Record Week in the MPSF
Feb. 19, 2013
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#12 AIR FORCE scored a team record 427.050 in winning its third straight All-Academy Meet over Army and Navy last Saturday in Atlanta, GA. The Falcons swept all six individual titles, led by Gared Chapman's Academy-record performance on vault on a career-best 15.000. He also won rings with a season-high 14.950. Ben Zaiser won floor with a career-best 14.900, while Nick Owen and Mac Ritchie won horse (14.750) and parallel bars (14.350), respectively. Nick Gaudlip rounded out the Falcons' event winners with a career-best 14.450 on high bar. Air Force travels to Oklahoma Saturday.
#3 OKLAHOMA scored a team-high 443.350, behind 10 individual career-highs in a dual win over No. 6 Minnesota (435.450). The outcome also marked the 20th-straight regular season home victory for the Sooners. Oklahoma's team total on still rings of 76.200 was a national-high in the event this year, with Michael Squires leading the charge with an individual NCAA-High (16.000). Danny Beradini won p-bars (15.350), as did Alec Robin on floor (15.500), both career-highs. The Sooners host Air Force Saturday (Feb. 23).
#4 STANFORD defeated California for the third time this year, in the inaugural Pac-12 Networks men's gymnastics meet, 435.350-426.450. The Cardinal recorded team season-highs on floor (75.050), vault (74.900) and high bar (73.450). Eddie Penev posted a winning all-around (88.200) and floor (15.650), both season-highs. Sean Senters took the vault title (15.400), as did Paul Hichwa on High Bar (15.150). Stanford hosts Cal again this Saturday (Feb. 23).
#9 CALIFORNIA Takahiro Kawada claimed the top pommel of the night with a career-best 14.500, while Kevin Wolting (14.350) and Colt Kucker (14.150) finished just a few fractions of a point behind to earn second and third-place, respectively in the dual at Stanford. Cal accumulated a program-high 426.450 in the meet, and gets a quick re-match with the Cardinal Saturday in Palo Alto.
EDDIE PENEV MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Stanford senior Eddie Penev (Rochester, NY) lifted the Cardinal over No. 10 California in the first-ever Pac-12 Network televised meet. He had a winning and season-high floor (15.65), all-around (88.200), second-place vault (15.3), and third-place rings (14.45), p-bars (14.5), and high bar (14.5). This is Penev's fourth gymnast of the week award this year. Nominated: Gared Chapman (AFA); Michael Squires (OU)...