Fred Richard, Paul Juda help Michigan slip past Stanford to win NCAA men's gymnastics title
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's Fred Richard and Paul Juda finished first and second in the all-around and Wolverines team total of 332.224 edged them past five-time defending champion Stanford (332.961) on Saturday to win their first NCAA men's gymnastics title since 2014.
Juda, the individual champion on the parallel bars with a score of 14.200 and host Michigan's last competitor of the day, scored a 13.966 on the vault to clinch the program's seventh national title. The Wolverines finished second, 5.635 points behind Stanford, at the 2024 championships.
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Oklahoma finished third with 327.891, ahead of Nebraska (326.222), Penn State (317.258) and Illinois was sixth with 316.293. Penn State and Oklahoma each hold a record 12 national titles.
Stanford's Asher Hong took home the individual title in the floor exercise (14.600) and defended his crown with a score of 14.433 on the rings. Patrick Hoopes of Air Force scored a 14.833 to win the horse championship, Ohio State's Kameron Nelson (14.633) won the vault title and Emre Dodanli claimed the high bar championship for Oklahoma with a score of (13.833).
Richard and Juda won bronze medals for Team USA at the Paris Olympics.
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