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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Six days after knocking off Army in the 2026 edition of the Star Meet rivalry the Navy gymnastics team will be back at it with another service academy event as Air Force joins the fray for competition at the 2026 All-Academy Championship on Friday. Hosted at the Fort Worth Convention Center as part of the multi-day 2026 Horton Challenge event, the Mids (2-0) will look to get back to the pinnacle of the service academy gymnastics for the first time since 2022 as the Falcons (0-2) have won the last three All-Academy Championships with the Black Knights (0-2) coming in third in each matchup. First touch in the Lone Star State is set for 7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m.-local).

Live stats will be available via RoadToNationals. Additionally, the NavyGymnastics YouTube page is slated to provide live coverage on Friday. 

Navy at the All-Academy Championship

An annual competition between the three Division I service academies’ gymnastics teams, Air Force controlled the series from 2014-18 with five straight victories before Navy brought the trophy home to Annapolis over a four-year run from 2019 to 2022. The Falcons wrestled back control of the championship in 2023 and held onto for the third straight year with a 3.30-point win over the Mids last February.

Last Ten Competitions

  2025: Air Force (314.50), Navy (311.20), Army (309.23) in Fort Worth **First year of four-up, four-count NCAA scoring

  2024: Air Force (397.25), Navy (390.10), Army (382.50) in Frisco

  2023: Air Force (396.55), Navy (393.00), Army (389.15) in Frisco

  2022: Navy (393.5), Army (381.25), Army (379.9) in Frisco

  2021: Navy (395.2), Air Force (379.1), Army (377.85) in West Point

  2020: Navy (407.7), Army (394.1), Air Force (387.5) in San Antonio

  2019: Navy (408.5), Air Force (402.9), Army (396.4) in Annapolis

  2018: Air Force (403.85), Navy (400.2), Army (399.55) in San Antonio

  2017: Air Force (405.8), Navy (394.2), Army (Didn’t Attend) in San Antonio

  2016: Air Force (427.35), Navy (424.1), Army (422.85) in Atlanta

Most Recent All-Academy Championship: February 15, 2025

 In a matchup of three tightly-ranked service academy rivals, the fans in Fort Worth were treated to a competitive 2025 All-Academy Championship meet between No. 8 Navy, No. 9 Army and No. 10 Air Force. At the conclusion of 24 routines at the Fort Worth Convention Center on Saturday night, the Falcons edged out the Midshipmen and Black Knights for the title of All-Academy Champion. The final scoreboard saw Air Force net 314.50 points ahead of Navy’s 311.20 score and Army’s 309.225 result.

Matthew Petros led the Mids’ individual effort with a victory on the high bar, as well as a second-place results on the vault and parallel bars and a third-place score on the pommel horse. Competing in his final All-Academy Championship, senior Isaiah Drake aided Navy’s result with a third-place score on the floor exercise and fourths on both the vault and high bar.

As a team, Navy score 51.4 points on the floor exercise, 50.675 on the pommel horse, 50.475 on the rings, 55.175 on the vault, 51.375 on the parallel bars and 52.1 on the high bar. The Mids’ vault and high bar scores were the best of meet as their four-man vault score was 1.1 points better than the Falcons, while their combined high bar efforts were 0.675 ahead of the Falcons’ score.

Comparing the Squads

    (2026 Averages)





Navy
Individual Leader
Air Force
Individual Leader
Army
Individual Leader


All-Around
306.925
Solomon, 78.30
302.575
N/A
302.417
Blank, 73.45


Floor Exercise
52.10
Prince, 13.22
50.70
Koo, 13.30
50.52
Blank, 12.85


Pommel Horse
51.79
Solomon, 13.19
50.80
Matlock, 13.70
52.73
Pabellon, 13.86


Rings
50.35
Galvez, 12.70
48.35
Gopaul, 12.33
47.17
Beck, 12.65


Vault
54.06
Petros, 13.71
52.78
Foltyn, 13.43
53.20
Lester, 13.85


Parallel Bars
48.51
Viciana, 12.73
50.03
Koo, 12.78
50.25
Duran, 12.88


High Bar
50.11
Petros, 12.99
49.93
Gopaul, 13.18
48.55
Blank, 12.38

Last Time Out: Navy vs. Army, February 7 in Annapolis
With the bright lights of a Star Meet matchup versus their service academy rivals Army shining, the Navy men’s gymnastics team came out on a mission and jumped out to a 5.2-point lead after just one event. That season-best performance by the Mids’ floor exercise lineup, that saw their gymnasts sweep the top-four positions, built the host squad up an advantage that they wouldn’t surrender the rest of the competition at Halsey Field House against the Black Knights. Strong efforts from throughout its 12-man competitive lineup as well as boisterous support from the entire roster, student body, friends, family and academy administration helped Navy earn the program’s eight straight Star over Army by a score of 308.2 to 303.0 on Saturday.

Individual event winners for the Mids on Saturday consisted of Benjamin Thurlow Lam on the floor, Julian Galvez on the rings and Matthew Petros on the high bar.

As a team, Navy scored 54.25 points on the floor exercise, 51.7 on the pommel horse, 50.4 on the rings, 53.55 on the vault, 49.0 on the parallel bars and 49.3 on the high bar. The Mids’ floor exercise effort was 1.75 points better than the previous season-high, while their lineup for the p-bars was also a season-high besting their mark of 48.65 from the West Point Open on January 16.