NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2017 Championship 2 History 4 All-Time Team Results 14 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Oklahoma earns third straight national championship: Back-to-back-to-back. Once again the Sooner dynasty reigns over the gymnastics world. Saturday night at Christl Arena in West Point, New York, the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team etched its legacy in the history books, notching a team score of 431.950 to claim its third consecutive NCAA national championship by 8.250 points over runner-up Ohio State. The Sooners are just the fourth team in history to do so since the NCAA began holding gymnastics championships in 1938 and the first since Nebraska did so from 1979 to 1983. The title is Oklahoma’s 11th overall, giving it the second most in NCAA history (Penn State, 12), and the eighth during the 18-year tenure of head coach Mark Williams. Williams is now tied with his old head coach from Nebraska, Francis Allen, for the second-most all-time by a head coach (Gene Wettstone, Penn State, 9). In addition to the team title, Yul Moldauer won individual titles on floor exercise and still rings and seven Sooners won a total of 22 All-America honors. Oklahoma’s championship caps a third straight perfect season. The Sooners have won every meet they have competed in since finishing second at the 2014 NCAA Championships. In that span Oklahoma has racked up a program best 76 straight wins while claiming three national titles, three conference titles and nine individual national titles. Just as they did in qualifying, the Sooners started their championship night on floor exercise. Oklahoma came out of the gates well, notching a team score of 70.950. Moldauer paced the Sooners with his championship-caliber 14.900. Senior co-captains Van Wicklen and Allan Bower backed him up with a pair of strong 14.600s to earn All-American status as well. Starting the night on vault, Illinois led after the first rotation by just over a point. Oklahoma moved to pommel horse in the second rotation. The Sooners scored a 69.850 on horse and cut a half point off the Illini lead. Bower led the way with a 14.850 to snag All-America honors. Senior co-captain Josh Yee added a 14.250 for OU in his last collegiate horse set while junior Hunter Justus led off with a strong 13.850. After two rotations, and with their most challenging events behind them, the Sooners trailed Illinois by just one point. Williams’ bunch hit the gas pedal in rotation three. The Sooners’ veteran-laden lineup put up a massive 74.000, with every gymnast sticking their dismount on rings, to launch Oklahoma into the lead by 3.750 points at the halfway point. Moldauer led the way with a 14.950 to take the event title, Reese Rickett went for 14.800, senior Thao Hoang matched that mark, Hunter Justus hit for 14.750 and Bower logged a 14.700 in the anchor position. All five Sooner competitors earned All-America honors on the event and and placed sixth or better. The momentum rolled right into vault in rotation four. Four of the five Sooner vaulters topped 14.650 to push them to a huge 73.100. Bower led the way with a 14.950, while Van Wicklen and Moldauer both hit for 14.850 to earn All-America designation. Freshman Tanner Justus added a 14.700. The Sooners’ enormous run through vault and rings pushed them into a lead of 5.600 point heading down the stretch. Parallel bars proved to be the Sooners’ best event of the night. Oklahoma put up a 74.100 that bested their previous season high by more than a full point. They were led by a 15.200 from Bower and a 15.150 from Moldauer. Hunter Justus logged a 14.900 and Van Wicklen hit for 14.500 while senior Alex Powarzynski ended his career with a 14.35. Oklahoma’s top four all earned All-America honors. A meet-high 69.950 capped the win for Oklahoma. Suzuki and Moldauer both put up 14.500s while Van Wicklen anchored the event and night for OU with a 14.350. All three earned All-America status. Stanford’s Akash Modi took the top individual honor of the championship by claiming the all-around title with a total of 87.900 points, just 0.300 ahead of Oklahoma’s Moldauer. Additional individual national champions were Penn State’s Stephen Nedorosci on pommel horse (14.900 points), Michigan’s Anthony McCallum on vault (15.100), Modi on parallel bars (15.300) and Robert Neff of Stanford on the horizontal bar (14.850). 2017 Championship 2 15. Sam Zakutney, Penn St., 80.200 Vault 2017 TEAM 16. Aaron Mah, California, 79.950 17. Aria Sabbagh, William & Mary, 77.000 1. Anthony McCallum, Michigan, 15.100 STANDINGS 2. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 14.950 3. Emyre Cole, Michigan, 14.900 (Note: Scores for the top six teams are Floor Exercise 4. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 14.850 from the team-final session. Scores for 1. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 14.900 Akash Modi, Stanford, 14.850 all other teams are from the team-prelim- 2. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 14.600 Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 14.850 Austin Epperson, Nebraska, 14.600 inary session.) 7. Bobby Baker, Illinois, 14.800 Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 14.600 8. Vitali Kan, Minnesota, 14.750 1. Oklahoma 431.950 5. Kyle King, Nebraska, 14.450 9. Tanner Justus, Oklahoma, 14.700 2. Ohio St. 423.700 6. Joey Bonanno, Ohio St.,m 14.400 Sean Melton, Ohio St., 14.700 Zach Liebler, Minnesota, 14.400 Yaroslav Pochinka, Minnesota, 14.700 3. Illinois 422.100 Chandler Eggleston, Illinois, 14.400 4. Stanford 421.500 9. Jonathan Tang, Navy, 14.350 Parallel Bars 5. Minnesota 414.200 Alex Diab, Illinois, 14.350 1. Akash Modi, Stanford, 15.300 6. Nebraska 412.900 2. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 15.200 Pommel Horse 3. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 15.150 1. Stephen Nedorosci, Penn St., 14.900 4. Hunter Justus, Oklahoma, 14.900 2. Akash Modi, Stanford, 14.850 5. Sam Zakutney, Penn St., 14.800 Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 14.850 6. Tim Wang, Air Force, 14.750 2017 INDIVIDUAL 4. Brandon Ngai, Illinois, 14.800 7. Robert Neff, Stanford, 14.700 Alec Yoder, Ohio St., 14.800 8. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 14.500 RESULTS 6. Jacopo Gliozzi, William & Mary, 14.700 Tristan Duran, Minnesota, 14.500 7. Jake Dastrup, Ohio St., 14.550 10. Cory Paterson, Iowa, 14.450 All-Around 8. David Szarvas, Ohio St., 14.500 Jordan DeClerk, Stanford, 14.450 Andrew Misiolek, Stanford, 14.500 Sean Melton, Ohio St., 14.450 1. Akash Modi, Stanford, 87.900 Leroy Clarke Jr., Penn St., 14.500 2. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 87.600 Horizontal Bar 3. Allan Bower Oklahoma, 87.300 Rings 4. Sean Melton, Ohio St., 86.400 1. Robert Neff, Stanford, 14.850 5. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 85.050 1. Yul Moldauer, Oklahoma, 14.950 2. Chandler Eggleston, Illinois, 14.600 6. Alec Yoder, Ohio St., 84.950 2. Sean Melton, Ohio St., 14.900 3. Jalon Stephens, Minnesota, 14.500 7. Robert Neff, Stanford, 84.800 3. Reese Rickett, Oklahoma, 14.800 Sean Melton, Ohio St., 14.500 8. Tim Wang, Air Force, 84.600 Thao Hoang, Oklahoma, 14.800 Genki Suzuki, Oklahoma, 14.500 9. Jake Martin, Ohio St., 84.050 5. Hunter Justus, Oklahoma, 14.750 Yul Moldauer, Okalhoma, 14.500 10. Chris Stephenson, Nebraska, 82.850 6. Allan Bower, Oklahoma, 14.700 Akash Modi, Stanford, 14.500 11. Justin Karstadt, Minnesota, 81.750 7. Alex Diab, Illinois, 14.650 8. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma, 14.350 Jonathan Tang, Navy, 81.750 8. Bobby Baker, Illinois, 14.600 Tristain Duran, Minnesota, 14.350 13. Anton Stephenson, Nebraska, 81.200 9. Andrew Botto, Iowa, 14.450 10. Lukas Texeira, Air Force, 14.300 14. Andrew Botto, Iowa, 80.850 10. Chris Coombs, Ohio St., 14.400 2017 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.