UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma made it three conference titles in

a row, scoring 446.100 points to claim the

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)

Championship on Saturday in McCasland

Field House. The Sooners' 446.100 finished

well ahead of No. 3 Stanford with a 436.700,

followed by No. 9 California (427.150) and

No. 10 Air Force (425.650).

Three Sooners were awarded individual

conference titles including Raymond White

on floor (15.500), Michael Squires on still

rings (16.300), and Kanji Oyama on vault

(15.300).

OU started slow, falling twice on high bars

to finish with a total of 71.750. Junior Wil-

liam Clement, last year's MPSF champ, rec-

orded a career high of 15.300 to take second

on the day.

The top-ranked team in the nation in the

floor exercise event, the Sooners cruised be-

hind White and freshman Colin Van Wicklen,

who recorded a 15.350 to tie a career high,

and a 15.250 by Presten Ellsworth.

On pommel horse, the team was led by jun-

ior Michael Reid with a 14.800. White and

Sergey Resnick tied for second among the

Sooners, both posting identical 14.700 scores.

Defending conference and national champi-

on Michael Squires reclaimed his title on the

rings with a huge routine that resulted in a

16.300, a personal best and the highest rings

score in OU program history. Two other OU

gymnasts posted career highs, including Oya-

ma with a 15.200 to take third overall and

junior Danny Berardini at 15.100, placing

fifth.

Vault was another highlight for the Sooners,

as they tied a season-high team score with a

75.250 thanks to all five gymnasts finishing in

the top seven on the leaderboard. Oyama’s

outstanding 15.300 led the team on the vault,

after the sophomore was placed in the lineup

in the middle of the meet. Van Wicklen added

a 15.100 to combine with Ellsworth at 15.050,

Alec Robin at

14.950 and White at

14.850.

With the title all

but wrapped up, OU

closed out the com-

petition on parallel

bars. Contributing to

the total score of

73.750 were Resnick

with a 15.100 and

Jacoby Rubin with a

career-high mark of

14.850

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Stanford finished second for

the third consecutive season Sat-

urday at the Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation Champion-

ships, falling to No. 1 Oklahoma

and defeating No. 9 California

and No. 10 Air Force.

Freshman Akash Modi claimed

MPSF titles in the all-around

(89.650) and parallel bars

(15.800), while Paul Hichwa

went 15.450 on high bar to earn

the conference title. Modi’s

score in the all-around was more

than two points better than the second-place

finisher.

Despite the tough start as a team on pommel

horse, Brian Knott delivered a strong perfor-

mance to place seventh in the event with a

14.600.

The Cardinal rebounded quickly with a sea-

son-best 75.650 on rings. Dennis Zaremski

paced the squad with a career-best 16.150 to

finish second.

Modi finished sixth on rings with a 15.000,

while Brandon Beckhardt and Michael Levy

both scored 14.850 to tie for ninth.

In the vault Sean Senters led the Cardinal

with a 15.100 to tie for second and was fol-

lowed by Modi who went 15.050 to tie for

fourth. Kevin Baker delivered a strong vault

to finish tied for 10th with a 14.650.

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Conference Championships HOST: University of Oklahoma

By Jerry Wright March 29, 2014

AKASH MODI: STANFORD:

MPSF ALL AROUND

CHAMPION-2014

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

2014 MPSF TEAM CHAMPIONS

SQUIRES

Modi continued to excel on parallel bars,

posting a meet-best 15.800 to lead Stanford.

Knott tied for second with a 15.100, while

Cale Robinson tied his season high of 14.850

to tie for sixth.

In his final MPSF Championships, Hichwa

claimed the high bar title with a 15.450. Modi

finished third with a 14.900, followed by

Chris Turner who tied for fourth with a

14.650. Knott went 14.500 to tie for seventh.

On the floor exercise Levy delivered an

impressive routine to tie for second with a

15.350. Modi earned his sixth top-10 finish

on the day with a 15.200 to place fifth.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

California placed third at the Mountain Pa-

cific Sports Federation (MPSF) Champion-

ships in Norman, Okla. on Saturday with a

score of 427.150. The Bears were led by Nis-

sen-Emery Award finalist Donothan Bailey,

who won the conference title on pommel

horse with a 14.900 on the apparatus. He also

finished third in the all-around competition

with a total score of 86.700.

Sophomore Kyle Zemeir was also a key

component of the Bears’ success, placing

second in the all-around, besting his team-

mate with a career-best score of 87.500.

Cal stumbled out of the gate in their first

rotation on parallel bars and were it not for

stellar performances by Zemeir, who scored a

career-best 15.150 and junior co-captain Jon

Liu’s 15.050, things could have been dire

early.

On high bar Kevin Wolting led the way for

the Golden Bears, posting a 14.500, but other

Bears struggled, including Bailey, who posted

an uncharacteristic 13.150.

The rebound for the Bears began on floor

exercise as Zemeir equaled his personal best

with a 15.150. Bailey garnered a score of

15.100. Ryan Patterson was also key for Cali-

fornia, earning a 15.000, lifting the Bears

back into the meet.

Bailey captured the MPSF Championship

on pommel horse with a routine that earned a

14.900 for the Bears. The team led by both

Bailey and Takahiro Kawada, who finished

right behind his teammate and tied for second

overall with a 14.850.

On still rings the back end of the rotation

was incredibly strong, pushing momentum

forth into the sixth and final event. Bailey

(14.800), Zemeir (14.700) and redshirt senior

Jeffrey Langenstein (14.750) anchored a

strong performance for California.

The Golden Bears finally caught and sur-

passed the Falcons in the final rotation of the

day, posting a 71.750 on vault. Despite a

scare on redshirt senior Christian Montecla-

ro’s attempt where his hand slipped, Cal were

led by Langenstein, who closed out the com-

petition with a hit, scoring a 14.850, while

Patterson (14.750) and Zemeir (14.500) were

also strong.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY

Highlighted by a runner-up finish on the

pommel horse from freshman Tim Wang, Air

Force wrapped up competition at the 2014

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Champi-

onships on Saturday, March 29,

in Norman, Ok. finishing 4th with

a score of 427.15. Air Force’s

team score was over 10 points

higher than the total it produced

at last year’s MPSF meet.

Wang posted the program’s

highest individual conference

finish in at least the last decade,

as he scored a 14.850 to tie for

second on the pommel horse. The

freshman paced the Falcons to a

pair of top-10 finishes in that

event, as senior Nick Owen add-

e d a

n i n t h -

p l a c e

score of

14.450.

Junior Jon Spiro

added a top-three

finish to the Falcons’

lineup, as he tied for

third on the still rings

with a season-best

score of 15.200.

Gared Chapman and

senior Tyler Huebner

tied for seventh with

matching scores of

14.950.

Freshman Chase

Cannon claimed a

sixth-place finish on

the high bar in his

debut at the confer-

ence championships,

recording his second-

highest score of the

season (14.600).

Wang, who finished fourth in the all-around

with a score of 85.900, also accounted for top

-10 finishes on the floor exercise and vault,

while equaling the squad’s best finish on the

parallel bars. Backed by the seventh-highest

floor score in Academy history (15.050),

Wang tied for ninth on that event. He also tied

for 10th on the vault, as he and senior Ben

Zaiser recorded matching marks of 14.650.

Wang and Greg Chaput rounded out the list of

Air Force leaders, as they scoring matching

marks of 14.400 to tie for 12th on the parallel

bars.

BAILEY

WANG

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS March 29, 2014

Compiled by Jerry Wright

HOST: University of Oklahoma

ALL AROUND

1. Akash Modi, Stanford 89.650

2. Kyle Zemeir, California 87.500

3. Donothan Bailey, California 86.700

4. Timmy Wang, Air Force 85.900

FLOOR EXERCISE

1. Raymond White, Oklahoma 15.500

2. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma 15.350

2. Michael Levy, Stanford 15.350

4. Presten Ellsworth, Oklahoma 15.250

5. Akash Modi, Stanford 15.200

6. Alec Robin, Oklahoma 15.150

6. Kyle Zemeir, California 15.150

8. Donothan Bailey, California 15.100

POMMEL HORSE

1. Donothan Bailey, California 14.900

2. Takahiro Kawada, California 14.850

2. Timmy Wang, Air Force 14.850

4. Michael Reid, Oklahoma 14.800

5. Sergey Resnick, Oklahoma 14.700

5. Raymond White, Oklahoma 14.700

7. Brian Knott, Stanford 14.600

8. Allan Bower, Oklahoma 14.500

RINGS

1. Michael Squires, Oklahoma 16.300

2. Dennis Zaremski, Stanford 16.150

3. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma 15.200

3. Jon Spiro, Air Force 15.200

5. Danny Berardini, Oklahoma 15.100

6. Akash Modi, Stanford 15.000

7. Gared Chapman, Air Force 14.950

7. Tyler Huebner, Air Force 14.950

VAULT

1. Kanji Oyama, Oklahoma 15.300

2. Colin Van Wicklen, Oklahoma 15.100

2. Sean Senters , Stanford 15.100

4, Presten Ellsworth, Oklahoma 15.050

4. Akash Modi, Stanford 15.050

6. Alec Robin, Oklahoma 14.950

7. Raymond White, Oklahoma 14.850

7. Jeffrey Langenstein, California 14.850

PARALLEL BARS

1. Akash Modi, Stanford 15.800

2. Sergey Resnick, Oklahoma 15.100

2. Kyle Zemeir, California 15.100

2. Brian Knott, Stanford 15.100

5. Jonathan Liu, California 15.050

6. Jacoby Rubin, Oklahoma 14.850

6. Danny Berardini, Oklahoma 14.850

6. Cale Robinson, Stanford 14.850

HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Paul Hichwa, Stanford 15.450

2. William Clement, Oklahoma 15.300

3. Akash Modi, Stanford 14.900

4. Jacoby Rubin, Oklahoma 14.650

4. Chris Turner, Stanford 14.650

6. Chase Cannon, Air Force 14.600

7. Danny Berardini, Oklahoma 14.500

7. Kevin Wolting, California 14.500

7. Brian Knott, Stanford 14.500

MODI

WHITE

BAILEY

SQUIRES

OYAMA

HICHWA