Ohio State Set for 2025 NCAA Championships

No. 7 Ohio State at 2025 NCAA Championships
Dates: Friday, April 18, 2025 and Saturday, April 19, 2025
Venue: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Meet:

Session II qualifiers on Friday at 7 p.m. ET | ESPN+ | Meet central
NCAA Championships on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET | ESPN2 | Meet central

Roster: Ohio State
Notes: Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 7 Ohio State men's gymnastics team (9-8, 1-3 B1G) travels to Ann Arbor for the 2025 NCAA Championships this weekend. The Buckeyes will compete in the evening qualifying session on Friday at 7 p.m., which will be aired on ESPN+. Saturday's championship session will be aired on ESPN2 at 6:30 p.m.

Other teams in Friday evening's qualifying session are No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Stanford, No. 6 Illinois, No. 10 Navy and No. 11 Army.

Ohio State finished fifth at the 2025 Big Ten Championships as a team with 315.950 points. During the team competition, Kameron Nelson had the highest vault score of the competition (14.750). Parker Thackston had the third-highest pommel horse score (14.500), while Kristian Grahovski earned the third-highest high bar score (13.600).
Nelson earned the second individual Big Ten vault championship of his career with a season-high 14.850.
Jesse Pakele won the Big Ten floor championship with a score of 14.075 after sticking every pass of his routine. He's the first Buckeye to win the Big Ten floor championships since Sean Melton in 2016.
Parker Thackston was the Big Ten pommel horse runner-up (14.625).
Nelson and Pakele earned their spots on the All-Big Ten First Team, while Thackston earned a spot on the All-Big Ten Second Team.
In the inaugural year of naming a Big Ten All-Freshman Team, four of the eight on the team were Buckeyes – Tyler Burgess, Noah Copeland, David Ramirez and Conlan Simpkins.

Top 25 Individual Rankings (according to Road to Nationals and their national qualifying average)

Floor: Kameron Nelson (fourth – 14.013), Jesse Pakele (fifth – 14.006)
Pommel horse: Parker Thackston (third – 14.569), Kristian Grahovski (16^th – 13.544)
Rings: Tyler Rockwood (14^th – 13.675), Kameron Nelson (17^th – 13.425)
Vault: Kameron Nelson (first – 14.675), David Ramirez (11^th – 14.163)
Parallel bars: Tyler Burgess (12^th – 13.656), Jesse Pakele (24^th – 13.250)
High bar: Kristian Grahovski (eighth – 13.675)

#GoBucks

Departments

Media

More

University

Information

Athletic Facilities

Athletics

The Team Shop

Get In The Game

Purchase Tickets

Purchase Tickets

Ticket Office

Resources

Schedules