Chapman Breaks Own Vault Record
Feb. 26, 2013
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#11 AIR FORCE sophomore Gared Chapman improved his own Academy record on the vault for the second straight week, as he scored a 15.050 to win the event title this past Saturday at No. 3 Oklahoma. Chapman also paced the Falcons on the still rings with a third-place score of 14.650. Junior Nick Owen, who has added a half-point to his score since the start of the season, tallied a personal-best 14.900 on pommel to tie for second and match the program standard. The Falcons travel to Illinois-Chicago for two meets (Mar. 1 & 3).
#3 OKLAHOMA extended its regular season home win streak to 21 meets with a 440.300-420.050 decision over Air Force. The Sooners won every team event and five of the six individual titles as OU improved to 12-1 on the season. Jacoby Rubin claimed the all-around title in his career debut on the event with an 86.900. Alec Robin also competed in the all-around and finished second with an 86.000, a career-high. Danny Berardini won two events, a 15.200 on p-bars and 14.750 on high bar. Oklahoma visits Nebraska Sunday (Mar. 3) in a dual meet.
#5 STANFORD defeated California for the fourth time this year, 428.800-424.550, this past Saturday. Chris Turner won his first all-around this season (86.650), backed by a career-high tying rings title (15.000). Kevin Baker and Paul Hichwa shared first-place on vault (14.800), each posting a career-high. Cameron Foreman won p-bars (14.750). Stanford and Cal face off for the fifth time this year, and third in succession, Saturday (Mar. 2).
#9 CALIFORNIA Takahiro Kawada set a career-best on pommel, scoring a 14.95, tying for first with Stanford's John Martin. Colt Kucker earned third with his 14.65 performance. The 71.20 team score was also Cal's best pommel performance of the season, up from 69.70. Cal also set a season-high on floor, scoring 74.20. That score was bolstered by a new individual season-high from junior Jeffrey Langenstein, who claimed first on the event with a 15.700, nearly a full point higher than every other floor competitor.
GARED CHAPMAN MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Air Force sophomore Gared Chapman (Americus, GA) won the vault title in the Falcons' dual meet with No. 3 Oklahoma, breaking his own Academy record set one week earlier. He also paced Air Force on the still rings with a third-place score of 14.650. Nominated: Jacoby Rubin (OU); Chris Turner (STAN)...