ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The California men's gymnastics team posted a season-high 319.091 points in the qualifying round of the NCAA Championships at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Friday morning and qualified seven gymnasts for Saturday's championship round. The team total beat the Golden Bears' previous season best of 315.450, which was set at this year's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, and placed the Bears fourth overall in Friday's session.
 
Those qualifying for the championship round are Matteo Bardana (floor exercise and rings), Khalen Curry (floor), Theodor Roald Gadderud (all-around), Jasper Smith-Gordon (vault), Tomo Kawada (rings), Aidan Li (pommel horse) and Tyler Shimizu (all-around).
 
Gordon-Smith stuck his landing to finish first overall in the vault with a season-high score of 14.533 – marking the second straight year a Bear finished first in the event in the qualifying round (Khalen Curry). His score beat his previous best of 14.250.
 
Li finished second overall in the pommel horse with a score of 14.433 – behind last year's national champion in the event, Patrick Hoopes from Air Force.
 
Shimizu competed in the all-around for the first time this season and finished second overall with a score of 78.199, followed by Roald Gadderud who finished third with a score of 77.464.
 
Kawada led all Bears on rings with a score of 13.100 (11th overall) and was followed by Bardana, who tied for 12th overall with a score of 13.066. Bardana also scored a 13.566 in the floor exercise to finish eighth overall while Curry tied for 11th place with a score of 13.466.
 
"I'm proud of this team and how they came together today," Cal interim head coach Bryan Del Castillo said. "We had a strong start on pommel horse which really helped build momentum for the rest of the competition. Our vault lineup was awesome and Jasper finished it with the best vault of the meet. We got sticks on parallel bars and high bar, which helped keep us in the mix. It's a day I will always remember. The energy and support within the team was incredible. We qualified two all-arounders and five individuals into finals so our work isn't done yet."
 
Saturday's championship round is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast on ESPN 2.
 
SESSION 1 FINAL SCORES
Nebraska – 324.894
Oklahoma – 323.460
Penn State – 321.992
California – 319.091
Air Force – 313.526
William & Mary – 307.691
 
ALL-AROUND
Tyler Shimizu – 78.199
Theodor Roald Gadderud -77.464
 
FLOOR – Oklahoma 55.098, Penn State 53.966, Nebraska 53.633, Cal 53.798, Air Force 52.166, William & Mary 51.465
Matteo Bardana – 13.566
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.533
Khalen Curry – 13.466
Carter Kim – 13.233
EX: Tyler Shimizu – 12.900
 
POMMEL HORSE – Nebraska 54.598, Air Force 53.832, Cal 53.799, Penn State 52.399, Oklahoma 51.833, William & Mary 48.665
Aidan Li – 14.433
Jasper Gordon-Smith 13.233
Tyler Shimizu – 13.100
Harry Kim – 13.033
EX: Theodor Roald Gadderud – 11.333
 
RINGS – Nebraska 55.366, Oklahoma 53.832, Penn State 53.365, Cal 51.832, Air Force 50.899, William & Mary 49.799
Matteo Bardana – 13.066
Tomo Kawada – 13.100
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 12.966
Carter Kim – 12.700
EX: Tyler Shimizu – 12.533
 
VAULT – Nebraska 57.166, Cal 55.832, Penn State 55.799, Oklahoma 55.199, William & Mary 55.165, Air Force 53.732
Jasper Smith-Gordon – 14.533
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.866
Khalen Curry – 13.733
Carter Kim – 13.700
EX: Tyler Shimizu – 13.200
 
PARRALLEL BARS – Oklahoma 54.766, Penn State 54.465, California 53.498, Air Force 52.565, William & Mary 52.065, Nebraska 51.532
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 13.766
Tyler Shimizu – 13.433
Matteo Bardana – 13.166
Tucker Yasunga – 13.133
 
HORIZONTAL BARS – Oklahoma 52.732, Nebraska 52.599, Penn State 51.998, William & Mary 50.532, Cal 50.332, Air Force 50.332
Tyler Shimizu – 13.033
Carter Kim – 12.666
Tucker Yasunga – 12.633
Theodor Roald Gadderud – 12.000
 
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