2022 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships: Stanford scores 426.325 en route to dominant qualifying win
The 2022 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships began Friday at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma with two qualifying meets.
Twelve total teams – six each session – and individual qualifiers faced off, looking to punch their ticket to Saturday’s finals.
Ultimately, reigning back-to-back champion Stanford, Nebraska, and Illinois (Session 1) and Michigan, Ohio State, and Oklahoma (Session 2) finished with the top three scores of their sessions, respectively, to advance. In addition, the top-three all-around competitors and top-three finishers on each apparatus who are not on one of the qualifying teams will move on to the finals.
Penn State’s Michael Jaroh, California’s Noah Newfeld, Springfield’s Dominic Ramalho, Air Force’s Garrett Braunton, Navy’s Isaiah Drake, Army’s Matthew Davis are the finalists for the individual all-around championship.
See below for the final team scores from Friday’s qualifying meets, shown ranked by score with bold teams advancing to the final.
| Team | Score | |
| 1 | Stanford | 426.325 |
| 2 | Michigan | 412.890 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 411.388 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 407.956 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 407.290 |
| 6 | Illinois | 406.691 |
| 7 | Navy | 399.023 |
| 8 | Penn State | 397.889 |
| 9 | California | 394.824 |
| 10 | Air Force | 384.822 |
| 11 | Springfield | 380.523 |
| 12 | Army | 376.691 |
Stanford turned in its best performance of the year on Friday, earning a team score of 426.325 – a massive number that will be nearly impossible to beat if the Cardinal can replicate it on Saturday.
Parallel bars specialist Curran Phillips earned the top scores of Session 1 on his specialty event (15.200) and high bar (career-best 14.033). Freshman standout Khoi Young also posted a career-best on pommel horse with a 15.266.
Michigan and Nebraska could be outside contenders for Saturday’s national title if they bring their absolute A-game.
College Gymnastics Association MVP Paul Juda was the Wolverine’s top performer on night one, turning in the best scores of Session 2 on parallel bars (14.600) and high bar (14.200) while senior Cameron Bock made his return to competition on three events, highlighted by a 14.400 on parallel bars.
Nebraska collected two career-highs and three season-highs during its competition, with Sam Phillips notably anchoring the floor rotation with a 14.066 and a mic-dropping exit after his dismount.
Oklahoma finished third in the second qualifying session but will undoubtedly have the crowd on its side on Saturday night, so don’t count out the 12-time champion Sooners.
The team, all-around, and individual event finals will take place Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on Sooner Sports TV. Follow live scores here.
