2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships: Stanford complete five-peat in dominating fashion
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships conclude Saturday with the Super Six team final and individual finals at 6 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
The six teams competing for the national title (and their qualifying score) are Stanford (417.389), Nebraska (413.523), and Illinois (410.461) from session one and Oklahoma (418.957), Michigan (418.954 (-1.0 ND)), and Ohio State (408.725) from session two. Scores reset for the finals.
Follow along with our live blog below.
For more info and our pre-qualifying recap, see below:
- 2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships semifinals recap: Super Six set as Stanford, Oklahoma, Michigan primed for showdown
- 2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships: Qualifiers, schedule, how to watch
Stanford wins their 5th consecutive NCAA title in dominate fashion, scoring their season high of a 425.324. A crucial pommel horse rotation put Stanford in prime position to win the title. With a near perfect rings rotation, the Cardinal cruised to their 5th championship. Michigan and Oklahoma round out the podium scoring 419.689 and 412.956. Khoi Young won the All-Around title scoring a 86.098 over Fred Richard’s 83.999 and Fuzzy Benas’ 83.864. While Young displayed a high level of dominance today, no one had a larger impact than Asher Hong who took 3 individual event titles handedly, including the rings, vault and parallel bars.
Young came into the season hot, coming off a 2nd place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships and a double silver medal performance at the 2023 World Championships. His strengths coming into the year were the pommel horse and vault but parallel bars have emerged as a standout event as well. Young then competed in his first All-Around competition of 2024 at the Stanford Open, scoring 84.85. He continued to rise throughout the season, scoring an 86.350 at the MPSF Championships to win the All-Around title. Beyond winning the 2024 NCAA All-Around title, Young also finished 2nd on the pommel horse and the parallel bars. With this finish, Young has put himself in a great position to make the 2024 US Olympic team as anchor to the vault and pommel horse lineups. The Olympic team will consist of 5 total competitors, all likely coming from an NCAA program.
Top 3 in All-Around
Khoi Young (Stanford) 86.098
Fred Richard (Michigan) 83.999
Fuzzy Benas (Oklahoma) 83.864
Event Titles:
Floor: Paul Juda (Michigan) 14.800
Pommel: Patrick Hoopes 15.233
Rings: Asher Hong (Stanford) 14.966
Vault: Asher Hong (Stanford) 15.266
Parallel Bars: Asher Hong (Stanford) 15.100
High Bar: Tate Costa (Illinois) 13.900
Sat. April 20 @ 8:25pm
Stanford has done the impossible winning 5 consecutive NCAA team titles. Khoi Young wins out the All-Around over Fred Richard in dominate fashion scoring an 86.068. Michigan finishes in 2nd with Oklahoma edging out Nebraska for 3rd.
Final Scores:
Stanford: 425.324
Michigan: 419.689
Oklahoma: 412.956
Nebraska: 412.427
Illinois: 411.659
Ohio State: 399.122
Sat. April 20 @ 8:23pm
Jack Freeman stays on the bar for OU scoring a 13.400.
Paul Juda follows Richard with a crisp routine that puts him in the #1 spot on the floor with a 14.800.
Brandon Dang has multiple form breaks but still scores 14.500 to finish as an All-American.
Taylor Christopulos sticks his Kas 1.5 to score an near perfect 15.000.
Asher Hong closes the win out with a stuck double twisting double back layed out. Hong also takes the top score on rings with a 14.966.
Sat. April 20 @ 8:20pm
Richard takes a step out of bounds on his opening 2.5 twisting double back but lands the remainder of his set cleanly. 13.833 score.
Colt Walker is hyped after his 13.800 scoring ring set. Stanford is in clear control with 2 huge routines to go. Mark Berlaga performs unreal strength for the Cardinal including Azarian to Straight Planche and Azarian Maltese.
Sat. April 20 @ 8:15pm
Arun Chehetri sticks his dismount and scores a 13.966 as Stanford looks to be closing out the meet in dominate fashion. Taylor Buckhart continues the dominance with a 13.833.
Chase Mondi sticks his Kas 1.5 for 14.766 score.
Lais Najjar opens the floor rotation with a 14.000 score. Landon Blixt finishes his routine with a stuck triple full dismount for a 14.433 score. Crew Bold sticks his floor routine dismount as well. 13.766 score.
OU’s Kelton Christiansen catches his unique Winkler release (F) skill and brings back the energy after a fall from the previous competitor.
Sat. April 20 @ 8:10pm
Josh Karnes catches his sky high releases giving him a likely spot on the All-Around podium. 13.233 socre.
Michael Artlip takes multiple steps on his parallel bars set but will likely maintain his All-Around All American spot with a 12.266 score.
Sat. April 20 @ 8:05pm
Khoi Young has a clear lead on the All-Around title. Behind is Fuzzy Benas and Josh Karnes. Fred Richard and Paul Juda round out the top 5.
Sat. April 20 @ 8:00pm
A disastrous high bar rotation for the Wolverines, a perfect rotation for the Cardinal put them at a decisive advantage for the last rotation. The battle for 2nd and 3rd is close.
Current Scores:
Stanford: 354.826
Michigan: 348.857
Oklahoma: 348.257
Illinois: 344.160
Nebraska: 339.495
Ohio State: 333.357
Sat. April 20 @ 7:59pm
The Stanford crowd goes crazy as Khoi Young hits another pommel set as the Cardinal are posting a career day on the horse. Massive 15.233 score for Young that only is behind Hoopes. JR Chou follows suit with a 14.500.
Crew Bold catches his Cassina and Kolman scoring a 13.866 to keep Michigan in the hunt. However, Paul Juda and Fred Richard fall on releases, allowing for Stanford to pull away.
Fuzzy Benas drills parallel bars routine with less than 1 point off in deduction for 14.566 score. Benas is in clear contention for the All-Around title behind Khoi Young. Emre Dodanli hits his parallel bar set as well scoring a 14.333.
Connor McCool sticks signature 2.5 twisting double back mount and scores on his final floor routine of his college career scoring 14.466.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:51pm
Kazuki Hayashi sticks Kas 1.5 on vault for Ohio State scoring 14.866.
Evgeny Siminuic follows Knoll with a 13.466.
Markus Kushner continues to keep the momentum high as he scores 14.133 for the Cardinal on the pommel. Asher Hong hits his horse routine as well with a 14.066.
Amari Sewell opens Illinois’ floor rotation with 13.933.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:47pm
Josh Karnes complete clean Makutz and lands double front dismount on the parallel bars for 14.666 score to put himself in podium position. He remains in tight contention for All-Around podium
Aidan Li stays on the pommel for 14.266 score and is in All-American contention.
Luke McFarland hits opening routine for Cardinal with huge 14.133.
Robert Knoll opens the rotation for Michigan on high bar with a hit set. 13.366 score.
Tyler Flores falls on the parallel bars making these last 9 routines crucial for their comeback.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:36pm
Jeremy Bischoff finishes the 4th rotation with a 14.200
Stanford maintains the lead but Michigan is approaching fast. OU is also closely behind.
Current Scores:
Stanford: 282.761
Michigan: 282.193
Oklahoma: 280.092
Illinois: 274.461
Nebraska: 271.897
Ohio State: 264.826
Sat. April 20 @ 7:28pm
Cooper Giles puts himself into All-American contention with 14.300 on the pommel for Nebraska.
Juda hits parallel bar set for 14.166 scores. Richard follows with multiple steps on front uprise Stutz but is able to make the recovery. 14.133 score on 16.2 start value.
Fuzzy Benas sticks Kas 1.5 vault for 14.800.
Colt Walker keeps Stanford on top with 14.033 on floor. Khoi Young follows with 14.166.
Tate Costa scores a 13.900 for Illinois.
Max Bereznev sticks Yurchenko 2.5 for massive 14.966.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:17 p.m.
Burkhart has opened the rotation for the Cardinal on every event and continues to do so scoring 13.966 while sticking almost all of his passes.
Evgeny Siminuic keeps the momentum going for Michigan scoring a 14.433. Crew Bold continues to build with 14.566 score.
Travis Wong delivers a strong pommel routine with his triple scissor sequence for a 13.966 score.
Tyler Flores performs near perfect Kas full for 14.566 score (14.9 SV).
Sat. April 20 @ 7:17 p.m.
Matt Underhill shows impressive strength on rings, including a flat maltese for a 13.633 score.
Oliver Zavel finishes clean parallel bar set with 14.000 and is in All-American position halfway through the meet.
Josh Karnes sticks Kas 1.5 vault and is in the hunt for the All-Around podium with his best event yet to come.
Logan Mckeown hits unique Korolev on parallel bar, for a 14.33 score.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:12 p.m.
Rotation 3 Done. Stanford and Michigan are now out in front.
Stanford: 212.596
Michigan: 210.562
Illinois: 206.695
Oklahoma: 206.560
Nebraska: 202.665
Ohio State: 199.195
Sat. April 20 @ 7:10 p.m.
Parker Thackston (Ohio State) performs a near perfect pommel routine but has a large error on the dismount. Thackston still scores 14.266. Jesse Pakele finishes rotation with 13.700 score.
Fuzzy Benas sticks his double twisting double back dismount for a 13.766 score.
Khoi Young scores a 13.400 on the high bar.
Vahe Petrosyan continues the clean routines for the Illini with a 13.766 score.
Luke James picks up momentum for the Cornhuskers with a 14.100 on floor. Samuel Phillips continues it by sticking his double twisting double back and arabian double front dismount for a 13.800 score. Taylor Christopulos finishes rotation, sticking his triple full dismount for a 14.500 score overtaking OU’s Dodanli.
Fred Richard takes a step out of bounds on his vault to score 14.133. Paul Juda sticks a perfect Kas 1.5 for a 15.133 score.
Sat. April 20 @ 7:01 p.m.
Dan Simmons opens the rings rotation for OU with 13.233.
Burkhart starts off the Cardinal with a 13.333 on the high bar. Colt Walker sticks a beautiful high bar routine that includes a sky high Kolman and scores 13.266.
David Wolma takes a medium step on a Kas 1.5 to open the rotation for the Wolverines with a 14.533 score.
Garrett Schooley opens the parallel bar rotation for the Illini with a 13.666.
Erich Upton a 14.600 on a clean 2.5 twisting vault.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:55 p.m.
Luke Esparo scores a 13.900 on the rings with a massive stuck double twisting double back.
Springfield star Peyton Cramer performs clean Sohn and scores 14.400 on the pommel.
Artlip continues to hit routines with a 13.133 on the pommel horse. Nittany Lion Teammates, Karnes also hits rings routine sticking layed out double twisting double back dismount to score 13.466.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:49 p.m.
The second rotation finished. Stanford has finished it’s best two events and is starting to pull away. Can Illinois, OU, or Michigan close the gap before it grows?
Stanford: 145.831
Illinois: 139.230
Oklahoma: 139.096
Michigan: 138.597
Nebraska: 133.332
Ohio State: 132.363
Sat. April 20 @ 6:47 p.m.
Khoi Young follows with 14.900 parallel bar set. Young only had 0.9 off his full routine. Asher Hong followed with a stuck double front with a half twist to score a 15.100 topping his teammate.
Paul Juda hits his ring set, sticking his layed out double back with a full twist and scores 13.966. Fred Richard sticks his double twisting double back on the rings to beat out Alfonso with a 14.400.
Ignacio Yockers falls early on the pommel but recovers well still scoring a 14.000.
Kameron Nelson sticks a clean front double pike and finishes with a 14.233 on the floor.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:42 p.m.
Colt Walker continues to show why he is the Nissan Emery award winner with a 14.466 score. Luke McFarland followed with a 14.133.
Tylor Flores puts up a 13.850 for the Sooners on the pommel. Fuzzy Benas continues to hit as OU appears to be on a roll. Benas scored a 13.966.
Javier Alfonso (Michigan) sticks his rings dismount to score 14.333 to overtake Ashton Anaya as the rings leader of the day.
Garrett Schooley and Preston Ngai land clean Kas 1.5 for Illinois.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:36 p.m.
Rithik Puri (Michigan) opens on the rings with clean straight planches and malteses. 13.866 score.
Justin Ciccone (Ohio State) hits a massive front layout connect to double pike on floor but falls on the front full to double front combo. 11.766 score.
Connor McCool takes a small step on his Kas 1.5. 14.400 score.
Taylor Burkhart opens for the Cardinal, survives a near missed healy and finishes strong. 13.600 score.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:31 p.m.
National Team Member Patrick Hoopes hits an F Flop, Bezugo and Sohn on the pommel to score 15.300. Will either Yockers or Dang be able to top this?
Greenville star Logan Watterson hit his Kas 1.5 for a 14.466 score.
Michael Artlip cheers hard after a nearly perfect floor routine. 14.066 score
Sat. April 20 @ 6:25 p.m.
The first rotation has ended.
Stanford: 73.632
Oklahoma: 69.664
Michigan: 68.532
Illinois: 67.165
Ohio State: 65.698
Nebraska: 65.166
Sat. April 20 @ 6:24 p.m.
Emre Dodanli stuck his double twisting double back both tucked and layed out. Dodanli finished with 14.433.
Caden Spencer performed a huge triple Tkatchev connection sequence to score a 13.700.
Khoi Young followed Hong’s vault with a 15.133. Brandon Nguyen finished the rotation with a Kas 1.5 scoring a 14.433.
Richard closed out the pommel rotation with a 14.200 for the Wolverines
Ashton Anaya scored a 14.100 on his ring set leaving the door open for other top event contenders to take his title.
Nebraska struggled on the parallel bar with Taylor Christopulos scoring a 12.033 to round out the rotation.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:17 p.m.
Fuzzy Benas stuck his triple twist dismount to score 13.766
Paul Juda fell on pommel horse during his Busnari leading to 12.833 score.
Asher Hong took a single step on a massive full twisting double back vault. Hong may hold onto the top spot for the full competition with a 15.266 score.
Sebastian Ingersoll hit a clean rings routine for Illinois scoring a 13.400.
Kazuki Hayashi performed a clean Tkatchev combination and Kolman on the high bar to score a 13.466 for the Buckeyes.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:12 p.m.
Nissan Emery award winner, Colt Walker followed with a Kas 1.5 on vault scoring a 14.500.
Cole Partridge performed a clean Bhavsar in a routine that scored 13.600
Kevin Chow nailed his pommel horse set scoring 13.900 followed by Kyle Walchuk who scored a 13.733.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:09 p.m.
Zach Granados started the pommel horse rotation for the Wolverines with a hit routine scoring a 13.866
Nebraska opened with a strong 13.400 by James Friedman on the parallel bars.
Taylor Burkhart started on vault with a 1/2 on entry to a front double full. Burkhart landed out of bounds but scored a 14.300.
Oklahoma nailed their opening routine with a 13.966.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:07 p.m.
Michael Jaroh starts his individual finals on the high bar falling on a Cassina
Josh Karnes started his All-Around Finals on the floor drilling his front full punch double front combination. Karnes finished the routine with a large step on the dismount but scored a solid 14.066.
Sam Brown scored a 14.066 to open the competition on the pommel horse.
Sat. April 20 @ 6:00 p.m.
The competitors have started their 3 minute one touch warm-up as the competition is minutes from starting. Oklahoma will start on the floor, Michigan on the pommel, Illinois on the rings, Stanford on the vault, Nebraska on the parallel bars and Ohio State on the high bar. Beyond the NCAA titles, All-Around competitors will be contending for 6 spots to the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Sat. April 20 @ 5:30 p.m.
Welcome to our live blog for the team and individual finals of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships! Competition will get started shortly. You can watch live on NCAA.com.
