WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Eight William & Mary men's gymnasts will compete as individual qualifiers at the NCAA Championships hosted by Illinois this weekend.
The Tribe will compete during the first pre-qualifying session on Friday at 1 p.m. (CT). The finals will get underway on Saturday at 6 p.m. (CT).
Both pre-qualifying sessions will be broadcast on ESPN+, while Saturday's finals will be televised on ESPN2. Live scores for all sessions will be available at
FightingIllini.com.
The top three individual finishers in all-around and on each event during each pre-qualifying session, who are not already qualified on a team (top three teams qualify) or as an all-around competitor, will advance to Saturday's finals. The top eight competitors in all-around and in each event during the finals will garner All-America honors.
W&M standouts competing at the national championship meet include:
Luke Tully (all-around),
Niko Greenly (floor, vault, parallel bars),
Gavin Zborowski (pommel horse, rings),
Ricky Pizem (vault, high bar),
Michael Weiner (floor),
Jonathan Irwin (rings),
Nicholas Kosarikov (parallel bars) and
Evan Wilkins (high bar).
Pizem (pommel horse), Wilkins (parallel bars),
Sam Smith (pommel horse) and
Evan Sikra (high bar) also earned spots as alternates.
Tully highlights the Tribe's standouts, as he currently ranks fourth nationally in all-around (76.35), 17th on high bar (13.263), 18th on floor (13.525) and 25th on vault (13.8).
Also ranking among the top 25 nationally are Greenly on floor (21st, 13.45) and Irwin on rings (25th, 12.975).