Dec. 6, 2017
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State men's gymnastics team will hold an open intrasquad for all fans to attend Thursday, Dec. 7 at 3:45 p.m. inside the White Building.
Members of the 2017-18 Nittany Lions will compete against each other on all six events, giving fans a sneak peek of new routines that the preseason CGA preseason No. 7-ranked squad has been working on in practices.
Head coach Randy Jepson returns to the helm of the Penn State program for his 27th season, looking for the squad's fourth Big Ten title and nation-leading 13th National Championship. The 2018 Nittany Lion squad features two All-Americans and one national champion in Stephen Nedoroscik (Worcester, Mass.).
The Blue and White return Nedoroscik who won the national championship on the pommel horse with a career-best 14.900 to become the 54th individual NCAA National Champion. Also returning this season for the Nittany Lions is sophomore Sam Zakutney (Ottawa, Ontario), who notched All-American with a fifth-place finish on the parallel bars. Zakutney was also named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year honors.