No. 3 Oklahoma Takes Down No. 2 Michigan
March 12, 2013
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#3 OKLAHOMA Chris Stehl posted a season-high-tying 15.500 on still rings to lead the No. 3 Sooners to a 432.100-431.250 upset win at No. 2 Michigan. With the Sooners down by 6.050 points after the third rotation, Stehl and the OU rings team scored a 74.700 on the fourth event, which cut the deficit by three points, nearly in half. Michael Squires posted an identical 15.500 on rings, while Sergey Resnik won horse (14.700) and Stanton Rehkemper won high bar (14.950).
#11 AIR FORCE Greg Chaput broke the all-time Academy Parallel Bars record this past Friday against the Arizona State club team, scoring 15.250, and leading a 420.950-414.900 Falcon win. The outcome marked the fifth straight meet in which the Academy surpassed 420, led by the program-high 71.700 on p-bars. Tory Brown was a double-event winner on floor and vault, both 14.800 scores, while Jon Spiro's eighth-best AFA rings' mark was good enough for the title (15.400).
#5 STANFORD tallied a season-high 438.600 at Army, backed by Eddie Penev's season-high and fourth winning all-around (89.100). He also won his fourth floor title (16.050), and had career-bests on horse (14.700) and high bar (14.800). John Martin recorded the highest Stanford horse score of 2013 (15.100), and Paul Hichwa claimed high bar on a career-high (15.300). Stanford outscored the host Army and Springfield in all six events.
#8 CALIFORNIA routed Temple at home, 428.650-405.150. The Bears swept every team event, also winning each individually, while seven Bears' chipped in season-high totals. Takahiro Kawada posted a career and winning horse (15.250). The Cal still rings team set a season-high (71.650), led by Steven Lacombe's first-place 15.300. Jeffrey Langenstein took floor (15.650), and Kevin Wolting's career vault (15.100) was good for the title.
CHRIS STEHL MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Oklahoma senior Chris Stehl (Houston, TX) posted a season-high tying 15.500 on still rings to lead the No. 3 Sooners to a 432.100-431.250 upset win at No. 2 Michigan. With the Sooners down by 6.050 points after the third rotation, Stehl and the OU rings team scored a 74.700 on the fourth event, which cut the deficit by three points, nearly in half. Nominated: Eddie Penev (STAN); Greg Chaput (AFA)...