No. 1 Hosts Stanford Open

STANFORD, Calif. - On the heels of posting the best team score in the NCAA at the Cal Benefit Cup, No. 1 Stanford returns home to host the Stanford Open on Saturday at 7 p.m. from Burnham Pavilion.

Saturday. 7 pm. Burnham Pavilion. BE THERE. ?? #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/yj6dSrEiam

— Stanford Gymnastics (@StanfordMGym) January 17, 2019

The Cardinal will welcome No. 9 California for the second pairing in as many weeks, while also entertaining No. 19 NorCal United as part of the Open. For full information on the Stanford Open, including to purchase tickets, please visit stanfordopen.com.

Last week, Stanford turned in a team score of 411.250, led by MSPF Gymnast of the Week Grant Breckenridge. The native of Libertyville, Ill. posted an 80.750 in the all-around to capture the event title and place second nationally. In winning the all-around, Breckenridge also took first on the parallel bars with a score of 14.650.
 

Including the pair from Breckenridge, Stanford captured seven event titles in the opener to 2019. Junior Connor Lewis took top honors on floor with a career and NCAA-best 14.700, while junior Joey Ringer captured the title on pommel horse (13.650). David Jessen rounded out the first-place finishes from the junior class, netting the high bar with a mark of 13.500. Sophomore Bryan Perla topped all comers on the vault (career-best 14.500), while freshman Ian Gunther took home the rings title (14.050) in his first collegiate competition.

.@Conbag11 of @StanfordMGym with some sticky ?? during this 14.7 FX set from last weekend.#NCAAMGym pic.twitter.com/d90lC75Yba

— College Gymnastics Association (CGA) (@CollegeMGym) January 16, 2019

Following the Stanford Open, the Cardinal will once again meet Cal, traveling to Haas Pavilion on Sunday, January 27, at 6 p.m. for a televised meet on the Pac-12 Networks.

Stanford in the Team Rankings
Floor: 1^st, 70.850
Parallel Bars: 1^st, 70.900
Vault: 3^rd, 71.200
High Bar: 3^rd, 65.800
Rings: 4^th, 68.100
Pommel Horse: 7^th, 64.400

Stanford in the Individual Rankings (Season Average)
All-Around
Grant Breckenridge – 2^nd, 80.750
Brody Malone – 7^th, 80.000
Bailey Perez – 8^th, 78.900
Andrew Bitner – 23^rd, 73.050

Floor
Connor Lewis – 1^st, 14.700
Bailey Perez – 2^nd, 14.500
Bryan Perla – 4^th, 14.450
Brody Malone – 24^th, 13.600
Blake Wilson – 24^th, 13.600

Pommel Horse
Joey Ringer – 9^th, 13.650
Blake Sun – 22^nd, 13.150

Still Rings
Ian Gunther – 9^th, 14.050
Brody Malone – 12^th, 13.750
Grant Breckenridge – 18^th, 13.600
Trevor DiGerolamo – 22^nd, 13.550

Vault
Bryan Perla – 5^th, 14.500
Brody Malone – 7^th, 14.450
Bailey Perez – 16^th, 14.300
Grant Breckenridge – 22^nd, 14.150

Parallel Bars
Grant Breckenridge – 2^nd, 14.650
Blake Sun – 4^th, 14.350
Ian Gunther – 8^th, 14.050
Thomas Lee – 8^th, 14.050
Brody Malone – 15^th, 13.800
Andrew Bitner – 18^th, 13.700

High Bar
David Jessen – 5^th, 13.500
Andrew Bitner – 18^th, 13.100
Ian Gunther – 18^th, 13.100
Jacob Barrus – 20^th, 13.050
Grant Breckenridge – 20^th, 13.050
Bailey Perez – 20^th, 13.050