Fullerton Gymnasts Set Records at Meet

The Cal State Fullerton men’s gymnastics team broke nine school records, including all-time best score, 284.10, in defeating UC Davis (239.55) and UC Santa Barbara (235.75) at Fullerton Friday night.

The previous record was 277.9, set this week at the Titan Invitational.

Fullerton was led by senior Cody Oakland, whose all-around score of 56.7 broke his school record of 55.95, which he set in the Titans’ first meet of the year against San Jose State on Jan. 18. Second place in the all-around went to freshman Matt Stelling with a 56.55 score.

The meet’s top score was Stelling’s 9.90 on rings. Stelling also scored 9.85 on the high bar, breaking the Fullerton mark of 9.8. Out of six possible team event scores, Fullerton broke five school records, highlighted by a 48.7 on rings, 1.3 points away from a perfect score.

The men’s team travels to UCLA March 2 to meet the Bruins, Stanford and Cal.

Tami Elliott took first place in the all-around with a score of 37.85 as Fullerton’s women’s team scored a meet victory with a 185.50 win over Minnesota (178.15) and UCLA (176.90) Friday at Fullerton.

The Titans also had a strong effort from Taunia Rogers, who scored 37.2 in the all-around, good for second place. Rogers also had the meet’s high score of 9.6 on the floor exercises.

Fullerton (9-2) is ranked fourth in the nation. The Titans next host USC, Stanford and Nebraska Friday at 7:30 p.m.