Huskers Show Talent in Stanford Quadrangular

Palo Alto, Calif.-- The No. 8 Nebraska men's gymnastics team was powered by a talented group across all classes to lead NU to a fourth-place finish at the Stanford quadrangular with a 418.050. 

NU's underclassmen paved the way throughout the night by contributing key scores on multiple events. Junior All-American Sam Chamberlain earned a career-high 15.20 on parallel bars to place third in the event. Freshman Kyle King led the vault lineup once again with a 14.95, while fellow freshman Daniel Leal solidified a personal-best 14.20 on rings.

Nebraska started the night on vault, the team's strongest and most consistent event of the 2015 season thus far. The Huskers totaled a 73.350 on the event paced by freshman King's 14.95. Sophomore Travis Gollott grabbed a career best score of 14.90 and Chamberlain added a 14.45. All-American Grant Perdue tallied a 14.70 in his season debut, but suffered a season-ending knee injury during his landing.

Though shaken by the injury, the Huskers moved to parallel bars where they scored a 70.600. Chamberlain set the tone with his career-high 15.20, but was closely followed by Leal and sophomore Chris Stephenson's pair of 14.05 marks. King rounded out the rotation by putting up a respectable 13.70.

NU remained in third behind Oklahoma and Stanford entering into the high bar rotation. The team pushed through some early struggles to garner a 66.85 event total, led by senior Louis Klein's 14.15 mark. Leal followed up with a solid 13.50, while sophomore Austin Epperson notched a 13.20 in his high bar effort.

The Huskers next went to floor to start the second half of the meet. Gollott shined in his routine, grabbing a career-best 14.85. Stephenson and Leal added a 14.60 and 14.40 respectively to bring the event total to a 71.300. Tokar filled in for the injured Perdue, tallying a season-high 13.70.

 Nebraska remained in third place moving on to pommel horse, where the team overcame uncharacteristic mistakes to post a 65.950. Junior Ethan Lottman earned a season-high 14.40 to lead way. Last week's pommel horse leader Andrew House put up a 13.40, while Castro tacked on a 13.30 mark to round out the event.

 The Huskers finished out the meet on rings in the final rotation of the night, notching a 70.000. Epperson's season-best 14.60 set the pace on the event, while Leal posted his career-high of 14.20. Klein and freshman Magsam added matching 13.90 marks. Redshirt freshman Brenon Sommers made his collegiate debut on rings with a 13.40. Tokar also competed his first rings routine as a Husker, producing a 13.05 to round out the lineup.

Nebraska ended the meet with a team total of 418.050. Top-ranked Oklahoma took the crown with a dominant 440.550. Host No. 3 Stanford earned second (437.550), while No. 6 California (423.550) placed third.

The Huskers return to Lincoln for the first home meet of the season against No. 12 Army, the two teams' first meeting since 2005. NU hosts the Black Knights at the Devaney Sports Center on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. CT.

Name	Floor	Horse	Rings	Vault	P.Bars	High Bar	All-Around
Connor Adamsick	12.90	---	---	14.35	---	---	---
Antonio Castro	---	13.30	---	---	---	---	---
Sam Chamberlain	---	---	---	14.45	15.20	---	---
Austin Epperson	---	---	14.60	---	13.60	13.20	---
Travis Gollott	14.85	11.95	---	14.90	12.70	12.05	---
Andrew House	---	13.40	---	---	---	---	---
Kyle King	14.40	12.90	---	14.95	13.70	---	---
Louis Klein	---	---	13.90	---	---	14.15	---
Daniel Leal	---	11.55	14.20	---	14.05	13.50	---
Ethan Lottman	13.75	14.40	---	---	---	13.00	---
Grant Perdue	---	---	---	14.70	---	---	---
Brenon Sommers	---	---	13.40	---	---	---	---
Chris Stephenson	14.60	---	---	---	14.05	13.00	---
Coleman Tokar	13.70	---	13.05	---	---	---	---

Alex Magsam

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13.90

14.10

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Team

1. Oklahoma     440.550

2. Stanford       437.550

3. California     423.550

4. Nebraska     418.050