Pommel horse turnaround propels Illini to national championship by Emily Bayci :
… The Illini had been struggling on the pommel horse all season. They were ranked sixth in the country on pommel horse — lower than any other event. …
… “Pommel horse is not an event you want to count on to have a perfect meet, let alone to make up ground.” …
… To anchor the squad was freshman C.J. Maestas, a strong pommel horse contender who had fallen on high bar and was worried he let his team down.
“I knew I had to hit,” Maestas said. “For my brothers. Here they were having my back, shout-out to the pommel horse squad. They were throwing 15’s. I needed to do it too.”
Hit he did, tallying his own career-high of a 15.100 to propel Illinois to a 60.750, its highest pommel horse score in school history. …
… “The turnaround on pommel horse was the best moment of my entire college career,” said veteran senior Paul Ruggeri …
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