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Meet 4 // Feb. 9, 2018 // at Ohio State * // Columbus, Ohio // St. John’s Arena // 6 p.m. 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 1 12 NCAA Championship Titles // 3 Big Ten Championships // 6 Nissen-Emery Award Winners // 319 All-America Citations 2018 Schedule / Results PENN STATE at OHIO STATE January NITTANY LIONS BUCKEYES Jan . 12-13 at West Point Open $ 406 .850 (1st of 6) GoPSUSports.com OhioStateBuckeyes.com Jan. 20 ARMY WEST POINT W, 407.600-384.100 2018 Record . 6-1 (0-1 B1G) 2018 Record ........................................... 4-3 Jan. 27 ILLINOIS (DD) * L, 412.500-405.900 Last Meet . L, 412 .500-405 .900 - Illinois Last Meet ....L, 411.850-410.650 - Michigan Head Coach . Randy Jepson Head Coach ......................Rustam Sharipov Series Dual Record . PSU leads, 19-11 Live Results ......... OhioStateBuckeyes.com February Last Meeting . L, 419 .150-417 .750 - 2/11/17 Video .................... OhioStateBuckeyes.com Feb . 9 at Ohio State (DD) * 6 p .m . Feb . 15 & 17 at Winter Cup % 10 p .m . 2018 EVENT LEADERS Feb. 24 MINNESOTA (DD) * 4 p.m. FLOOR POMMEL STILL VAULT PARALLEL HIGH ALL-AROUND EXERCISE HORSE RINGS BARS BAR March March 3 at Iowa * 8 p .m . March 10 at Arizona State 9 p .m . BRENNAN PANTAZIS STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK NOAH ROBERSON SAM ZAKUTNEY SAM ZAKUTNEY SAM ZAKUTNEY SAM ZAKUTNEY March 17 NEBRASKA * 4 p.m. FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE REDSHIRT-JUNIOR SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE & WYATT TYNDALL March 24 at Michigan 1 p .m . JUNIOR 2018 BEST: 15.000 2018 BEST: 14.200 2018 BEST: 14.450 2018 BEST: 14.450 2018 BEST: 14.450 2018 BEST: 81.350 2018 BEST: 14.350 April April 6-7 Big Ten Championships ^ 7 p .m . NOTES AND HEADLINES April 20-21 NCAA Championships # 7 p .m . PENN STATE HEADS TO COLUMBUS FOR DOUBLE DUAL The Penn State men’s gymnastics team will travel to Columbus, Ohio for a double BOLD CAPS - Home Meets dual with the women’s gymnastics team against Ohio State Friday, Feb . 9 . The * - Big Ten Meet | $ - West Point, N .Y . | two teams will take the fl oor at 6 p .m . with the Nittany Lions starting on the pom- % - Las Vegas, Nev . | ^ Ann Arbor, Mich . mel horse . # - Chicago, Ill . All Times Eastern CATCHING THE MEET FROM HOME Fans who cannot make it out to the meet on Friday, can follow along with live Following #PennStateMGYM results on OhioStateBuckeyes .com . Get all the up-to-date news, behind the scenes SERIES HISTORY WITH OHIO STATE stories, videos and photos by following Penn State The Nittany Lions carry the 19-11 all-time dual advantage over Ohio State but Men’s Gymnastics online at the Buckeyes have come away victorious in the last two seasons . Penn State GoPSUsports .com and on social media will be looking for its fi rst win over the Buckeyes since the 2015 campaign when it earned a 443 .600-431 .400 victory at Rec Hall . The Blue and White will be competing for its fi rst win at St . John Arena since the 2012 campaign when it notched a 355 .500-347 .200 win over the Buckeyes . /PennStateMensGymnastics SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES Ohio State was picked to win the Big Ten Conference for the fourth-straight season but has struggled to start, going 0-2 in its fi rst two conference duals . The @PennStateMGYM Buckeyes will compete in their fi rst home Big Ten meet against Penn State as its two losses were on the road against Nebraska and Michigan . Redshirt-senior Sean Melton is back for one fi nal season, ranking fi rst in the nation on the still rings, while Alec Yoder ranks second on the pommel horse for the Buckeyes . PennStateMGYM Yoder is also second nationally in the all-around with a season-high 83 .600 . 2 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS QUICK FACTS 2018 ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION Name Event Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School Location . University Park, Pa . Jack Baldwin PH Fr. 5-10 Mexico, N.Y./Mexico Founded . 1855 Brayden Borromeo FX/SR/VT So. 5-6 Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown Senior Enrollment . 47,261 Michael Burns PH/SR/PB/HB Jr. 5-9 Baltimore, Ohio/Liberty Union Colors . Blue and White Paker Clayton AA Fr. 5-5 Fishers, Ind./Homeschooled Conference . Big Ten Colin Coates PH Sr. 5-8 Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus Nickname . Nittany Lions Benjamin Cooperman * PH/SR Sr. 5-7 Southborough, Mass./Algonquiny President . Dr . Eric J Barron Director of Athletics . Sandy Barbour Alex Frack AA Fr. 5-4 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Athletic Website . www .GoPSUsports .com Issac Hammett SR So. 5-4 Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit Quest Hayden AA Sr. 5-9 Harrisburg, Pa./Homeschooled COACHING STAFF Stephen Nedoroscik PH So. 5-5 Worcester, Mass./Worcester Technical Head Coach . Randy Jepson Brennan Pantazis AA Fr. 5-5 Sparks, Nev./Edward C. Reed 27th Season (Penn State ‘82) Noah Roberson SR R-Jr. 5-4 Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South Record at Penn State . 364-73 Chris Sands FX/SR/VT/PB/HB Jr. 5-10 Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic Assistant Coach . Carlos Vasquez Joshua Smith FX/VT Jr. 5-5 Baton Rouge, La./Homeschooled Sixth Season (Temple ‘84) Greg Tamargo FX/SR/VT Jr. 5-8 Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville Assistant Coach . Tony Beck Alex Thomason FX/VT/PB/HB R-So. 5-5 Houston, Texas/James E. Taylor Third Season (Penn State, 2013) Wyatt Tyndall AA Jr. 5-6 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/Holy Cross Favian Valdez AA So. 5-6 Kearny, N.J./Kearny TEAM INFORMATION Captain . Benjamin Cooperman Sam Zakutney AA So. 5-6 Ottawa, Ontario.E.S.C. Franco Cite Twitter . PennStateMGYM Facebook . Penn State Men’s Gymnastics Head Coach: Randy Jepson (Penn State, 1982; 27th Season) Assistant Coach: Carlos Vazquez (Temple, 1984; Sixth Season) 2017 RECAP Assistant Coach: Tony Beck (Penn State, 2013; Third Season) 2017 Record . 11-4-0 * - Team Captain 2017 Big Ten Finish . Fourth (411 .200) 2017 All-Big Ten Honors . Two 2017 NCAA Finish (Qualifier) . Fourth (410 .500) 2017 All-American Honors . Three PROJECTED LINEUP ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FLOOR EXERCISE VAULT MGYM Contact . Megan Samassa Wyatt Tyndall Wyatt Tyndall Chris Sands Parker Clayton Office Phone . 814-865-7993 Quest Hayden Greg Tamargo Cell Phone . 814-321-3804 Joshua Smith Brennan Pantazis E-mail . mps5768@psu .edu Sam Zakutney Sam Zakutney Fax . 814-863-3165 Brennan Pantazis Joshua Smith Address . 101 Bryce Jordan Center POMMEL HORSE PARALLEL BARS University Park, PA 16802 Alex Frack Parker Clayton Quest Hayden Alex Frack Jack Baldwin Brennan Pantazis PRONUNCIATIONS Michael Burns Wyatt Tyndall Brayden Borromeo . Bore-o-mayo Colin Coates Michael Burns Stephen Nedoroscik . Ned-o-row-sick Stephen Nedoroscik Sam Zakutney Brennan Pantazis . Pan-tah-zis STILL RINGS HIGH BAR Noah Roberson . Row-bur-son Michael Burns Brennan Pantazis Wyatt Tyndall . Tin-dal Parker Clayton Alex Frack Greg Tamargo Wyatt Tyndall Favian Valdez . Fa-vee-ON Isaac Hammett Michael Burns Sam Zakutney . Za-coot-knee Chris Sands Sam Zakutney Noah Roberson Chris Sands 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 3 NATIONAL POLL MEET FOUR: NEWS & NOTES COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ZAKUTNEY COMPETES AT ELITE CANADA MEET ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLL With Penn State having a bye week, it gave sophomore Sam Zakutney an oppor- as of: Feb. 5, 2018 tunity to head to Quebec, Canada to compete in 2018 Elite Canada . Elite Canada is the equivalent of the Winter Cup for American gymnasts . Zakutney competed # Team Season Avg. in the all-around, placing fourth overall with a 75 .134 . The Ottawa, Ontario native 1 Oklahoma 414 also.825 tied for fourth on the floor exercise with a 13 .300 and placed seventh on both 2 Stanford 408 the .125vault and high bar . 3 Michigan 407.750 Nebraska 407.750 PENN STATE FALLS IN FIRST B1G DUAL 5 Illinois 407.300 Despite putting up season-best scores on the floor exercise (70 .800) and parallel 6 Minnesota 406.850 bars (69 .850), the Nittany Lions were unable to come away with a victory over 7 Penn State 406.783 the Fighting Illini in their first Big Ten Conference home meet of the 2018 season . 8 Ohio State 406.417 Illinois won all but two events as sophomore Sam Zakutney picked up two event 9 Navy 398.138 victories with a win on the parallel bars and in the all-around . 10 Iowa 396.650 11 Air Force 395 .563 ZAKUTNEY NOTCHES BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE WEEK HONORS 12 California 392 Sophomore.825 Sam Zakutney earned his second Big Ten Conference honor of the 13 Arizona State * 390.417 2018 season as he was named Big Ten Gymnast of the week as announced by the 14 Army 387.575 conference office Monday, Jan . 29 . Zakutney notched conference honors for the 15 William & Mary * 387.325 seventh time in his career as he was a four-time Freshman of the Week honoree 16 Springfield College * 382.938 and the 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year award winner as well as earning Big 17 Washington * 369 .450 Ten Gymnast of the Week honors twice in 2018 . Furthermore, a Penn State gym- 18 UIC * 361 .550 nast has earned a conference honor all three weeks of the 2018 season as it has 19 SC United * 361 .550 had two freshmen of the week and two gymnasts of the week honors . Zakutney 20 Temple * 205.133 was the only gymnast to compete on all six events against Illinois, earning his 21 NorCal United * 196 .800 second all-around score of 80-or-higher . The sophomore all-arounder scored an 80 .700 to earn his second all-around title of the season, while also taking home the parallel bars title with a 14 .450 .