Michigan
Winter Cup Prelims
Three Current Wolverines, Two Alumni Qualify for Winter Cup Finals
2/16/2019 12:04:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» Cameron Bock, Jacob Moore and Emyre Cole qualified for Sunday's (Feb. 17) Winter Cup final session.
» Michigan alumni Sam Mikulak, the all-around runner-up, and Adrian de los Angeles also advanced to the finals.
» Bock tied for 10th in the all-around and had the third-highest pommel horse score (13.95).
» Moore (fourth) and Cole (fifth) posted top-five floor exercise scores.
Site: Las Vegas, Nev. (South Point Hotel)
Event: Winter Cup Challenge (Day 1 of 2)
Score: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Meet: Sunday, Feb. 17 -- at Winter Cup Finals (Las Vegas, Nev.), 7:15 p.m. PST
• Winter Cup Site | Results
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Senior Emyre Cole and sophomores Cameron Bock and Jacob Moore of the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team all qualified for the event finals during the preliminary session of the 2019 Winter Cup Challenge on Friday (Feb. 15) at the South Point Hotel.
The trio of current Wolverines will join U-M alumni Sam Mikulak (2011-14), the Winter Cup all-around runner-up, and Adrian de los Angeles (2012-15) in the competition's final session Sunday (Feb. 17) starting at 7:15 p.m. PST. Individual event champions will be determined via a combined two-day score, and the five Wolverines will compete together, starting on still rings.
Finalists were determined using the USAG 10-point system that awards points to the top 10 scorers in each event. Mikulak had the most points in the preliminary session (35), while de los Angeles (12), Bock (9), Moore (7) and Cole (6) qualified by finishing among the top 28.
With the all-around title on the line on day one, Bock tied de los Angeles for 10th place with an 80.500 total. Bock's lone top-10 event score came on pommel horse with a 13.95, the third-best mark.
The 2018 NCAA runner-up on floor exercise, Moore placed 21st in the all-around with a 78.050 and found his groove on the floor with a difficulty score of 5.6 and a stellar execution mark of 8.8 for a 14.40, putting him in fourth heading to the event finals.
Cole joins Moore in the top five on floor exercise after marking a 14.25. Freshman Kevin Penev also excelled on the floor exercise, earning his top ranking with a 13.55 that was good for a tie for 14th place, but he did not qualify for day two of the competition.
Mikulak narrowly missed his second consecutive Winter Cup all-around title, placing second with a score of 84.450, just .050 behind winner Yul Moldauer (84.500). Mikulak had the night's top score on a pair of apparatuses, with a 15.00 on floor exercise and a 15.10 on high bar, while de los Angeles had the second-best score on parallel bars (14.15) and was ninth on pommel horse (13.30).
Tweet of the Meet
THIS high bar routine from @SamuelMikulak ?????? 15.100! #WinterCup pic.twitter.com/ztw7hLjIXw
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) February 16, 2019
The top six all-around performers earned selection to the U.S. Senior National team. Another six spots will also be up for grabs Sunday and will be determined by the Men's Program Committee's points-ranking system.
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