STANFORD – California men's gymnastics ended the 2024 regular season in spectacular fashion on Saturday afternoon at Stanford's Burnham Pavilion, posting a season-high score of 404.950 – the fifth best in modern program history – and set two program records to set the tone for the team heading into the MPSF Championships.
 
No. 2 Stanford earned a team total of 421.150 at the Cardinal's senior night, while No. 1 Oklahoma scored 410.500.
 
The Golden Bears started off the day on pommel horse, where all five gymnasts scored at or above 13.000 for a combined total of 66.800 and the No. 5 entry on Cal's modern program list. Cal then moved to rings and the first of its program records (69.100) – freshman Jaxon Mitchell started off with a respectable 13.500, while sophomore Theodor Roald Gadderud followed that with a 13.750. Seniors Noah Newfeld and Darren Wong each posted season highs with matching scores of 13.850; however, it was the anchor man Chris Scales who put an exclamation point on the lineup with a personal-best 14.150, sticking the landing to improve his old PR by .550 and rise into a tie for third on the modern program list.
 
Cal then posted its second-highest score of the season on floor (66.950), led by Roald Gadderud's personal best of 13.950, before heading to parallel bars and a second program record of 69.550. All five of the Bears' gymnasts posted a 13.750 or better, with Newfeld leading the way at 14.100 and Wong recording a season-high 14.050. Wong then continued his standout evening by finishing second overall on high bar with a score of 13.800 before Cal moved to vault, where four of five gymnasts broke 14.000 (including yet another 14.700 by junior Jasper Smith-Gordon) to finish up the meet and cement the team's best score in five years.
 
"We just did what we've been doing in practice, so the result was not surprising – we deserved it," Scales said. "I'm super happy with this team so far, and I'm excited to see how we finish (the year) off."
 
Team Score: 404.950 (Cal Top 5)
 
Floor: 66.950
Khalen Curry – 13.300
Yu-Chen Lee – 13.050
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.950 (PR)
Noah Newfeld – 13.050
Tyler Shimizu – 13.600
 
Pommel Horse: 66.800 (Cal Top 5)
Tyler Shimizu – 13.300
Jasper Smith-Gordon – 13.000 (PR)
Noah Newfeld – 13.500
Noah Sano – 13.600
Aidan Li – 13.400

Rings: 69.100 (School Record)
Jaxon Mitchell – 13.500
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.750
Noah Newfeld – 13.850
Darren Wong – 13.850
Chris Scales – 14.150 (PR, Tied – Cal Top 3; Tied - 3rd Place)
 
Vault: 69.100
Jelani Sweet – 14.150
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 14.250
Darren Wong – 11.550
Khalen Curry – 14.450
Jasper Smith-Gordon – 14.700 (Tied – Cal Top 3; 3rd Place)
 
Parallel Bars: 69.550 (School Record)
Yu-Chen Lee – 13.800
Darren Wong – 14.050
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.850
Noah Newfeld – 14.100
Noah Sano – 13.750
 
Horizontal Bar: 63.450
Jaxon Mitchell – 12.850
Tyler Shimizu – 12.800
Darren Wong – 13.800 (2nd Place)
Landon Wu – 11.050
Collin Cunane – 12.950
 
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The Bears have two weeks off before the MPSF Championships, held this year in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 6.
 
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