WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's gymnastics team opened its season with a victory against Simpson College, 360.75-318.25, in a virtual meet on Sunday afternoon.
 
En route to earning the lopsided triumph, W&M won five of the six events and posted the top three individual scores on all but one apparatus.
 
Christian Marsh (pommel horse, rings) and Aidan Cuy (floor, vault) led the Tribe with a pair of individual event titles, while Alek Kuzmenchuk (parallel bars), Ricky Pizem (high bar) and Samuel Smith (floor – tied for first) each placed first in one event apiece.

Event Recaps
Floor – 60.25
Aidan Cuy – 12.6 (T1st)
Samuel Smith – 12.6 (T1st)
Malcolm Baytop – 12.45 (3rd)
Christian Marsh – 12.15
Evan Sikra – 11.6
Will Harrington – 11.3
 
Pommel Horse – 52.65
Christian Marsh – 12.0 (1st)
Malcolm Baytop – 11.35 (2nd)
Ricky Pizem – 10.95 (3rd)
Aidan Cuy – 10.65
Samuel Smith – 9.65
Mark Fu – 9.4
 
Rings – 62.45
Christian Marsh – 13.05 (1st)
Zachary Patrick – 12.8 (2nd)
Aidan Cuy – 12.7 (3rd)
Alek Kuzmenchuk – 12.05
Evan Sikra – 11.85
 
Vault – 62.65
Aidan Cuy – 13.65 (1st)
Ricky Pizem – 13.65 (2nd)
Zachary Patrick – 13.5 (3rd)
Will Harrington – 13.0
Evan Sikra – 8.85
 
Parallel Bars – 61.85
Alek Kuzmenchuk – 13.2 (1st, career high)
Mark Fu – 12.75 (2nd)
Ricky Pizem – 12.15
Christian Marsh – 12.05
Aidan Cuy – 11.7
Will Harrington – 11.1
 
High Bar – 60.9 (1st)
Ricky Pizem – 12.7 (2nd)
Mark Fu – 12.65 (3rd)
Aidan Cuy – 12.15
Christian Marsh – 11.95
Samuel Smith – 11.95
 
Next Up
W&M will return to action when it competes at the Navy Open next Saturday at 2 p.m.