In the winter of 2008, five years removed from a gymnastics career at the University of Rhode Island that saw the judge machine, turn and return to his 5 foot 1 frame some of the upper beam and floor routines in history of the school, Mount Sinai School old star told the news fateful. The ax had shot UMass, James Madison, Towson, West Chester, among others, had come down quickly and without notice of his alma mater.After 32 years, gymnastics as a Division I team from Rhode Island was discontinued after the 2008 season, sacrificed to make way for a women's lacrosse program that would give the other seven spots alignment and better align the school with his lecture, Atlantic 10.