Meet 11 // April 20-21, 2018 // NCAA Championships // Chicago, Illinois // 7 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 at NCAA Championships January Friday, April 20-Saturday April 21 Chicago, Illinois Jan . 12-13 at West Point Open $ 406 .850 (1st of 6) Last Year: 4th of 6 (Qualifi er) Jan. 20 ARMY WEST POINT W, 407.600-384.100 410 .500 April 21-22 • West Point, New York Jan. 27 ILLINOIS (DD) * L, 412.500-405.900 Live Results: UICFlames .com Video: N/A February Feb . 9 at Ohio State (DD) * W, 417 .400-414 .900 Feb . 15 & 17 at Winter Cup % NTS 2018 EVENT LEADERS Feb. 24 MINNESOTA (DD) * L, 404.350-402.400 POMMEL STILL PARALLEL HIGH ALL-AROUND EXERCISE HORSE BARS BAR March March 3 at Iowa * w/ Arizona St . 396 .550 (2nd of 3) March 10 at Arizona State w/Navy 402 .450 (1st of 3) JOSHUA SMITH STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK NOAH ROBERSON JOSHUA SMITH SAM ZAKUTNEY SAM ZAKUTNEY SAM ZAKUTNEY March 17 NEBRASKA * L, 404.500-401.550 JUNIOR SOPHOMORE JUNIOR JUNIOR SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE March 24 at Michigan * W, 407 .350-405 .050 2018 BEST: 14.650 2018 BEST: 15.000 2018 BEST: 14.400 2018 BEST: 14.600 2018 BEST: 14.800 2018 BEST: 14.450 2018 BEST: 81.350

April NOTES AND HEADLINES April 6-7 Big Ten Championships ^ 406 .350 (3rd of 7) MEN’S GYMNASTICS READY FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS April 20-21 NCAA Championships # 7 p .m . The Penn State men’s gymnastics team is in search of its nation-leading 13th National Championship Friday, April 20-Saturday, April 21 at UIC . The Nittany Li- BOLD CAPS - Home Meets ons will compete in session I with the fi rst event slated for 1 p .m . The top three * - Big Ten Meet | $ - West Point, N .Y . | teams of session I and session II will qualify for the team event fi nals on Saturday, % - Las Vegas, Nev . | ^ Ann Arbor, Mich . April 21 starting at 7 p .m . at the UIC Pavilion . # - Chicago, Ill . All Times Eastern SESSION II COMPETITION Penn State will be in the second session Friday, April 20 and will compete to earn a top-three spot for the team fi nals on Saturday, April 21 . The Nittany Lions will go Following #PennStateMGYM up against No . 1 Oklahoma, No . 4 Illinois, No . 5 Ohio State, No . 9 Iowa, and No . Get all the up-to-date news, behind the scenes 12 California to compete for a spot in the team fi nals . stories, videos and photos by following Penn State Men’s Gymnastics online at ROTATION ORDER GoPSUsports .com and on social media The Blue and White will start on the vault before moving to the and fi nishing the third rotation on the high bar . Penn State will compete on the fl oor exercise in rotation four, the in the fi fth rotation and close out the meet on the still rings . /PennStateMensGymnastics NITTANY LIONS IN THE POSTSEASON IN CHICAGO Penn State has not had a lot of experience in Chicago, Illinois in the postseason, having just competed there two times in the history of the program . The Nittany @PennStateMGYM Lions captured the 1948 National Championship and placed fi fth in the 1949 Na- tional AAU but has not seen any other postseason competition hosted by UIC at the Pavilion . PennStateMGYM 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 Brayden Borromeo Greg Tamargo Greg Tamargo Brayden Borromeo Office Phone...... 814-865-7993 Joshua Smith Wyatt Tyndall Cell Phone...... 814-321-3804 Chris Sands Brennan Pantazis E-mail ...... mps5768@psu .edu Brennan Pantazis Joshua Smith

Fax...... 814-863-3165 POMMEL HORSE PARALLEL BARS Address. . . . 101 Bryce Jordan Center Alex Frack Alex Thomason University Park, PA 16802 Jack Baldwin Alex Frack Michael Burns Brennan Pantazis Colin Coates Michael Burns PRONUNCIATIONS Stephen Nedoroscik Sam Zakutney Brayden Borromeo . . . . . Bore-o-mayo Stephen Nedoroscik. . . Ned-o-rah-sick STILL RINGS HIGH BAR Michael Burns Alex Frack Brennan Pantazis ...... Pan-tah-zis Isaac Hammett Chris Sands Noah Roberson...... Row-bur-son Greg Tamargo Wyatt Tyndall Wyatt Tyndall...... Tin-dal Chris Sands Michael Burns Noah Roberson Sam Zakutney Favian Valdez ...... Fa-vee-ON Sam Zakutney...... Za-coot-knee 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 3 NATIONAL POLL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ROBERSON LOOKING FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT ELITE 90 AWARD ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLL Redshirt-junior Noah Roberson is one of the 2018 men’s gymnastics Elite 90 as of: April 9, 2018 nominees after exhibiting hard work on the mat and in the classroom . Roberson captured the award in the 2017 campaign and was a finalist in 2016 . The ELITE 90, # Team NQA an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-ath- 1 Oklahoma 414 lete.713 by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the 2 Minnesota 409.463 national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest 3 Michigan 408.588 academic standard among his or her peers . The Elite 90 is presented to the stu- 4 Illinois 408.463 dent-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the 5 Ohio State 408.350 finals site for each of the NCAA’s 90 championships . 6 Stanford 407 Roberson.775 has a 4 .0 cumulative grade point average as a double major in bio- 7 Nebraska 407.175 medical and mechanical engineering . The Williamsville, New York native has com- 8 Penn State 407 .038 9 Iowa 402.850 peted on the still rings 10 times this season for the Blue and White taking home 10 Navy 401.550 three event victories and competing in the Big Ten Championships in the individual 11 Air Force 396 .625 event finals . 12 California 395 .275 13 William & Mary 394.025 14 Arizona State * 392.275 DEFENDING A TITLE 15 Army 392.113 Sophomore Stephen Nedoroscik heads to the 2018 NCAA Championships as the 16 Springfield 383.350 reigning pommel horse national champion, scoring a 14 .900 to earn the victory in 17 Washington * 369 .850 the 2017 campaign . One year ago, Nedoroscik was the first routine of the evening 18 UIC 369 .650 19 SC United * 330 .588 as his score held for the remainder of the meet allowing him to capture the title 20 Temple * 192.863 as a freshman . This year, Nedoroscik will look to join Brandon Stefaniak and Mark 21 NorCal United 175 .650 Sohn as repeat national champions for Penn State on the pommel horse . Stefaniak won the title in both 1999 and 2000, while Sohn captured the title for four-straight 2018 Opponents in Bold seasons from 1989-1991 . Nedoroscik bested his score from the national champi- * - NCAA onship when he scored a 15 .000 to earn the title at the West Point Open to kick off the season . The Worcester, Massachusetts native has taken home seven titles in his second year donning the Blue and White, including becoming the 2018 Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion . Nedoroscik currently ranks third nationally and will have to go up against Brandon Ngai of Illinois, who comes in at No . 1 and of Ohio State, who ranks No . 2, who he beat two weeks ago at the Big Ten Championships .

PANTAZIS BECOMES SECOND B1G FLOOR CHAMPION FOR PENN STATE Freshman Brennan Pantazis became just the 13th Individual Big Ten Champion in the history of Penn State men’s gymnastics after winning the floor exercise at the 2018 Big Ten Championships . Pantazis scored a 14 .275 to lead the field, becom- ing just the second Penn State gymnast to capture the Big Ten floor title and the first since Mike Dutka earned the honor in the 1998 season . The Sparks, Nevada native currently ranks sixth nationally on the floor exercise with a NQA of 14 .256 . This season, Pantazis captured two floor titles and two parallel bar titles for the Blue and White, while earning 13 podium finishes in his first season as a Nittany Lion .

NEDOROSCIK CAPTURES B1G POMMEL HORSE TITLE Reigning NCAA pommel horse National Champion Stephen Nedoroscik added another big win to his accolades as he notched the 2018 Big Ten Pommel Horse Individual Championship . The sophomore pommel horse specialist finished third in the team final before coming back to score a 14 .475 in the finals, finishing .225 ahead of Ohio State’s Alec Yoder . Nedoroscik became the 14th Individual Big Ten Champion in the history of Penn State men’s gymnastics and was just the third Nittany Lion to earn the pommel horse title as Craig Hernandez captured the title in both 2012 and 2013 and Mike Dutka earned the win in the 1998 season . 4 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS BIG TEN AWARDS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES FOUR NOTCH BIG TEN ACCOLADES BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS: Freshman Brennan Pantazis and sophomore Stephen Nedoroscik garnered First Team All-Big Ten honors, while junior Greg Tamargo was named to the second Jan . 15 team . Junior Wyatt Tyndall garnered the Sportsmanship Award for the Nittany Li- G: Sam Zakutney, Penn State F: Brennan Pantazis, Penn State ons, competing on four events this winter and earning three individual titles . Panta- Jan . 22 zis and Nedoroscik become the 13th and 14th Big Ten Individual Event Champions G: Sean Melton, Ohio State & Bobby Baker, Illinois in Penn State men’s gymnastics history at the 2018 Big Ten Championships and F: Alex Frack, Penn State are the first sinceTrevor Howard earned the high bar title in the 2016 campaign . Jan . 29 G: Sam Zakutney, Penn State Furthermore the duo are the first pair of Penn State gymnasts to earn a title in the F: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota same year since 2015 when Howard and Matthew Felleman each took home in- Feb . 5 dividual titles . Tamargo also earned a podium finish for the Blue and White at the G: Alec Yoder, Ohio State F: Jacob Moore, Michigan Big Ten Championships, scoring a 13 .875 on the still rings to place third overall . Feb . 12 The Kennett Square, Pennsylvania native captured both a still rings and a parallel G: Alec Yoder, Ohio State bars title during the regular season . F: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota Feb . 19 STACKING UP AGAINST THE COMPETITION G: Sean Melton, Ohio State F: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota The Nittany Lions head to the 2018 NCAA Championships ranked in the top five on Feb . 26 four different events, coming in at third on the still rings, fourth on the floor exercise G: Bobby Baker, Illinois and parallel bars and fifth on the pommel horse . Penn State holds the highest floor F: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota ranking in session II, while Oklahoma, Iowa, and Ohio State all hold higher rankings March 5 G: Dylan Ellsworth, Iowa than the Nittany Lions on the pommel horse . The Blue and White sit behind Okla- F: Bennet Huang, Iowa homa and Ohio State on the still rings and both Oklahoma and Illinois rank ahead March 12 of Penn State on the vault . In the final two rotations, Oklahoma ranks No .1 and G: Alex Yoder, Ohio State F: Bennet Huang, Iowa Ohio State comes in at No . 3 on the parallel bars and the Sooners are No . 1 on the March 19 high bar, while Illinois comes in at No . 2, and Ohio State ranks fifth . G: Yaroslav Pochinka, Minnesota F: Shane Wiskus, Minnesota 11 EARN ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN The Penn State men’s gymnastics team notched 11 student-athletes on the 2018 March 26 G: Cameron Bock, Michigan Big Ten Academic All-Big Ten honors list . To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten F: Jacob Moore, Michigan selection, students must be on a varsity team, as verified by being on the official squad list as of March 1 for winter sports, who have been enrolled full-time at the institution for a minimum of 12 months and carry a cumulative grade-point average G - Gymnast; F - Freshman of 3 .0 or higher . Penn State’s honorees included: Brayden Borromeo, Michael Burns, Colin Coates, Benjamin Cooperman, Stephen Nedoroscik, Noah Rob- erson, Chris Sands, Greg Tamargo, Alex Thomason, Wyatt Tyndall, and Sam Zakutney .

PENN STATE WINS IN FINAL ROTATION AT MICHIGAN The Penn State men’s gymnastics team used a last rotation comeback to secure a 407 .350-405 .050 victory over Michigan in its final regular season meet Saturday, March 24 at Cliff Keen Arena . The Nittany Lions earned four event victories with Sam Zakutney taking the win on both the parallel bars and the high bar for the second-straight meet . Sophomore Stephen Nedoroscik notched his sixth pom- mel horse title and third-straight win, while Noah Roberson picked up the still rings title and Wyatt Tyndall shared the high bar win with Zakutney .

ZAKUTNEY ROARS BACK AGAINST NEBRASKA Working his way back from injury, Sam Zakutney captured his fourth parallel bars title of the 2018 season against Nebraska, scoring a 14 .600 . Zakutney capped off the meet with his second win of the day, scoring a 13 .600 to tie for first on the high bar with Nebraska’s Jake Bonnay . 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 5 2018 RANKINGS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES (AS OF: APRIL 9, 2018) PANTAZIS CONTINUES TO BE STEADY TEAM RANKINGS Freshman Brennan Pantazis earned a podium finish on the parallel bars against Nebraska, placing third overall with a 13 .900, while finishing seventh on the vault Team Score 8 Penn State 407 .038 and ninth on the floor . The podium finish on the parallel bars marked the 13th time Season High Score 417.400 this season in which he has finished in the top three for the Nittany Lions as he has picked up at least one podium finish on five events . Floor 4 Penn State 69 500. ROBERSON TAKES SEASON-HIGH SCORE ON STILL RINGS Season High Score 70.950 Junior Noah Roberson notched his third still rings title of the 2018 season against Nebraska, scoring a team-best 14 .400 . The score was just .300 shy of his ca- Pommel Horse reer-high of 14 .700 and vaulted him into the top spot on the still rings for Penn 5 Penn State 66 963. State . Roberson currently ranks fifth nationally with a season-average of 13 .925 Season High Score 69.200 and a NQA of 14 .183 .

Still Rings SANDS IS VICTORIOUS FOR THIRD-STRAIGHT WEEK 3 Penn State 69 075. Junior Chris Sands picked up his third-straight victory in as many weeks, placing Season High Score 69.950 first on the floor exercise with a 14 .200 at Arizona State . The win marks the third of the season for Sands as he also notched a victory on the floor exercise at Iowa Vault with a 14 .300 and on the still rings against Minnesota . The Lancaster, Pa . native 8 Penn State 70 463. also earned a top-five finish on the still rings, scoring a 13 .750 . Season High Score 71.150 NITTANY LIONS EARN THREE INDIVIDUAL VICTORIES AT IOWA Parallel Bars Despite finishing second at the tri-meet at Iowa with Arizona State, the Penn State 4 Penn State 68 288. men’s gymnastics team picked up three individual event victories at the meet . Season High Score 69.850 Junior Chris Sands earned a victory for the second-straight week with the win on floor exercise, whileNoah Roberson notched a win on the still rings and Wyatt High Bar Tyndall placed first on the parallel bars for the Blue and White . 7 Penn State 66 313. Season High Score 68.300 ROBERSON LEADS ON THE RINGS Noah Roberson paced the Blue and White on the still rings at Iowa, coming away with the event victory after scoring a season-high 14 .350 in the event . The win INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (Top 10) marks the second of the season for Roberson as he notched the event victory in the team portion of the West Point Open . Roberson has also garnered two sec- Floor Exercise 6 Brennan Pantazis 14 256. ond-place finishes this season on the still rings . Season High Score 14.500 TYNDALL GRABS VICTORY ON PARALLEL BARS Junior Wyatt Tyndall secured the win on the parallel bars after earning four podi- Pommel Horse 3 Stephen Nedoroscik 14 738. um finishes prior to the meet at Iowa . The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native scored Season High Score 15.000 a 14 .200 on the parallel bars and added his second win of the season as he placed first on the floor exercise in the team portion of the West Point Open . Still Rings 6 Noah Roberson 14 150. SMITH EARNS SECOND VICTORY OF 2018 Season High Score 14.400 Junior Joshua Smith has risen to the top of the list of competitors for Penn State 8 Greg Tamargo 14 063. on the floor exercise and the vault . In his second week of competition of the 2018 Season High Score 14.150 season, Smith notched his first victory of the season with a 14 .650 on the floor ex- ercise, while placing second on the vault . After a week away from the floor, Smith Parallel Bars came back to win the vault with a season and team-best 14 .600 to notch his sec- 2 Sam Zakutney 14 413. ond event victory of the season for the Blue and White . Season High Score 14.800 SANDS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE Junior Chris Sands has been continuing to improve on his still rings routines week in and week out and it has paid off for the Lancaster, Pennsylvania native as he (2018 Road To Nationals Rankings) earnned his first victory of the season against Minnesota . As the second competi- tor for the Nittany Lions against the Golden Gophers, Sands scored a season-best 14 .200 to earn his first event victory of the season on the still rings . 6 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES

PENN STATE PUTS UP STRONG TEAM PERFORMANCE ZAKUTNEY COMPETES AT ELITE CANADA MEET ON VAULT With Penn State having a bye week, it gave sophomore The Nittany Lions used the lineup of Wyatt Tyndall, Brayden Sam Zakutney an opportunity to head to Quebec, Can- Borromeo, Quest Hayden, Brennan Pantazis, and Joshua ada to compete in 2018 Elite Canada . Elite Canada is Smith to record their season-high score of 71 .050 and put it the equivalent of the Winter Cup for American gymnasts . slightly ahead of the Golden Gophers after four rotations in Zakutney competed in the all-around, placing fourth the meet . Penn State would eventually fall to Minnesota, but overall with a 75 .134 . The Ottawa, Ontario native also Borromeo posted a career-best 14 .300 on the vault, while tied for fourth on the floor exercise with a 13 .300 and Smith notched a season-best 14 .600 in the event victory . placed seventh on both the vault and high bar .

NEDOROSCIK PLACES FOURTH AT WINTER CUP PENN STATE FALLS IN FIRST B1G DUAL Sophomore Stephen Nedoroscik had a strong showing at Despite putting up season-best scores on the floor ex- the Winter Cup after qualifying for the event finals on the ercise (70 .800) and parallel bars (69 .850), the Nittany Li- pommel horse Saturday, Feb . 17 . Nedoroscik was just one ons were unable to come away with a victory over the place out of the top-three, notching a fourth-place finish on Fighting Illini in their first Big Ten Conference home meet the pommel horse . The sophomore pommel horse specialist of the 2018 season . Illinois won all but two events as scored a 13 .900 in his first round before earning a 14 .800 in sophomore Sam Zakutney picked up two event victo- the second . ries with a win on the parallel bars and in the all-around .

WINTER CUP HIGHLIGHTS ZAKUTNEY NOTCHES BIG TEN GYMNAST OF THE The Penn State men’s gymnastics team had two participants WEEK HONORS in the 2018 Winter Cup with sophomore Stephen Nedoro- Sophomore Sam Zakutney earned his second Big Ten scik qualifying for the finals on the pommel horse andBren - Conference honor of the 2018 season as he was named nan Pantazis competing in the all-around .The two made Big Ten Gymnast of the week as announced by the con- their first appearances in the competition after Nedoroscik ference office Monday, Jan . 29 . Zakutney notched con- qualified at the US Championships and Pantazis qualified ference honors for the seventh time in his career as he following the West Point Open . Nedoroscik competed on the was a four-time Freshman of the Week honoree and the pommel horse, scoring a 13 900. overall to place ninth overall 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year award winner as well and earn his spot in the finals . Pantazis returned to his home as earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors twice state for the first time in his collegiate career to compete in in 2018 . Furthermore, a Penn State gymnast has earned the all-around at the Winter Cup . The freshman scored a a conference honor all three weeks of the 2018 season 74 .500 in the all-around, placing 24th overall, while scoring a as it has had two freshmen of the week and two gym- 13 .500 on the vault to tie for 21st overall . nasts of the week honors . Zakutney was the only gym- nast to compete on all six events against Illinois, earning MGYM WINS SECOND-STRAIGHT THON PEP RALLY his second all-around score of 80-or-higher . The sopho- The Penn State men’s gymnastics team won its sec- more all-arounder scored an 80 .700 to earn his second ond-straight THON pep rally after competing against other all-around title of the season, while also taking home the Penn State athletic teams . Since 1977, THON has partnered parallel bars title with a 14 .450 . Zakutney also placed with The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Chil- second on the high bar for the Blue and White . dren’s Hospital with one goal in mind: conquering childhood cancer . To date, more than $136 million has been raised by NITTANY LIONS DOMINATE IN FIRST HOME MEET THON, including more than $10 million in 2016-18, and at Behind five event victors and an all-around winner, least 95 percent of the funds raised at THON are donated the Penn State men’s gymnastics team secured its directly to Four Diamonds . first home victory of the 2018 season with a 407 .600- 384 .100 win over Army West Point . The Nittany Lions PENN STATE POSTS SECOND-BEST SCORE NATIONALLY bested their team score, while posting season-bests on The Penn State men’s gymnastics team picked up its first the pommel horse (67 .850), and the still rings (68 .550) . Big Ten Conference win of the season with a season-best The Blue and White also took home five event titles as 417 .400 at Ohio State Friday, Feb . 9 . The Buckeyes scored well as the all-around title as sophomore Stephen Ne- a 414 .900 in the meet to fall in their third Big Ten meet of the doroscik notched the pommel horse title, Greg Tam- season . Penn State’s score of 417 .400 ranked second nation- argo captured both the still rings and vault titles, fresh- ally to only three-straight NCAA Champion Oklahoma, who man Brennan Pantazis earned the parallel bars and scored a 418 .000 this season . The Nittany Lions bested their all-around wins, and freshman Alex Frack picked up the season-best scores on four out of six events including: floor high bar win . Penn State saw eight career-highs on the exercise (70 .950), pommel horse (69 .200), still rings (69 .950), day with Frack besting all his scores from the West Point and high bar (67 .500) . Furthermore, the Blue and White had Open and earning his first collegiate title . five career bests on the day with two event victories . 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 7 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES

FRACK NOTCHES B1G FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK HONORS BLUE AND WHITE TAKE HOME FOUR EVENT TITLES Freshman Alex Frack was named Big Ten Freshman of the The Penn State men’s gymnastics team took home four Week as announced by the conference office Monday, Jan . 22 . individual event victories, including sweeping the top The honor marks the first of his career and the second-straight three spots on the parallel bars in the individual event fi- week in which Penn State has won the award as Brennan nals of the West Point Open . Pantazis garnered it a week ago . Freshman Brennan Pantazis made his mark in his Frack notched three podium finishes in his first collegiate first weekend donning the Blue and White at the West home meet, including one event victory . The Nazareth, Penn- Point Open, capturing the individual event titles on the sylvania native placed third on the pommel horse, scoring a floor exercise with a 14 .250 and on the parallel bars with 13 .550 and third on the parallel bars with a 13 .650 . a 13 .900 . Junior Michael Burns continued to dominate Frack capped off the meet with one final victory for the Blue the high bar at the West Point Open, capturing his third- and White, notching a 13 700. on the high bar for his first colle- straight title at the event with a 13 .550 . The Nittany Li- giate win . The freshman bested all his scores from a week prior ons saw their first victor of the evening in Pantazis on the at the West Point Open . floor exercise before sophomoreStephen Nedoroscik notched his first pommel horse title of the 2018 season, TAMARGO HAS BIG SHOWING AGAINST ARMY earning a career-high 15 .000 . Pantazis notched his sec- Junior Greg Tamargo led the Nittany Lions in their first home ond win of the night for the Nittany Lions before Burns meet of the season, securing three podium finishes on the af- capped off the event with his third-straight West Point ternoon . The Kennett Square, Pa . native started the meet with Open high bar title . a second-place finish on the floor exercise before going on to take the title in both the still rings and the vault . Tamargo PENN STATE SWEEPS CONFERENCE AWARDS scored a 14 .150 on the still rings and a 14 .000 on the vault in Sophomore Sam Zakutney and freshman Brennan his wins, earning him the Gene Wettstone award for the meet . Pantazis swept the Big Ten Conference weekly awards with Zakutney winning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week and PENN STATE CAPTURES FIFTH-STRAIGHT WEST POINT Pantazis notching Big Ten Freshman of the Week hon- OPEN TITLE ors . Zakutney notched conference honors for the sixth The Penn State men’s gymnastics team captured its fifth- time in his career as he was a four-time Freshman of the straight and 20th overall West Point Open title, scoring a Week honoree and the 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year 406 .850 in the 27th Annual West Point Open at the Gross award winner . Pantazis picks up his first conference hon- Center Friday, January 12 . Navy placed second overall with or after donning the Blue and White for the first time at the a 395 .050, while Army came in third with a 380 .350 and Wil- West Point Open . liam and Mary notched a fourth-place finish with a 378 .300 . Springfield and Temple rounded out the meet with 369 .250 and PANTAZIS PUTS UP BIG NUMBERS IN FIRST COLLE- 223 .050, respectively . GIATE MEET The Nittany Lions earned the team win on five-of-six events, Freshman Brennan Pantazis paced the Nittany Lions scoring a 69 .200 on the floor and a 66 850. on the pommel at the West Point Open, earning two first-place finishes horse . The Blue and White also captured the event victory on in the individual finals . The freshman notched a 14 .250 the still rings with a 65 .600, while placing second on the vault on the floor exercise and a 13 .900 on the parallel bars in with a 70 .500 . Finally, Penn State notched event wins on the his finals debut . Pantazis placed himself in the finals after parallel bars with a 67 .850 and the high bar with a 66 .850 . earning a second-place finish in the team portion of the The Blue and White also swept all six event titles with victo- event on the floor exercise and tying for fourth on the par- ries from Sam Zakutney (vault & parallel bars), Wyatt Tyndall allel bars . The Sparks, Nevada native also placed second (floor exercise), Michael Burns (high bar), Stephen Nedoro- in the all-around in his first collegiate meet . scik (pommel horse) and Noah Roberson (still rings) . 8 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: NEWS & NOTES

ZAKUTNEY PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST SEA- 11 NITTANY LIONS COLLECT CGA ALL-AMERICA SON SCHOLAR-ATHLETE HONORS Sophomore Sam Zakutney led the Nittany Lions to a win Eleven Penn State men’s gymnastics student-athletes at the 27th annual West Point Open . The Ottawa, Ontario earned College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Academ- native won three events in the team finals, with victories on ic All-American Scholar-Athlete honors, while the 2017 the vault, parallel bars and in the all-around . Zakutney also team ranked in the top 10 with a 3 .284 team grade point placed third on the high bar and fourth on the floor . Finally, average in the 2016-17 academic year . Zakutney participated in four event finals at the West Point Eight Nittany Lions earned first team All-American Open for the Blue and White with a second-place finish on Scholar-Athlete honors with redshirt-sophomore Noah the parallel bars . After the first week of competition, Zakutney Roberson leading the way with a 4 .0 grade point aver- ranks second in the nation in the all-around after scoring an age . Roberson was the 2017 Elite 90 recipient for men’s 81 .350, while also ranking sixth on the parallel bars with an gymnastics as a double major in biomedical engineering average score of 14 .100 . and mechanical engineering . Also earning first team hon- ors for the Blue and White were Chris Sands (3 .99-3 .90 NEDOROSCIK BESTS CAREER SCORE ON POMMEL GPA), Wyatt Tyndall (3 .89-3 .80), Brayden Borromeo HORSE (3 .799-3 .70), Michael Burns (3 .799-3 .70), Alex Thoma- Sophomore Stephen Nedoroscik kicked off the season son (3 .79-3 .70), Benjamin Cooperman (3 .699-3 .60) and scoring a 14 .800 on the pommel horse in the team finals be- Franz Card (3 .599-3 .50) . fore going on to post a career-high 15 .000 in the individual Along with the seven first team honorees, three Nitta- finals . Nedoroscik bested the 14 .900 he earned last season ny Lions notched second team honors, including Joseph when he became the NCAA Pommel Horse National Cham- Boyle (3 .399-3 .30), Dominic DiFulvio (3 .399-3 .30) and pion . Stephen Nedoroscik (3 .299-3 .20) . As a team, Penn State ranked fifth in the nation with a JEPSON KICKS OFF 27TH SEASON AT THE HELM OF 3 .284 team grade point average, while Big Ten foe Ne- MEN’S GYMNASTICS braska led the way with a 3 .505 team GPA . The 2018 campaign marks the 27th season for head coach Since the inception of the award in 1991, the Nittany Randy Jepson as the program leader of the Nittany Lions . Lions have received 76 first team All-American Schol- Jepson came to Penn State in 1982 as a senior gymnast, ar-Athlete honors and 46 second team All-American earning All-America honors on the rings and being a Nis- Scholar-Athlete honors . Penn State’s 76 first team honor- sen-Emery Award nominee . From there, he went on to be ees rank 13th all-time amongst NCAA gymnastics teams . the graduate assistant for two seasons before becoming an assistant coach from 1985-1991 . In 1992, Jepson served as the acting head coach and was promoted to head coach in 1993 and since has led the Nittany Lions to three national championships and three Big Ten titles . Jepson has been the National Coach of the Year on three occasions (2000, 2004 and 2007) and garnered the presti- gious CGA Honor Coach Award in 2011, which is given to the coaches who have 25 years of service or more to the sport of gymnastics . Additionally, Jepson is a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year honoree and has coached 45 All-Ameri- cans on 103 occasions, 30 First Team All-Big Ten selection and 12 NCAA Individual Event Champions . 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 9 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Location Time/Result Record/TV Jan . 13-14 at West Point Open West Point, N Y. . 406 .850 (1st of 6) 5-0 (0-0 B1G) Jan. 29 ARMY WEST POINT REC HALL W, 407.600-384.100 6-0 (0-0 B1G) Jan. 27 ILLINOIS (DD) * REC HALL L, 412.500-405.900 6-1 (0-1 B1G) Feb . 9 at Ohio State * Columbus, Ohio W, 417 .400-414 .900 7-1, (1-1 B1G) Feb . 15 & 17 at Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev . NTS Feb. 24 MINNESOTA (DD) * REC HALL L, 404.350-402.400 7-2, (1-2 B1G) March 3 at Iowa * Iowa City, Iowa 396 .550 (2nd of 3) 8-3 (1-3 B1G) March 10 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz . 402 .450 (1st of 3) 10-3 (1-3 B1G) March 17 NEBRASKA * REC HALL L, 404.500-401.550 10-4 (1-4 B1G) March 24 at At Michigan * Ann Arbor, Mich . W, 407 .350-405 .050 11-4 (2-4 B1G) April 6-7 at Big Ten Championships Ann Arbor, Mich . 406 .350 (3rd of 7) 15-6 (2-4 B1G) Apr . 20-21 at NCAA Championships Chicago, Ill . 7 P .M .

BOLD CAPS INDICATES HOME MEET • All times Eastern • * - Big Ten Opponent • DD indicates meet is a double-dual with the Penn State women’s team

2018 TOP TEAM PERFORMANCES Floor Exercise Vault Team Score at Ohio State 70.950 2/9/18 at Big Ten Championships 71.150 4/6/18 at Ohio State 417.400 2/9/18 Illinois 70.800 1/27/18 Minnesota 71.050 2/24/18 Army West Point 407.600 1/20/18 at West Point Open 69.200 1/12/18 at West Point Open 70.500 1/12/18 At Michigan 407.350 3/24/18 at ASU 69.100 3/10/18 at Ohio State 70.150 2/9/18 at West Point Open 406.850 1/12/18 Army West Point 68.950 1/20/18 At Michigan 70.050 3/24/18 at Big Ten Championships 406.350 4/6/18 Big Ten Championships 68.900 4/6/18 at ASU 69.350 3/10/18 Illinois 405.900 1/27/18 Minnesota 68.150 2/24/18 at Iowa 69.250 3/3/18 at ASU 402.450 3/10/18 at Michigan 67.150 3/24/18 Illinois 68.800 1/27/18 Minnesota 402.400 2/24/18 Nebraska 66.300 3/17/18 Nebraska 68.300 3/17/18 Nebraska 401.550 3/17/18 at Iowa 65.600 3/3/18 Army West Point 67.900 1/20/18 at Iowa 396.550 3/3/18

Pommel Horse Parallel Bars at Ohio State 69.200 2/9/18 Illinois 69.850 1/27/18 Army West Point 67.850 1/20/18 at Ohio State 69.650 2/9/18 at ASU 67.150 3/10/18 at Iowa 68.250 3/3/18 at West Point Open 66.850 1/12/18 at West Point Open 67.850 1/12/18 at Big Ten Championships 66.000 4/6/18 Nebraska 67.850 3/17/18 Minnesota 65.000 2/24/18 At Michigan 67.850 3/24/18 At Michigan 64.600 3/24/18 Army West Point 67.800 1/20/18 at Iowa 64.500 3/3/18 at Big Ten Championships 67.400 4/6/18 Nebraska 63.950 3/17/18 at ASU 64.900 3/10/18 Illinois 63.050 1/27/18 Minnesota 64.500 2/24/18

Still Rings High Bar at Ohio State 69.950 2/9/18 At Michigan 68.300 3/24/18 At Michigan 69.400 3/24/18 at Ohio State 67.500 2/9/18 Nebraska 69.300 3/17/18 at West Point Open 66.850 1/12/18 at Iowa 69.050 3/3/18 Army West Point 66.550 1/20/18 Minnesota 68.700 2/24/18 Nebraska 65.850 3/17/18 Army West Point 68.550 1/20/18 Illinois 65.800 1/27/18 at Big Ten Championships 68.550 4/6/18 Minnesota 65.000 2/24/18 at ASU 68.500 3/10/18 at Big Ten Championships 64.350 4/6/18 Illinois 67.600 1/27/18 at ASU 63.450 3/10/18 at West Point Open 65.600 1/12/18 at Iowa 59.900 3/3/18

2018 TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Floor Exercise (Sandy, 15.850; 2008) Vault (Klurman, 16.400; 2008) All Around (Sandy, 91.550; 2008) Joshua Smith 14.650 2/9/18 Joshua Smith 14.600 2/24/18 Sam Zakutney 81.350 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.500 2/9/18 Joshua Smith 14.600 3/3/18 Sam Zakutney 80.700 1/27/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.350 1/27/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.550 2/24/18 Brennan Pantazis 78.800 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.350 1/27/18 Brayden Borromeo 14.500 4/6/18 Brennan Pantazis 78.050 4/6/18 Chris Sands 14.300 1/27/18 Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 77.400 1/20/18 Chris Sands 14.300 3/3/18 Joshua Smith 14.450 2/9/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.300 4/6/18 Parallel Bars (Rodríguez, 15.800; 2013) Pommel Horse (Hernandez, 15.950; 2015) Sam Zakutney 14.800 2/9/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 15.000 1/13/18 Sam Zakutney 14.600 3/17/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.850 3/10/18 Sam Zakutney 14.600 3/24/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 1/12/18 Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/27/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 2/9/18 Sam Zakutney 14.400 1/12/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 2/17/18 High Bar (Burbar, 16.000; 2013) Still Rings (Rosenthal, 16.300; 2012) Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/27/18 Noah Roberson 14.400 3/17/18 Sam Zakutney 14.150 2/9/18 Isaac Hammett 14.350 2/9/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.150 3/24/18 Noah Roberson 14.350 3/3/18 Sam Zakutney 14.150 3/24/18 Noah Roberson 14.250 3/24/18 Michael Burns 13.800 4/6/18 Chris Sands 14.200 2/24/18

* - School Record # - NCAA Record $ - Big Ten Meet Record 10 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 2018 MEET-BY-MEET TEAM EVENT SCORES 2018 Individual Results Meet (Date) FX PH SR V PB HB Team at West Point Open (1/13) 69 .200 66 .850 65 .600 70 .500 67 .850 66 .850 406 .850 ARMY WEST POINT (1/20) 68 .950 67 .850 68 .550 67 .900 67 .800 66 .550 407.600 ILLINOIS * (1/27) 70 .800 63 .050 67 .600 68 .800 69.850 65 .800 405 .900 at Ohio State * (2/9) 70.950 69.200 69.950 70 .150 69 .650 67 .500 417 .400 at Winter Cup (2/15-17) NTS MINNESOTA * (2/24) 68 .150 65 .000 68 .700 71 .050 64 .500 65 .000 402 .400 at Iowa * with Arizona State (3/3) 65 .600 64 .500 69 .050 69 .250 68 .250 59 .900 396 .550 at Arizona State with Navy (3/10) 69 .100 67 .150 68 .500 69 .350 64 .900 63 .450 402 .450 NEBRASKA * (3/17) 66 .300 63 .950 69 .300 68 .300 67 .850 65 .850 401 .550 at at Michigan * (3/24) 67 .150 64 .600 69 .400 70 .050 67 .850 68.300 407 .350 at Big Ten Championships (4/6) 68 .900 66 .000 68 .550 71.150 67 .400 64 .350 406 .350

SEASON HIGH IN BOLD -- HOME MEETS IN ALL CAPS

2018 ALL AROUND PERFORMANCES All Around FX PH SR V PB HB (Sandy, 91.550; 2008) Sam Zakutney 13 900. 12 .000 13 .000 14.450 14.400 1381.350 .600 Brennan Pantazis 14 050. 11 .800 12 .700 13 900. 13 78.300 800. 13 050. Brennan Pantazis 13 850. 11 .950 12 .650 12 850. 13.950 77.40012 .150 Sam Zakutney 14 150. 11 .300 13 .050 13 300. 14.450 80.70014 .450 Brennan Pantazis 12 750. 11 .150 12 .650 13 12 500. .6000 11 74.850 500. Brennan Pantazis 14 300. 10 .850 12 .950 14 250. 13 78.400 050. 12 300. Sam Zakutney 13 750. 9 .400 12 .350 14 .250 14 .000 1377 400. 150.

EVENT WINNER IN BOLD

2018 TOP 10 INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES Floor Exercise (Sandy, 15.850; 2008) Vault (Klurman, 16.400; 2008) All Around (Sandy, 91.550; 2008) Joshua Smith 14.650 2/9/18 Joshua Smith 14.600 2/24/18 Sam Zakutney 81.350 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.500 2/9/18 Joshua Smith 14.600 3/3/18 Sam Zakutney 80.700 1/27/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.350 1/27/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.550 2/24/18 Brennan Pantazis 78.800 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.350 1/27/18 Brayden Borromeo 14.500 4/6/18 Brennan Pantazis 78.050 4/6/18 Chris Sands 14.300 1/27/18 Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/12/18 Brennan Pantazis 77.400 1/20/18 Chris Sands 14.300 3/3/18 Joshua Smith 14.450 2/9/18 Sam Zakutney 77.150 4/6/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.300 4/6/18 Brayden Borromeo 14.300 2/24/18 Brennan Pantazis 74.500 2/17/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.275 4/7/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.300 3/10/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.250 1/13/18 Braydan Pantazis 14.300 3/24/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.200 1/13/18 Brayden Borromeo 14.250 3/17/18 Chris Sands 14.200 3/10/18 Sam Zakutney 14.250 4/6/18 Brennan Pantazis 14.250 4/6/18 Pommel Horse (Hernandez, 15.950; 2015) Stephen Nedoroscik 15.000 1/13/18 Parallel Bars (Rodríguez, 15.800; 2013) Stephen Nedoroscik 14.850 3/10/18 Sam Zakutney 14.800 2/9/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 1/12/18 Sam Zakutney 14.600 3/17/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 2/9/18 Sam Zakutney 14.600 3/24/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.800 2/17/18 Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/27/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.500 4/6/18 Sam Zakutney 14.400 1/12/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.475 4/7/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.350 2/9/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.300 1/20/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.200 3/3/18 Stephen Nedoroscik 14.100 3/19/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.150 1/27/18 Colin Coates 14.050 1/20/18 Alex Frack 14.000 1/27/18 Michael Burns 14.000 3/10/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.000 3/24/18 Still Rings (Rosenthal, 16.300; 2012) Sam Zakutney 14.000 4/6/18 Noah Roberson 14.400 3/17/18 Isaac Hammett 14.350 2/9/18 Noah Roberson 14.350 3/3/18 High Bar (Burbar, 16.000; 2013) Noah Roberson 14.200 1/12/18 Sam Zakutney 14.450 1/27/18 Chris Sands 14.200 2/24/18 Sam Zakutney 14.150 2/9/18 Greg Tamargo 14.150 1/20/18 Wyatt Tyndall 14.150 3/24/18 Greg Tamargo 14.150 3/3/18 Sam Zakutney 14.150 3/24/18 Chris Sands 14.150 3/17/18 Michael Burns 13.900 2/9/18 Greg Tamargo 14.150 3/24/18 Michae Burns 13.900 2/24/18 Chris Sands 14.050 1/27/18 Michael Burns 13.800 4/6/18 Chris Sands 14.050 2/9/18 Chris Sands 13.750 2/9/18 Michael Burns 13.700 1/12/18 Alex Frack 13.700 1/20/18

* - School Record # - NCAA Record $ - Big Ten Meet Record 2018 PENN STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS 11 2018 Individual Results

JACK BALDWIN -- FR. -- MEXICO, N.Y. MICHAEL BURNS -- JR. -- BALTIMORE, OHIO - CONTINUED Pommel Horse (13.500) Parallel Bars (14.700) 12 .900 at West Point Open (team) ...... 8th 13 .300 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-4th 13 .250 Army West Point ...... T-4th 13 .550 Armysb West Point ...... 4th 12 .750 Illinois ...... 4th 13 .450 Illinois ...... T-6th 11 .750 at Ohio State ...... 12th 13 .300 at Ohio State ...... T-7th 13 .100 at Iowa ...... 6th 11 .300 Minnesota ...... 10th 13 .100 at ASU ...... 6th 13 .550 atsb Iowa ...... T-7th 12 .700 Nebraska ...... 9th 14 .000 at ASU ...... 1st 13 .500 atpr Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 12th 13 .500 Nebraska ...... 4th 13 .450 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th BRAYDEN BORROMEO -- SO. -- LITTLESTOWN, PA. High Bar (15.000) Floor Exercise (13.650) 13 .700 at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 13 .650 pr at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-6th 13 .550 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 1st 13 .300 Army West Point ...... 7th 13 .350 Army West Point ...... 3rd 13 .500 at ASU ...... 8th 13 .250 Illinois ...... 6th 13 .900 at Ohio State ...... 4th Still Rings (13.550) 13 .900 sb Minnesota ...... 1st 13 .150 at Iowa ...... 12th 13 .100 at Iowa ...... 4th 13 .500 at ASU ...... 6th 13 .550 at ASU ...... 1st 13 .550 Nebraskapr ...... 6th 12 .550 Nebraska ...... 9th 13 .450 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-16th 13 .800 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . T-5th 13 .625 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 6th Vault (14.500) 14 .150 at West Point Open (team) ...... 7th All-Around (82.700) 13 .800 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 5th 13 .950 Army West Point ...... T-2nd 12 .900 Illinois ...... 12th PARKER CLAYTON -- FR. -- FISHERS, IND. 13 .850 at Ohio State ...... 7th Still Rings (13.950) 14 .300 Minnesota ...... 5th 13 .950 pr at Ohio State ...... 6th 14 .150 at Iowa ...... T-3rd 14 .100 at ASU ...... 5th Vault (13.900) 14 .250 Nebraska ...... 3rd 13 .900 pr at Ohio State ...... 6th 14 .500 atpr Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-12th Parallel Bars (13.250) MICHAEL BURNS -- JR. -- BALTIMORE, OHIO 13 .250 pr at Ohio State ...... 9th Floor Exercise (14.150) COLIN COATES -- SR. -- EMMAUS, PA. Pommel Horse (14.000) Pommel Horse (15.050) 12 .100 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 14th 13 .800 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 2nd 12 .700 Army West Point ...... 7th 12 .700 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 5th 10 .550 Illinois ...... 13th 14 .050 Armysb West Point ...... 2nd 13 .850 sb at Ohio State ...... T-4th 12 .450 Illinois ...... 6th 12 .600 Minnesota ...... 9th 13 .750 at Ohio State ...... 6th 12 .750 at Iowa ...... 9th 13 .700 Minnesota ...... 4th 12 .650 at ASU ...... 8th 12 .800 at Iowa ...... 8th 11 .200 Nebraska ...... 10th 13 .400 at ASU ...... 3rd 12 .750 Nebraska ...... 8th Still Rings (14.300) 12 .450 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 29th 13 .150 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-2nd 13 .500 Army West Point ...... T-4th 13 .500 Illinois ...... 7th BENJAMIN COOPERMAN -- SR. -- SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. 13 .700 sb at Ohio State ...... 8th Pommel Horse (14.150) 13 .300 Minnesota ...... 6th 12 .000 at West Point Open (team) . . . T-15th 12 .950 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . 22nd 12 .650 sb Illinois ...... 5th 11 .900 Minnesota ...... 10th Vault (14.000) Still Rings (14.750) 12 .550 at West Point Open (team) . . . T-16th 13 .200 Illinoissb ...... 10th

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ALEX FRACK -- FR. -- NAZARETH, PA. QUEST HAYDEN -- SR. -- HARRISBURG, PA. Pommel Horse (13.550) Floor Exercise (13.950) 13 .250 at West Point Open (team) ...... 4th 13 .950 pr at West Point Open (team) ...... 3rd 11 .200 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 7th 13 .200 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 6th 13 .550 Armypr West Point ...... 3rd 13 .850 Army West Point ...... T-3rd 11 .950 Illinois ...... 10th 13 .050 at Ohio State ...... T-10th 12 .950 at Ohio State ...... 10th 13 .800 Minnesota ...... 5th 13 .300 Minnesota ...... 7th 12 .550 at Iowa ...... 10th 12 .650 at Iowa ...... 10th 13 .150 at ASU ...... 5th Pommel Horse (14.450) 13 .200 Nebraska ...... 3rd 12 .200 Army West Point ...... 10th 12 .300 at Michigan ...... 9th 13 .850 sb at Ohio State ...... T-4th 12 .600 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-27th Still Rings (14.100) Parallel Bars (14.000) 13 .300 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-4th Vault (14.950) 13 .650 Army West Point ...... 3rd 14 .050 sb at West Point Open (team) . . . T-10th 14 .000 Illinoispr ...... 4th 12 .900 Army West Point ...... 11th 13 .100 at Ohio State ...... 10th 13 .700 Minnesota ...... T-8th 13 .000 Minnesota ...... 8th 13 .700 at Iowa ...... 6th Parallel Bars (14.800) 13 .250 at ASU ...... T-6th 12 .950 Nebraska ...... 8th High Bar (14.300) 13 .050 at Michigan ...... 6th 13 .100 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 29th STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK -- SO. -- WORCESTER, MASS. High Bar (13.700) Pommel Horse (15.000) 12 .900 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-9th 14 .800 at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 13 .700 Armypr West Point ...... 1st 15 .000 pr at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 1st 12 .800 Illinois ...... 8th 14 .300 Army West Point ...... 1st 12 .400 at Ohio State ...... 10th 13 .250 Illinois ...... 3rd 13 .300 Minnesota ...... 5th 14 .800 at Ohio State ...... 2nd 12 .650 at Iowa ...... 9th 13 .900 at Winter Cup ...... T-9th 11 .200 at ASU ...... 15th 14 .800 at Winter Cup ...... 4th 13 .400 Nebraska ...... 4th 13 .500 Minnesota ...... 5th 13 .400 at Michigan ...... T-6th 13 .200 at Iowa ...... T-4th 11 .400 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 36th 14 .850 at ASU ...... 1st 14 .100 Nebraska ...... 1st ISAAC HAMMETT -- SO. -- SACRAMENTO, CALIF. 14 .450 at Michigan ...... T-1st 14 .500 at Big Ten Championships (team) ...... 3rd Still Rings (13.900) 14 .475 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 1st 13 .500 Army West Point ...... T-4th 12 .900 Illinois ...... 12th BRENNAN PANTAZIS -- FR. -- SPARKS, NEV. 14 .350 sb at Ohio State ...... 2nd 13 .250 Minnesota ...... 7th Floor Exercise (14.500) 13 .650 at Iowa ...... 9th 14 .050 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 2nd 13 .600 at ASU ...... 5th 14 .250 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 1st 13 .200 Nebraska ...... 7th 13 .850 Army West Point ...... T-3rd 13 .950 at Michigan ...... T-4th 14 .350 Illinois ...... T-4th 13 .400 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th 14 .500 pr at Ohio State ...... T-2nd 12 .700 at Winter Cup ...... T-26th 13 .500 Minnesota ...... T-8th 13 .900 at Iowa ...... T-2nd 14 .100 at ASU ...... 2nd 14 .000 at Michigan ...... 2nd 14 .300 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . T-4th 14 .275 at Big Ten Championships (indiv .) ...... 1st

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BRENNAN PANTAZIS -- FR. -- SPARKS, NEV. - CONTINUED NOAH ROBERSON -- R-JR. -- WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. Pommel Horse (11.950) Floor Exercise (13.400) 11 .800 at West Point Open (team) . . . T-18th 11 .950 Armypr West Point ...... 11th Still Rings (14.700) 11 .150 at Winter Cup ...... 34th 14 .200 at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 10 .850 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 38th 12 .850 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 8th 13 .800 Army West Point ...... 2nd Still Rings (12.700) 13 .900 at Ohio State ...... 7th 12 .700 at West Point Open (team) . . . T-11th 14 .000 Minnesota ...... 2nd 12 .650 Army West Point ...... 11th 14 .350 at Iowa ...... 1st 12 .950 atpr Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 30th 13 .900 at ASU ...... 2nd 14 .400 Nebraskasb ...... 1st Vault (14.550) 13 .800 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 11th 13 .900 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 16th 13 .375 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 7th 12 .850 Army West Point ...... 12th 13 .850 Illinois ...... 9th CHRIS SANDS -- JR. -- LANCASTER, PA. 13 .950 at Ohio State ...... 5th 12 .652 at Winter Cup ...... 29th Floor Exercise (14.300) 14 .550 pr Minnesota ...... 3rd 12 .250 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 26th 13 .800 at Iowa ...... T-5th 13 .500 Army West Point ...... 6th 14 .300 at ASU ...... 2nd 14 .300 pr Illinois ...... 6th 13 .700 Nebraska ...... T-7th 13 .650 Minnesota ...... 7th 13 .900 at Michigan ...... 10th 14 .300 pr at Iowa ...... 1st 14 .250 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-21st 14 .200 at ASU ...... 1st 13 .900 Nebraska ...... 5th Parallel Bars (13.950) 13 .550 at Michigan ...... T-5th 13 .300 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-4th 13 .750 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th 13 .900 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 1st 13 .950 Armypr West Point ...... 1st Still Rings (14.700) 13 .800 Illinois ...... 5th 13 .600 Army West Point ...... 3rd 13 .950 at Ohio State ...... 5th 14 .050 Illinois ...... T-3rd 13 .500 at Winter Cup ...... T-21st 14 .050 at Ohio State ...... T-4th 13 .500 Minnesota ...... 4th 14 .200 sb Minnesota ...... 1st 13 .000 at Iowa ...... T-11th 13 .750 at Iowa ...... T-5th 12 .800 at ASU ...... T-10th 13 .850 at ASU ...... 3rd 13 .900 Nebraska ...... 3rd 14 .150 Nebraska ...... 3rd 12 .850 at Michigan ...... 7th 13 .550 at Michigan ...... 7th 13 .400 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 20th 13 .950 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . T-5th 13 .350 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 8th High Bar (13.200) 13 .050 at West Point Open (team) ...... 6th Vault (14.050) 12 .150 Army West Point ...... 9th 13 .750 Army West Point ...... 4th 10 .800 at Ohio State ...... 12th 13 .650 at ASU ...... T-12th 11 .850 at Winter Cup ...... 35th 14 .050 pr at Michigan ...... 8th 13 .200 atpr ASU ...... 3rd 14 .050 atpr Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 29th 12 .300 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . 32nd Parallel Bars (13.100) All-Around (78.800) 13 .100 Illinoispr ...... 11th 78 .800 pr at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 2nd 74 .500 at Winter Cup ...... T-18th High Bar (13.750) 78 .050 at Big Ten Championships (team) ...... 9th 13 .000 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-7th 12 .800 Army West Point ...... 7th 12 .850 Illinois ...... 7th 13 .750 pr at Ohio State ...... 6th 12 .050 at Iowa ...... 13th 13 .500 at ASU ...... 2nd 12 .950 Nebraska ...... T-6th 13 .250 at Michigan ...... 9th 13 .150 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-22nd

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JOSHUA SMITH -- JR. -- BATON ROUGE, LA. ALEX THOMASON -- R-SO. -- HOUSTON, TEXAS Floor Exercise (14.750) Floor Exercise (12.100) 13 .650 Illinois ...... 11th 14 .650 sb at Ohio State ...... 1st Vault (14.000) 13 .700 Minnesota ...... 6th 13 .300 at Iowa ...... 15th 12 .950 at Iowa ...... 9th 13 .600 atsb ASU ...... 14th 13 .400 at ASU ...... T-11th 12 .200 Nebraska ...... 10th Parallel Bars (13.800) 12 .800 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 16th Vault (15.400) 12 .050 Army West Point ...... 12th 13 .900 Illinois ...... T-7th 13 .300 Minnesota ...... 7th 14 .450 at Ohio State ...... 2nd 13 .800 atpr Iowa ...... 5th 14 .600 sb Minnesota ...... 1st 11 .050 at ASU ...... 15th 14 .600 atsb Iowa ...... 2nd 12 .900 Nebraska ...... 9th 13 .700 at ASU ...... 11th 13 .150 Nebraska ...... 10th High Bar (13.650) 11 .900 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 25th Parallel Bars (14.500) 13 .650 Armypr West Point ...... 2nd 11 .550 Illinois ...... 12th GREG TAMARGO -- JR. -- KENNETT SQUARE, PA. 11 .050 Minnesota ...... 10th 9 .350 at Iowa ...... 16th Floor Exercise (14.000) 13 .200 at ASU ...... 13th 13 .650 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-6th 13 .950 sb Army West Point ...... 2nd 12 .950 Illinois ...... 12th 13 .900 at ASU ...... T-3rd 13 .500 Nebraska ...... 8th 13 .400 at Michigan ...... 8th 13 .350 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 31st

Still Rings (14.600) 12 .450 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 18th 14 .150 Armysb West Point ...... 1st 13 .800 Illinois ...... 5th 13 .950 Minnesota ...... 3rd 14 .150 at Iowa ...... T-2nd 13 .650 at ASU ...... 4th 14 .000 Nebraska ...... 4th 14 .150 at Michigan ...... 2nd 13 .950 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . T-5th 13 .875 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 3rd

Vault (14.550) 13 .900 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 16th 14 .000 Armysb West Point ...... 1st 13 .950 Illinois ...... T-5th 13 .700 Nebraska ...... T-7th 13 .700 At Michigan ...... 10th

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WYATT TYNDALL -- JR. -- SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN SAM ZAKUTNEY -- SO. -- OTTAWA, ONTARIO Floor Exercise (14.550) Floor Exercise (14.600) 14 .300 at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 13 .900 at West Point Open (team) ...... 4th 14 .200 at West Point Open (indiv .) . . . . . 2nd 14 .150 sb Illinois ...... 7th 13 .800 Army West Point ...... 5th 14 .150 sb at Ohio State ...... 4th 14 .350 sb Illinois ...... T-4th 13 .750 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th 13 .800 at Ohio State ...... 7th 13 .500 Minnesota ...... T-8th Pommel Horse (13.800) 11 .900 at Iowa ...... 15th 12 .000 sb at West Point Open (team) . . . T-15th 13 .700 Nebraska ...... 7th 11 .300 Illinois ...... 11th 13 .250 at Michigan ...... 10th 13 .750 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th Still Rings (13.900) 13 .000 at West Point Open (team) . . . . T-5th Vault (14.950) 12 .800 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 9th 13 .950 at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 13th 13 .050 Illinoissb ...... 11th 13 .300 Army West Point ...... 7th 13 .800 Illinois ...... 10th Vault (14.450) 14 .000 sb at Ohio State ...... 4th 14 .450 pr at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 13 .900 Minnesota ...... 7th 13 .600 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 6th 13 .400 at Iowa ...... 13th 13 .300 Illinois ...... 11th 13 .500 Nebraska ...... 9th 13 .750 at Ohio State ...... 8th 14 .100 at Michigan ...... 7th 14 .250 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-21st 14 .100 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-27th Parallel Bars (14.900) Parallel Bars (14.750) 14 .400 at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st 13 .550 at West Point Open (team) ...... 3rd 13 .800 at West Point Open (indiv .) . . . . . 2nd 13 .750 at West Point Open (team) ...... 3rd 13 .850 Army West Point ...... 2nd 12 .800 Army West Point ...... 8th 14 .450 Illinois ...... 1st 14 .150 Illinois ...... 2nd 14 .800 sb at Ohio State ...... 1st 14 .350 sb at Ohio State ...... 3rd 13 .800 at ASU ...... 3rd 13 .400 Minnesota ...... 5th 14 .600 Nebraska ...... 1st 14 .200 at Iowa ...... 1st 14 .600 at Michigan ...... 1st 14 .000 at Michigan ...... 4th 14 .000 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . T-2nd 13 .450 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-18th 13 .875 at Big Ten Championships (indiv) ...... 4th

High Bar (14.300) High Bar (14.450) 13 .650 sb at West Point Open (team) . . . . . 2nd 13 .600 at West Point Open (team) ...... 3rd 11 .750 at West Point Open (team) ...... 7th 12 .050 at West Point Open (indiv .) ...... 6th 12 .950 Army West Point ...... 5th 12 .900 Army West Point ...... 6th 12 .450 Illinois ...... 9th 14 .450 Illinoispr ...... 2nd 13 .300 at Ohio State ...... 7th 14 .150 at Ohio State ...... 3rd 13 .550 Minnesota ...... 4th 13 .600 Nebraska ...... 1st 12 .750 at Iowa ...... T-7th 14 .150 at Michigan ...... T-1st 13 .350 Nebraska ...... 5th 13 .400 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 15th 14 .150 at Michigan ...... 1st 12 .600 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . T-29th All-Around (83.150) 81 .350 sb at West Point Open (team) ...... 1st FAVIAN VALDEZ -- SO. -- KEARNY, N.J. 80 .700 Illinois ...... 1st 77 .150 at Big Ten Championships (team) . . . . . 11th Floor Exercise (14.500) Pommel Horse (14.350) Still Rings (13.200) Vault (14.450) Parallel Bars (14.200) High Bar (13.350) All-Around (82.400)

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JACK BALDWIN BRAYDEN BORROMEO MICHAEL BURNS PARKER CLAYTON COLIN COATES BENJAMIN COOPERMAN Fr . • PH • 5-10 So . • FX/SR/VT • 5-6 Jr . • PH/SR/PB/HB • 5-9 Fr . • AA • 5-5 Sr . • PH • 5-8 Sr . • PH/SR • 5-7 Mexico, N Y. . Littlestown, Pa . Baltimore, Ohio Fishers, Ind . Emmaus, Pa . Southborough, Mass .

ALEX FRACK ISAAC HAMMETT QUEST HAYDEN STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK BRENNAN PANTAZIS NOAH ROBERSON Fr . • AA • 5-4 So . • SR • 5-4 Sr . • AA • 5-9 So . • PH • 5-5 Fr . • AA • 5-5 R-Jr . • SR • 5-4 Nazareth, Pa . Sacramento, Calif . Harrisburg, Pa . Worcester, Mass . Sparks, Nev . Williamsville, N Y. .

CHRIS SANDS JOSHUA SMITH GREG TAMARGO ALEX THOMASON WYATT TYNDALL FAVIAN VALDEZ Jr . • FX/SR/VT/B/HB • 5-10 Jr . • FX/VT • 5-5 Jr . • FX/SR/VT • 5-8 R-So . • FX/VT/PB/HB • 5-5 Jr . • AA • 5-6 So . • AA • 5-6 Lancaster, Pa . Baton Rouge, La . Kennett Square, Pa . Houston, Texas Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Kearny, N J. .

SAM ZAKUTNEY So . • AA • 5-6 Ottawa, Ontario HC AC AC

RANDY JEPSON CARLOS VASQUEZ TONY BECK Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 27th Season Sixth Season Third Season