Melton Wins Final NCAA Gymnast of the Week Award of the Season – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
April 8, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sean Melton of the third-ranked Ohio State men’s gymnastics team was named NCAA Gymnast of the Week by the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) after collecting three gold medals and earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors this past weekend at the 2016 Big Ten Championships.
A redshirt sophomore from Orlando, Fla., Melton was simply spectacular for the Buckeyes at the conference championships. He won the B1G all-around title with a score of 89.750 Friday during team finals, helping Ohio State to its first Big Ten team title since 2007. At event finals on Saturday, he won gold medals on parallel bars and floor exercise while collecting a silver medal on rings. He set an NCAA record dating back to the 2012 season on parallel bars – a near-flawless score of 16.175 – and tied a personal-best score of 15.450 to secure the title on floor. He added a 15.100 on rings, falling just shy of the winning total of 15.125, and was eighth on high bar with a 13.900.
Melton was the first Big Ten Gymnast of the Year and conference all-around champion for Ohio State since Randy Monahan in 2004.
The CGA award is the fifth of Melton’s career.
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