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