The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Since being established in 1939, the program has won eight national championships, finished as the national runner-up seven times, and won forty-two NCAA event titles. Ten Huskers have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics.[2]
Nebraska Cornhuskers men's gymnastics |
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Founded | 1939; 85 years ago (1939) |
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University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
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Athletic director | Troy Dannen |
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Head coach | Chuck Chmelka (15th season) |
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Conference | Big Ten |
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Location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Home arena | Bob Devaney Sports Center (Capacity: 7,907) |
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Nickname | Cornhuskers |
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Colors | Scarlet and cream[1] |
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1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1994 |
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1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
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Big Eight: 1964, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
MPSF: 1997, 1999 |
The team has been coached by Chuck Chmelka since 2010.
No.
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Coach
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Tenure
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Overall
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Accomplishments
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1
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Charlie E. Miller |
1939–48 |
16–25–2 (.395) |
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2
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B. R. Patterson |
1949 |
3–2 (.600) |
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3
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Jake Geier |
1950–69 |
140–64–2 (.684) |
Conference champion (1964)
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4
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Francis Allen |
1970–2009 |
817–309–4 (.725) |
National champion (1979–83,1988,1990,1994) Conference champion (1976,1980,1982,1983,1985,1986,1988–90,1992–94,1997,1999)
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5
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Chuck Chmelka |
2010– |
103–179–1 (.366) |
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Individual NCAA Champions
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- Phil Cahoy – Parallel bars (1980, 1981), Horizontal bar (1980, 1981)
- Jim Hartung – All-around (1980, 1981), Still rings (1980–82), Parallel bars (1981, 1982)
- Steve Elliott – Floor exercise (1980, 1982), Vault (1982)
- Scott Johnson – Floor exercise (1983), Horizontal bar (1983), Parallel bars (1983)
- Chris Riegel – Vault (1983, 1984)
- Wes Suter – All-around (1985), Horizontal bar (1985), Floor exercise (1985)
- Tom Schlesinger – All-around (1987), Parallel bars (1987)
- Kevin Davis – Parallel bars (1987, 1988), All-around (1988)
- Patrick Kirksey – All-around (1989), Parallel bars (1990)
- Che Bowers – Pommell horse (1992)
- Richard Grace – Floor exercise (1993), Parallel bars (1994)
- Dennis Harrison – All-around (1994)
- Rick Kieffer – Horizontal bar (1995)
- Richard Grace – All-around (1995), Parallel bars (1995)
- Marshall Nelson – Horizontal bar (1997), Parallel bars (1997, 1998)
- Jason Hardabura – All-around (1999), Floor exercise (1999)
- Jim Hartung – 1980, 1984†
- Phil Cahoy – 1980
- Larry Gerard – 1980
- Jim Mikus – 1984
- Scott Johnson – 1984†, 1988
- Wes Suter – 1988
- Kevin Davis – 1988
- Tom Schlesinger – 1988
- Trent Dimas – 1992†
- Francis Allen – 1980, 1992 (Head coach)
- Mark Williams – 2016 (Head coach)
† Gold Medalist
Year
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Athlete
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Event
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NCAA finish
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1948
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Phillip Sprague
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Trampoline
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5th
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1955
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Bruce Riley
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Horizontal bar
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5th
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1959
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Karl Byers
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Pommel horse
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5th
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1964
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Dennis albers
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Vault
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3rd
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Francis Allen
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Parallel bars
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4th
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1975
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Gene Mackie
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All-around
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4th
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Pete Studenski
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Still rings
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5th
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Jim Unger
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Floor exercise
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5th
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1976
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Steve Dickey
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Pommel horse
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5th
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Larry Gerard
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All-around
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5th
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Still rings
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6th
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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1977
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Larry Gerard
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Horizontal bar
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4th
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Kurt Mackie
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Still rings
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5th
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1978
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Mark Williams
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Horizontal bar
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6th
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1979
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Larry Gerard
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All-around
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5th
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Horizontal bar
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4th
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Still rings
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4th
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Jim Hartung
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All-around
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3rd
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Floor exercise
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3rd
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Parallel bars
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4th
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Pommel horse
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4th
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Still rings
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3rd
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1980
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Phil Cahoy
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All-around
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4th
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Horizontal bar
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1st
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Steve Elliott
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Floor exercise
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1st
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Vault
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6th
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Jim Hartung
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All-around
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1st
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Floor exercise
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6th
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Parallel bars
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2nd
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Pommel horse
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5th
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Still rings
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1st
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Scott Johnson
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Vault
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2nd
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1981
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Phil Cahoy
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All-around
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5th
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Horizontal bar
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1st
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Jim Hartung
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All-around
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1st
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Floor exercise
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2nd
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Pommel horse
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3rd
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Still rings
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1st
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Frank Hibbitts
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Pommel horse
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6th
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Scott Johnson
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Horizontal bar
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6th
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Still rings
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2nd
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1982
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John Balluff
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Pommel horse
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3rd
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Phil Cahoy
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All-around
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5th
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Parallel bars
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6th
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Pommel horse
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5th
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Steve Elliott
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Floor exercise
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1st
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Vault
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1st
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Jim Hartung
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All-around
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2nd
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Floor exercise
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3rd
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Pommel horse
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6th
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Still rings
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1st
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Scott Johnson
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All-around
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6th
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Floor exercise
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3rd
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Jim Mikus
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All-around
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4th
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Floor exercise
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6th
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1983
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Phil Cahoy
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All-around
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4th
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Scott Johnson
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All-around
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2nd
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Floor exercise
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1st
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Horizontal Bar
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1st
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Still rings
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2nd
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Vault
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4th
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Jim Mikus
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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Chris Riegel
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All-around
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6th
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Vault
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1st
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Year
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Player
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Event
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Natl. Finish
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1984
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Jim Mikus
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Floor exercise
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6th
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Horizontal bar
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6th
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Chris Riegel
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All-around
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4th
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Floor exercise
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3rd
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Horizontal bar
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5th
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Parallel bars
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3rd
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Vault
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1st
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1985
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Mike Epperson
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Parallel bars
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5th
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Neil Palmer
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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Wes Suter
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All-around
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1st
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Floor exercise
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1st
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Horizontal bar
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1st
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1986
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Kevin Davis
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Parallel bars
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4th
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Wes Suter
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All-around
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4th
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Parallel bars
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6th
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Tom Schlesinger
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Parallel bars
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4th
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1987
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Kevin Davis
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All-around
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2nd
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Pommel horse
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6th
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Tom Schlesinger
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All-around
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1st
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Parallel bars
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1st
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1988
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Kevin Davis
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All-around
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1st
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Still rings
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4th
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Patrick Kirksey
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Vault
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6th
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Tom Schlesinger
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All-around
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4th
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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Still rings
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5th
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Bob Stelter
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Vault
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5th
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Mark Warburton
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Parallel bars
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2nd
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1989
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Mike Epperson
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Horizontal bar
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3rd
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Patrick Kirksey
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All-around
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1st
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Horizontal bar
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5th
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Parallel bars
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3rd
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Pommel horse
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6th
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Bob Stelter
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All-around
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4th
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1990
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Trent Dimas
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Floor exercise
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2nd
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Patrick Kirksey
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All-around
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3rd
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Pommel horse
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3rd
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Bob Stelter
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All-around
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4th
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Mark Warburton
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Parallel bars
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2nd
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Still rings
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6th
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1991
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Dennis Harrison
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Vault
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6th
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1992
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Dennis Harrison
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All-around
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5th
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Horizontal bar
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5th
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Che Bowers
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Horizontal bar
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6th
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Pommel horse
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1st
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Sumner Darling
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Parallel bars
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2nd
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Rick Kieffer
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Josh Saegert
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Parallel bars
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4th
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1993
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Che Bowers
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Pommel horse
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3rd
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Richard Grace
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Floor exercise
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1st
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Dennis Harrison
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All-around
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3rd
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Parallel bars
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6th
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Rick Kieffer
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Still rings
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5th
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1994
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Che Bowers
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Pommel horse
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4th
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Sumner Darling
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All-around
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5th
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Richard Grace
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All-around
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4th
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Horizontal bar
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6th
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Parallel bars
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1st
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Dennis Harrison
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All-around
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1st
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Floor exercise
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2nd
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Horizontal bar
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2nd
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Parallel bars
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4th
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Pommel horse
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6th
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Vault
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2nd
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Rick Kieffer
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Still rings
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5th
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Burkett Powell
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Parallel bars
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2nd
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Year
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Player
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Event
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Natl. Finish
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1995 |
Richard Grace |
All-around |
1st
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Parallel bars |
1st
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Rick Kieffer |
Horizontal bar |
1st
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1996 |
Jason Christie |
Horizontal bar |
6th
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Parallel bars |
5th
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Ted Harris |
Still rings |
3rd
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Marshall Nelson |
Pommel horse |
3rd
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1997 |
Ryan McEwen |
Horizontal bar |
3rd
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Marshall Nelson |
Horizontal bar |
1st
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Parallel bars |
1st
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Vault |
5th
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1998 |
Jim Koziol |
Still rings |
4th
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Derek Leiter |
All-around |
4th
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Bill Mulholland |
Vault |
4th
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Marshall Nelson |
Parallel bars |
1st
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Pommel horse |
2nd
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1999 |
Blake Bukacek |
Horizontal bar |
2nd
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Jason Hardabura |
All-around |
1st
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Floor exercise |
1st
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Horizontal bar |
4th
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Jim Koziol |
Still rings |
6th
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2000 |
Dusty Jakub |
Parallel bars |
5th
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Derek Leiter |
All-around |
5th
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Vault |
3rd
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Ashter Lichterman |
Vault |
4th
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2003 |
Steven Friedman |
Parallel bars |
5th
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2004 |
Josh Rasile |
Still rings |
5th
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2005 |
Paul Chumreonlert |
Pommel horse |
5th
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Stephen Tetrault |
Vault |
5th
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2007 |
T.J. Schmidt |
Pommel horse |
5th
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Stephen Tetrault |
All-around |
7th
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Pommel horse |
6th
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2010 |
Anthony Ingrelli |
Still rings |
6th
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2012 |
Grant Perdue |
Floor exercise |
4th
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2013 |
Wyatt Aycock |
All-around |
7th
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Sam Chamberlain |
Parallel bars |
3rd
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Grant Perdue |
Vault |
4th
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2014 |
Wyatt Aycock |
All-around |
8th
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2015 |
Ethan Lottman |
Pommel horse |
5th
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2016 |
Sam Chamberlain |
Parallel bars |
3rd
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Austin Epperson |
Floor exercise |
T–5th
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Ethan Lottman |
Pommel horse |
3rd
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Anton Stephenson |
Parallel bars |
T–7th
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2017 |
Austin Epperson |
Floor exercise |
T–2nd
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Kyle King |
Floor exercise |
5th
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2018 |
Connor Adamsick |
Floor exercise |
4th
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Griffin Kehler |
Floor exercise |
T–5th
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Anton Stephenson |
Vault |
T–2nd
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Chris Stephenson |
Parallel bars |
8th
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2019 |
Jake Bonnay |
Floor exercise |
8th
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Charlie Giles |
Vault |
8th
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Khalil Jackson |
Horizontal bar |
7th
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Josh Martin |
Pommel horse |
8th
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Anton Stephenson |
All-around |
7th
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Vault |
3rd
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2021 |
Taylor Christopulos |
Vault |
5th
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Charlie Giles |
Pommel horse |
7th
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Vault |
4th
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Evan Kriley |
Pommel horse |
3rd
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Mitch Tyndall |
Pommel horse |
4th
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2022 |
Dillan King |
Parallel bars |
8th
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Donte McKinney |
Vault |
7th
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2023 |
Donte McKinney |
Horizontal bar |
2nd
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Taylor Christopulos |
All-Around |
2nd
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Floor exercise |
5th
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Parallel Bars |
7th
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Zac Tiderman |
Vault |
7th
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Season-by-season results
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National champion
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Tournament champion
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Year[a]
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Coach
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Overall
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Conference
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NCAA
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Big Eight Conference (1964–1994)
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1964 |
Jake Geier |
11–1 |
1st |
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1965 |
9–4–1 |
3rd |
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1966 |
6–9 |
4th |
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1967 |
9–8 |
4th |
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1968 |
8–7 |
5th |
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1969 |
2–12 |
6th |
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1970 |
Francis Allen |
5–8 |
5th |
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1971 |
3–7 |
5th |
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1972 |
5–8 |
4th |
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1973 |
7–4 |
2nd |
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1974 |
6–4 |
3rd |
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1975 |
11–8 |
2nd |
NCAA 5th
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1976 |
12–6 |
1st |
NCAA Prelims
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1977 |
37–19 |
3rd |
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1978 |
31–14 |
3rd |
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1979 |
66–6 |
2nd |
NCAA Champion
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1980 |
37–3 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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1981 |
15–2 |
2nd |
NCAA Champion
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1982 |
39–0 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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1983 |
45–0 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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1984 |
31–10 |
2nd |
NCAA Prelims
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1985 |
41–5 |
1st |
NCAA Runner-up
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1986 |
21–3 |
1st |
NCAA Runner-up
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1987 |
25–4–1 |
2nd |
NCAA Runner-up
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1988 |
28–3 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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1989 |
22–4 |
1st |
NCAA Runner-up
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1990 |
37–2–1 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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1991 |
12–16 |
2nd |
NCAA Prelims
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1992 |
39–4 |
1st |
NCAA Runner-up
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1993 |
32–1 |
1st |
NCAA Runner-up
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1994 |
32–3 |
1st |
NCAA Champion
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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1995–2011)
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1995 |
Francis Allen |
26–11–1 |
3rd |
NCAA Runner-up
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1996 |
18–9 |
4th |
NCAA Regional
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1997 |
21–8 |
1st |
NCAA Regional
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1998 |
18–7 |
2nd |
NCAA Regional
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1999 |
24–6–1 |
T–1st |
NCAA 3rd
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2000 |
10–11 |
3rd |
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2001 |
7–6 |
3rd |
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2002 |
5–12 |
4th |
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2003 |
4–16 |
4th |
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2004 |
13–16 |
4th |
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2005 |
13–13 |
4th |
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2006 |
4–15 |
4th |
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2007 |
6–14 |
4th |
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2008 |
7–14 |
4th |
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2009 |
2–7 |
4th |
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2010 |
Chuck Chmelka |
8–10 |
4th |
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2011 |
6–16 |
4th |
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Big Ten Conference (2012–present)
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2012 |
Chuck Chmelka |
5–19 |
7th |
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2013 |
5–19 |
7th |
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2014 |
5–22 |
6th |
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2015 |
2–18 |
7th |
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2016 |
5–17–1 |
6th |
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2017 |
12–17 |
5th |
NCAA 6th
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2018 |
14–14 |
6th |
NCAA 5th
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2019 |
8–6 |
4th |
NCAA 3rd
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2020 |
7–2 |
Canceled[b]
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2021 |
9–8 |
6th |
NCAA 4th
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2022 |
9–5 |
2nd |
NCAA 4th
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2023 |
10–6 |
3rd |
NCAA 5th
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2024 |
6–2 |
3rd |
NCAA 4th
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