No. 1 Oklahoma Caps Perfect Regular Season
March 22, 2016 MPSF Men's Gym Release 10
No. 1 OKLAHOMA capped off an unbeaten regular season as it won a dual at No. 5 Illinois last Saturday (Mar. 19), 444.750-433.050. The Sooners have knocked off 39-straight opponents since the 2015 season opener. Kanji Oyama shared the event title on floor (15.250), Allan Bower recorded the top vault (15.100) along with the all-around victory (89.700), Yul Moldauer put up a meet-high 16.000 on parallel bars to also tie his career-high, and Josh Yee won high bar (14.700). Oklahoma won every team event except pommel horse, highlighted by a 75.650 on floor. Next up for the Sooners is the MPSF Championship meet at Stanford (Apr. 2), where they have won the last four conference titles and 13 of 16 in the Mark Williams era.
No. 11 AIR FORCE accumulated 425.850 in the tough tri-meet against No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 3 Ohio State in Columbus, OH (Mar. 11). 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).
No. 5 CALIFORNIA recorded an all-time program-best 442.150 (Mar. 13) in the final home meet of the year, as the Bears blew past Army and Washington. Kyle Zemeir hit on all six of his routines in his final home meet of his career (Mar. 13). 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)