Yuqing Qiu

In addition to winning the Peter J. Cutino award, Papanikolau was also named MVP of the NCAA Championship, ACWPC National Player of the Year, MPSF Player of the Year and a member of the ACWPC All-American first team.

The years of training in both Taiwan and the United States polished down his rough edges and taught him to never back down.

On Saturday, Oklahoma proved why it deserves to be the No. 2 college men’s gymnastics team in the nation. It just so happened that No. 10 Cal was on the other side of it.

After ending their last meet knowing they had more to give, the Bears look to wrap the season up nicely starting with their final meet at home in Haas Pavilion.

Cal men’s gymnastics ripped through its previous season-high score 393 with 401.150, which was accompanied by legions of season bests and personal records.

No. 9 Cal men’s gymnastics was able to master both fight and flight –– flying and fighting their way through the Pac-12 Invite, claiming second place.

After persevering through multiple obstacles thrown its way, the Cal men’s gymnastics is close to breaking the 400-point mark for the first time since 2019.

The Cal men’s gymnastics team, clad in blue and gold, stood out against the army of red and white that made up No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 1 Stanford.

The blue and gold gave their 100% and began their season on a roll with a marginal victory – 382.100-310.900 over SC United — and eight athletes beating their personal records that night.

Six players made the ACWPC All-America team and head coach Kirk Everist was named National Coach of the Year.