Ohio State
No. 7 Penn State
No. 6 Ohio State Opens Big Ten Competition at No. 7 Penn State
2/8/2024 9:39:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
The Buckeyes will compete in their first Big Ten meet of the season on Saturday at 4 p.m. in State College.
No. 6 Ohio State at No. 7 Penn StateÂ
Date: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024Â
Venue: Rec Hall (State College, Pa.)Â
Meet: at No. 7 Penn State at 4 p.m. ET | B1G+ | Live Results
Rosters: Ohio State | Penn State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 6 Ohio State men's gymnastics team (7-1) travels to No. 7 Penn State (10-3, 0-1 B1G) for the Buckeyes' first Big Ten meet of the season on Saturday at 4 p.m. The meet will be broadcast live on B1G+.
- Ohio State ranks sixth in the country with an average score of 397.633 after three meets this season.
- The Buckeyes beat Greenville in the season opener on Jan. 13 by a 395.000-387.350 margin and then finished first among six teams at the Navy Open on Jan. 20 with a team score of 397.300.
- Ohio State split a tri meet at No. 2 Oklahoma (411.500) and against Arizona State (379.000) last Saturday, earning the Buckeyes' highest team score of the season (400.600). OSU also earned season-best scores on four of the six events.
- In the tri meet, Zach Snyder tied for the highest vault score of the day with a career-high 15.000 and also had a career-best 13.800 on floor. His performance earned him Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week on Monday.
- Caden Spencer earned his fourth win of the season at last weekend's tri meet with a 14.300 on high bar. He's won parallel bars and high bar twice each through the season's first three meets.
- Parker Thackston competed at the Stanford Open in the last weekend in February, earning a career-best 14.750 on pommel horse to finish second in the competition. Thackston was named College Gymnastics Association (CGA)'s Co-Specialist of the Week the following Tuesday.
Top-25 RTN Rankings (based on season average)
- VT (2nd): Justin Ciccone (14.817)
- VT (5th): Zach Snyder (14.633)
- HB (tied 9th): Caden Spencer (13.800)
- VT (tied 11th): Chase Davenport-Mills (14.500)
- SR (13th): Kameron Nelson (13.567)
- PH (20th): Parker Thackston (13.638)
- FX (tied 21st): Kameron Nelson (13.650)
- FX (25th): Kazuki Hayashi (13.567)
Ohio State hosts the NCAA Championships on April 19-20 inside the Covelli Center with the qualifiers on Friday and the Championships on Saturday. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased HERE for single session tickets and HERE for all-session tickets. All seating is general admission. View the full 2023-24 Ohio State men's gymnastics schedule HERE.
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