The ninth-ranked BYU men’s gymnastics team hosts two-time defending national champion and 10th-rated Cal Berkeley Friday at 7 p.m. in Smith Fieldhouse. The meet will be both teams’ final regular season competition. California is coming off a season-high score of 225.225. 

The Cougars are also coming off a season-high performance of 226.0 in a win over No.8 Nebraska and No.6 Michigan State. The teams have already met twice this season (both BYU wins), most recently at the Peter Vidmar Invitational where the Cougars defeated Cal 224.85-219.70.
 

COUGARS’ LAST ACTION

Guard Young won the allaround competition as the Cougars had their best score of the year, 226.0, to defeat then Nebraska (225.95) and Michigan State (225.675) in the Smith Fieldhouse. Young, ranked 12th in the nation in the all around, took the men’s all around with a 57.2. BYU’s Dmitry Kolodazhnyy, who won the parallel bars with a 9.75, finished fifth in the allaround at 55.6. The other event winner for BYU was Cortney Bramwell, who maintained his No. 1 ranking on still rings with an impressive 9.9.
 

STANDING GUARD

Olympic hopeful Guard Young has been the Cougars’ consistent leader this year and is currently ranked 12th in the nation overall. Young, who scored his best all-around total of the year in BYU last meet (57.20), is the son of Wayne Young, who was the NCAA All-Around Champion while at BYU and a former BYU coach. Guard is within reach of making the US Olympic Team in 2000 – something his father did in 1976.
 

QUOTES FROM THE COACH

“This is our last regular season home meet, so we plan to give some of our seniors a chance to compete in more events. California is the two-time defending national champions.We are working very hard, and our team chemistry is great. We want to have everybody peaking in time for regionals and nationals.”

– Coach Mako Sakamoto
 

COUGAR TENTATIVE LINE-UP
 

Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings
Dave Patten Rob Rimpini Ernie Higbee Brandon Fitt Cortney Bramwell Guard Young	Ernie Higbee Warde Allen Brandon Fitt Rob Rimpini Dmitry Kolodazhnyy Guard Young	Dan Ryssman David Patten Rob Rimpini Dmitry Kolodazhnyy Guard Young Cortney Bramwell
Vault	Parallel Bars	High Bar
Ernie Higbee Brian Rosenlund Dan Ryssman Ben Nordby Cortney Bramwell Guard Young	Dan Ryssman Warde Allen David Patten Rob Rimpini Cortney Bramwell Guard Young	Dmitry Kolodazhnyy Dan Ryssman David Patten Cortney Bramwell Guard Young Rob Rimpini

 

COUGARS IN THE RANKINGS

March 15, 1999

    Teams   Ave. Score 
    1       Penn State      228.250 
    2       Ohio State      228.037 
    3       Iowa            227.887 
    4       Illinois        227.512 
    5       Michigan        227.175 
    6       Michigan State  225.650 
    7       Oklahoma        225.575 
    8       Nebraska        223.700 
    9       Brigham Young   223.500 
    10      California      222.900 
    11      UMass           222.762 
    12      Stanford        220.900 
    13      IllinoisChicago 220.900 
    14      New Mexico      220.237 
    15      Air Force       217.175
 

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