The first day of 2011 Winter Cup competition has concluded, and Oklahoma's Jake Dalton holds the top all around place after vaulting a huge tsuk triple (15.950) and recording the top score on floor (15.900). He totaled an 88.10 all around score which is over a point lower than his season average. The #1 ranked NCAA all arounder, Glen Ishino of Cal, holds a season average of 90.100 all around but only totaled 86.900 after struggling on high bar where he is usually great. Look for Ishino to post a big score on Saturday. 2009 & 2010 World Team member Danell Leyva sits in second all around with 87.450 after falls on both floor and pommels. He debuted a huge 7.40 start value high bar routine, posting the top high bar score of the day, 16.00. Andrew Elkind of Team Hilton HHonors and USOTC posted the top score on parallel bars, 15.500 and is 4th all around. 

Here's a look at the top 10 Preliminary Results -- Day 1
1. Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 88.100
2. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 87.450
3. Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif., 86.900
4. Andrew Elkind, Cherry Hill, N.J., 86.000
5. CJ Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 85.700
6. Alexander Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 84.900
7. Jesse Silverstein, Suffern, N.Y., 84.100
8. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 84.000
9. Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 83.650
10. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 83.350
10. Sho Nakamori, Albany, Calif., 83.350
Current Event Leaders: 
Floor: Jake Dalton, 15.90 (6.90/9.0) VIDEO
Pommels: Daniel Ribiero, 16.000 (6.80/9.20), VIDEO
Rings: CJ Maestas, 15.45 (7.0/8.45)
Vault: Sam Mikulak, 16.050 (7.40/8.75) 
Parallel Bars: Andrew Elkind, 15.500 (6.20/9.30)
High Bar: Danell Leyva: 16.00 (7.40/8.60) VIDEO

However, finals qualification are not based on all around rankings - they're determined by the Men's Committee points system as reflected below and the top 42 qualified. The points system was designed to reward event specialists as well as strong all arounders. World bronze medalist Jonathan Horton is dealing with a broken thumb and only competed on rings, totaling a 14.20 and landed in the finals on one event. 
Finals will take place Saturday night and all of these guys will be competing for a place on the USA Senior National team from now through August. 2010 World team members automatically hold their spot, including Chris Cameron who only competed a few events yesterday and did not qualify for finals. 

Here are the 42 Athletes to Qualify to the Senior Division Finals:
Gymnast / AA Score / Total Points
1 Jacob Dalton             88.1   88
2 Danell Leyva           87.45  66
3 Glen Ishino               86.9   57
4 Steven Legendre         84   56
5 Andrew Elkind            86   55
6 Paul Ruggeri III       83.35  46
7 Wes Haagensen       81.95  45
8 Tyler Mizoguchi      81.85  45
9 CJ Maestas                 85.7  40
10 Alexander Naddour  84.9  39
11 Cale Robinson          68.8  36
12 Jesse Silverstein        84.1  33
13 Joshua Dixon          83.65  33
14 Joseph Hagerty         82.4  32
15 Jesse Glenn            78.15   30
16 Sho Nakamori        83.35   30
17 Daniel Ribeiro          57.7   29
18 Ian Makowske        29.15   28
19 Luke Stannard         70.65  27
20 Randall Heflin         56.85  25
21 Donothan Bailey       81.7  23
22 Mel Anton Santander   82  23
23 Samuel Mikulak      30.45  22
24 Chad Wiest               56.3  21
25 Stacey Ervin             81.8  20
26 Alex Buscaglia       77.15  19
27 Ty Echard               14.95  19
28 Tim Gentry             81.85  18
29 Maximilian Mayr      78.9  18
30 Jeffrey Treleaven       28.5 17
31 Alexy Bilozertchev  81.75 16
32 Dylan Akers              81.1  15
33 Jordan Valdez         79.45  15
34 John Martin               39.3  15
35 Jonathan Horton        14.2  14
36 Edward Umphrey    56.25  14
37 Jake Martin               82.95 14
38 Sean Regan              73.95 14
39 Chris Turner             79.65 14
40 Steven Lacombe       42.75 14
41 Christopher Stehl      81.45 13
41 Adam Hamers          13.25 13
41 Craig Hernandez        78.2 13

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