Syracuse Gymnastics History 1948-1997 (Info) - Syracuse University Athletics

GYMNASTICS HISTORY 1948-1997

1948
The team finished up with a record of 2-2

1949
The team ended with a record of 3-2.

1950
SU ended the year with a record of 4-0-1.

1951
Syracuse finished the season with a record of 2-2.

1952
The team had a mark of 2-2.

1953
The team ended the season with a record of 2-4 and finished 3rd in the NCAA Championship. In addition, Sebbo was the EIGA Tumbling Champion.

1954
The team ended with a 3-3-1 record. Individually, Sebbo retained his EIGA title in Tumbling, while Fournies won Flying Rings.

1955
Syracuse finished 1-3 and qualified for the EIGA Championships.

1956
Syracuse closed the year with a 2-3 record.

1957
SU ended up with a 1-4 record with L. Meier and Walt Dodge tying for 1st in Tumbling at the EIGL Championships.

1958
The team finished with a mark of 1-5

1959
The team ended the year with a record of 0-6

1960
The team finished the year at 0-5. Walt Dodge was 3rd in the Long Horse Vaulting even and Ed Levine tied for 4th in Still Rings.

1961
The team finished the year with a 1-4 record. At the Regional SU placed two athletes in the top 5 in Tumbling; Phil Voas won the event while Ron Orlick finished 4th. Also competing in the Easterns were Ray Grimaldi (3rd Side Horse) and Bob Winter (1st Rope Climb).

1962
The team finished with a mark of 5-1-1. At the EIGL Championships, Phil Voas placed 1st in Tumbling, 1st in Trampoline, 2nd in Long Horse Vaulting and 3rd in the Floor Exercise. Ron Orlick (1st Long Horse, 6th Floor Exercise), Ray Grimaldi (2nd Side Horse), Carl Poplar (2nd Parallel Bars) and Rolf Leinger (6th Side Horse) also competed at the Regional Championships.

1963
This year's squad finished 7-0 and captured the Eastern Championship. Bringing home Individual honors from the EIGL Championships were: Phil Voas (Champion in Tumbling and Floor Exercise; 3rd in Long Horse Vaulting and Still Rings), Ray Grimaldi (Champion in Side Horse and Still Rings), Sid Oglesby (Champion in Long Horse Vaulting, 3rd in Tumbling), Ron Orlick (2nd Long Horse Vaulting) and Carl Poplar (2nd Parallel Bars).

The team finished 3rd in the NCAA Championship. Individually, Oglesby finished 2nd in the Long Horse Vaulting competition, Grimaldi took 4th in Long Horse Vaulting and Voas, who tied Grimaldi in 4th for Long Horse, also placed 3rd in Tumbling and 9th in Floor Exercise.

1964
The team finished the season with a 4-3 mark. At the EIGL Championships, Sid Oglesby tied for 1st place in the Long Horse Vaulting competition while also finishing 2nd in the Parallel Bars, 2nd in Tumbling, and 3rd in Floor Exercise. Meanwhile, Carl Poplar had top-6 finishes in the Parallel Bars, Still Rings and All Around competitions.

In addition, Sid Oglesby went on to become the NCAA Champion in the Long Horse competition.

1965
The team ended with a 5-3 record. Ray Walters won the Still Rings competition at the Eastern Regionals

1966
SU finished the year with a 4-4 record. Terry Orlick was the Eastern Regional Champion in the Trampoline competition. Brian McKinney (4th Floor Exercise), Dennis Engel (7th Trampoline) and Bellavia (7th Long Horse Vaulting) also competed at the EIGL's.

1967
Syracuse finished the season with 2-6 record. Dennis Engel (2nd Floor Exercise, 4th Long Horse Vaulting), Ray Walters (2nd Still Rings), Brian McKinney (3rd Floor Exercise), Ted Edwards (6th Still Rings) and Terry Orlick (6th Trampoline) all represented SU well at the EIGL Championships.

1968
The team ended the year with a 3-6 record. Dennis Engel finished 2nd in the Floor Exercise and 4th in the Long Horse Vaulting at the EIGL individual Championships.

1969
SU ended the season with a 2-6 record. George Statler finished 3rd in Still Rings and Tony DeStefano finished 4th in the Side Horse at the EIGL Championships.

1970
Syracuse compiled a 2-7 mark with George Statler finishing 4th in the Still Rings and Tony DeStefano finishing 5th in the Side Horse competition at the EIGL Championships which were held at Syracuse University.

1971
Although the team finished with a 2-7 record, George Statler won the Still Rings competition at the Eastern Championships and placed 5th in the NCAA's.

1972
After finishing the year with a 2-6 record, SU placed 7th in the Easterns.

1973
Syracuse finished the year with a 4-6 record.

1974
With a 6-6 record, SU finished 6th in the EIGL. Greg Collis was champion of the Pommel Horse competition at the Eastern Championships, while Dan O'Connor finished 6th in the Still Rings competition.

1975
SU finished the year with a 4-6 record. Greg Collis finished 2nd in the Easterns and 20th in the NCAA's in the Pommel Horse competition.

1976
The team finished with a 4-6 record and placed 7th in the EIGL. Rick Boccia finished 4th in the Horizontal Bar competition at the EIGL Championships.

1977
Despite a 4-6 overall team record, SU's Rick Boccia was the High Bar champion at the EIGL Championships.

1978
Syracuse finished the year with a 9-2 record, good enough for 3rd place in the EIGL.

1979
In Paul Romeo's final year with the Orangemen, SU finished with a 7-4 record.

1980
In Walt Dodge's first year, the team finished with a 7-2 mark. Rich Roberts, Bill Aleksoveski, Lou Figliola, Bill Courbanou, Jon Bean, Steve Chilinski and Ed Saunders all represented Syracuse in the East Regional Championships.

1981
The team finished the year with a 6-5 record and, with a score of 253.95, finished third in the Easterns. Mike Calcutti led the team, tying for the first in the Floor Exercise at the Regional Championship. Also competing individually at the Easterns were: Bill Aleksovski, Ed Saunders, Brad Sullivan, Steve Chilinski, Ron Tibet, Mike Trnka and Scott Gibbs. Saunders also competed in the NCAA tournament where he finished 47 in the Pommel Horse competition.

1982
With a record of 8-3, the Orangemen tied for 3rd in the Easterns. Mike Calcutti, Brad Sullivan, Tony Fiacchi, Lou Figliola, Scott Gibbs, Gary Simon and Bill Aleksovski all represented SU in various individual competitions.

1983
The Orangemen post a record of 9-3 and qualify for the Easterns. Mike Calcutti placed 7th in the Eastern All Around competition, while Brad Sullivan went to the NCAA tournament for the Pummel Horse competition but did not qualify.

1984
The team ended the season with an 8-3 record and finished 3rd in the Easterns.

1985
The team ended the season with a 1-11 record.

1986
The team ended the season at 2-11.

1987
The team ended with a mark of 4-9.

1988
The 7-6 Orangemen had their first winning season in four years.

1989
The Orangemen post a record of 8-4, led by EIGL Horizontal Bar Champion Craig Scholnick.

1990
At 9-3, Syracuse has its best season ever by qualifying for the first leg of nationals.
Chris Kirby earns EIGL Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts.

1992
With a record of 7-1 the Syracuse team finishes ranked 16th in the national polls. By winning the vaulting title at the NCAA Championships, Jason Herbert becomes the first gymnast from S.U. to win a national championship since 1964.

1993
The 8-2 team is the second team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Regional Championships. At the EIGL Championships three Orangemen bring home five titles. Jason Hebert won on the parallel bars and tied on the horizontal bar and floor exercise, Ofri Porat won on the vault, and Rich Kuenzler won on the pommel horse.

1994
The team finished with a record of 5-3.

1995
SU ended the season with a 5-3 mark.

1996
The team ended with a 6-0 record. This marks the first undefeated season since 1962-63.

1997
Syracuse finished the season with a 2-4 record.

1998
Scott Hrnack of S.U. won the vault competition at the USA gymnastics- National Collegiate Championships. Syracuse came in second at the West Point Open