GYMNASTICS: Moldauer wins All-Around, and five medals for Mikulak in Winter Cup Challenge

U.S. All-Around champ Yul Moldauer

The first test for the American men’s gymnasts on the road to the 2019 World Championships came at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the two-day Winter Cup Challenge.

The two-day competition started with the All-Around on Friday, won by 2017 U.S. All-Around champ Yul Moldauer. He barely edged 2018 All-Around winner Sam Mikulak, 84.500-84.450, with Allan Bower third with 82.350. The top six qualified for the U.S. National Championships.

The individual event finals were held Sunday evening and the final standings in each event were based on the combined scores from the Friday and Sunday routines. Mikulak was excellent almost everywhere, winning the Floor and High Bar events, silver on the Pommel Horse and Parallel Bars and bronze on Rings.

The other winners included Steve Nedoroscik on Pommel Horse (30.150), Trevor Howard won on Rings (29.750), Adrian de los Angeles on Parallel Bars (27.950), and Colin Van Wicklen took the Vault (29.650). Summaries:

USA Gymnastics Winter Cup Challenge
Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) ~ 15-17 February 2019
(Full results here)

All-Around: 1. Yul Muldauer, 84.500; 2. Sam Milulak, 84.450; 3. Allan Bower, 82.350; 4. Genki Suzuki, 82.300; 5. Robert Neff, 81.800.

Floor: 1. Mikulak, 29.350; 2. Jacob Moore, 28.850; 3. Riley Loos, 28.750; 4. Emyre Cole, 28.450; 5. tie, Bennet Huang and Vitaliy Guimares, 27.750.

Pommel Horse: 1. Steve Nedoroscik, 30.150; 2. Mikulak, 28.500; 3. Cameron Bock, 27.600; 4. Moldauer, 27.150; 5. Robert Neff, 26.700.

Rings: 1. Trevor Howard, 29.750; 2. Alex Diab, 29.150; 3. Mikulak, 28.050; 4. Colin van Wicklen, 27.650; 5. Grant Breckenridge, 27.250.

Vault: 1. Van Wicklen, 29.650; 2. Howard, 29.350; 3. Levi Anderson, 29.200; 4. Penev, 29.150; 5. Anton Stephenson, 29.050.

Parallel Bars: 1. Adrian de los Angeles, 27.950; 2. Mikulak, 27.850; 3. Breckenridge, 27.700; 4. Stephenson, 27.550; 5. Neff, 27.350.

High Bar: 1. Mikulak, 29.600; 2. Van Wicklen, 27.800; 3. Anderson, 27.700; 4. Neff, 27.200; 5. Cameron Bock, 27.150.