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Career HonorsÂ
- 2024 All-American on high bar (finished fifth)
- 2023 All-American on high bar (finished fourth by earning a 14.066 and sticking his dismount)
- 2024 CGA regular season All-American on parallel bars
- 2024 All-Big Ten Second Team
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2023, 24, 25)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 25)
- CGA Gymnast of the Week (March 8, 2023)
- CGA Specialist of the Week (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (March 7, 2023 / Jan. 15, 2024 / Jan. 21, 2025)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 7, 2023)
- Floor: 14.250
- Vault: 14.750
- Parallel Bars: 14.250
- High Bar: 14.400
- Missed the last month of the season due to injury
- Won high bar twice this season – 14.100 with a stuck dismount against Greenville (1/17) and 13.850 at the Stanford Open (1/25)
- Won parallel bars against Greenville (1/17) with a 13.950 and a stuck dismount
- Had the highest high bar score on the team this season – 14.100 against Greenville (1/17) and also tied for the third highest (13.850 at the Stanford Open)
- Tied for the third highest parallel bars score on the team this season – 13.950 against Greenville (1/17) and Oklahoma (2/2)
- Was the runner-up twice on parallel bars – 13.750 at the Stanford Open (1/25) and 13.950 against Oklahoma (2/2)
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): parallel bars (8th – 14.000), high bar (9th – 13.838)
- Tied for third on parallel bars (14.050) at the Big Ten Championships after competing on parallel bars (13.950) and high bar (13.300) in the team championship competition
- Won two parallel bars titles – Greenville (14.250, career-high) and at the Navy Open (13.950)
- Won two high bar titles – Greenville (14.350, season-high) and Oklahoma/Arizona State (14.300), earning the two highest scores on high bar for the Buckeyes this season
- His career-high 14.250 on parallel bars was the Buckeyes’ second-highest score on the event this season and he also stuck his dismount
- Competed on parallel bars (13.766) and high bar (13.700) in the NCAA Championships
- Did the same two events in the NCAA Qualifier, scoring a 13.500 on high bar and a 13.200 on parallel bars
- Totaled two additional top-three finishes on high bar – second (13.900) against Penn State, third (13.600) against Michigan
- Stuck his dismount on high bar against Penn State, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska and in the NCAA Qualifiers
- Top-25 national rankings (based on national-qualifying average): high bar (5th – 14.119), parallel bars (17th – 13.668), vault (18th – 14.413), floor (22nd – 13.750)
- Earned the two-highest OSU parallel bars scores of the season – 14.200 at Michigan (1/28) and 14.100 at Army (3/11)
- Earned the two-highest OSU high bar scores of the season – 14.400 at the Big Ten Championships (3/31) and 14.275 at the Big Ten event finals (4/1)
- Tied for the third-highest OSU vault score of the season – 14.750 at No. 11 Army
- Competed on floor and high bar at the NCAA Championships: stuck his dismount on high bar to finish fourth (14.066), also scored 13.933 on floor
- In the Big Ten individual event finals: finished fourth on high bar (14.275)
- Stuck his dismount on high bar (14.400, career-high) and parallel bars (12.900) at the Big Ten team championships
- Competed on floor, parallel bars and high bar in every meet this season, also working his way into the vault lineup
- Won three events and finished second on his fourth at No. 11 Army: won vault (14.750, stick), won parallel bars (14.100), won high bar (13.900), second on floor (14.250, career-high)
- High bar wins (in addition to Army win): at the Navy Open (13.900, stick), against No. 4 Illinois (13.750)
- Floor top-three finishes: second at the Windy City Invite (14.050, collegiate debut)
- Parallel bars top-three finishes: second against No. 6 Nebraska/No. 14 Greenville (13.800), third at No. 6 Michigan (14.200, career-high), third at the Windy City Invite (13.950, collegiate debut)
- Vault top-three finishes: third at No. 6 Michigan (14.500)
- High bar top-three finishes: third against No. 6 Nebraska/No. 14 Greenville (13.500)
- Stuck his high bar dismount in his collegiate debut at the Windy City Invite (13.200)
- Trained at his family's gym (Bozhi's Gym Nest) in Huntington, W. Va. under his grandfather, Bozhidar Russev
- Competed at the USA Gymnastics National Championships in Daytona Beach and also competed for his mother's hometown in Varna, Bulgaria
- Won gold medals on floor, vault and parallel bars at the USA Gymnastics national competition
- As a member of the Varna team, won first place as a team and individually won high bar and was the runner-up on vault
- Attended Huntington High School, where he lettered all four years as the soccer goalkeeper
- Qualified for soccer sectionals in 2020
- Went to Mountwest Community Technical College from 2021-22
- Son of Lance and Hrabrina Spencer
- Has one sister, Danika
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- His grandfather, Bozhidar Russev, is a former Olympic gymnast and now coach in the United States and also his home country, Bulgaria
- Bozhidar Russev even coached Caden's mother, Hrabrina Spencer, to the 1988 Olympics in South Korea as a member of the Bulgarian team
- His uncle, Drew Spencer, was a member of the Ohio State gymnastics team from 1990-96
- Plans to pursue gymnastics to the highest level, such as world championships and at the Olympics, as well as at his family's gym in Huntington
- Greatest sports thrills are securing gold medals at the USA Gymnastics national competition and competing in Varna, Bulgaria, his mother's hometown
- Enjoys sports, video games, working with cars and spending time with his family and friends
