The men's college gymnastics post season is here! The final regular season scores and rankings have been tallied. The top 3 on each event are listed below and include four freshmen. Alex Diab, Anthony McCallum, Yul Moldauer and Alec Yoder represent this season's strong freshman class. Akash Modi (FX,AA) and Sean Melton (SR,PB) are the only two gymnasts [...more]
Air Force (425.35) coasted to their seventh-straight USAG Collegiate national team title over Army (413.85), Navy (412.85), William & Mary (405.10) and Springfield (402.60). Falcon junior Timmy Wang recorded his highest AA score since 2014 (88.15) to win [...more]
The final big weekend of men's college gymnastics regular season action featured a top 5 dual meet meet between Oklahoma and Illinois. While not scoring 450, the Sooners (444.75) still put up a pile of points in their road win over the Illini (433.05). They scored 75-plus on three events [...more]
Oklahoma and Ohio State compiled the highest ever combined team score (897.95) in their big showdown in Columbus. The Sooners (451.25) once again hit for over 450 in their impressive road win over the Buckeyes (446.70) and Air Force (425.85). Oklahoma had team wins on every event but HB, scoring 75-plus on four out of six. It was another dizzying display of numbers, with the Sooners compiling eighteen scores of 15-plus by [...more]
Just a few hours after Ohio State sent a big shockwave throughout the college men's gymnastics world, the Oklahoma Sooners were about to send one of their own. The much anticipated tussle between the Sooners and visiting Stanford never really materialized, but instead turned into a one-sided affair. Oklahoma posted season highs on three of their first five events, turning what was hoped to be a close contest into a [...more]
Congratulations to the eight finalists for the 2016 Nissan-Emery Award. This is the most prestigious award that can be earned in NCAA Men's Gymnastics. The recipient is awarded annually at the CGA Banquet held just prior to the NCAA Championships. The Nissan-Emery is awarded to a senior athlete who has compiled the most exemplary record of [...more]
The dreaded 5-up/5-count format began this weekend in college men's gymnastics and it certainly didn't faze the top two teams. Oklahoma and Stanford both put up 440-plus in weekend contests that were the perfect warm up for their big showdown next weekend in Norman. The Sooners' (447.50) torrid start on their first three events set the stage for a convincing victory over visiting Minnesota (431.10). Starting out on FX (77.80), they nearly tied [...more]
Michael Deitz (William & Mary/Class of '15) was kind enough to let us post the text to the speech he delivered at last season's NCAA Championships Awards Banquet. Deitz was the featured student-athlete speaker, and he gave a great emotional address about how important the sport of men's gymnastics has been to him. His list of accomplishments at [...more]
LAS VEGAS -- Day 2 of Winter Cup was a high energy affair. Buoyed by a packed venue at the Cashman Convention Center, the energy level was palpable and many routines reflected it. After recovering from an achilles injury, Sam Mikulak's first competition since the U.S. Championships can be deemed a [...more]
Melton, Moldauer, Mikulak, Maestas and Modi are at the top of the Winter Cup Day 1 leaderboard. It's far from over, but what a refreshing mix of veterans and relatively new faces we are seeing at the top of the pack. Sam Mikulak had a rough go of it on PB, but he slowly crept up in the standings to place 2nd. He also had four top 10 finishes, including the top score on [...more]
