USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – The California men's gymnastics team posted its best overall score of the year Saturday at Air Force's Cadet Field House, bettering its previous season high by 2.150 points to 315.450, and fielded its first conference champion since 2018 as the Golden Bears finished third at the MPSF Championships behind Oklahoma (329.250) and Stanford (328.950) but ahead of Air Force (313.350).
 
In addition to winning his first MPSF title, redshirt junior Jasper Smith-Gordon also became Cal's first conference champion on vault since Bob Sundstrom in 1987, when the Bears still competed in the Pac-10. His score of 14.250 was a season best and had the highest difficulty ranking (9.450) of any routine in the entire meet.
 
Junior Theodor Roald Gadderud competed in the all-around for the first time this season and posted a score of 77.950, taking second place in the competition, as well as a third-place effort with a stuck dismount on parallel bars (13.900) that marked his highest score of the year and a team-leading 13.650 on rings. Graduate student Aidan Li, who was named a College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Regular Season All-American earlier this week, scored a 14.400 on pommel horse to take third place for the second conference podium finish of his career.
 
Sophomore Harry Kim posted a significant season best on pommel horse, improving by .250 to 13.300. Freshman Matteo Bardana (13.600) and sophomore Carter Kim (12.800) led the Bears on floor and high bar, respectively.
 
 "The team fought hard today and we had some exceptional routines," interim head coach Bryan Del Castillo said. "I'm proud of the work they did. We are still capable of much more - we've done even better in practice so I know we can produce big scores. We're talented, motivated and have built good momentum. I look forward to competing with this group at the NCAA Championships."

AT MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS – April 5, 2025
Oklahoma 329.250
Stanford 328.950
Cal 315.450
Air Force 313.350
 
ALL-AROUND
Theodor Roald Gadderud 77.950 (Silver)
 
FLOOR – Stanford 56.400, Oklahoma 55.050, Cal 53.600, Air Force 50.950
Matteo Bardana 13.600
Khalen Curry 13.350
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.150
Carter Kim 13.500
 
POMMEL HORSE – Oklahoma 54.600, Air Force 53.500, Stanford 52.600, Cal 52.500
Harry Kim 13.300
Tyler Shimizu 11.600
Jasper Smith-Gordon 13.200
Aidan Li 14.400 (Bronze)
EX: Theodor Roald Gadderud 10.950
 
RINGS – Stanford 55.650, Oklahoma 54.300, Cal 52.050, Air Force 51.650
Carter Kim 12.850
Matteo Bardana 12.800
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.650
Tomo Kawada 12.750
 
VAULT – Stanford 55.800, Cal 55.500, Oklahoma 55.500, Air Force 52.500
Carter Kim 13.600
Khalen Curry 13.750
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.900
Jasper Smith-Gordon 14.250 (Champion)
 
PARALLEL BARS – Stanford 54.750, Oklahoma 54.700, Air Force 52.900, Cal 52.550
Tucker Yasunaga 12.750
Tyler Shimizu 13.250
Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.900
Matteo Bardana 12.650
 
HORIZONTAL BAR – Oklahoma 55.100, Stanford 53.750, Air Force 51.850, Cal 49.250
Tucker Yasunaga 12.750
Carter Kim 12.800
Tyler Shimizu 12.000
Theodor Roald Gadderud 12.400
 
 
UP NEXT
The Bears will wait to see if they qualify for the upcoming NCAA Championships, held this year in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from April 18-19.
 
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