© Steve Whalen
STANFORD, Calif., April 20, 2008 – Steven Legendre of Flower Mound, Texas, a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, won the floor exercise and vault titles at the 2008 Men’s NCAA Championships, held at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif.
Legendre scored a 16.100 to place first on floor exercise, followed by Ohio State University’s Jimmy Wickham and Pennsylvania State University’s Casey Sandy in a tie for second. On vault, Legendre’s 16.400 edged Stanford University’s David Sender of Arlington Heights, Ill., who posted a 16.350. Wickam finished third.
Jonathan Horton of Houston, a senior at the University of Oklahoma, claimed his second-career NCAA still rings title with a score of 16.125. Sender was second with a 15.775, and Penn State’s Tommy Ramos was third at 15.725.
The University of California – Berkeley’s Tim McNeill earned titles on pommel horse and parallel bars with scores of 15.625 and 15.650, respectively. Sandy was second and Sho Nakamori of Albany, Calif., a redshirt junior at Stanford, was third on pommel horse. On parallel bars, Sandy finished second and Penn State’s Wes Haagensen placed third.
Paul Ruggeri of the University of Illinois won horizontal bar with a score of 15.000, with the University of Minnesota’s Cole Storer and Stanford’s Josh Dixon in second and third, respectively.
Horton, Legendre, Nakamori and Sender are members of the U.S. Men’s National Team.
2008 NCAA Men’s Championships
Stanford, Calif.
April 19, 2008
Individual event finals
Floor exercise
1. Steven Legendre, University of Oklahoma, 16.100
2T. Jimmy Wickham, Ohio State University, 15.600
2T. Casey Sandy, Pennsylvania State University, 15.600
4. Greg Ter-Zakharian, Stanford University, 15.450
5T. Russell Czeschin, University of Oklahoma, 15.375
5T. Paul Ruggeri, University of Illinois, 15.375
7. Josh Dixon, Stanford University, 15.300
8. Reed Pitts, University of Oklahoma, 15.275
9. Jonathan Horton, University of Oklahoma, 14.650
10. Santiago Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, 14.200
Pommel horse
1. Tim McNeill, University of California – Berkeley, 15.625
2. Casey Sandy, Pennsylvania State University, 14.975
3. Sho Nakamori, Stanford University, 14.700
4. Kyle Oi, Stanford University, 14.600
5. David Chan, University of Michigan, 14.550
6. Daniel Ribeiro, University of Illinois, 14.450
7. Jason Laughton, University of Oklahoma, 14.375
8. Greg Ter-Zakharian, Stanford University, 14.325
9. Kit Beikmann, University of Minnesota, 14.125
10. Andy Saurber, Ohio State University, 13.250
Still rings
1. Jonathan Horton, University of Oklahoma, 16.125
2. David Sender, Stanford University, 15.775
3. Tommy Ramos, Pennsylvania State University, 15.725
4. Bryant Hadden, Stanford University, 15.575
5. Phillip Goldberg, University of Michigan, 15.475
6. Greg Stine, U.S. Air Force Academy, 15.300
7. Jon Drollinger, University of Illinois, 15.275
8. Casey Sandy, Pennsylvania State University, 15.050
9. Tyler Block, University of California – Berkeley, 15.000
10. Tyler Yamauchi, University of Illinois, 14.900
Vault
1. Steven Legendre, University of Oklahoma, 16.400
2. David Sender, Stanford University, 16.350
3. Jimmy Wickham, Ohio State University, 16.325
4. Tyler Yamauchi, University of Illinois, 16.225
5. Paul Ruggeri, University of Illinois, 15.950
6. Casey Sandy, Pennsylvania State University, 15.875
7. Josh Dixon, Stanford University, 15.675
8. Mitchell Mays, University of Minnesota, 15.625
9. Mel Santander, University of Michigan, 15.550
10. Cole Storer, University of Minnesota, 14.675
Parallel bars
1. Tim McNeill, University of California – Berkeley, 15.650
2. Casey Sandy, Pennsylvania State University, 14.950
3. Wes Haagensen, University of Illinois, 14.875
4T. Chris Brooks, University of Oklahoma, 14.675
4T. Jonathan Horton, University of Oklahoma, 14.675
6. Sho Nakamori, Stanford University, 14.625
7. Brian Liscovitz, University of Illinois, 14.575
8. Colin Christ, University of California – Berkeley, 14.275
9. Kyle Brady, University of California – Berkeley, 13.475
10. Kyson Bunthuwong, University of California – Berkeley 13.200
Horizontal bar
1. Paul Ruggeri, University of Illinois, 15.000
2. Cole Storer, University of Minnesota, 14.925
3. Josh Dixon, Stanford University, 14.800
4. Chris Brooks, University of Oklahoma, 14.750
5. Ross Bradley, University of Illinois, 14.725
6T. Thomas Kelley, University of Michigan, 14.700
6T. Dylan Carney, Stanford University, 14.700
8T. Steven Legendre, University of Oklahoma, 14.650
8T. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford University, 14.650
10. David Sender, Stanford University, 13.175