Feb. 23, 2008

OAKLAND, Calif. - The No. 4 California men's gymnastics team took third place at the Pacific Coast Collegiate Classic on Saturday evening at the Oakland Convention Center. The Golden Bears finished the night with 354.400 points behind meet champion No. 1 Stanford (361.650) and No. 3 Oklahoma (359.800). Cal won parallel bars and high bar behind performances from senior Tim McNeill, who won parallel bars with a 15.400, and senior Tyler Block, who finished second on horizontal bar.

Three Golden Bears finished in the top 10 on pommel horse with senior Tim McNeill leading the pack in fifth place (14.700). Junior Kyson Bunthuwong placed seventh with a 14.550 and senior Colin Christ tied for ninth (14.100).

Senior Tyler Block notched Cal's highest score on still rings with a 15.250, which placed him 10th. Evan Roth (15.200) and Kyle Brady (15.000) were close behind him, taking 12th and 13th, respectively. Kyson Bunthuwong scored a 14.850 (14th) and Christ scored 14.800 (15th) on the event as well.

Oklahoma dominated vault, taking the top six spots. Aaron Moy had the best score of the night for the Bears on vault with a 15.300, which gave him 17th. Kyle Litow was Cal's highest finisher on floor exercise with a 15.000, which was good for 10th place.

Parallel bars were a highlight for the Golden Bears with McNeill winning the event with a 15.400. Christ took second (14.950) while Block and freshman Kyle Bunthuwong tied for eighth, each scoring a 14.700). On high bar, Block was second overall with a 14.950 and Kyle Bunthuwong tied for third with a 14.850.

The Bears have two weeks off from competition before traveling to rival Stanford on March 8 for the Big Flip.

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