Jake Dalton doubles down as men's NCAA Championships conclude

American Cup bronze medalist Jake Dalton was the big winner during event finals at the NCAA men's gymnastics championships, which concluded Saturday night at Ohio State.

Dalton won vault and floor exercise, depriving senior teammate and Nissen-Emery award winner Steven Legendre a record-breaking seventh NCAA title. Legendre had amassed six in his college career at Oklahoma, tying Jonathan Horton for the most NCAA titles ever won by a male gymnast. 

NCAA pommel kings Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) and Alex Naddour (Oklahoma) shared the title on their best event, and Ohio State's Brandon Wynn successfully defended his NCAA championship on still rings. 

All-around runner up Tyler Mizoguchi of Illinois won his first NCAA title on parallel bars, and Stanford's Alex Buscaglia won high bar. 

Dalton was the busiest gymnast at the meet, qualifying for five of the six event finals. In addition to the titles on floor and vault, he won silver on parallel bars, and finished fourth on high bar. 

All-around champion Sam Mikulak of Michigan finished third on floor, fourth on parallel bars and seventh on vault. Michigan's Ian Makowske, who debuted a new skill on high bar earlier this season (Tak half with extra half twist to mixed grip), landed in second place after a hit routine. 

In what might be their last meet as an athletic department sanctioned sport, five Cal gymnasts -- Bryan del Castillo, Glen Ishino, Kyle Bunthuwong, Christian Monteclaro and Steven Lacombe qualified for event finals spanning every event except floor. Monteclaro earned a silver medal on vault, Bunthuwong bronze on high bar. 

Photo gallery! Gymnastics photographer Greg Long captured the excitement and power of the NCAA men's event finals. Please find an excellent gallery of his work by clicking the picture of one of Alex Buscaglia's high bar releases to the left, or here.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S EVENT FINALS

Floor Exercise

• 1. Jacob Dalton, University of Oklahoma, 16.200
• 2. Steven Legendre, University of Oklahoma, 16.000
• 3. Sam Mikulak, University of Michigan, 15.700
• 4. Josh Dixon, Stanford University, 15.500
• 5. Parker Raque, Penn State University, 15.400
• 5. Eddie Penev, Stanford University, 15.400
• 7. Bobby Shortle, University of Oklahoma, 15.300
• 8. Tim Gentry, Stanford University, 15.150
• 9. Chad Wiest, University of Illinois, 14.850
• 10. Tyler Mizoguchi, University of Illinois, 14.000

Pommel Horse

• 1. Alex Naddour, University of Oklahoma, 15.550
• 1. Daniel Ribeiro, University of Illinois, 15.550
• 3. Ty Echard, Ohio State University, 15.250
• 4. Chris Turner, Stanford University, 15.000
• 5. Adam Hamers, University of Michigan, 14.800
• 6. Glen Ishino, Cal, 14.400
• 6. Donothan Bailey, Cal, 14.400
• 8. Kyle Bunthuwong, Cal, 14.150
• 9. Tony Beck, Penn State University, 13.900
• 10. Bryan del Castillo, Cal, 13.300

Still Rings

• 1. Brandon Wynn, Ohio State University, 16.000
• 2. Anthony Sacramento, University of Illinois, 15.400
• 2. Miguel Pineda, Penn State University, 15.400
• 4. Tim Gentry, Stanford University, 15.300
• 5. Steven Lacombe, Cal, 15.250
• 6. Landon Funiciello, William & Mary, 15.200
• 6. Troy Nitzky, University of Oklahoma, 15.200
• 8. Scott Rosenthal, Penn State University, 15.000
• 9. Parker Raque, Penn State University, 14.900
• 10. Jacob Dalton, University of Oklahoma, 14.850

Vault

• 1. Jacob Dalton, University of Oklahoma, 16.550
• 2. Christian Monteclaro, Cal, 16.250
• 3. Jeff Treleaven, Ohio State University, 16.100
• 4. Parker Raque, Penn State University, 16.050
• 5. Matt McGrath, University of Iowa, 15.900
• 6. Tim Gentry, Stanford University, 15.700
• 7. Sam Mikulak, University of Michigan, 15.500
• 8. Alex Naddour, University of Oklahoma, 15.250
• 9. Tyler Mizoguchi, University of Illinois, 15.200
• 10. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford University, 15.050

Parallel Bars

• 1. Tyler Mizoguchi, University of Illinois, 15.200
• 2. Jacob Dalton, University of Oklahoma, 14.900
• 3. Cameron Foreman, Stanford University, 14.800
• 4. Sam Mikulak, University of Michigan, 14.700
• 5. Bryan del Castillo, Cal, 14.500
• 6. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford University, 14.400
• 7. Patrick McLaughlin, Temple University, 14.300
• 8. Craig Padera, Jr, University of Illinois, 14.250
• 8. Brandon Wynn, Ohio State University, 14.250
• 10. Ryan Lieberman, Stanford University, 14.100

Horizontal Bar

• 1. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford University, 15.750
• 2. Ian Makowske, University of Michigan, 15.350
• 3. Kyle Bunthuwong, Cal, 15.100
• 4. Jacob Dalton, University of Oklahoma, 15.050
• 5. Kris Done, Ohio State University, 15.000
• 6. Steven Legendre, University of Oklahoma, 14.800
• 6. Wasef Burbar, Penn State University, 14.800
• 8. Brandon Wynn, Ohio State University, 14.450
• 9. Ryan Lieberman, Stanford University, 14.400
• 9. Josh Dixon, Stanford University, 14.400

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