Philadelphia, Pa. (December 8) -- Temple brought home first place in last weekend's UMass Open on December 4th at the University of Massachusetts. The Owls finished with a 218.250 outscoring UMass (215.700), Army (208.300), Springfield (189.400), South COnnecticut (185.500), Vermont (183.150) and Daggetts (55.750).
Senior Mike Moran landed first place in the floor exercise (9.600), parallel bars (9.350), second on the horizontal bar (9.550) and second all-around (56.600). Newcomers freshmen Theo Maes and Richie Maguire tied for first place on the vault while Alex Weber finished 4th on the floor exercise (9.350), second on the pommel horse (9.650), sixth on the vault (9.400), fourth on the parallel bars (8.900), tenth on the horizontal bar (8.650) and fourth all around (54.800).
The Owls will compete on January 7-8 in the West Point Open meet at 7:00 p.m.
Individual Results:
Floor Exercise:
Mike Moran, 1st
Alex Weber, 4th
Rob Chacon, 10th
Nick Veneziale, 19th
Richie Maguire, 23rd
Kevin hallinan, 28th
Pommel Horse:
Alex Weber, 2nd
Jason Moresi, 5th
Mike Moran, 6th
Kevin Hallinan, 11th
Rob Chacon, 12th
Adam Owens, 13th
Vault:
Theo Maes, 1st
Richie Maguire, 2ndT
Mike Moran, 3rdT
Alex Weber, 6th
Rob Chacon, 8thT
Kevin Hallinan, 10thT
Parallel Bars:
Mike Moran, 1st
Alex Weber, 4th
Richie Maguire, 5th
Jason Moresi, 7thT
Rob Chacon 12th
Kevin Hallinan 14th
Horizontal Bar:
Mike Moran, 2nd
Rob Chacon, 4th
Alex Weber, 10th
Kevin Hallinan, 11th
Richie Maguire, 16th
James Jackson, 26th
All-Around:
Mike Moran, 2nd
Alex Weber, 4th
Rob Chacon, 5th
Kevin Hallinan, 10th
Team Results:
1. Temple 218.250
2. UMass 215.700
3. Army 208.300
4. Springfield 189.400
5. So. Connecticut 185.500
6. Vermont 183.150
7. Daggetts 55.750