COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION TEAM FINALS: 1.Oklahoma 443.40 N C A A M E N’ S G Y M N A S T I C S 2. Stanford 434.05 3. Ohio State 433.05 4. Illinois 432.75 5. Penn State 425.40 FINALS - 2016 6. Minnesota 424.40 Compiled by Jerry Wright April 16, 2016 OKLAHOMA WINS ITS 10TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE looned its lead to more than four points over the second-place Cardinal. The Sooners saw five solid routines on the parallel bars, including Moldauer’s 15.250. Stanford struggled on pommel horse in the rotation and with just one event left, had fall- en to fourth place. OU put the bow on its national title on high bar. Van Wicklen and freshman Levi Ander- son paced the Sooners with a pair of 14.800s. That high bar score secure the Sooners’ 443.400 and the seventh national title of Wil- liams’ career. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford scored 434.050 to finish second Saturday at the NCAA Championships Finals, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA around title, with a score of 89.100. Colin earning its 10th top-three finish in the past 11 Defend for 10. The mission statement that Van Wicklen also topped a podium Saturday years. Stanford’s second-place finish is its has driven the top-ranked Oklahoma all sea- night, winning the national title on floor with second consecutive runner up finish and re- son is officially outdated. Saturday night at a score of 15.300. mains its highest since it won the 2011 St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio, the Soon- In total, seven Sooners won a total of 16 All NCAA Championship. ers scored 443.400, capping a second consec- -American honors, earned by finishing in the Akash Modi took utive undefeated season and claiming the 10th top eight of an event. home first place MODI NCAA championship in program history. Oklahoma started its night on floor and im- finishes in parallel Oklahoma’s team total was good enough to proved on its prelim performance by nearly a bars (15.300) as secure a 10-point victory, the largest in full point. The Sooners were led by Van well as high bar NCAA history, over second-place Stanford Wicklen’s championship performance, and (15.200). Modi also (434.050) and lay claim to its fourth set of also got a 15.100 from Kanji Oyama and a placed 2 nd in the all back-to-back titles. 15.000 from Moldauer. Hunter Justus was a -around (88.50), In addition to the team title, the Sooners late scratch from the lineup with an injury in tied for 8th in floor also won a pair of individual national titles. warmups. (14.650) and 10th Freshman Yul Moldauer became the eighth Oklahoma was solid on pommel horse in vault (15.000). Sooner in OU history to win the NCAA all- where Allan Bower paced the Sooners with a Dennis Zaremski 2016 NCAA ALL AROUND CHAMPION 15.100 from the anchor position. Freshman was clutch for the YUL MOLDAUER: U. OF OKLAHOMA Genki Suzuki also turned in a big perfor- Cardinal as well, re mance for OU, scoring a 14.800. However, -claiming his title after two rotations OU was in an unfamiliar in still rings with a position, sitting in third place. 15.450. That wouldn’t last long however, as Okla- The Cardinal led homa moved to still rings in the third rotation. after the first event, Led by a 15.200 from Justus, OU totaled taking a 74.050 on vault to lead the field. 74.500 to vault into the lead. Thao Hoang Akash Modi led the Cardinal with a 15.000 scored 14.950, Moldauer totaling 14.800, vault with Gabe Flores right behind him, Reese Rickett sticking for a 14.800 and Oya- landing a 14.850. ma turning in a 14.750. Heading into parallel bars, the Cardinal was The fourth rotation proved to be crucial phenomenal again as Akash Modi took the with Stanford competing on floor, its best event title with a 15.300 with his fellow Car- event, and trailing OU by just a fraction. The dinal all scoring 14.500 or higher. Sooners competed on vault, where they ex- High bar up next saw the Cardinal come out ploded with four scores topping the 15-point red-hot with the first four Cardinal nailing mark. Van Wicklen set the bar high for OU, 14.550 or higher until a falter in the end scoring 15.250. Bower (15.050), Moldauer showed the first flaw of the day for Stanford. (15.000) and Oyama (15.200) also hit big Akash Modi took home the event title with a vaults. OU’s huge numbers on vault bal- 15.200. Still in the hunt, the Cardinal was ultimately earned an individual national championship scored a 425.400. derailed by pommel horse where it posted a as Brandon Ngai continued the streak after Howard earned All-America status on the 67.650 for its lowest score of the year. posting a score of 15.450 to win the pommel vault (3rd – 15.300), still rings (6th – 15.100), A highlight still remained in rings for Stan- horse competition. Illinois returns home with all-around (6th – 86.500) and floor exercise ford as Dennis Zaremski crushed a 15.450 to (8th – 14.650). Howard becomes just the take the NCAA title while every Cardinal fourth Penn State men’s gymnast to grab All- took a 14.450 or higher in the event. NGAI America status all four years in the history of the program. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Alex Johnson won a national title on high HOWARD bar, six athletes earned All-America honors and Ohio State finished third as a team at the 2016 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Champion- ships Saturday night at St. John Arena, the best finish for the Buckeyes at the NCAA finals since 2005. A crowd of 3,592 four All-Americans; accompanying Ngai are witnessed Johnson win Logan Bradley on pommel horse, Tyson Bull his first career national on high bar and freshman Alex Diab on high title on the final rou- bar. UI turned in a team score of 432.050 to Also earning All-America status was Leroy tine of his college ca- finish with fourth-place honors in an all-out Clarke, Jr., who placed eighth on the still reer, a season-best battle from the St. John Arena on Saturday, rings with a 15.000. The honor marks the performance and score April 16. second of his career as he garnered All- of 15.200 that tied him Illinois opened the evening on the high bar America status on the parallel bars in 2015. at the top of the podi- and was led off by three-straight stuck dis- After the parallel bars PSU found itself in a um. mounts thanks to Ross Thompson, Max Mayr slight hole, sitting in fifth overall after one Led by Johnson, six and Alex Diab. Diab's 14.900 on the event led rotation. Howard finished a team-best 16th different Buckeyes the Orange and Blue and held on to earn fifth overall with a 14.450, while Clarke placed were named All- place. Tyson Bull tallied a 14.800 to secure a 24th with a 14.200. Finally, Alexis Torres Americans, the most at share of sixth. Chandler Eggleston scored a rounded out the top three finishes for Penn an NCAA champion- 14.500 while Mayr earned a mark of 14.400 State with a 14.000. ship in school history. and Thompson posted a 14.350. Clarke was just shy of All-America honors The Buckeyes came The Illini headed to the floor exercise where on the high bar leading Penn State with a out of the gate strong Bobby Baker led the group with a score of 14.700 and tying for ninth overall. Competing with scores of 73.450 14.600. Eggleston was just behind him with a in his first NCAA Championships, freshman on rings and 73.900 on 14.500 reading while Logan Bradley and Di- Wyatt Tyndall put up a career-high 14.300 on vault, surging to sec- JOHNSON ab each posted marks of 14.450. the high bar to place 24th overall and second ond place overall. A Brandon Ngai notched a 15.450 to lead the for Penn State. 69.850 on parallel bars Fighting Illini on pommel horse. Bradley also Howard nabbed his first of four All- dropped OSU to hit the 15.0 mark, posting a 15.200 to take America honors, tying for eighth overall on fourth, but the team fourth place and earn his third-consecutive floor with a 14.650, while DiFulvio finished rebounded with scores of 72.550 on high bar, All-American honors on the event. Baker second for Penn State with a 14.450 in the 71.850 on floor exercise and 71.450 on pom- earned a 14.400 reading on the event. event. mel horse to capture the third-place trophy. Tom Gibbs opened on still rings and scored On pommel horse Colin Coates paced PSU Freshman Alec Yoder won three All- a 14.700. Baker led the Orange and Blue's tying for 18th overall with a 14.250, while America awards at his first NCAA champion- efforts with a score of 14.850 to take 10th Christian McSwain and Clarkes finished ship meet, highlighted by a runner-up finish place.