In a very ugly meet, Oklahoma (354.55) barely edged out Cal (354.45) in the 2010 MPSF Championships. Top-ranked Stanford really tanked on pommel horse (50.35), which immediately took them out of the running for the team title, as that event greatly contributed to the dozen or so points they left on the floor. The Sooners, ironically, needed a strong showing on pommel horse in the last rotation to pull out their victory. Cal is arguably on their way to [...more]
Not only did Illinois dominate last night's team championships, they also kept up the momentum in the event finals. The Illini captured titles on pommel horse, vault, parallel bars and high bar. After a disappointing night in the all-around, Paul Ruggeri bounced back to win event titles on vault (16.35) and high bar (15.55). Daniel Ribeiro gained a measure of revenge on teammate Luke Stannard (14.60) as he claimed the Big 10 pommel horse title (15.625). Stannard was the defending champion on that event, but he [...more]
With Michigan leading after five rotations, it all came down to vault for Illinois in the final rotation. The Illini posted their third highest team score of the season on that event to clinch their second straight Big Ten Men's Gymnastics title. Despite the last rotation heroics, what really put Illinois over the top was their [...more]
Heading into this weekend's conference championships, Stanford is the top-ranked team according to GymInfo. Oklahoma has three of the top six ranked all-arounders... Steven Legendre (88.48), Jake Dalton (88.18) and Alex Naddour (86.99). Not to diminish this list, but several top all-arounders are nowhere to be found in the [...more]
Air Force and Arizona State won their respective divisions at the 2010 USAG Men's Collegiate Championships hosted by Air Force. The Falcons, led by Nash Mills' 85.44 in the all-around, beat back William & Mary 342.25-335.15. Derek Gygax defended his AA title as he tied Nash Mills. ASU's Riley Barclay won the AA (80.35) in the club division. In the event finals, [...more]
As the 2010 NCAA Men's Gymnastics season is about to launch into post-season competition, Michigan (364.45) made a huge statement last weekend in their regular season-ending dual meet against Ohio State (353.80). Their gigantic team score is the NCAA's best of the season by over two points. Coming off a previously posted season-high score (359.65) from their victory over Big 10 nemesis Illinois two weekends ago, it's apparent [...more]
The 2010 NCAA men's gymnastics season is starting to wind down. The conference meets are a couple weeks away and the NCAA Championships are a month from now. The biggest meet of the weekend was the shootout in Champaign between Michigan and Illinois. Michigan tallied [...more]
Cameron Rogers had quite a season last year. He started out by winning the 2009 Region 8 all-around championship over such stalwarts as Edward Mesa, Harris Coleman, Alex Barrera and Wyatt Aycock. Although he placed 17th AA at JO Nationals, he came back with a vengeance at the [...more]
The 2010 Tyson American Cup boiled down to who kept it clean. Russia's Maxim Devyatovskiy did just that, and by hitting all six events, he took home the prize. The former Russian bad boy seems to be coming into his own, after winning the 2009 Champions Trophy and placing 5th at the World Championships. He did have some help after Jonathan Horton [...more]
Stanford really put the wood to Michigan in their final home meet of the season. Granted, Michigan was not at full strength, but Stanford still posted the season's highest team score (361.40) by far. Did they send a message? Well, if you consider the fact they scored over 60 points on floor, rings and vault, and also over 58 points on the remaining events, then [...more]
