STANFORD, Calif. - California claimed the 1998 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Gymnatsics Championships tonight at Maples Pavilion, totaling 229.050 - 1.2 higher than second place finisher and defending champion Nebraska. California rose to first place this year with a total of 229.050 points, improving on its third place performance in the championships last year. Top finishers for California were Oleg Kosyak, who finished second all-around, and Yefgenni Zherebechevskyi, who tied for first in the rings with Oklahoma's Dan Fink.

The 1998 MPSF Championships will conclude tomorrow night with the individual competition. The meet is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. Members of the Stanford team which qualified for tomorrow night's competition are Clarence Miao on the vault and in the floor exercise, and Jason Katsampes on the parallel bars, the high bar, and the pommel horse.

FINAL STANDINGS
California      229.050
Nebraska        227.850 
Brigham Young   225.950
New Mexico      224.775
Oklahoma        224.075
Stanford        219.025
Air Force       212.150

ALL-AROUND RESULTS
1.   Lateef Crowder (New Mexico)    57.400  
2.  Oleg Kosyak (California)        56.625
    Jason Katsampes (Stanford)      56.625

INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS

Vault
1. Clarence Miao (Stanford)         9.700
2.  Fabricio Olsson (Brigham Young) 9.650
3.  Justin Delhaunt (New Mexico)    9.625

Parallel Bars
1.  Lateef Crowder (New Mexico)     9.650
     Todd Bishop (Oklahoma)         9.650
     Alexander Nissen (California)  9.650

High Bar
1.  Todd Bishop (Oklahoma)      9.850
2.  Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)  9.800
3.  Chris Hart (Brigham Young)  9.700

Floor Exercise
1.  Lateef Crowder              9.625
2.  Jason Hardabura (Nebraska)  9.600
3.  Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)  9.550

Horse
1.  Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)      9.850
2.  Kendall Schiess (New Mexico)    9.800
3.  Josh Birckelbaw (California)    9.775

Rings
1.  Dan Fink (Oklahoma)                     9.800
    Yefgenni Zherebechevskyi (California)   9.800
3.  Lateef Crowder (New Mexico)             9.775
     Oleg Kosyak (California)               9.775
     Courtney Bramwell (Brigham Young)      9.775