Ohio State Sends Seven to Winter Cup

No. 3 Ohio State at the 2025 Winter Cup
Dates: Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 and Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025
Venue: Kentucky International Convention Center (Louisville, Ky.)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 3 Ohio State men's gymnastics team (9-1, 1-0 B1G) is sending seven gymnasts to the 2025 Winter Cup this weekend, which will take place in Louisville, Ky. The senior men's competition will take place on Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. inside the Kentucky International Convention Center.

The Buckeyes will have five gymnasts competing in the all-around competition – Drake Andrews, Kristian Grahovski, Kameron Nelson, Jesse Pakele and David Ramirez. Two specialists also qualified – Caden Spencer on high bar and Parker Thackston on pommel horse.
Ohio State most recently opened Big Ten competition on Sunday, Feb. 9 with a 325.000-323.850 win against Penn State. This was the Buckeyes' highest team score of the season.
The Buckeyes recorded their highest team floor (54.900) and rings (54.550) scores of the season against the Nittany Lions.
Vs. Penn State, Nelson captured the event titles on floor (14.150), vault (14.350) and the all-around (76.250). This is his fourth win of the season on both floor and vault.
Tyler Rockwood earned his second rings win of the season with a career-high 14.150 against Penn State.
The qualifiers' best all-around scores this season are 77.700 (Andrews), 77.250 (Pakele), 77.200 (Grahovski) and 77.100 (Nelson). Ramirez qualified with his performance at the U.S. Championships.
Thackston ranks third in the nation on pommel horse this season, according to his three-score average. His season-high (14.650) is tied for the third-highest in the country this season among gymnasts' season-best scores. Thackston has four pommel horse wins this season.
Spencer ranks fourth in the country on high bar, according to his three-score average, and also has the fourth-highest season-best score (14.100) this season. Spencer has won the high bar competition twice this season.

Top 25 Individual Rankings (according to Road to Nationals and their three-score average)

Floor: Kameron Nelson (second – 14.183), Jesse Pakele (11^th – 13.650)
Pommel horse: Parker Thackston (third – 14.550), David Ramirez (13^th – 13.733), Kristian Grahovski (15^th – 13.650)
Rings: Tyler Rockwood (ninth – 13.750), Kameron Nelson (23^rd – 13.217)
Vault: Kameron Nelson (first – 14.483), David Ramirez (eighth – 14.217), Jacob Harmon (21^st – 14.017)
Parallel bars: Drake Andrews (fourth – 13.983), Caden Spencer (fifth – 13.883)
High bar: Caden Spencer (fourth – 13.783), Parker Thackston (20^th – 13.333)

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