Three Buckeyes Earn Five All-American Honors at NCAA Championships

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The No. 7 Ohio State males’s gymnastics group (13-13, 1-3 B1G) had particular person qualifiers compete on every occasion on Saturday on the NCAA Championships.

Kameron Nelson turned the primary Buckeye since Sean Melton in 2017 to earn All-American honors 3 times in a single NCAA Championship meet. Nelson completed third on ground (14.766), fifth on vault (14.800) and sixth within the all-around (81.665). Donovan Hewitt earned All-American honors by ending third on rings (14.600). Caden Spencer completed fourth (14.066) on excessive bar to spherical out the Buckeyes’ All-Individuals. Hewitt and Spencer have been the primary rings and excessive bar All-Individuals for Ohio State since Melton in 2017, the latest time that Ohio State earned 5 or extra All-American awards. That is the primary time for every of the three incomes All-American honors.

Ohio State Outcomes

• Flooring: Kazuki Hayashi earned a 12.566 as the primary competitor of the meet on ground. Caden Spencer’s ground routine totaled 13.933.
• Pommel horse: Parker Thackston made his NCAA Championships debut with an 11.700.
• Rings: Donovan Hewitt caught his dismount for a personal-best rating of 14.600. Kristian Grahovski earned a rating of 13.333 in his NCAA Championships debut.
• Vault: Hewitt’s vault was good for 14.533.
• Parallel bars: Jacob Harmon earned a 13.766 in his NCAA Championships debut. Tyler Rockwood had an 11.733 in his lone occasion of the night.
• Excessive bar: Spencer made his NCAA Championship debut by main off the excessive bar competitors with a 14.066. Hayashi totaled 12.666 to wrap up his occasions.
• All-around: Nelson totaled a personal-best 81.665 within the all-around competitors, together with three occasion PR’s and 4 sticks. He started his all-around slate with a PR of 14.766 on ground, sticking his remaining go. Nelson earned a 12.133 on pommel horse earlier than sticking his rings dismount for a 13.600. He had his third stick of the night on vault to tie his PR of 14.800 and adopted with a 13.400 on parallel bars. Nelson wrapped up his competitors with a PR of 12.966 and a caught dismount on excessive bar.

What They Stated

Head Coach Rustam Sharipov: “I wish to say thanks to everyone who got here to help us – all of the mother and father, alumni, mates – all the massive supporters of our program to the NCAA Championships. The group outcomes don’t communicate for who we’re as a program. I do know that we had some obstacles through the season, so we adjusted. I’m actually happy with our younger group as a result of not too many individuals know that our group is younger and we had 5 freshman compete. From these 5 freshmen, three competed within the finals. There aren’t that many freshmen on the market doing what they did.

Total, I’m actually happy with all of the accomplishments this younger group achieved. We’ll lose just one routine from this championship for subsequent 12 months so the group might be far more skilled and we’re actually enthusiastic about that. I’m actually happy with the group and I can’t wait to see how that group can carry us to the following degree.”

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