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TL:DR

Stanford won twice. Sam Phillips (Illinois), Sasha Bogonosiuk (OU Commit), Erich Upton (AF) punched tickets to Winter Cup. Jun Iwai (Stanford Commit) and Alex Nitache (NEB) tied and we are waiting to hear if USAG will break the tie for their auto birth to Winter Cup. Landen Blixt suffered an injury at Winter Cup while Emre Dodanli make his return post-injury. Patty Hoopes took the highest score on any event with a 14.950 on pommel horse. And, William & Mary beat Navy for the first time since 2018.

WEEK 2 TOP SCORES

Team: Stanford - 328.850

AA: Taylor Burkhart/Colt Walker (STAN) - 80.400

FX: Colt Walker (STAN) - 14.1

PH: Patty Hoopes (AF) - 14.950

SR: Asher Hong (STAN) - 14.850

VT: Taylor Burkhart (STAN) - 14.750

PB: Colt Walker (STAN) - 14.350/Logan McKeown (Mich) - 14.350

HB: Taylor Christopulos (NEB) - 14.1/ Caden Spencer (OSU) - 14.1

*NOTE: Stanford competed twice this week (Cal Benefit Cup and Rocky Mountain Open). Top scores came from both competitions.

Cal Benefit Cup

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Stanford beat Cal at the Cal Benefit Cup and swept five event titles plus the all-around. Cal's lone win came on pommel horse where Aiden Li bested teammate Tyler Shimizu.

Full results found here.

Greenville @ Ohio State

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Ohio State beat Greenville at home and swept all of the event titles in the process. Caden Spencer's high bar routine was the highlight of the meet dismounting with a stick. He tied Nebraska's Taylor Christopulos for the highest score on the event for Week 2. Neither team fielded an athlete in the all-around. While Greenville suffered their second loss in two weeks, they improved their team score by almost four points!

Full results can be found here.

Army @ Penn State

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Penn State handedly beat Army by over ten points in their home-opener. They did so without their head coach, Randy Jepson who missed the meet "due to health reasons." Army started the meet in the lead, but Penn State rallied from behind. Army won two event titles with Joseph Buselmeier (FX) and Maddox Pabellon (PH). The rest belonged to Penn State athletes. Transer athlete, Kellen Ryan, was selected as the most outstanding athlete of the meet. Neither teams fielded athletes in the all-around.

Full results can be found here.

NAVY OPEN

Photo: William & Mary Athletics

William & Mary edged Springfield for the win at Navy Open where the home team finished third. This meet was a big win for William & Mary as it marked the first time they beat Navy since 2018. The Tribe also took a quartet of event titles including Gavin Zborowski (rings), Connor Barrow (vault), Evan Wilkins (parallel bars), and Ricky Pizem (high bar). Brian Solomon was the sole victor for the midshipmen taking both the floor and the all-around titles. Springfield also took home a pair of individual event titles. Devon Felsenstein took the pommel horse title outright and William Wilson tied Zborowski for the rings title.

Full results found here.

Windy City Invitational

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Illinois beat Michigan by winning four of the six event titles plus the all-around. Michigan made a big push in the last third of the meet on parallel bars and high bar but utlimately it wasn't enough. Still, there were some highlights for the Wolverines. Logan Mckeown and Robert Noll took the parallel bar and high bar titles respectively. Minnesota transfer, Charlie Larson, made his long-awaited debut and placed second on floor, meaning he will be able to petition to winter cup. Sadly, Michigan suffered an injury in one of their veterans, Landen Blixt. The extent of his injury is unknown.

The star of the meet was Nebraska transfer, Sam Phillips. Phillips won the all-around and still rings titles. He also earned an automatic birth to Winter Cup alongside Oklahoma commit, Sasha Bogonosiuk.

Full results can be found here.

Rocky Mountain Open

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Stanford just edged Oklahoma in a close battle at the Rocky Mountain Open. These two powerhouse traded the lead over the course of the meet with OU leading in the fifth round. In the end, Stanford's strong performance on rings clinched the title. The 2025 Rocky Mountain Open was also one for the history books for host, Air Force. Erich Upton claimed the program's first Rocky Mountain Open all-around title in the open-ended scoring system while Patty Hoopes claimed the program's first RMO pommel horse title since 2011. Nebraska put up several strong performances to finish third. Chase Mondi was light's out on floor tying OU's Brigham Frentheway for the floor title. The Cornhusker's Taylor Christopulos took the high bar title with a 14.1 marking the highest score in the nation this week. Simpson rounded out the meet to end five of five teams after improving their score almost four points since last week!

Erich Upton automatically earned a birth to Winter Cup. Stanford commit Jun Iwai and Nebraska gymnast, Alex Nitache tied for second. The Winter Cup procedures do not currently have a tie break procedure. It's unclear if they will both qualify.

Full results here.

Article by: Kensley Behel

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