April 8, 2006

Norman, Okla - California's Tim McNeill captured his first NCAA individual event title on the pommel horse Saturday night at the 2006 NCAA men's gymnastics individual event finals, being held at the University of Oklahoma. Colin Christ and Kyson Bunthuwong also earned All-America honors, as Saturday night's competition marked the end of the Bears' season.

The three Bear competitors qualified for the individual event finals after finishing among the top 10 competitors on their respective events at last night's team finals.

McNeill, a sophomore from Falls Church, Va., won the pommel horse and became a two-time NCAA All-American on the apparatus after recording a 9.350. Fellow sophomore Christ, also became a two-time NCAA All-American, after recording a 9.387 on the high bar, taking fifth place.

Bunthuwong, a freshman from El Ceritto, Calif., earned NCAA All-America honors on the parallel bars, after recording an 8.125, earning him a tenth place finish.

Cal placed fifth at last night's NCAA team finals and finish the season with a 15-13 overall record.

NCAA All-Americans:
Pommel Horse
1 Timothy McNeill California- 9.350
2 Ted Brown Illinois-- 9.312
3 Derek Helsby Penn State- 9.200
4 Curtis Kleffman Iowa- 8.962
5 Chris Lung Illinois- 8.925
6 Jamie Henderson Oklahoma- 8.887
7 DJ Bucher Ohio State- 8.825
8 Brian Carr Oklahoma- 8.387
9 Jake Lee Minnesota- 7.925
10 Derric Wood Nebraska- 6.975
Parallel Bars
1 Justin Spring Illinois- 9.825
2 Adam Pummer Illinois- 9.450
3 Wesley Haagensen Illinois- 9.162
4 Jonathan Horton Oklahoma- 9.087
5 Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons Oklahoma- 8.887
6 David Sender Stanford- 8.875
7 Tommy Ramos Penn State- 8.825
8 Derek Helsby Penn State- 8.500
9 Nic Searcy Ohio State- 8.400
10 Kyson Bunthuwong California- 8.125

High Bar
1T Justin Spring, Illinois-9.700
1T Dylan Carney Stanford- 9.700
3 Willie Ito Ohio State- 9.687
4 Jonathan Horton Oklahoma- 9.675
5 Colin Christ California- 9.387
6 Chris Brooks Oklahoma- 9.362
7 Nate Downs Stanford- 9.350
8 Ross Bradley Illinois- 9.325
9 Bryan Bourland Iowa- 9.075
10 Derek Helsby Penn State- 8.000