LOUISVILLE – In addition to Brody Malone, Asher Hong and Ian Lasic-Ellis, four more Stanford-affiliated gymnasts secured U.S. Senior National Team spots following the conclusion of the 2023 Winter Cup on Sunday.
Based on their performance over the two days of competition, senior Riley Loos, sophomore Khoi Young and former Cardinal standouts Curran Phillips and Blake Sun earned spots on the team.
Hong and Lasic-Ellis secured their spots on Friday by finishing top five in the all-around competition, while Malone earned an automatic bid thanks to his gold on horizontal bar at the World Championships.
In men's senior competition from Freedom Hall, apparatus winners were determined by the cumulative total of scores from Friday's all-around session and Sunday's competition.
Phillips, who graduated last year from Stanford and still trains on The Farm, won the parallel bars title for the second consecutive year. His 15.997 on day one was combined with an event-best 16.097 on day two to total 32.094 – nearly two points better than former Cardinal Blake Sun at 30.288.
Phillips also finished atop the podium on horizontal bar after combining for a 27.350. The two-day total included a 13.700 on Friday and a 13.650 on Sunday. He finished second on horizontal bar at last year's Winter Cup.
Loos finished second in the combined all-around with a score of 161.110 – earning top-eight finishes on still rings (2nd, 28.356), vault (5th, 28.104), horizontal bar (5th, 26.000), parallel bars (8th, 27.050) and floor (8th, 26.450).
Despite posting the highest combined score on vault with a 29.554, Khoi Young did not compete two vaults and was ineligible to win the event. Young hit for an event-best 14.802 on day one before registering a 14.752 on day two.
In addition to finishing second on parallel bars, Sun was seventh on pommel horse (26.900).
Ian Gunther finished third on horizontal bar (26.800), fifth on still rings (27.900), ninth on pommel horse (25.509) and 10th in the combined all-around with a two-day score of 146.959.
Jeremy Bischoff also managed a pair of top 10 finishes – placing sixth on parallel bars (27.650) and 10th on vault (27.550).
