National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships
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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2016 Championship 2 History 4 All-Time Team Results 14 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Oklahoma repeasts as national champions: Defend for 10. The mission statement has that driven the top-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team all season is officially outdated. Saturday night at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio, the Sooners scored 443.400, capping a second consecutive undefeated season and claiming the 10th NCAA championship in program history. Already a program laden with championship history, Oklahoma’s team total was good enough to secure a 10-point victory, the largest in NCAA history under the current scoring system, over second-place Stanford (434.050) and lay claim to its fourth set of back-to-back titles. In addition to the team title, the Sooners also won a pair of individual national titles. Freshman Yul Moldauer became the eighth Sooner in OU history to win the NCAA all-around title, and the first since Jake Dalton won it in 2012. Moldauer scored 89.100 and joins some illustrious company that includes Olympians Dalton and Bart Conner as well as current OU assistant coaches Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons and Steven Legendre. Junior Colin Van Wicklen also topped a podium Saturday night, winning the national title on floor with a score of 15.300. Van Wicklen had a huge night, scoring at least 14.800 on all three of his events and topping 15.200 in two of them. Just as it did in the prelims, Oklahoma started its night on floor. OU improved on its prelim performance by nearly a full point, scoring 73.600. The Sooners were led by Van Wicklen’s championship performance, and also got a 15.100 from senior Kanji Oyama and a 15.000 from Moldauer. Sophomore Hunter Justus was a late scratch from the lineup with an injury in warmups. OU entered the second rotation in second place, just a fraction of a point behind then-leader Stanford. Oklahoma was solid on pommel horse, scoring 73.150. Junior Allan Bower paced the Sooners with a 15.100 from the anchor position. Freshman Genki Suzuki also turned in a big performance for OU, scoring a 14.800, just a tenth of a point shy of his career best. After two rotations OU was in an unfamiliar position, sitting in third place. That wouldn’t last long however, as Oklahoma moved to still rings in the third rotation. That event has been kind to OU all year and it was again Saturday night. Led by a 15.200 from Justus, OU totaled 74.500 to vault into the lead. The Sooners got solid marks from the entire lineup with junior Thao Hoang scor- ing 14.950, Moldauer totaling 14.800, senior Reese Rickett sticking for a 14.800 and Oyama turning in a 14.750. At the halfway point, OU and Stanford had separated themselves from the field and were separated by less than one point. The fourth rotation proved to be crucial with Stanford competing on floor, its best event, and trailing OU by just a fraction. The Sooners competed on vault, where they exploded with four scores topping the 15-point mark. Van Wicklen set the bar high for OU, scoring 15.250. Bower (15.050), Moldauer (15.000) and Oyama (15.200) also hit big vaults. OU’s huge numbers on vault ballooned its lead to more than four points over the second-place Cardinal. The Sooners had given themselves room to breathe. The lead continued to grow in the fifth rotation as OU’s relentless attack rolled on. The Sooners saw five solid routines, including Moldauer’s 15.250 that was just .050 off Akash Modi’s (of Stanford) national-championship total of 15.300. OU totaled 74.100 as a team, bettering their total from prelims by two full points. Stanford struggled on pommel horse in the rotation and with just one event left, had fallen to fourth place. Illinois and Ohio State battled for second place while the Sooners road an eight-point lead into high bar. OU put the bow on its national title with a 72.800 on high bar. Van Wicklen and freshman Levi Anderson paced the Sooners with a pair of 14.800s. That high bar score secured the Sooners’ 443.400 and the seventh national title of Williams’ career. 2016 Championship 2 Floor Exercise 5. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 15.250 2016 TEAM 6. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma, 15.200 1. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 15.300 7. Alexander Wilson, Ohio St., 15.100 STANDINGS 2. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma, 15.100 7. Zach Liebler, Minnesota, 15.100 3. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 15.000 9. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 15.050 (Note: Scores for the top six teams are 4. Emeric Quade, Ohio St., 14.800 10. Sam Chamberlain, Nebraska 15.000 from the team-final session. Scores for 5. Dmitri Belanovski, Michigan, 14.700 10. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 15.000 all other teams are from the team-prelim- 5. Austin Epperson, Nebraska, 14.700 10. Akash Modi, Stanford, 15.000 inary session.) 5. Kevin Wolting, California, 14.700 8. Joel Gagnon, Minnesota 14.650 1. Oklahoma 443.400 8. Trevor Howard, Penn St., 14.650 Parallel Bars 2. Stanford 434.050 8. Zach Liebler, Minnesota, 14.650 1. Akash Modi, Stanford, 15.300 8. Akash Modi, Stanford , 14.650 2. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 15.250 3. Ohio St. 433.050 3. Sam Chamberlain, Nebraska, 15.150 4. Illinois 432.750 Pommel Horse 4. Sergey Resnick, Oklahoma, 14.850 5. Penn St. 425.400 4. Dennis Zaremski, Stanford, 14.850 1. Brandon Ngai, Illinois, 15.450 6. Minnesota 424.400 6. Brian Knott, Stanford, 14.750 2. Alec Yoder, Ohio St., 15.300 7. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma, 14.700 3. Ethan Lottman, Nebraska, 15.250 7. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 14.700 4. Logan Bradley, Illinois, 15.200 7. Anton Stephenson, Nebraska, 14.700 4. Arinn Wade, Air Force, 15.200 10. Grant Breckenridge,Stanford, 14.600 6. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 15.100 10. Hunter Justus, Oklahoma, 14.600 2016 INDIVIDUAL 7. Tim Wang, Air Force, 15.000 8. Justin Karstadt, Minnesota, 14.950 RESULTS 9. Brian Knott, Stanford, 14.900 Horizontal Bar 10. Genki Suzuki, Oklahoma, 14.800 1. Akash Modi, Stanford, 15.200 All-Around 1. Alex Johnson, Ohio St.,15.200 Rings 3. Yordan Aleksandro,California,15.000 1. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 89.100 4. Sean Melton, Ohio St.,14.950 2. Akash Modi, Stanford, 88.500 1. Dennis Zaremski, Stanford, 15.450 5. Alex Diab, Illinois, 14.900 2. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma, 88.500 2. Denis Aurelius, Air Force, 15.300 6. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma,4.800 4. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 88.100 3. Hunter Justus, Oklahoma, 15.200 6. Levi Anderson, Oklahoma ,14.800 5. Alec Yoder, Ohio St., 88.050 3. Colin Mahar, Michigan, 15.200 6. Taylor Seaton, Stanford, 14.800 6. Trevor Howard, Penn St., 86.500 5. Sean Melton, Ohio St., 15.150 6. Tyson Bull, Illinois,14.800 7. Dmitri Belanovski, Michigan, 85.700 6. Trevor Howard, Penn St., 15.100 10. Leroy Clarke Jr., Penn St., 14.700 8. Kyle Zemeir, California, 85.150 7. Alec Yoder, Ohio St. 15.050 10.Jalon Stephens, Minnesota , 14.700 9. Tristan Duran, Minnesota, 85.050 8. Leroy Clarke Jr., Penn St., 15.000 10. Chase Cannon, Air Force, 14.700 10. Alex Diab, Illinois, 84.150 9. Thao Hoang, Oklahoma, 14.950 10. Matthew Loochtan, Iowa, 84.150 10. Bobby Baker, Illinois, 14.850 12. Kevin Wolting, California, 83.800 13. Justin Karstadt, Minnesota, 83.750 Vault 14. Jack Boyle, Iowa, 83.600 1. Anthony McCallum, Michigan, 15.550 15. Jonathan Tang, Navy, 82.950 2. Seth Delbridge, Ohio St., 15.350 3. Trevor Howard, Penn St., 15.300 3. Kyle Zemeir, California, 15.300 2016 Championship 3 HISTORY TEAM RESULTS Year Champion Coach Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site Attendance 1938 Chicago Dan Hoffer 22 Illinois 18 Chicago — 1939 Illinois Hartley Price 21 Army West Point 17 Chicago — 1940 Illinois Hartley Price 20 Navy 17 Chicago — Temple 17 1941 Illinois Hartley Price 68.5 Minnesota 52.5 Chicago — 1942 Illinois Hartley Price 39 Penn St. 30 Navy — 1948 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 55 Temple 34.5 Chicago — 1949 Temple Max Younger 28 Minnesota 18 California — 1950 Illinois Charley Pond 26 Temple 25 Army West Point — 1951 Florida St. Hartley Price 26 Illinois 23.5 Michigan — Southern California 23.5 1952 Florida St. Hartley Price 89.5 Southern California 75 Colorado — 1953 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 91.5 Illinois 68 Syracuse — 1954 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 137 Illinois 68 Illinois — 1955 Illinois Charley Pond 82 Penn St. 69 UCLA — 1956 Illinois Charley Pond 123.5 Penn St. 67.5 North Carolina — 1957 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 88.5 Illinois 80 Navy — 1958 Michigan St. George Szypula 79 Michigan St. — Illinois Charley Pond 79 1959 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 152 Illinois 87.5 California — 1960 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 112.5 Southern California 65.5 Penn St. — 1961 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 88.5 Southern Ill. 80.5 Illinois — 1962 Southern California Jack Beckner 95.5 Southern Ill. 75 New Mexico — 1963 Michigan Newton Loken 129 Southern Ill. 73 Pittsburgh — 1964 Southern Ill. Bill Meade 84.5 Southern California 69.5 Cal St. L.A. — 1965 Penn St. Gene Wettstone 68.5 Washington 51.5 Southern Ill. — 1966 Southern Ill. Bill Meade 187.200 California 185.100 Penn St. — 1967 Southern Ill. Bill Meade 189.550 Michigan 187.400 Southern Ill. — 1968 California Hal Frey 188.250 Southern Ill.