Palo Alto Brawl

It’s impossible to beat Oklahoma. … That’s what we used to think. 🙂

Ron Noe:

If there has been a better dual meet in the last decade or so, I want to hear about it. …

And it did go all the way to the finish, thanks to Robert Neff, Stanford’s anchorman on high bar.  Neff not only became just the fifth gymnast to hit for 15 on that event this season, but he destroyed the previous NCAA high score.  Neff’s 15.50 enabled Stanford (432.05) to come within .25 of tying the top-ranked Sooners (433.30). …

Their team HB score established a new NCAA standard (73.65), and almost accomplished the practically unthinkable task of knocking off the defending national champs.  Neff and Allan Bower had a battle royale of their own in the AA.  The two newly minted Senior National Team members ended their personal contest with Bower barely on top (86.95-86.40). …

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