Stanford Men’s Gymnastics: Cardinal Takes Pac-12 Invitational

This weekend No. 2 ranked Stanford Cardinal continued to extend the list of teams they have beaten so far this season. The latest additions: No. 6 Nebraska and No. 14 Arizona State, and No. 9 Cal earned its 3^rd appearance on that list.

Stanford’s combined total of 422.250 can easily be characterized by a string personal bests as the team continued its perfect record in both the all-around score and the individual event titles.

Starting the day on parallel bars was Robert Neff, who posted a season-best of 14.000, and was immediately followed by Jordan DeClerk’s season-best of 14.200.

Then Akash Modi took his first of presumably many high bar titles this season with his season-best 15.050, beating Neff who trailed by only a tenth of the point in the event. The team combined for a 70.250 on the event.

DeClerk took the individual gold in the third rotation with his career-best 14.900 on floor, followed by Jacob Barrus’s 14.600 to lead Stanford to the event title in 71.850.

On the pommel horse, the team won with a 68.350 behind Drew Willoughby’s season-best 14.50. Freshman Joey Ringer also came with a best, his being 14.150.

Josiah Eng took home his second rings title on the year, winning in 15.200. Taylor Seaton followed him with a 14.400 season-best to help bring the Cardinal to a 70.550 total.

Barrett Weiss made his season debut this weekend and left his mark on the final rotation, posting a career-best 14.650 on vault.

Robert Neff left with the all-around title that evening with a career-best 84.650.

Up next for the team will be Stanford’s annually hosted International Collegiate Challenge against Japan, Canada, and Minnesota on February 25^th, but in between that span many individual athletes will travel to Las Vega to represent their school at the Winter Cup Challenge.