Career Accolades
- Three-time NCAA team champion (2019, 2021-22)
- MPSF team champion (2022)
- Two-time Team Captain (2021-22)
- Nissen-Emery Award Finalist (2021)
- NCAA All-American (2019: still rings)
- MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 4, 2020)
- Four-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2020-22)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2020-22)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022)
As a Grad Student (2022) • National Champions, MPSF Champions
- Team Captain
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Career-best 13.700 on pommel horse at Pac-12 Invite (Feb. 4)
- Won lone event title on horizontal bar at Stanford Open with a score of 13.700 (Jan. 29)
As a Senior (2021) • National Champions
- Nissen-Emery Award Finalist
- Team Captain
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Competed in one event vs. William & Mary (Feb. 10) before missing the remainder of the season due to injury
As a Junior (2020)
- MPSF Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 4)
- CGA First-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
- Won the all-around title at the Pac-12 Invitational with a career-high 81.200 (Feb. 2)
- Won three event titles, including one apiece on rings, high bar and in the all-around
As a Sophomore (2019) • National Champions
- NCAA All-American on still rings
- Registered a career-best 14.360 on still rings at NCAA Championships to place tied for fourth (April 20)
- Registered a career-best 13.650 on pommel horse to take second at Pac-12 Invitational en route to scoring an 81.100 in the all-around (Feb. 2)
- Posted a career-high 13.750 on high bar at California to earn a share of second in the event (Jan. 27)
- Finished third on still rings vs. California with a score of 13.900 (March 30)
As a Freshman (2018)
- CGA Second-Team All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Produced season-bests on pommel horse (13.550), high bar (13.150) and all-around (80.600) at Cal Benefit Cup (Jan. 13)
- Tallied two season-highs with performances on the still rings (13.700) and parallel bars (13.850) in a Nebraska/Oklahoma tri-meet (Feb. 3)
USA Gymnastics
- National team member (2014-15, 2016-17)
- 2019 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Champaign, Ill. - 1st-Team; 5th-SR
- 2019 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.
- 2018 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.
- 2016 Junior Pan American Championships, Sucre, Bolivia - 1st-Team, SR; 2nd-PH; 3rd-AA; 7th-PB
- 2016 P&G Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 3rd-PB; 8th-PH(T); 9th-AA (15-16)
- 2016 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Battle Creek, Mich. - 4th-AA; 5th-FX(T); 6th-PB, HB (L10 JE 16)
- 2016 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.
- 2015 P&G Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - (Jr. 15-16)
- 2015 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Daytona Beach, Fla. - 5th-AA, PH(T), HB; 7th-PB (15)
- 2014 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Long Beach, Calif. - 4th-AA, FX(T); 5th-VT (L9, 14)
Prior to Stanford
- 2017 graduate of Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, Ga.
- Seven-time all-around state champion
- Three-time all-around regional champion
- Competed at Gymnastix Training Center throughout high school
Personal
- Born in Lawrenceville, Ga.
- Son of Scott and Cathy Bitner
- Has one older sister, Sarah
Career Scores
Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P-Bars | H-Bar | All-Around |
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2018 Season Highs | 14.400 | 13.550 | 13.700 | 13.950 | 13.850 | 13.150 | 80.600 |
2019 Season Highs | 14.100 | 13.650 | 14.366 | 13.750 | 13.700 | 13.750 | 81.100 |
2020 Season Highs | 14.250 | 13.400 | 13.800 | 13.850 | 13.650 | 13.550 | 81.200 |
2021 Season Highs | 11.950 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2022 Season Highs | -- | 13.700 | -- | -- | -- | 13.700 | -- |
Career Highs | 14.400 | 13.700 | 14.366 | 13.950 | 13.850 | 13.750 | 81.200 |