Freshman Thad Lawson (Chesapeake, Va.) etched his name into history Saturday night as he captured the 2015 NCAA individual title on the floor exercise inside the Lloyd Noble Center. Along with Lawson, four other Nittany Lions recorded All-America finishes.
Behind a pair of career performances from junior Trevor Howard (Columbus, Ohio), the No. 3 Nittany Lion men's gymnastics team advanced to Friday's NCAA team finals at the Lloyd Noble Center. Penn State finished third with its score of 432.900, two-tenths over Big Ten foe Minnesota (432.700).
After posting the highest score at the Big Ten Championships in program history, the Penn State women’s gymnastics program will head to Norman, Okla. to compete in the NCAA Regional Championships on Saturday, April 4.
The Penn State men's gymnastics team won the 2015 Big Ten Championship in thrilling fashion Friday night in front of 1,060 fans inside Rec Hall. Penn State won its title with a team score of 436.700, edging out Illinois (436.100) and Michigan (434.750). Along with Penn State's third Big Ten title, senior Matthew Felleman (Medway, Mass.) won Penn State's third all-around title with his career-best score of 87.200.
The No. 11 Penn State women's gymnastics team posted the highest Big Ten Championships score in program history at 196.725 to claim a fourth place finish at the event on Saturday inside the Crisler Center. Freshman Briannah Tsang (Vancouver, British Columbia) was named Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year following the event.
After tallying a second-place finish at Nebraska two weeks ago, the No. 2 Penn State men's gymnastics team is ready to host the 2015 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships inside Rec Hall March 27-28.
After claiming a second place showing in last weekend's B1G Five Meet the Penn State women's gymnastics program had three gymnasts named to the All-Big Ten team as announced by the conference office today. Senior Sidney Sanabria-Robles (Caguas, Puerto Rico), sophomore Emma Sibson (Allen, Texas) and freshman Briannah Tsang (Vancouver, British Columbia) all earned second-team honors for their efforts in 2015.
Junior Alexis Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico) has been named the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Gymnast of the Week, as announced by the CGA office Thursday morning. This is second career award for Torres. Earlier this week he was named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week for his performance at Nebraska.
Though it is the final meet of the regular season, the No. 12 Penn State women’s gymnastics program will enter the B1G Five Meet in Minneapolis on Saturday, March 14 with a postseason mentality. The meet will include the Nittany Lions, host No. 20 Minnesota, No. 25 Iowa, No. 6 Michigan and Rutgers, with the top three finishers advancing to the evening session of the Big Ten Championships and the bottom two earning a spot in the morning session of the event.
Senior Craig Hernandez (Libertyville, Ill.) has been named a finalist for the 2015 Nissen-Emery Award, as announced by the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Wednesday afternoon. Hernandez is one of six finalists for the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award.
After capturing his fourth floor exercise title of the year at the Puerto Rico Gymnastics Challenge over the weekend, Thad Lawson (Chesapeake, Va.) has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. This is third award for Lawson.
Junior Alexis Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico) was named the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) Gymnast of the Week, the CGA office announced March 6. This is the first career award for Torres.
The No. 3 Penn State men's gymnastics team is traveling to San Juan, P.R., to compete in the Puerto Rico Gymnastics Challenge Friday, March 6. Penn State will compete against the Puerto Rican national team, No. 5 Michigan and No. 18 Temple.
Following their performances Friday night against Iowa, Thad Lawson (Chesapeake, Va.) has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Alexis Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico) has been named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week, as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. This is the second career award for both Lawson and Torres.
or the final time this season, the No. 12 Penn State women's gymnastics team will take to the floor inside Rec Hall as they host Brockport, Iowa State and Penn on Senior Night. The Nittany Lions will begin competition at 4 p.m. Saturday, with a tribute to the seniors scheduled for after the conclusion of the meet.
