Ohio State Earns Best Team Score of the Season in Home Finale Loss

Monday, March 16

Columbus, Ohio

6:00 PM

Ohio State

326.550

328.700

No. 4 Michigan

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Ohio State Earns Best Team Score of the Season in Home Finale Loss

3/16/2026 9:25:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics

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The Buckeyes’ 326.550 was nearly six points better than their previous season-high.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 5 Ohio State men's gymnastics team (8-4, 2-1 B1G) fell short against No. 4 Michigan (10-1, 3-0 B1G) on Monday evening inside the Covelli Center in the Buckeyes' home finale. The Buckeyes scored a season-best 326.550, beating their previous high score by nearly six points, while the Wolverines finished with 328.700.

Parker Thackston captured his third pommel horse crown of the season with his third 15+ score (15.300). David Ramirez tallied a career-high 14.050 on parallel bars to earn his third parallel bars title of the season. As a team, the Buckeyes captured event titles on pommel horse, vault and parallel bars.

Chase Davenport-Mills was the runner-up on floor with a season-high score of 14.050. Ramirez earned a career-high 14.400 on vault and got the stick to finish as the event's runner-up. Jacob Harmon wrapped up the meet with a third-place finish on high bar (13.750), sticking his dismount.

How it Happened

Floor (season-high 54.350): Harmon (13.150), Noah Copeland (season-high 13.600), Davenport-Mills (season-high 14.050, second), Jesse Pakele (13.550)
Pommel horse (56.350): Kristian Grahovski (tied season-high 13.700), Jace Hashimoto (tied career-high 13.400), Conlan Simpkins (13.950), Thackston (15.300, first)
Rings (52.950): Grahovski (13.100), Drake Andrews (season-high 13.400), Ramirez (13.050, stick), Pakele (13.400)
Vault (55.700): Grahovski (14.000), Davenport-Mills (13.250), Ramirez (career-high 14.400, second, stick), Zach Snyder (14.050)
Parallel bars (season-high 54.200): Grahovski (12.900), Andrews (tied season-high 13.850, second, stick), Pakele (13.400), Ramirez (career-high 14.050, first)
High bar (53.000): Harmon (13.750, third), Copeland (13.050), Grahovski (13.550), Andrews (12.650)
All-around (Ramirez career-high 80.950): floor (13.100), pommel horse (13.050), rings (13.050, stick), vault (career-high 14.400, second, stick), parallel bars (career-high 14.050, first), high bar (12.750)

What He Said

Head coach Rustam Sharipov: "I'm very proud of how our team competed today. The guys have been working hard to get better at each meet and showed that today with their highest score of the season. These are the steps we need to take as we have one more meet at Penn State before Big Ten Championships and NCAA Championships. We're moving in the right direction."

Up Next
Ohio State travels to No. 6 Penn State on Sunday to wrap up the regular season. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and will be broadcast live on B1G+.

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