BERKELEY – The California men's gymnastics team closed out its home slate Friday night, honoring its five seniors and departing head coach JT Okada before taking the floor with Oklahoma and Nebraska in the Golden Bears' first collegiate tri-meet of the season. Top-ranked Oklahoma posted a team score of 323.100, followed by Nebraska's 317.100 and Cal's 308.500.
 
Proceeding in Olympic order, Cal started off its night on floor, with sophomore Tucker Yasunaga posting a 13.200 to lead the Bears. The pommel horse lineup featured a solid routine of 13.450 from redshirt junior Jasper Smith-Gordon in his season debut, followed by Elite Canada gold medalist Aidan Li and his 13.950 – good for a share of the event title.
 
Junior Theodor Roald Gadderud posted a massive season best of 13.700 on rings – complete with a stick - to give the Bears some momentum, but it was Cal's vault lineup that was the true highlight of the evening. Sophomore Carter Kim led things off with a score of 14.250 and a stuck landing to earn himself his first event title, while junior Khalen Curry, competing in his lone event of the night, earned a stick of his own and a score of 14.150 as the No. 2 man. Up third, Roald Gadderud recorded another big season best, with yet another stick; finally, Smith-Gordon rounded things off with a 14.150 in his best event. In total, the Bears scored 56.750 on vault, the best of any team at the meet and a full two-point season best.
 
Roald Gadderud notched Cal's best score on parallel bars with a 13.550, along with his third stick of the evening. The Bears' night finished on high bar, where senior Landon Wu cracked his first lineup of the season and posted a team-high 12.500.
 
VS. OKLAHOMA, NEBRASKA – FEB. 28, 2025
Oklahoma 323.100
Nebraska 317.100
Cal 308.500
 
FLOOR EXERCISE – Oklahoma 55.400, Nebraska 53.850, Cal 51.750
Brendan Strom 13.000
Tucker Yasunaga 13.200
Matteo Bardana 13.050
Theodor Roald Gadderud 12.500
Tomo Kawada 13.050 (Exhibition)
 
POMMEL HORSE – Oklahoma 53.600, Cal 51.600, Nebraska 50.750
Brendan Strom 11.000
Tyler Shimizu 13.200
Jasper Smith-Gordon 13.450
Aidan Li 13.950 (tied – winner)
Landon Wu 10.050 (Exhibition)
 
STILL RINGS – Oklahoma 54.550, Nebraska 52.950, Cal 51.650
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.700
Tyler Shimizu 12.650
Matteo Bardana 12.450
Jaxon Mitchell 12.850
Tomo Kawada 12.850 (Exhibition)
 
VAULT – Cal 56.750, Nebraska 55.750, Oklahoma 54.050
Carter Kim 14.250
Khalen Curry 14.150
Theodor Roald Gadderud 14.200
Jasper Smith-Gordon 14.150
 
PARALLEL BARS – Nebraska 54.050, Oklahoma 53.550, Cal 51.350
Matteo Bardana 12.150
Tyler Shimizu 12.500
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.550
Brendan Strom 13.150
 
HORIZONTAL BAR – Oklahoma 51.950, Nebraska 49.750, Cal 46.400
Landon Wu 12.500
Carter Kim 11.500
Jaxon Mitchell 12.250
Troy Nuesca 10.150
Tyler Shimizu 12.700 (Exhibition)
 
UP NEXT
Cal's Trigg Dudley will compete Saturday at the English Championships, while the Golden Bears will next appear as a team March 8 at Stanford for the Stanford International Collegiate.
 
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