USA Winter Cup Challenge: Brooks beats Horton

Chris Brooks (USA)
*photo: us gymnastics

* usa gymn. fed: -- University of Oklahoma's Chris Brooks of Houston won the all-around title at the 2010 Winter Cup Challenge at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Sports Center. The all-around and individual event champions were determined with a combined two-day score. In addition, 17 men were named to the U.S. Senior National Team.
Chris Brooks, who lead the all-around after the first day, finished with a two-day score of 175.800. He also won an individual event title on horizontal bar (31.100).
2009 U.S. all-around champion and 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston/Cypress Gymnastics was second with 174.750. Horton posted an event high all-around score during the final round on Saturday night.

2010 WINTER CUP CHALLENGE
- Las Vegas, USA; Feb 05 - 06 -
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The University of Michigan’s Chris Cameron of Winter Haven, Fla., took third with 172.450. 2009 world fourth-place horizontal bar finisher Danell Leyva of Miami/ Universal Gymnastics, finished in fourth (172.150) and was the top gymnast on parallel bars (30.700).
Stanford’s Tim Gentry of Plano, Texas, scored a 170.800 to finish in fifth.
Oklahoma’s Steven Legendre of Flower Mound, Texas, the 2009 U.S. floor exercise champion and world finalist, won the floor (30.900) and vault (32.550) titles to finish in sixth place in the all-around (170.550).
Oklahoma’s Alexander Naddour of Mesa, Ariz., finished first on pommel horse (29.900) and placed seventh in the all-around (170.300).
Ohio State University’s Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J., earned the top score on still rings (30.550).

All-Around (Top ten)
1. Christopher Brooks, Houston, Texas, 175.800
2. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas,        174.750
3. Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla.,      172.450

4. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 172.150
5. Tim Gentry, Plano, Texas, 170.800
6. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 170.550
7. Alexander Naddour, Mesa, Ariz., 170.300
8. John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 170.100
9. Jacob Bateman, Kingsport, Tenn., 169.750
10. Mel Anton Santander, Southborough, Mass., 169.50
   >> Complete AA results

... best six of Apparatuses
* Floor exercises
1. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 30.900
2. Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla., 30.300
3. Chad Wiest, Butler, Pa., 30.200
4. Alexy Bilozertchev, Hilliard, Ohio, 30.150
5. Tyler Mizoguchi, Houston, Texas, 30.000
6. Kent Caldwell, Charlotte, N.C., 29.850
   >> Complete ranking

* P o m m e l h o r s e
1. Alexander Naddour, Mesa, Ariz., 29.900
2. Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla., 29.350
3. Steven Spencer, Pleasanton, Calif., 29.100
4. Craig Hernandez, Libertyville, Ill., 28.950
5. Mel Anton Santander, Southborough, Mass., 28.900
6. Daniel Ribeiro, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., 28.800
   >> Complete ranking

* Still rings
1. Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 30.550
2. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 30.050
3. Tim Gentry, Plano, Texas, 30.000
4. Christopher Brooks, Houston, Texas, 29.350
5. Christopher Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 29.250
6. Phillip Goldberg, Dalton, Ga., 29.150
   >> Complete ranking

* V a u l t
1. Steven Legendre, Flower Mound, Texas, 32.550
2. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 32.250
3. Christopher Brooks, Houston, Texas, 32.100
3. Jacob Dalton, Sparks, Nev., 32.100
5. Alexander Buscaglia, Oak Brook, Ill., 31.850
6. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 31.700
   >> Complete ranking

* P a r a l l e l b a r s
1. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 30.700
2. Tyler Mizoguchi, Houston, Texas, 29.200
3. Chris Cameron, Winter Haven, Fla., 29.150
4. John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 28.950
5. Jesse Silverstein, Suffern, N.Y., 28.900
6. Christopher Brooks, Houston, Texas, 28.750
   >> Complete ranking

* H i g h b a r
1. Christopher Brooks, Houston, Texas, 31.100
2. Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 29.850
3. Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 29.000
4. Ian Makowske, Redding, Conn., 28.550
5. Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y., 28.500
6. Alexander Buscaglia, Oak Brook, Ill., 28.350
6. Kevin Tan, Fremont, Calif., 28.350
   >> Complete ranking

* Nomination of US Team
The 17 gymnasts named to the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team will be on the team through the 2010 Visa Championships in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 11-14.

Based on the Winter Cup results, 10 qualified for the team using the National Team Points System, and the remaining were selected by the Men’s Program Committee from among the Winter Cup participants and athlete petitions.
>> US T o p T e n

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