April 18, 2009

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NCAA Championship Notes: Cal Breaks Program Records at NCAA Championships

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Senior Evan Roth won his first-ever national championship on still rings at the 2009 NCAA Championships in the individual portion on Saturday evening. Roth notched a 15.600 to take home the title. "This is inexplicable at the moment," Roth said. "I've been working all year for this. This is a dream come true." Roth's individual title is the 29th in program history and the 12th in the past nine years at Cal. Roth's 15.600 tied his career best.

"I wasn't thinking about winning at all," Roth said. "I was trying to do another routine and earn my chance to perform. This was just another routine and winning wasn't the goal. I can't control winning. I can only control my efforts."

Seven Bears competed in the events and they combined for nine All-America honors - freshman Glen Ishino and junior Bryan del Castillo on high bar; Ishino on pommel horse; Roth and Kyle Brady on rings; Roth on vault; and Brady, Ishino and freshman Jim Kerry on parallel bars.

"We had an awesome meet," Cal head coach Barry Weiner remarked of the team's performance over the past three days. "I'm very proud of the whole team and the effort put forth this year."

Brady was second on parallel bars with a 15.075, which was just .100 points behind the first-place finisher. Ishino tied for fifth with a 14.575. Kerry took eighth on the event, earning a 14.400.

On pommel horse, Ishino paced the Bears with a 15.350, which placed him fourth overall. Senior co-captain Kyson Bunthuwong was ninth with a 13.925 and Kyle Bunthuwong was 10th (11.925).

Roth was Cal's sole representative on vault, where he finished fifth with a 15.875.

Also on rings for the Bears, Kyle Brady took sixth place with a 15.125.

On high bar, del Castillo was the Bears' top finisher. Del Castillo earned a 13.775 for sixth place while Ishino took eighth (13.450).