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Malone Takes Senior All-Around Crown At 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

Malone Takes Senior All-Around Crown At 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

Based on two days of competition, 12 athletes were automatically selected to the USAG Senior National Team at the 2021 U.S. Championships.

Jun 6, 2021 by FloGymnastics Staff
Malone Takes Senior All-Around Crown At 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 6, 2021 – Brody Malone of Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University continued to add to his collection of 2021 hardware Saturday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Malone, who collected NCAA team and all-around championships in April, captured the U.S. senior men’s all-around title with a 170.700 across two days of competition and earned a second gold medal on vault. World medalists Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./5280 Gymnastics (167.950) and Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center (167.400) finished second and third.

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Based on their performances across two days of competition, 12 athletes were automatically selected to the U.S. Senior National Team at the event’s conclusion:

  • Allan Bower, Chandler, Ariz./University of Oklahoma
  • Brandon Briones, Gilbert, Ariz./Stanford University
  • Alex Diab, Glen Ellyn, Ill./University of Illinois
  • Gage Dyer, Yukon, Okla./University of Oklahoma
  • Ian Gunther, Houston, Texas/Stanford University
  • Brody Malone, Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University
  • Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center
  • Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J./Stanford University
  • Yul Moldauer, Arvada, Colo./5280 Gymnastics
  • Stephen Nedoroscik, Worcester, Mass./Penn State University
  • Eddie Penev, Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center
  • Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center 

The five athletes who represented the U.S. this weekend at the 2021 Senior Pan American Championships in Brazil have also been automatically added to the team: 

  • Cameron Bock, Ann Arbor, Mich./University of Michigan
  • Vitaliy Guimaraes, Norman, Okla./University of Oklahoma
  • Paul Juda, Deerfield, Ill./University of Michigan
  • Riley Loos, El Dorado Hills, Calif./Stanford University
  • Donnell Whittenburg, New Berlin, Wis./Salto Gymnastics 

Additional athletes may be added by the Men’s Program Committee, and USA Gymnastics will announce the full Senior Men’s National Team later in the week. Official minutes from MPC selection meetings and the independent observer’s report will be publicly available prior to the that announcement. 

Diab, Malone, Mikulak, Moldauer, Nedoroscik and Penev also claimed national titles on individual events. The top-three placements for each apparatus are listed below.

  • Floor exercise: 1. Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, 29.750; 2. Gage Dyer of Yukon, Okla./University of Oklahoma, 29.350; 3. Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./Gymnastics, Senior, 28.800
  • Pommel horse: 1. Stephen Nedoroscik of Worcester, Mass./Penn State University, 30.200; 2. Alec Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind./Ohio State, 30.050; 3. Allan Bower of Chandler, Ariz./University of Oklahoma, 28.450
  • Still rings: 1. Alex Diab of Glen Ellyn, Ill./University of Illinois, 29.600; 2. Brody Malone of Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University, 29.159; 3. Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./Gymnastics, Senior, 28.950
  • Vault: 1. Brody Malone of Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University, 29.000; 2. Gage Dyer of Yukon, Okla./University of Oklahoma and Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, 28.950
  • Parallel bars: 1. Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./Gymnastics, Senior, 29.150; 2. Shane Wiskus of Spring Park, Minn./ U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, 28.850; 3. Colt Walker of Cedar Park, Texas/Stanford University, 28.800
  • Horizontal bar: 1. Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./ U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, 29.600; 2. Brody Malone of Belfast, Tenn./Stanford University, 29.500; 3. Genki Suzuki of North Wales, Pa./University of Oklahoma, 27.450

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