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Cardinal in Position to Challenge for MPSF and NCAA Championships

Cardinal Ready to Challenge for MPSF Title

April 5, 2012

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Stanford's men's gymnastics team, ranked third in the country, kicks off the 2012 postseason at the MPSF championships Saturday hosted by Air Force. The meet begins at 5 p.m. MST.

Last season the Cardinal posted a score of 362.250 to win the conference title, defeating No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 3 California, among others. Stanford went on to win the NCAA title a few weeks later.

The Cardinal also won the MPSF title in 2009, 1995, 1993 and 1992. Stanford won national titles in all four of those years as well.

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Where the Cardinal Rank

Floor Exercise: 2nd (60.117)
Pommel Horse: 2nd (58.100)
Still Rings: 4th (58.800)
Vault: 2nd (59.450)
Parallel Bars: 2nd (58.417)
High Bar: 4th (57.550)

Individual Rankings

Floor Exercise:
Eddie Penev (2nd)
Sean Senters (11th)
Cale Robinson (17th)

Pommel Horse:
Gabriel Alvarado (t-3rd)
John Martin (t-3rd)

Still Rings:
James Fosco (t-2nd)
Jordan Nolff (10th)

Vault:
Eddie Penev (1st)
Sean Senters (3rd)
Cale Robinson (5th)

Parallel Bars:
Cameron Foreman (5th)
Eddie Penev (t-6th)
Cale Robinson (9th)
Chris Turner (12th)

High Bar:
Cameron Foreman (10th)
Paul Hichwa (17th)
Eddie Penev (19th)

All-Around:
Eddie Penev (2nd)
Eddie Penev (2nd)