Stanford Takes Second At MPSF Championship

No. 2 Cardinal Men's Gymnastics finishes second to No. 1 Oklahoma, 219.175-219.075.

	Sophomore David Sender claimed the vault title with a score of 9.550.

March 25, 2006

Colorado Springs, Colo. - No. 2 Stanford Men's Gymnastics finished second to No. 1 Oklahoma tonight at the MPSF Championship, 219.175-217.075. Sophomore David Sender claimed an individual victory on the vault with a score of 9.550, leading the Cardinal to a team win on the event (37.100). Stanford's runner-up performance is the program's highest conference finish since before the 2001 season.

The Cardinal finished second to Oklahoma on the floor exercise, 37.300-36.650, led by Sender's second-place score of 9.500. Senior Sean Doolan tied for fifth with a score of 9.200 and sophomore Sho Nakamori tied for seventh with 9.100 to round out Stanford's top-ten finishers on the event. Senior Nissen-Emery finalist Nate Downs finished eighth on the pommel horse with a score of 8.575, followed by Sender in tenth with 8.400.

On the still rings, Stanford posted a team total of 37.650 to top-finisher Oklahoma's 38.150. Junior Alex Schorsch led the Cardinal ring campaign with a third-place score of 9.600, followed by freshman Bryant Hadden tied for fifth with 9.450. Junior Peter Derman was eighth with 9.400 and Nakamori was ninth with 9.200.

Sender led the Cardinal to a top team finish on the vault after posting a score of 9.550, tying his season best. Junior Dylan Carney nabbed the second spot for the Cardinal with 9.400, his second-best score of the season. Doolan tied for eighth with 9.200.

Stanford finished second to California on the high bar, 37.350-36.150, putting five gymnasts in the top ten finishers and tallying its highest score of the season on the event. Sophomore Jason Shen was fifth with 9.150, while Hadden was seventh with 9.100. Sender earned eighth place with 9.000, Downs was ninth with 8.900 and sophomore Chris Harper was tenth with 8.825. The Cardinal also finished third on the high bar with 36.300, led by Carney's second-place performance of 9.450.

Sender tied for second all-around with Oklahoma's Jonathan Horton with a score of 54.100. California's Timothy McNeill finished first all-around with 55.325.

No. 2 Stanford will now travel to the NCAA Championships in Norman, Okla. on April 6-8.

TEAM SCORES
Oklahoma - 219.175
Stanford - 217.075
California - 216.450
Nebraska - 209.725
Air Force - 184.725
ALL-AROUND
1. Timothy McNeill (California) - 55.325
T2. David Sender (Stanford) - 54.100
T2. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) - 54.100
FLOOR EXERCISE
1. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) - 9.600
2. David Sender (Stanford) - 9.500
T5. Sean Doolan (Stanford) - 9.200
T7. Sho Nakamori (Stanford) - 9.100
T11. Brice Rolston (Stanford) - 8.850
T14. Jason Sean (Stanford) - 8.750
POMMEL HORSE
1. Timothy McNeill (California) - 9.325
8. Nate Downs (Stanford) - 8.575
10. David Sender (Stanford) - 8.400
12. Sho Nakamori (Stanford) - 8.150
T13. Chris Harper (Stanford) - 8.100
17. Bryant Hadden (Stanford) - 8.050
T24. Brice Rolston (Stanford) - 7.200
STILL RINGS
1. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) - 9.650
3. Alex Schosch (Stanford) - 9.600
T5. Bryant Hadden (Stanford) - 9.450
8. Peter Derman (Stanford) - 9.400
9. Sho Nakamori (Stanford) - 9.200
14. David Sender (Stanford) - 8.800
19. Jason Shen (Stanford) - 8.400
VAULT
1. David Sender (Stanford) - 9.550
T8. Sean Doolan (Stanford) - 9.200
T16. Jason Shen (Stanford) - 8.950
T18. Sho Nakamori (Stanford) - 8.900
20. Eli Alcaraz (Stanford) - 8.850
PARALLEL BARS
1. Timothy McNeill (California) - 9.700
5. Jason Shen (Stanford) - 9.150
7. Bryant Hadden (Stanford) - 9.100
8. David Sender (Stanford) - 9.000
9. Nate Downs (Stanford) - 8.900
10. Chris Harper (Stanford) - 8.825
HIGH BAR
1. Chris Brooks (Oklahoma) - 9.525
T2. Nate Downs (Stanford) - 9.450
T8. Dylan Carney (Stanford) - 9.050
T12. Sho Nakamori (Stanford) - 8.950
T14. David Sender (Stanford) - 8.850
T14. Jason Shen (Stanford) - 8.850