Christopulos Earns CGA National Gymnast of the Week Accolades

Nebraska men's gymnast Taylor Christopulos was named National Co-Gymnast of the Week, announced by the College Gymnastics Association on Wednesday. The accolades follow Christopulos' impressive performance in the dual meet against No. 5 Michigan this past weekend. Christopulos shares this award with Zach Nunez from Oklahoma.

Christopulos highlights his performance for Nebraska by collecting the all-around title (81.55). The junior finished in second on floor with a career-best score of 14.40, helping set a season-high team score (69.50) for NU on the event. He also collected a second-place finish on vault (14.55).

Christopulos set a career-best on parallel bars (13.90) landing in third place and finishing fourth on high bar (13.45). He also rallied to notch a season-best score on rings (13.40) and assisted the squad to a season-high team score (68.25) on the event.

Because of his success, Christopulos now ranks third on floor (14.367) and vault (14.717), ninth on high bar (13.65), and sixth in the all-around (81.800).

Throughout his collegiate career, Taylor has totaled 12 individual titles, with five of those titles coming off the current season, tallying one all-around, two on floor, and two on vault. 

CGA announced National Co-Rookie of the week accolades to Ignacio Yockers at Oklahoma and Maddox Peterson at Army.

No. 6 Nebraska will return to competition on Friday, Feb. 17, in a triangular against No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 13 Simpson College in Lincoln, Neb. Fans can purchase tickets at Huskers.com/tickets. The meet will commence at 7 p.m. (CT) with a live video stream for B1G+ subscribers. Fans can follow @NebraskaMensGym on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for live updates during the meet.