MPSF Men's Gymnastics Weekly Release
March 18, 2008
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#1 STANFORD (16-1) did not compete last week. The Cardinal will compete in an alumni meet on March 29.
#2 OKLAHOMA (12-1) sent senior co-captains Jonathan Horton and Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons out in style. Oklahoma scored a program and NCAA season-high 364.600 to defeat eighth-ranked Minnesota (350.650). Horton claimed his second all-around title of the season with a personal-best 92.450, as well as event titles on rings (16.050), parallel bars (15.650) and high bar (15.300). Horton's scores on rings and p-bars also marked personal season highs. The Sooners also set team season highs on floor (62.050), rings (62.100) and parallel bars (61.200) and demolished their own NCAA-best on the vault with a 64.450. After faltering on p-bars in their last competition at the Pacific Coast Classic (Feb. 23), five of the six gymnasts in OU's lineup set personal bests against Minnesota, posting a score nearly two full points higher than the previous program mark of 59.300 set at Iowa on Feb. 16. Freshman Steven Legendre took his fourth floor exercise crown with a program-record 15.800, while OU swept the top three places on floor, rings and p-bars.
#4 CALIFORNIA (6-5) defeated No. 2 Penn State, 360.400-351.300, on Saturday. Kyson Bunthuwong won the all-around with a 90.200. Cal won pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and horizontal bar to cinch the win. The Nittany Lions took floor and tied the Bears on vault. The Bears took pommel horse thanks to first and second place performances by Kyson Bunthuwong (15.100) and Tim McNeill (14.850), respectively. California outscored Penn State on rings by 2.15 points, 60.900-58.750, with Tyler Block winning the event with a 15.450. Evan Roth tied his personal best of 15.200 to take second place. Casey Sandy won the vault with a 16.000. The Bears took the top five places on parallel bars with Kyson Bunthuwong winning the event with a 15.650. Kyle Brady, Colin Christ and Tim McNeill tied for second, each scoring a 15.00. The Bears dominated horizontal bar, winning the event, 58.900-53.950. Kyson Bunthuwong won with a 15.100. Tyler Block finished second (14.650), Colin Christ took third (14.600) and Kyle Bunthuwong was fourth (14.600) to help Cal win high bar and clinch the meet.
#10 NEBRASKA (4-8) stunned the No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes, 353.60-349.40, Friday evening, defeating Iowa for the first time since 2005. Nebraska took top honors on four events, two of which saw the Huskers in all top three spots. NU also claimed the top-two spots on the all-around for the first time this season. Junior T.J. Schmidt started the winning trend for the Huskers as he claimed event titles on pommel horse (15.05) and parallel bars (15.10). Sophomore Tony Maras and Anthony Ingrelli tied for first on still rings with a score of 15.15, while freshman Bear Danley also captured his first career title on high bar with a career-high score of 14.60. In just his second all-around competition of the season, sophomore Kyle Shanahan topped the standings with a career-high score of 87.30. Senior Stephen Tètrault finished in a close second with a career-high score of 86.70.
#15 AIR FORCE (4-13) did not compete last week. The Falcons will next compete at Nebraska on March 22.