MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Finishing with a strong routine on the rings, Stanford won its first national title since 1995 in the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships on Friday night.
Oklahoma sophomore Steven Legendre won the individual all-around title.
The top-seeded Cardinal went into the final round trailing California by 1.100 but scored a 61.800 overall on the rings, one of the three events in which they are top-ranked in the nation. Stanford also took first in the parallel bars.
For most of the final rotation, five of the six teams remained within around five points of each other, with positions changing by the second. The top four teams finished within 1.650 points of each other with Michigan, the fourth-seed, making a last-second jump to second-place.
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