Cal Collects Team Record Score
March 15, 2016 MPSF Men's Gym Release 9
No. 5 CALIFORNIA recorded an all-time program-best 442.150 this past Sunday in the final home meet of the year, as the Bears blew past Army and Washington. hit on all six of his routines in his final home meet of his career (Mar. 13), in which he helped the Bears to a program-best team total score of 442.150 in a tri-meet win over No. 13 Army and No. 19 Washington. He posted all-around scores of 89.350 (Sunday), which is a career-best, and 88.400 on Senior Night (Mar. 11). His performances on individual events saw him set new career-best marks on vault (15.150 in both meets) and tied his career-best on parallel bars (15.250 on Sunday). In the second meet, Kevin Wolting recorded the 2016 national-high on vault (15.600), while the Bears set program record totals on rings (73.700), vault (74.700), and parallel bars (74.250).
No. 1 OKLAHOMA recorded the fourth-highest score in NCAA history, and remains the only school to ever reach 450, as it won a tri-meet with 451.250 at No. 3 Ohio State with No. 10 Air Force (Mar. 12). The total marked the first time ever the Sooners reached 450 outside of Norman, and the fifth time hitting that level in program history. Levi Anderson won vault (15.300) and Yul Moldauer shared the parallel bars title (15.800). Colin Van Wicklen tied for second on floor with a 15.200, and placed second on vault with a 15.250. The top-ranked Sooners travel to No. 5 Illinois Saturday (Mar. 19) for a televised dual on Big-10 Network.
No. 11 AIR FORCE accumulated 425.850 in the tough tri-meet against No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 3 Ohio State in Columbus, OH. The Falcons managed three top-five results. Tim Wang finished third on vault (15.150), as did Chase Cannon on high bar (15.250). Ohio native Denis Aurelius tied for fourth on still rings (15.350). Wang added a season-best tying 14.750 on parallel bars. Up next for the Falcons season are the USAG National Championships (Mar. 25-26), followed by the MPSF Championships (Apr. 2).
No. 2 STANFORD is next in action when it hosts the MPSF Championship meet, April 2 in Burnham Pavilion. Stanford tallied 435.800 at No. 1 Oklahoma (Mar. 5). The highlight in the meet came on the vault, as Gabe Flores won the individual title with a career-best (15.250), and Stanford winning the event as a team (74.200). Other career-highs came on high bar (Brian Knott, 15.200), parallel bars (Jacob Barrus, 13.650), pommel horse (Ryan Sheppard, 14.900; Drew Willoughby, 15.150), and still rings (Jordan DeClerk, 15.050). Sheppard also matched his career-high on vault (14.750).