Jan. 17, 1997

No. 2 Men's Gymnastics Off to a Strong Start

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Cal men's gymnastics team began the 1997 season with wins over Stanford, UC Santa Barbara and San Jose State at the Spartan Open on Friday in San Jose. Oleg Kosiak, a 1996 Olympic bronze medalist from Ukraine paced the Bears to a 228.150 score while accumulating an individual total of 57.250 en route to the all-around championship. The Bears closest competition came from Stanford , which finished with a total of 218.650 despite a strong showing from Keith Wiley who finished second in the all-around just 0.150 behind Kosiak.

Cal's strength was in its depth as all four of the Bear all-arounders finished in the top five. Evgenii Zherebchevskiy finished the all-around in third while David Kruse and Trent Wells rounded out the top five. Cal will be well represented in the in the individual event finals Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Results

Team
1. California  228.150
2. Stanford    218.650
3. UCSB        206.450
4. SJSU        201.500
All-Around
1. Oleg Kosiak              57.250 (Cal)
2. Keith Wiley              57.100 (Stan)
3. Evgenii Zherebchevskiy   56.800 (Cal)
4. David Kruse              55.800 (Cal)
5. Trent Wells              55.150 (Cal)