All photos by Christy Ann Linder

After day one of the senior men’s competition, Sam Mikulak is leading the way with a 92.00, Donnell Whittenburg is in second with a 89.650, and Paul Ruggeri III took the third spot with a total of 88.350. 

In rotation one, Stacey Ervin had an incredibly clean floor routine, including a stuck Arabian double pike to finish, scoring a 15.80 to lead the pack. It ended up being the highest scoring floor routine of the entire day. Whittenburg, Jonathan Horton, Mikulak, and Marvin Kimble all started on the pommel horse and hit four great sets. Mikulak came out with a big 15.10—the event high, but Kimble wasn’t far behind with a 14.750.
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Steven Legendre showed great control on rings, scoring a 15.30. Sean Melton went on to post a 15.40 for his rings routine, which put him in third place after the first rotation. Danell Leyva had a phenomenal parallel bars routine, earning a 15.60, which put him in second place. Chris Brooks put up a solid 15.40 the event to tie with Melton for third after one rotation.

Alec Yoder was the top high bar performer of rotation one, stunning the crowd with a big Yamawaki, Kolman, and ending with a beautiful stuck layout double double. He scored a 14.450.

In rotation two, Kevin Wolting scored a 15.10 for a great floor routine ending in a stuck triple full. Some rough landings plagued several of the men, including crowd favorite Yoder who took a fall and went out of bounds in his routine—scoring a 13.20. 

Whittenburg rocked the rings with a 15.90 routine—the highest rings score of the day. Horton posted a 15.050 on his rings set. Both Mikulak and Kimble had impressively solid sets to score matching 15.250s. Colin Van Wicklen stood up his huge Dragulescu on vault for a 15.10 to lead the group. Danny Berardini and Trevor Howard both scored 14.550 for great parallel bar routines. Ruggeri posted a big 15.950 on high bar and Leyva followed up right after with an incredible routine, including huge difficulty—Yamawaki, laid out Kovacs and a Kolman—for a 16.00. 

Ruggeri opened up the fourth rotation on floor with sky-high tumbling, including an Arabian double layout and an Arabian double pike. He scored a solid 15.350 to land him in second place after three. Leyva had rough routine, taking two falls and scoring a 13.10. He fell to fourth place after three rotations. Yoder came back after a disappointing floor showing to nail a pommel horse set and earn a 15.60. 

Horton performed a front handspring double front on vault, but over rotated and sprinted out of it all the way off the podium. He still scored a 14.00 due to the difficulty. Mikulak did a beautifully executed Kas double for a 15.50 to take the lead. 

Whittenburg competed his signature incredible Dragalescu with just a step on the landing. He had a 15.350, which put him in the third spot. Melton posted the rotation high on parallel bars with a 14.90, and Berardini had a solid high bar routine for a 14.750.

Mikulak kicked off the fourth rotation with an incredible parallel bars routine, scoring a 16.250 to keep himself in the lead with one rotation left. Leyva muscled through his pommel horse routine and scored a 14.60. Bailey had a great routine pommel routine, scoring a 15.050. Yoder showed a very impressive rings routine with a stuck double double dismount for a 15.050. Horton had a strong 15.15 on parallel bars and Whittenburg scored a 14.350 to keep the third spot after four. Kimble posted a 14.850 on parallel bars to move into the second spot.

In the fifth rotation, Legendre came out strong on floor with a powerful routine including a double back with 2 1/2 twists and an Arabian double pike to finish. He posted a big 15.650, which put him in third place with one rotation left. Van Wicklen earned a 15.30 on floor and Alex Naddour had the top pommel horse routine of the rotation with a 15.10. Brandon Wynn posted an impressive 15.70 on rings 

On high bar, Whittenburg caught his Cassina—his main goal for the competition—and scored a 14.750. Horton nailed his releases and his dismount for a 15.550 and Mikulak responded with a 15.550 to keep the lead.

In the last rotation, Whittenburg showed off a very well executed floor routine with huge difficulty to earn him a 15.40 and nail down a second place finish on the day. Horton posted a solid 14.90 to land in fourth. Ruggeri had a 15.250 on vault to boost himself into third. Mikulak took an uncharacteristic fall in his floor routine and scored a 14.350, which was enough to keep him comfortably in the lead after day one of competition. 

Results via USAG:


Senior results
All-Around
1. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 92.000
2. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 89.650
3. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 88.350
4. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 88.300
5. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 88.050
6. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 87.750
7. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 87.700
8. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 87.350
9. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 87.150
10. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 86.950
11. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 86.900
12. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 86.700
13. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 86.050
13. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 86.050
15. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 85.900
16. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 85.650
17. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 85.050
18. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 84.950
19. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 84.850
20. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 84.250
21. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 84.050
22. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 83.950
23. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 83.650
24. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 83.450
25. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 83.350
26. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 82.600
27. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 81.300
28. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 79.350
29. Leroy Clarke, Jr., Maplewood, N.J., 55.800
30. Andrew Botto, Redwood City, Calif., 55.250
31. Stacey Ervin, Taylor, Mich., 44.500
32. Danny Berardini, Lake Forest, Ill., 43.550
33. Steven Lacombe, Mission Viejo, Calif., 42.050
34. Nick Hunter, Canfield, Ohio, 40.600
35. Michael Reid, Kileen, Texas, 29.950

Floor exercise
1. Stacey Ervin, Taylor, Mich., 15.800
2. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 15.650
3. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 15.400
4. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 15.350
5. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 15.300
6. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 15.200
7. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 15.150
8. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 15.100
9. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 15.050
10. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 14.900
11. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 14.800
12. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 14.750
13. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 14.650
14. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 14.600
14. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 14.600
16. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 14.500
16. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 14.500
16. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 14.500
19. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.450
20. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 14.350
21. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.300
22. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 14.250
23. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 13.850
24. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 13.700
25. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 13.500
25. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 13.500
27. Andrew Botto, Redwood City, Calif., 13.450
28. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 13.200
28. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 13.200
30. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 13.100
31. Steven Lacombe, Mission Viejo, Calif., 11.600

Pommel horse
1. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 15.600
2. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 15.100
2. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 15.100
4. Michael Reid, Kileen, Texas, 15.050
4. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 15.050
6. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.750
7. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 14.600
8. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 14.450
9. Leroy Clarke, Jr., Maplewood, N.J., 14.200
10. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 13.950
10. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 13.950
12. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 13.900
13. Nick Hunter, Canfield, Ohio, 13.850
14. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 13.750
14. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 13.750
16. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 13.700
16. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 13.700
18. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 13.650
19. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 13.450
20. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 13.300
21. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 13.250
21. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 13.250
23. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 13.100
23. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 13.100
25. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 13.050
26. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 12.950
27. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 12.900
28. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 12.550
29. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 12.450
30. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 12.000
31. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 11.900

Still Rings
1. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 15.900
2. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 15.700
3. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 15.550
4. Steven Lacombe, Mission Viejo, Calif., 15.450
5. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 15.400
6. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 15.300
7. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 15.250
7. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 15.250
9. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 15.200
10. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.100
11. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 15.050
11. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 15.050
13. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 14.950
14. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.600
15. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 14.400
16. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 14.350
17. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 14.300
18. Danny Berardini, Lake Forest, Ill., 14.250
19. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 14.200
20. Andrew Botto, Redwood City, Calif., 14.150
21. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 14.050
22. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 14.000
22. Leroy Clarke, Jr., Maplewood, N.J., 14.000
22. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 14.000
25. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 13.900
26. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 13.800
27. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 13.750
28. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 13.650
28. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 13.650
30. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 13.450
31. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 12.950
32. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 12.850

Vault
1. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 15.500
2. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 15.350
3. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 15.250
4. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 15.150
5. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.100
5. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 15.100
5. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 15.100
8. Steven Lacombe, Mission Viejo, Calif., 15.000
8. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 15.000
10. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 14.900
11. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 14.850
11. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 14.850
13. Stacey Ervin, Taylor, Mich., 14.800
14. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 14.750
15. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 14.700
15. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.700
15. Andrew Botto, Redwood City, Calif., 14.700
18. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 14.650
19. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 14.600
19. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 14.600
19. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.600
22. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 14.450
23. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 14.400
23. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 14.400
25. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.350
26. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 14.250
27. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 14.150
28. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 14.000
29. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 13.800
30. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 13.450
31. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 13.100

Parallel Bars
1. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 16.250
2. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 15.700
3. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.400
4. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 15.150
5. Michael Reid, Kileen, Texas, 14.900
5. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 14.900
5. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 14.900
8. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 14.850
8. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 14.850
8. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.850
11. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 14.750
12. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 14.650
13. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 14.550
13. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 14.550
13. Danny Berardini, Lake Forest, Ill., 14.550
13. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 14.550
17. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 14.450
17. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 14.450
19. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 14.350
20. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 14.300
21. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 14.150
22. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 14.050
22. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 14.050
22. Nick Hunter, Canfield, Ohio, 14.050
25. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 13.950
26. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 13.800
27. Leroy Clarke, Jr., Maplewood, N.J., 13.750
28. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 13.150
28. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 13.150
30. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 13.100
31. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 13.050
32. Andrew Botto, Redwood City, Calif., 12.950
33. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 11.350

Horizontal Bar
1. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 16.000
2. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 15.950
3. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.600
4. Sam Mikulak, Corona del Mar, Calif., 15.550
5. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 15.500
6. Danny Berardini, Lake Forest, Ill., 14.750
6. Donothan Bailey, Lake Forest, Calif., 14.750
6. Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md., 14.750
9. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 14.600
10. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 14.500
11. Alec Yoder, Indianapolis, Ind., 14.450
12. Colin Van Wicklen, Magnolia, Texas, 14.400
13. Allan Bower, Mesa, Ariz., 14.300
13. Robert Neff, Brookfield, Wis., 14.300
13. Dmitri Belanovski, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.300
16. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 14.000
16. Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y., 14.000
18. Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 13.950
18. Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 13.950
20. Stacey Ervin, Taylor, Mich., 13.900
21. Leroy Clarke, Jr., Maplewood, N.J., 13.850
21. Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio, 13.850
23. Hunter Justus, Cypress, Texas, 13.700
24. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 13.400
25. Jack Boyle, Naperville, Ill., 13.350
26. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 13.250
27. Kevin Wolting, Laguna Hills, Calif., 13.200
27. Kyle Zemeir, Ellicott City, Md., 13.200
27. Matt Felleman, Medway, Mass., 13.200
30. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 13.150
31. Nick Hunter, Canfield, Ohio, 12.700
32. Adrian de los Angeles, Long Beach, Calif., 12.550


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