Gymmin' Miel!

The 2014 Winter Cup Challenge will be held from February 20th to 22nd at The Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the first year that the competition has moved to a new venue. Thursday the 20th sees two Preliminary Sessions take place. From these two sessions the top 42 Gymnasts based on the Men's Program Committee's point ranking system will advance to the Final competition, along with the top three gymnasts on each apparatus. The All Around and Event Champions will be determined based on the two-day combined totals. The roster for this competition is incredible. I could go through all the ones to watch but it would take a seriously massive post. 

PARTICIPANTS (LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY SURNAME):

The top 42 gymnasts from the qualification round have advanced to today's Finals competition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The All Around and event champions will be decided by a two-day combined total, however below you will see the results initially from solely tonights competition. After rotation one, in terms of the combined All Around total, Jacob Dalton leads over Adrian De Los Angeles and Danell Leyva. After two rotations, De Los Angeles leads over Leyva and Dalton. Going into the final rotation, it is De Los Angeles, Dalton, and Leyva. And Jacob Dalton doesn't only score the highest total on Day two but also takes out the Combined All Around title. Dalton was also the Floor Exercise Champion and Still Rings champion, while Ohio State's Michael Newburger earned the Pommel Horse title. Eddie Penev of Stanford was triumphant on the Vault, while Danell Leyva took out both the Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar titles.

 

RESULTS - TONIGHT'S COMPETITION:

No Samuel Mikulak tonight as he has officially withdrawn and so too has Brandon Wynn and Jeffrey Treleaven. After session one, Stanford's Eddie Penev leads over Monmouth Gymnastic's Akash Modi and fellow Stanford gymnast Sean Senters. Top scorers on each event were: Penev on Vault, Modi on Parallel Bars, Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center II) on Horizontal Bar, Penn State's Parker Raque on the Still Rings and Craig Hernandez (Penn State) on the Pommel Horse. Whilst Cal-Berkeley's Kevin Wolting tied with Penn State's Trevor Howard and Stanford's Paul Hichwa on the Floor Exercise.

Final results are in and it's Michigan's Adrian De Los Angeles who leads over Danell Leyva and Jacob Dalton! After session two, the high scorers on each event, were: Jacob Dalton (University of Oklahoma) on Floor Exercise and Still Rings; Ohio State's Michael Newburger on the Pommel Horse; Stanford's Eddie Penev on the Vault, with Universal Gymnastic's Danell Leyva topping the Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.