Springfield College Men's Gymnastics Team, 1978-79

A photograph of the 1978-79 men's gymnastics team at Springfield College. The team was led by head coach Frank Wolcott and team co-captains Ed Skewes and Mike Battaglia. The team finished the season with an overall record of 5 wins and 5 losses. The team was invited to the NCAA Division II Championship and they placed 3rd as a team. Frank Wolcott coached the men's gymnastics team at Springfield College for 18 seasons from the years 1963-1981. He finished his coaching career with an overall record of 94 wins and 52 losses, a winning percentage of .644. Members of the team for this year included, Skewes, Ed; Battaglia, Mike; Rhoades, Phil; Evans, G.; Bell, B.; Saimeri, J.; Walcott, F.; Cigna, J.; Putnam, B.; Cohen, Ron; Cargill, R.; Chin, J.; Nannig, B.; Albert, J.; Kuramoto, Steve; Swass, D.; Chan, S.; Peterson, S.; Brady, Jay; Shea, P.; Smith, J.; Krystynink, S; Shultz, J.; Carpenter, E.; Bellin, P.; Rubino, J; Murphy, T.; Rosa, E.; Householder, D.; Knight, R.; Wolcott, J.; Goudeault, T.; Wright, J.; Dragonetti, J.; Holt, N.; DaRocha, D.; and Sampieri, S.The history of Gymnastics at Springfield College goes all the way back to nearly the founding of Springfield College in 1885. Dr. James Naismith, the creator of Basketball, was an early SC Gymnast. Leslie Judd, widely considered a father of modern Gymnastics, was head coach for many years. In 1955, Frank Wolcott began coaching the men’s gymnastics team at Springfield College. Bob Cargill followed up Wolcott and coached the team for 1 season from 1981-1982. The team was then coached by Steve Posner, who remains as the head coach today. He has coached the team for 30 seasons and has an overall record of 137 wins and 206 losses. During the 1990-1991 season, Eric Weiskopf took over as head coach and Posner returned during the 1991-1992 season. For biographical information on Frank Wolcott, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/54.Another copy of photograph is located within the same folder