No. 2 Stanford takes a break from NCAA action this week as select Cardinal travel to the annual Winter Cup in Las Vegas, Nev., where Stanford will vie for positions on the U.S. Senior National Team and to represent the U.S. in future competitions.
The competition begins Friday and runs through Sunday with the Cardinal sending Andrew Bitner, Grant Breckenridge, Ian Gunther, Bailey Perez, Curran Phillips, and alumni Akash Modi, Robert Neff and Eddie Penev to represent Stanford. For more information, please click here.
Friday's competition will consist of two preliminary sessions. Those who qualify to the finals will then have a training session on Saturday before Sunday's final session.
With the exception of Phillips and Penev, all of Stanford's affiliated gymnasts will begin on high bar. Phillips will open on floor, while Penev will start on pommel horse.
Stanford most recently turned in the best pommel horse score in the nation this year, posting a 69.000 at California last Saturday night. The Cardinal won five of the six events, with Ryan Sheppard and Bryan Perla sharing top honors on the floor, Trevor DiGerolamo winning the still rings, Connor Lewis capturing the vault, Brody Malone finishing first in the parallel bars, and David Jessen topping all-comers in the high bar. As a team, the Card recorded a 415.800 score – once again the highest in the nation for the week.
Following Winter Cup, team competition resumes on February 23 when the Card hosts the International Collegiate Open, featuring Olympic Champion Japan and Cal, at 4 p.m. from Burnham Pavilion.
Stanford in the Team Rankings (Three-Score Average)
Parallel Bars: 1st, 70.283
Floor: 2nd, 71.267
Rings: 2nd, 69.783
High Bar: 2nd, 68.183
Pommel Horse: 2nd, 67.283
Vault: 4th, 71.783
Stanford in the Individual Rankings (National Qualifying Average)
All-Around
Brody Malone – 1st, 82.917
Grant Breckenridge – 5th, 80.783
Floor
Ryan Sheppard – T-1st, 14.583
Bryan Perla – 3rd, 14.533
Bailey Perez – 4th, 14.467
Connor Lewis – 7th, 14.383
Brody Malone – 13th, 14.167
Andrew Bitner – 17th, 14.067
Pommel Horse
Joey Ringer – 10th, 13.800
Brody Malone – 17th, 13.600
David Jessen – 18th, 13.500
Ian Gunther – 22nd, 13.367
Still Rings
Ian Gunther – 7th, 14.150
Trevor DiGerolamo – 10th, 14.067
Brody Malone – 12th, 13.983
Grant Breckenridge – 18th, 13.717
Thomas Lee – 20th, 13.683
Vault
Connor Lewis – 8th, 14.567
Brody Malone – 11th, 14.517
Bryan Perla – 12th, 14.483
Bailey Perez – 22nd, 14.333
Parallel Bars
Blake Sun – 3rd, 14.467
Brody Malone – 5th, 14.167
Grant Breckenridge – 6th, 14.133
Ian Gunther – 15th, 13.817
Thomas Lee – T-22nd, 13.650
High Bar
Brody Malone – 6th, 13.767
David Jessen – 7th, 13.750
Grant Breckenridge – 15th, 13.500
Andrew Bitner – 19th, 13.467
Jacob Barrus – 22nd, 13.400