STANFORD, Calif. – Event titles by Connor Lewis, Blake Sun and Joey Ringer as well as a return to action by Drew Burton highlighted the night Saturday as the No. 2 Cardinal scored a 403.600 to top No. 12 Cal, No. 13 ASU and No. 15 Washington in the annual Pac-12 Invitational.
The Cardinal (10-1, 3-0 MPSF) opened up on floor with a 68.150 team score for its fourth team event title of the year. Bailey Perez led Stanford with a 14.100 for his second-highest score of the year and Jacob Barrus also made a victorious return to the floor for the first time since last season for a 13.95 fourth-place finish in the event.
Joey Ringer stepped up next on pommel horse for his second career event title with a season-best 14.200 score. The Cardinal dominated the event as it took first-fourth in the event. David Jessen, Blake Sun and Robert Neff all pulled in next after Ringer to lead Stanford to a season-best 67.800 for another team event title.
The team-title trend continued on rings with a 65.350 as Thomas Lee, Connor Lewis and Ryan Sheppard took second-fourth in the event. Lewis made his collegiate debut on the rings to take third with a 13.100. Burton also returned to competition in the event after a year away for a 12.750.
With the lead firmly in hand Stanford added its third team title in vault next with Lewis claiming his career-first event title with a career-best 14.650. Teammates Bailey Perez and Bryan Perla followed suit for second and third as the Cardinal opened up its lead more.
Barrus took his first event title of the year next on parallel bars with a 13.600 as the Cardinal claimed an incredible season-first clean sweep of the event ranking first-sixth for a 68.100 team score and team event title.
High bar proved to be the only event the Cardinal would be edged in with Cal taking first-third while Barrus stepped up again for Stanford with a 13.250 to help lead Stanford to a 62.300 team score.
The Cardinal will take a break from team competition as it sets to compete in the annual Winter Cup next week in Las Vegas, Nev.
