The surprising Cal Bears (438.30) posted the season's third-highest team score in their resounding defeat of Arizona State (408.60). Coach Brett McClure's young team established a new standard for the storied men's gymnastics program. Kevin Wolting (90.20) and Kyle Zemeir (88.20) posted the nation's best and 4th highest AA scores, respectively. Both marks were career highs. The Bears were especially hot on PB (73.85) and HB (73.90), putting up [...more]
The most exciting meet of the weekend was the quad hosted by Stanford. Oklahoma (440.55) held on for a hard-fought win over Stanford (437.55), Cal (423.55) and Nebraska (418.05). Heading into the final rotation, the Cardinal held a slim lead (+1.25) over the Sooners, but Oklahoma had the advantage of finishing on FX. With three scores of 15.10-plus, led by Kanji Oyama's 15.65, the Sooners prevailed with their [...more]
The first full weekend schedule of men's collegiate gymnastics kicked off the 2015 season. Judging by the scores posted by Oklahoma, Penn State and Stanford, they appear to be in mid-season form. In fact, the Sooners, Nittany Lions and Cardinal were the only teams to put up team scores above 430. [...more]
A robust class of club gymnasts has announced early commitments to the collegiate ranks. Among the top 2015-16 recruits are 2014 JO Nationals AA champion Alec Yoder and 2014 U.S. AA/SR champion Tristan Burke. Yoder, the bronze AA medalist at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, will join Burke at Ohio State. 2014 U.S. PH champ/AA runner-up Yul Moldauer was the [...more]
It was all over after pommel horse. Moving on to SR, Michigan had just crushed it on PH, compiling the nation's second-best team score of the season (75.10), and eventually outscoring runner-up Oklahoma by 1.25 points on that event. For added measure, the Wolverines later padded their lead for good, walloping the Sooners by 3.35 points on PB. It was just too much for any team to overcome. Michigan tallied meet-high team scores on three events (PH,SR,PB), propelling them to their second-straight NCAA team title. It marked the end of a dazzling collegiate career for Sam Mikulak. Not only did he win his third AA title (91.10), but he ended up with his [...more]
Here is a slideshow featuring some great men's gymnastics photography by Jessica Frankl. The photos were taken at the March 1 meet at Stanford, where the hosts competed against Cal and collegiate national teams from Japan, Canada, Norway and Finland. Frankl's brother, of course, is Stanford sophomore David Frankl. Jessica is a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and is well known for her talented photography within the gymnastics community. This is a glimpse [...more]
In the final regular season meet of the year, Michigan (445.75) overwhelmed UIC (401.75). In his last home regular season performance, senior Sam Mikulak did not disappoint. Though he only competed on four events, it was his most dominating display of the NCAA season. Mikulak had a 15.58 average, winning event titles on FX (15.85), PH (15.25), PB (15.70) and HB (15.50). Now starting to peak heading into the post season, he is undoubtedly on a mission to [...more]
Coach Rustam Sharipov has his team primed for the post season, as Ohio State (446.15) prevailed over top-ranked Oklahoma (444.30) and Temple (402.85). The Buckeyes got off to an explosive start, recording their season team high on FX (75.40) and obliterating the nation's previous top team score on PH by over a point (75.85). Led by freshman Jake Dastrup's meet-high 15.40, the Buckeye's lowest PH score was 14.95. Jake Martin and Michael Newburger each posted [...more]
The scoreboard at Burnham Pavilion got quite a workout at Saturday night's quad meet featuring host Stanford (446.45), Ohio State (442.40), Cal (432.45) and Arizona State (406.10). Three of the four teams hit their season high team scores, as Stanford prevailed with a four event high-scoring flurry. The Cardinal established a new national team standard on VT (75.65), and also posted the nation's second-highest team scores on PB (75.70) and HB (74.95). Freshman Akash Modi, who last weekend posted [...more]
The surprising Air Force Falcons scorched their home gym for 439.70 points in their Sunday afternoon victory over UIC (407.65), nearly becoming the sixth team to join the 440 Club. Former long-time Junior National Team member Timmy Wang set another career high/Academy record in the AA (88.40). Wang, a prime recruit, has really sparked his team this season. Perhaps another thing has also lit [...more]
