HOUSTON, Texas – Defending national champion Blaine Wilson (Columbus, Ohio) dominated the preliminaries, sweeping all six events at the Winter Cup Challenge, held Saturday at the Texas Sports Ranch.
1998 Winter Cup Challenge
Texas Sports Ranch, Houston, Texas
February 13, 1998
Preliminary Results (top 36 advance to Saturday finals)
1, Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, 56.550. 2, John Roethlisberger, Minneapolis, Minn., 52.000. 3 (tie), Guard Young, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jay Thornton, Augusta, Ga., 51.750. 5, Yewki Tomita, Tucson, Ariz., 51.150. 6 (tie), Todd Strada, Alpharetta, Ga., and Chris Camiscioli, Haddonfield, N.J., 50.550. 8, Michael Moran, Windsor, Conn., 50.150. 9 (tie), Garry Denk, Northbrook, Ill., and Raj Bhavsar, Houston, Texas, 49.800. 11, Walter Jaramillo, Albuquerque, N.M., 49.750. 12, Chris Young, Colorado Springs, Colo., 49.700. 13, Kevin Agnew, Winnetka, Ill., 49.650. 14, Izy Mlay, Fremont, Calif., 49.650. 15, Daniel Diaz-Luong, Harrisburg, Pa., 49.550. 16, Sanjuan Jones, Tallahassee, Fla., 49.500. 17, Sean Townsend, Houston, Texas, 49.250. 18 (tie), Gabriel Hansen, Albuquerque, N.M., and Jason Krane, Marlboro, N.J., 49.200. 20, Brent Klaus, Stroudsburg, Pa., 49.100. 21, Ron Roeder, Montrose, Pa., 48.800. 22, Joshua Landau, Raleigh, N.C., 48.750. 23, Alex Chansky, Lexington, Mass., 48.700. 24, Michael Ashe, Stone Mountain, Ga., 48.650. 25, Aaron Vexler, Amherst, Mass., 48.550. 26, Shannon Carrion, Tallahassee, Fla., 48.250. 27, Freddie Umali, San Jose, Calif., 48.250. 28, Nathanial Hammond, Provo, Utah, 48.200. 29, Brett McClure, Mill Creek, Wash., 48.200. 30, Michael Evans, Houston, Texas, 47.700. 31 (tie), Brandon Berkenbile, Albuquerque, N.M., Ken Schiess, Sandy, Utah, and Jonathan Plante, Easton, Pa., 47.350. 34, Randy Sooter, Tempe, Ariz., 47.200. 35, Andrew Hampy, Berkeley, Calif., 47.050. 36, Edward Burch Jr., Albuquerque, N.M., 46.700.
37, Danny Beigel, University Park, Pa., 46.500. 38, Matt Abboud, Dayton, Maine, 46.450. 39, Adam Benas, Latham, N.Y., 46.200. 40, Isaiah Vest, Fremont, Calif., 45.950. 41, Jorge Garcia, Houston, Texas, 45.850. 42, Aaron Floyd, Mount Airy, N.C., 45.700. 43, Clayton Baimbridge, Houston, Texas, 45.400. 44, Kenneth Sykes, Memphis, Tenn., 45.350. 45, Joshua Levin, Glen Ellyn, Ill., 45.300. 46, Randy Monahan, Elizabethtown, Pa., 45.250. 47, Andrew Thornton, Augusta, Ga., 44.750. 48, Jon Portillo, Tempe, Ariz., 42.900. 49, Jason Moresi, Tallahassee, Fla., 41.950. 50, Michael Peña, Humble, Texas, 41.700. 51, Kevin Tan, Fremont, Calif., 41.050. 52, Trent Wells, Keizer, Ore., 34.400. 53, J.G. Ketchen, Knoxville, Tenn., 31.350. 54, David Kruse, Lompoc, Calif., 25.900. 55, Dustin Hill, Sandy, Utah, 17.600. 56, Chainey Umphrey, Los Angeles, Calif., 16.700. 57, Jason Bertram, Berkeley, Calif., 9.400. 58, Ryan Welborn, Seattle, Wash., 9.000. 59, Jeff Johnson, Seattle, Wash., 8.950. 60, Cortney Bramwell, Provo, Utah, 8.550. 61, Sergio Luna, Redmond, Wash., 7.050. 62, Hector Tanco, Jackson, Miss., 4.250.
Individual Event Finals (top eight only)
Floor Exercise
1, Wilson, 9.300. 2, Jay Thornton, 9.200. 3, Wells, 9.000. 4 (tie), Hill and Tomita, 8.950. 6, Kruse, 8.850. 7, Strada, 8.750. 8 (tie), Roethlisberger, Klaus and Chris Young, 8.700.
Pommel Horse
1, Wilson, 9.550. 2, Roethlisberger, 9.450. 3, Bertram, 9.400. 4 (tie), Jay Thornton and Plante, 9.150. 6 (tie), Kruse and Guard Young, 9.050. 8 (tie), Tomita and Chris Young, 8.850.
Still Rings
1, Wilson, 9.400. 2 (tie) Roethlisberger and Johnson, 8.950. 4, Camiscioli, 8.850. 5, Moran, 8.700. 6, Bramwell, 8.550. 7, Roeder, 8.450. 8, Beigel, 8.400.
Vault
1, Wilson, 9.550. 2, Diaz-Luong, 9.200. 3, Moran, 9.150. 4, Hansen, 9.100. 5 (tie), Roethlisberger, Jay Thornton, Hampy, Krane, Townsend and Chris Young, 9.050.
Parallel Bars
1, Wilson, 9.500. 2, Wells, 9.050. 3, Guard Young, 8.900. 4, Denk, 8.850. 5, Jay Thornton, 8.800. 6, Umali, 8.600. 7, Bhavsar, 8.550. 8, Chansky, 8.500.
High Bar
1, Wilson, 9.250. 2, McClure, 9.050. 3, Jaramillo, 8.950. 4 (tie), Diaz-Luong and Moran, 8.750. 6 (tie), Mlay, Tomita and Guard Young, 8.700.