Jake Dalton Wins 2 Event Titles at NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships
Oklahoma’s Jake Dalton won his two specialty events, floor (16.20) and vault (16.55), a day after his team fell just shy of the team title. …
FX – Jake Dalton (Oklahoma) – 16.20
PH – Alex Naddour (Oklahoma) – 15.55 & Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) – 15.55
SR – Brandon Wynn (Ohio State) – 16.00
VT – Dalton – 16.55
PB – Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois) – 15.20
HB – Alex Buscaglia (Stanford) – 15.75It was fantastic to see some great performances put in by several outstanding freshmen who qualified for event finals. As you can see, they all earned All-American honors! Here is the list:
FX: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) – 15.70 (3rd)
PH: Chris Turner (Stanford) – 15.00 (4th)
VT: Jeff Treleaven (Ohio State) – 16.10 (3rd); Mikulak – 15.50 (7th)
PB: Mikulak – 14.70 (4th)
HB: Kris Done (Ohio State) – 15.00 (5th); Wasef Burbar (Penn State) – 14.80 (6th)… Michigan’s Sam Mikulak has had quite a year, going back to last May. He won the JO Nationals all-around championship, VISA U.S.A. all-around championship, Big 10 all-around championship and the NCAA all-around championship. Can’t think of any other athlete who has accomplished the “grand slam” of gymnastics. …
That’s from the best coverage of the Men’s NCAA Gymnastics – Stick It Media.
Here’s the Gymnastics Examiner wrap-up – Jake Dalton doubles down as men’s NCAA Championships conclude
Blythe also linked to some of Greg Long’s photos from the meet.
Stephen, the Nissen-Emery Award winner, was expected to win the all-around, but problems with his Dragalescu vault took him out.
One more thing:
… The Men’s programs themselves do a fairly poor job promoting their own cause. That may hurt chances of survival, long term.
It’s a shame, too, that they schedule Championships concurrent with the women’s meet. Most media go to the girls competition, if they must choose. Best for the Men and for fans would be a combined NCAA MAG and WAG meet.
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