Michigan gymnastics wins national championship at home arena

Michigan's detailed preparation earns it a national championship

The Stanford Tree looms large over the collegiate men’s gymnastics landscape. For two straight years, the Michigan men’s gymnastics team has stood in its shadow in second place as Stanford added to its already well-stocked trophy case. But Saturday, the Wolverines stepped out of the shadow of the Tree. Under the bright lights of Crisler Center, Michigan defeated the team whose success has haunted it every April for years.  “I vowed that we could…

Michigan men's gymnastics wins 7th national championship

After 15 months, the national title drought for Michigan is over as the mens gymnastics squad brought home the title on Saturday night. But unlike the football team last January, this one came down to the very end and it was as close as you could possibly get.I just remember standing there with Rithik just thinking please, please, please, please let this be it, sophomore Charlie Larson said.Staring at that score, I was just praying, senior Rithi…

Men’s gymnastics finish as runner-ups in nail-biting NCAA Championships

It all came down to a single vault.  In Saturday’s NCAA Championships, No. 3 Stanford men’s gymnastics entered its final event – the parallel bars – with a 0.537 lead over No. 2 Michigan on vault. But after a flurry of dramatic sticks and standout performances, the fate of both teams rested on Michigan’s Paul Juda, who needed a vault over 13.803 to clinch the national title for the Wolverines.  Juda posted a 13.966, and Stanford fell just 0.163 …

Olympic gymnast Paul Juda proposes to girlfriend after leading Michigan to national championship

Michigan’s Paul Juda helped lead the Wolverines' men’s gymnastics team to a national title on Saturday by finishing second in the all-around and scoring a 13.966 on vault to clinch the championship, all before proposing to his girlfriend in front of an ecstatic crowd at Crisler Center.

Olympic medalist Paul Juda helps Michigan to national title, pops question to girlfriend

The Michigan Wolverines overcame the Stanford Cardinal to win a national championship in men's gymnastics on Saturday. Paul Juda then proposed to his girlfriend.

Michigan slips past Stanford to win NCAA men’s gymnastics title

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Fred Richard and Paul Juda finished first and second in the all-around and Wolverines team total of 332.224 edged them past five-time defending champion Stanford (332.961) on Saturday to win their first NCAA men’s gymnastics title since 2014.