Gymnastics NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S
Gymnastics NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S Highlights Team eff ort gives Cardinal milestone crown; Stanford becomes second school with 100 all-time crowns: After falling just short a year ago, Stanford came through with the clutch performance necessary to capture its second NCAA title in three years April 15. The Cardinal scored 363.450 to defeat second-place Oklahoma (361.600) and third-place Illinois (360.150). The NCAA title was also the 100th in Stanford athletics history, as the Cardinal became just the second university to accomplish that feat. Stanford men’s gymnastics has now won fi ve NCAA titles with the others coming in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2009. It was the second under head coach Thom Glielmi, who took over the program for the 2003 season and has rebuilt Stanford into a perennial title contender. The Cardinal began on the parallel bars for the second consecutive night, but did not fare as well this time around. In the preliminaries, the Cardinal scored an NCAA season- best of 61.500. But, in the fi nals, Stanford scored a solid 59.950, knowing it might need to make up points in other events. Cameron Foreman and Ryan Lieberman led the Cardinal in the event, both scoring 15.200. The score for Foreman was a career best, which came at the right time, as he was sixth in the rotation with his team needing him to nail the routine. Alex Buscaglia was also solid with a 15.150, while Josh Dixon completed Stanford’s scoring with a 14.400. Stanford then shifted to the horizontal bar, which it led the NCAA coming into the championships.
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