Men’s Winter Cup wrap-up

Top 10 All-Around

1. Jake Dalton
2. Adrian De Los Angeles
3. Danell Leyva
4. Eddie Penev
5. Sean Melton
6. Akash Modi
7. Glen Ishino
8. Paul Ruggieri
9. Matthew Felleman
10. Marvin Kimble

I was most impressed with Adrian De Los Angeles. He has competed the past couple of weekends during the NCAA season just as he did here: clean, consistent and strong. … could be a surprise dark horse this quad.

Another gymnast I was super impressed with was Sean Melton. This being his big senior elite debut, he proved he is ready to hang with the big boys. …

Using this competition as the first step of the bigger picture, World Championships, I will use a ranking of the Top 6 guys for a shot at a spot on this team …

1. Jake Dalton.
2. Danell Leyva.
3. Adrian De Los Angeles.
4. Alex Naddour. Only because of pommel horse.
5. Paul Ruggeri.
6. Sam Mikulak.

Brian Taylor for Couch Gymnast

Uncle Tim was there too.

Here’s his funny post on the current state of Men’s Floor Exercise. Still a mess. But not quite as bad nor dangerous as the last quadrennial.

Near compulsory elements:

• Arabian varations
• Twisting series
• wide arm handstand
• layout Thomas
• triple twist dismount