Robert Costea

Career Honors

Personal Bests
Pommel Horse – 13.450*
Rings – 13.800
Scores with asterisks are from 2017-2020 FIG Code of Points

As A Senior (2020)

Had a season best on pommel horse (13.300) and rings (13.400) against ASU/Cal/Stanford
Season ended early due to COVID-19 pandemic

As A Junior (2019)

Opened the season on the pommel and rings at the Rocky Mountain Open.
Competed on both the rings and the pommel at No. 1 Oklahoma.
Tallied a 13.400 on the pommel and 13.600 on the rings at No. 4 Michigan.
Notched a 13.550 on the pommel and a 13.100 on the rings against No. 6 Penn State in the Arnold Challenge.
Scored a career-high 13.800 on the rings and a 13.650 on the pommel in a tri-meet against No. 6 Minnesota and No. 8 Nebraska.
Helped the Buckeyes secure a win against No. 4 Illinois with his performances on the pommel (13.100) and the rings (13.350).
Competed on the pommel (13.350) and the rings (13.400) in the Big Ten Championships.
Academic All-Big Ten.
OSU Scholar-Athlete.

As A Sophomore (2018)

Opened the season on pommel against Nebraska.
Recorded a fourth-place finish on pommel with a career-best score of 13.450 against Michigan.
Posted a pommel score of 13.400 and career-high rings score of 13.650 vs. Penn State.
Registered a pommel score of 12.450 and rings score of 12.900 at the Arnold Challenge.
Collected a pommel score of 12.250 in win vs. No. 2 Stanford.
Finished eight on pommel with a readout of 13.000 against No. 1 Oklahoma.
Tallied a score of 12.900 on pommel at the NCAA Championships.

As A Freshman (2017)

Placed eighth on rings against Michigan with a career-best score of 13.400.
Placed 11th on rings against Penn State (13.250) and at the Arnold Challenge (13.300).
Scored a 12.950 on the rings at the Windy City Invitational.

Prior to Ohio State

Attended East Mecklenburg High School.
Trained with Zenith Gymnastics from 2011-16.
Five-time state champion in North Carolina.
Five-time regional pommel horse champion.
Ranked top five in the pommel horse at 2016 J.O. Nationals with a score of 27.250.
Finished 17^thin the all-around in the 17-year old Olympic division at 2016 J.O. Nationals with a two-day score of 157.900.

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