STANFORD – California men's gymnastics posted an 8.1-point improvement on its season-opening score as the Golden Bears clashed with Stanford once again on Saturday night, this time at the Cardinal's Stanford Open at Burnham Pavilion; at the end of the meet, Cal had finished with a team score of 396.300 to Stanford's 415.250. The meet also featured members of Team USA as well as multiple junior gymnasts hoping to clinch a spot in the upcoming USA Gymnastics Winter Cup.
 
Senior Noah Newfeld was Cal's top all-around finisher with a personal-best total of 81.400, good for third place overall behind Stanford's Asher Hong (84.950) and Khoi Young (84.850). His standout performance included squad-leading scores on parallel bars (14.300), pommel horse (13.800) and floor (13.450), the second of which matched his all-time best and contributed to a team event score of 64.350 for the eighth-best total in modern program history.
 
Cal was led on rings by sophomore Theodor Roald Gadderud, who improved his collegiate personal best by over a point to take third place with a score of 13.850. The Norwegian National Team member competed in five events for the second straight meet, also posting solid scores on vault (14.100) and parallel bars (13.850).
 
The Bears' highest total event score of the night (69.850) came on vault, led by senior Jelani Sweet's 14.400, but it was their parallel bars score of 67.900 that earned a second entry into the program top-10 lists, coming in at a tie for No. 5 and marking the team's best in two years. Newfeld's routine, completed with a stick, tied for the sixth-best score in modern Cal history and was the highlight of a group that posted four scores over 13.500. Capping the night off on a high note, senior Darren Wong earned Cal's first event crown of the young season, a 13.550 on horizontal bar, that also marked his first routine on the apparatus since 2020.
 
Stanford Open – Results (Team Total: 396.300)
FLOOR – 64.150
Jasper Smith-Gordon – 13.400
Brendan Strom – 13.250
Noah Newfeld – 13.450
Carter Kim – 12.050
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 12.000
 
POMMEL HORSE – 64.350
Darren Wong – 12.200
Tyler Shimizu– 13.450
Noah Newfeld – 13.800 (Tied – PR)
Noah Sano – 12.750
Aidan Li – 12.150
Carter Kim (EX) – 9.700
 
RINGS – 66.950
Darren Wong – 13.200
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.850 (3rd place – PR)
Noah Newfeld – 13.350
Noah Sano – 13.100
Chris Scales – 13.450
Carter Kim (EX) – 11.400
 
VAULT – 69.850
Brendan Strom – 13.500
Jelani Sweet – 14.400
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 14.100
Khalen Curry – 14.250
Carter Kim – 13.600
Noah Newfeld (EX) – 13.650
 
PARALLEL BARS – 67.900
Darren Wong – 12.550
Brendan Strom – 13.500
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.850
Noah Sano – 13.700
Noah Newfeld – 14.300
Carter Kim (EX) – 13.350
 
HORIZONTAL BAR – 63.100
Landon Wu – 12.650
Darren Wong – 13.550 (winner)
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 12.650
Carter Kim – 11.400
Noah Newfeld – 12.850
 
ALL-AROUND
Noah Newfeld – 81.400 (3rd place - PR)
Carter Kim – 71.500
 
UP NEXT
Cal will return to The Farm next Saturday at 4 p.m. PT to meet No. 2 Stanford.
 
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