Michigan Ready to Compete at NCAA Championships

Friday, April 16

Minneapolis, Minn.

7:00 PM CT

Michigan

NCAA Qualifier

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4/13/2021 10:41:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

By: Scott Kemps

» Michigan enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 2 in the country and will compete in Session II of the championship on Friday at 7 p.m. CDT.
» As a team, U-M leads the nation on pommel horse, still rings, and high bar.
» Senior Cameron Bock is a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award, presented to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the country.

THIS WEEK
Fri-Sat., April 16-17 -- at NCAA Championships (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Championship Central

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The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team, coming off winning the Big Ten Championship, enters the 2021 NCAA Championships as the No. 2 seed in the competition, and will begin its quest for its seventh NCAA title in Session II on Friday (April 16) at 7 p.m. CDT. The event, hosted by the University of Minnesota, also will host the NCAA Finals on Saturday (April 17) at 7 p.m. CT. Sessions I and II will be streamed live on Big Ten Network+ and NCAA.com, while Session III on Saturday (April 7) will be broadcast via Big Ten Network at 7 p.m. CDT.

On Friday, 12 teams will compete in two sessions of six teams. Michigan's session will pit the Wolverines against California, Iowa, host Minnesota, Penn State and Stanford. Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session.

Wolverine Bites

• Michigan will begin Session II of the qualifier on pommel horse, followed by still rings, vault, parallel bars, high bar, and will finish on floor exercise.

• Sophomore Paul Juda, reigning Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, enters the championships ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around (83.788) and high bar (14.050). He is second in the country on pommel horse (14.163) and parallel bars (14.300).

• Senior Cameron Bock holds the distinction of being nominated for the Nissen-Emery Award, the Heisman Trophy of collegiate men's gymnastics, presented annually to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the country. The last Wolverine to take home the award was Sam Mikulak (2014) and the last nominee was Adrian de los Angeles in the 2015 season.

• Bock enters NCAAs as the No. 2 all-arounder in the land and is leading the country on pommel horse (14.363) and still rings (14.300). He also is No. 3 on parallel bars (14.200).

• Bock boasts the second-highest score in the NCAA on pommel horse (14.550), and his high score of 14.500 on still rings is tied for the highest in the country with Juda and Riley Loos of Stanford. Read's 14.400 is the second-highest score in the nation. Juda owns a top score of 14.950 on parallel bars as well as 14.550 on high bar to lead the country as well.

• U-M leads the nation on pommel horse (67.125), still rings (68.850) and high bar (67.525). In addition to Bock and Juda on horse, sophomore specialist Markus Shears ranks No. 12 in the country (13.500). On high bar, Juda leads the team, followed by sophomore Adam Wooten (No. 6, 13.450), Jacob Moore (No. 10, 13.375), and Thomas Paul (No. 11, 13.375) all rank in the top-11 in the nation. On still rings, senior James Read ranks No. 3 (13.913), and Paul ranks No. 12 with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 13.513.

• The Maize and Blue is second on floor exercise (67.735), third on parallel bars (67.588) and fifth on vault (70.938). Floor exercise is paced by senior Nick Guy (No. 6, 14.300), senior Jacob Moore (No. 8, 14.163), and Paul Juda (No. 10, 14.163). On parallel bars, Juda and Cameron Bock rank second and third, respectively, followed by freshman Evgeny Siminiuc (No. 5, 13.800). Vault is led by Juda, who ranks No. 11 with a score of 14.513.

• At Big Tens, U-M scored 411.000 with 28 hit routines and six stuck landings. The Wolverines marked 12 scores at or above the 14-plateau, and three scores below 13.

NCAA Championship History

• At the 2019 championships, U-M won its qualifying session but placed fourth in the finals session with a team score of 406.354. Cameron Bock (all-around) and Jacob Moore (floor exercise) earned All-America honors. Anthony McCallum's win on vault, his third NCAA title, served as the highlight for the Wolverines.

• Head coach Kurt Golder is a four-time national coach of the year honoree (1999, 2010, 2013, 2014). Under Golder's guidance, Michigan has captured four NCAA titles (1999, 2010, 2013, 2014).

• Michigan boasts six NCAA team titles -- the most recent in 2014 -- 38 individual titles and 213 NCAA All-America citations.

The Last Time a Wolverine Won an NCAA Title:
All-Around: Sam Mikulak (2014)
Floor Exercise: Brian Hinkler (1992)
Vault: Anthony McCallum (2019)
Parallel Bars: Sam Mikulak (2014)
High Bar: Sam Mikulak (2013)

Michigan NCAA Titles by Event:
All-Around: Five
Floor Exercise: Three
Vault: Five
Parallel Bars: Nine
High Bar: Five

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