7 in the nation. Logan Watterson of Greenville is currently ranked 4th in the nation and shares the 5th highest vault score this season (15.00) with Max Bereznev of Oklahoma, Zachary Tiderman of Nebraska, and Zach Synder of Ohio State. They are behind only Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Khoi Young, and Kameron Nelson. Watterson could contend for a title not only in the ECAC, but nationally. Barring the unforeseen, expect to see him in Columbus.

Some gymnasts to watch on vault:

Logan Watterson (Greenville) - avg 14.664, high 15

Matthew Petros (Navy) - avg 14.22, high 14.7

Isaiah Drake (Navy) - avg 14.3, high 14.8

Sam Lee (William & Mary) - avg 14.336, high 14.7

Michael Avery (Greenville) - avg 14.3, high 14.55

Steven Manolakis (Army) - avg 14.03, high 14.5

Jonathan Pinc (Army) - avg 14, high 14.5

Steven Manolakis (Army) - avg 14.03, high 14.5

Will Wilson (Springfield) - avg 13.639, high 14.5

Nick Lester (Army) - avg 14.011. high 14.45

Franco Periano (Army) - avg 14.06, high 14.45

Daniel Gurevich (Navy) - avg 13.84, high 14.45

Beau Bice (Greenville) - avg 14.264, high 14.45

Dominic Rahalho (Springfield) avg 14.117, high 14.4

Evan Reichert (Springfield) avg 13.872, high 14.4

Top 10 total PB scores

Navy and Greenville dominate the ECAC PB standings. Navy has Mathew Petros, who is ranked 1st in the conference and 10th in the nation.

Some gymnasts to watch on parallel bars:

Mathew Petros (Navy) - avg 13.56, high 14.05

Isaiah Drake (Navy) - avg / high 13.95

Sam Kaplan (Springfield) - avg 13.16, high 13.95

Sam Lee (William & Mary) - avg 13.332, high 13.95

Aiden Cuy (William & Mary) - avg 12.936, high 13.9

Caleb Hickey (Navy) - avg 13.131, high 13.85

Jaxon Clapper (Greenville) - avg 13.363, 13.85

Alex Catchpole (Simpson) - avg 12.83, high 13.8

Vishal Mandava (Navy) - avg 13.036, high 13.7

Tyler Beekman (Springfield) - avg 12.783, high 13.7

Kevin Laurino (Greenville) - avg 12.883, high 13.7

Sterling Pariza (Simpson) - avg 13.119, high 13.65

Blaze Kennedy (Army) - avg 12.985, high 13.55

William Champagne (Navy) - avg 13.075, high 13.6

Noah Dhaliwal (Springfield) - avg 12.906, high 13.5

Jacob Brenner (Army) - avg 13.1, high 13.45

Go with Navy on this one.

Some gymnasts to watch on high bar:

Isaiah Drake (Navy) - avg 12.99, high 13.30

Caleb Hickey (Navy) - avg 12.943, high 13.2

Matthew Petros (Navy) - avg 12.939, high 13.65

Donovan Diviney (Greenville) - avg 12.881, high 13.25

Syam Buradagunta (Navy) - avg 12.856, high 13.4

Zachary Perez (Army) - avg 12.71, high 13.7

Vishal Mandava (Navy) - avg 12.686, high 13.45

Owen Carney (Springfield) - avg 12.361, high 14.05

Rickey Pizem (William & Mary) - avg 12.495, high 13.5

Riley Rose (Navy) - avg 12.513, high 13.45

Felix Kriedemann (Springfield) - avg 12.595, high 13.35

The Big Picture

Roadtonationals put together a score projection for the highest team score possible if everyone got their high score in a single meet.

Navy - 412.75

Springfield - 410.6

Greenville - 408.8

Army - 405

William & Mary - 402.8

Simpson - 391.8

My opinions - most probably winner is Navy. Longshot pick would be Greenville. The top three teams are pretty close to on another. Navy has the most difficulty (the only team in the ECAC to break 140 in total difficulty). Greenville has difficulty that is competitive within the ECAC and consistently good execution. Springfield is somewhere in between. Their performance over the season has been variable, with the widest spread in total E score of all the teams in the ECAC.

MPSF Championships Preview

B1G Championships Preview