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Nebraska Men Finish Fourth in NCAA Gymnastics Finals
Aided by All-America performances by five Huskers, the Nebraska men’s gymnastics team capped its 2024 season Saturday with a fourth-place team finish in the NCAA Finals in Columbus, Ohio.
Stanford ran away with the title and joined the Huskers as the only programs to win five championships in a row. Nebraska’s streak of dominance occurred from 1979 to 1983.
The Cardinal’s score of 425.324 Saturday was more than 5½ points ahead of runner-up Michigan’s 419.689. Less than 1½ points separated the next three teams: Oklahoma (412.956), Nebraska (412.427) and Illinois (411.659), while Ohio State finished well back at 399.122.
Stanford was the team winner in four of the six events. The only other schools to win an event were Nebraska on high bar and Michigan on floor.
The final team standings and results on the floor, horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
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Nebraska had no individual champions Saturday night, but five Huskers earned a total of 10 All-America honors by scoring in the top eight in their events. Taylor Christopulos finished second on floor, fourth on vault, third on high bar and sixth in the all-around. Zac Tiderman was second on high bar and seventh on vault. Cooper Giles and Asher Cohen were sixth on pommel horse and rings, respectively. Sam Phillips was seventh on high bar and eighth in the all-around.
Below are capsules of the Huskers’ performances Saturday, courtesy of Nebraska Athletics.
Parallel Bars
The Cornhuskers began the competition on parallel bars where they tallied a team score of 65.166. James Friedman led off the rotation with a 13.40. Cole Partridge followed with a 13.60 for the squad, while teammate Asher Cohen notched a 13.333, respectively. Competing in the all-around competition, Sam Phillips scored a 12.80, following a fall. Taylor Christopulos, an all-around competitor, rounded off the event lineup with a score of 12.033, following a fall.
High Bar
The Nebraska squad rallied on high bar to earn a team score of 68.166 for the second rotation. Max Odden registered a 13.433 in 12th place for the Big Red, while teammate Partridge notched a 13.333, respectively. Zac Tiderman stuck a huge 13.90 for Nebraska earning second place overall. Phillips posted a solid 13.60, good for seventh position. Christopulos capped the rotation in third place with a strong score of 13.90.
Floor
NU sustained their energy in the third rotation as they transitioned to floor where they collected a team score of 69.333. Toby Liang made way for the Huskers after posting a 13.333. Luke James impressed with strength after earning a 14.10. Chase Mondi capitalized on the energy and posted a 13.60. Phillips scored a strong 13.80. Christopulos concluded the floor exercise with an electric 14.50 for Nebraska, finishing in second place overall.
Pommel Horse
The Huskers combined for a team score of 69.232 on pommel horse. Nathan York opened the rotation with a 13.666. Travis Wong registered a strong 13.966, while teammate Yanni Chronopoulos earned a 13.90, respectively. In his final collegiate appearance, Cooper Giles impressed after notching a score of 14.30 and claiming sixth place overall. Christopulos collected a 13.40, while Phillips closed the rotation with a 12.10, respectively.
Rings
The Big Red moved onto rings where they scored 67.598 as a team. Friedman opened the event with a score of 13.466. Wong earned a 12.60. Cohen put up a big score of 13.966 in sixth place. Chris Hiser stuck a strong 13.866 in tenth place. Phillips also stuck and earned a 13.70. Christopulos finalized the rotation with a score of 13.10.
Vault
Nebraska fired into vault in their final event rotation of the season where they collected a 72.932, their second-best team score on the event this season. Mondi steered the squad with an impressive 14.766 to lead off the event, earning a ninth-place finish. James earned a 14.30, while York collected a 14.066, matching his career-best score, respectively. Tiderman registered an electric 14.80 for the Huskers, taking seventh. Christopulos impressed after putting up a huge personal record of 15.00 and taking fourth. In his final appearance as a Husker, Sam Phillips registered a strong season-best 14.333, concluding the competition for the evening.
Nebraska fans cheer as the team competes on the high bar Saturday.
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Parts of their bill were adopted and passed in LB1010, which requires reports on annual power usage, water usage and ownership.
“Having this passed in a package showed a lot of bipartisan work,” Spivey told a crowd of attendees at Nelson Mandela Elementary School.
The proposed regulations were shaped in part by Bold Nebraska, an advocacy group focused on eminent domain and clean energy. Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and founder of Bold Nebraska, said before the bill passed there were “zero laws on the books” to address a boom in data centers.
“If one is coming into the community, we wanted to make sure that there were some basic transparency things in place,” Kleeb said.
Political discussions around data centers heated up in recent months following reporting by the Flatwater Free Press that showed Google is considering a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.
The Nebraska Legislature recently passed another bill, LB1261, that allows private developers to build and own power plants to serve a large industrial customer, including data centers. That bill was proposed by the governor’s office and celebrated by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“Our state is once again taking a bold and strategic step – one that will create an environment that attracts business and multibillion dollar investment, while legally preserving Nebraska’s unique and consumer-friendly public power model,” Pillen said at the time.
At Thursday’s town hall, McKinney called LB1261 “the bogeyman bill.”
“It’s a bill that the governor pushed through the legislature to allow for data centers to create their own power,” McKinney said. “It’s a bill that I stood on the floor and said this is going to harm our communities.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Hundreds of people are without power in southeast Nebraska after a severe storm passed through Thursday morning.
The Lincoln Electric System outage map showed 115 customers without power across the city at 11:36 a.m.
Norris Public Power District’s outage map also shows 45 customers affected by the storm. As of 11:36 a.m., there were nine active outages.
According to the Nebraska Public Power District outage map, 657 customers were affected by the storm. Most of the affected customers were near Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. As of 11:37 a.m., 27 customers remain without power.
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Crawford, including Fort Robinson State Park, as the South Fork Fire continues to spread in western Nebraska.
According to the City of Crawford, evacuations are currently underway for an area north of Crawford that includes the area south of Dodd Road, west of Dodd Road, and FF Street.
Fort Robinson has also been evacuated.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area have been temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire has burned approximately 9,000 acres and is currently 0% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks said the park and the WMA will remain closed until further notice to support firefighting operations and protect public safety.
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