Feb. 6, 2008
The Temple men's gymnastics team, fresh off their home upset of Ohio State, swept the ECAC weekly awards as junior John Vogtman was named ECAC Gymnast of the Week and sophomore Scott Bloomfield was named ECAC Rookie of the Week.
Vogtman, a junior civil engineering major from Baltimore, MD, won the All-Around with a score of 86.60 to lead Temple (342.85) to a win over the Buckeyes (341.15) and Navy (332.85) at home. He also turned in a 14.55 performance to capture first place on Pommel Horse. Along with Vogtman's all-around first Temple also captured a 2nd (Luke Vexler - 85.90) and a 3rd (Sterling Kramer - 84.50) in the all-around for the victory over the defending Big 10 Champion Buckeyes.
Bloomfield, a native of Wallingford, CT, scored an impressive 16.35 to capture first place on the Vault and outdistanced the nearest competitor by .75. Bloomfield's performance was major factor in the victory over Ohio State, despite the fact that this was only his third career competition for the Cherry and White. Bloomfield was a four time Junior Olympic qualifier and received his early training at American Gymnastics Training Center under Vasile Cioana and Robin Artz.
The men's gymnastics team takes a break from team competition this weekend, as individual members of the squad will head to the Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas. The Owls (6-1) return home on Saturday, February 15, for a meet against Springfield and MIT.
