CAREER SCORES
| Year | Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | P-Bars | H-Bar | All-Around |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Season Highs | 13.100 | 12.850 | 14.300 | 13.500 | |||
| 2023 Season Highs | 14.400 | 14.100 | 14.100 | 14.733 | 15.033 | 13.700 | 83.965 |
| 2024 Season Highs | 14.500 | 13.600 | 14.150 | 14.650 | 15.100 | 14.050 | 83.664 |
| Career Highs | 14.500 | 14.100 | 14.150 | 14.733 | 15.100 | 14.050 | 83.965 |
CAREER
Awards: Named 2023 first-team All-Big Ten (all-around)... Named 2024 All-American on parallel bars and all-around... Earned bronze medal on parallel bars at 2024 NCAA Championships... Competed at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials... Won the Big Ten parallel bars individual championship... Named a 2023 All-American in the all-around and on vault and parallel bars... Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week twice in 2023 (2/13 and 3/13)... Earned a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team in 2023 & 2024... Earned one second-team All-Big Ten award on parallel bars (2022).
2024 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named Big Ten Gymnast to Watch... Earned Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (1/5)... Earned first-team All-Big Ten (all-around)... Named All-American on parallel bars and all-around... Earned bronze medal on parallel bars at NCAA Championships... Competed at U.S. Olympic Trials...
At Army West Point (1/5): Earned three event victories on the floor (13.500), parallel bars (14.900) and with a career high on high bar (14.050)...Also competed on pommel horse (13.150)...at Navy Open (1/20): Competed on floor (12.550)...at Nebraska (2/3): Placed first on parallel bars with a score of 14.550...Took second on high bar tying his career high of 14.050...Ohio State (2/10): Took second on pommel horse with a season high score of 13.600 and on parallel bars with a score of 14.450...Competed on vault (14.250) and high bar (13.800)...Springfield (3/2): Earned first place victories on parallel bars (14.850) and high bar (13.700)...Notched fourth place on pommel horse (13.600)...at Michigan (3/17): Collected two career high scores on floor (14.500) and rings (14.150)...Placed second on floor...Earned a score of 81.200 in the all-around...Illinois (3/23): Placed first on parallel bars with a score of 14.650...Finished second on vault with a season high 14.650 and third on floor with a score of 13.900...Competed on pommel horse (13.450) and high bar (13.700)...Big Ten Championships (4/5-6): Took third in the all-around with a score of 83.000...Finished fourth on floor with a score of 14.125...Earned sixth on parallel bars with a score of 13.850...at NCAA Championships (4/19-20): Earned third place on parallel bars with a 14.666...Placed fifth in the all-around with a season high score of 83.664.
2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team... Won the 2023 Big Ten title on parallel bars...Earned Big Ten Gymnast of the Week twice (2/11 and 3/13) and CGA Gymnast of the Week (2/11).
Season: Army West Point (1/7): Competed on high bar... at Navy Open (1/21): Took first with a career best on parallel bars with 14.350 and second on high bars (13.700)... Nebraska (1/28): Tied a career high earning first place with a 14.350 on parallel bars, took third on high bar with a 13.600 and placed fifth with a career best of 13.250 on pommel horse... at Illinois (2/4): Claimed first place on parallel bars with a score of 14.300... Michigan (2/11): Took first place in his first collegiate all-around performance (83.750). Also took first on still rings with a career best 14.100. Earned personal best scores on vault (14.350) and parallel bars (14.700). Finished second on floor with a 14.050... William & Mary (3/3): Event title on parallel bars (14.300)... at Ohio State with Oklahoma (3/11): Was the all-around champion with a career best 83.900 and one of the top scores in the country. Also earned event titles on parallel bars (14.550) and high bar (13.550) as well as carer highs on pommel horse (14.100) and vault (14.450)... at William & Mary (3/19): Took event title on pommel (13.900)... at Big Ten Championships (4/1-2): Clinched the individual event title on parallel bars to place first with a score of 14.350. Scored a career best on floor during the prelims with a score of 14.400. Finished third with a score of 82.800 in the all-around and earned fourth on floor (14.300)... NCAAs (4/14-15): Took fourth in the all-around with a 82.964, scored a career best of 14.733 to take seventh on vault and placed third on parallel bars with a 14.633.
2022 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition with a runner-up finish on parallel bars at the Big Ten Championships.
Season: Completed seven routines on parallel bars, four on high bar, three on pommel horse, and two on rings...Had two runner-up finishes, including one on rings and one on parallel bars...Runner-up finish on parallel bars came at the Big Ten Championships, earning him second-team All-Big Ten status...Scored 14.30 on parallel bars in the Big Ten finals, which was Penn State's best score of the season in the event...Also competed on pommel horse at the Big Ten Championships...Competed on pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar at the NCAA Championships and made the finals on parallel bars and high bar.
at Navy Open (1/22): Made collegiate debut and finished fourth on high bar. at Nebraska (2/5): Was the runner-up on rings with a season-best score of 13.85. Big Ten Championships (4/1-2): Earned second-team All-Big Ten status with a runner-up finish on parallel bars, scoring a season-best 14.30...Finished 18th on pommel horse. at NCAA Championships (4/15-16): Qualified for the finals in two events, taking 22nd on high bar (13.366) and 30th on parallel bars (13.20)...Scored a season-best 13.50 on high bar in the prelims...Also competed on pommel horse in the prelims.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was a member of the Junior National Team since 2014...Earned three international selections...Won the all-around title at the 2017 Junior Team Cup in Berlin...Competed for the U.S. at the 2019 RD761 International Junior Team Cup, helping the team finish second while taking fourth individually on pommel horse and fifth all-around and on parallel bars...Won the all-around, floor, vault, and high bar competitions at the 2018 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships...Was also second on pommel horse and third on rings and parallel bars at that meet...Was an honor roll student all four years.
PERSONAL
Parents are Jim and Monica Karnes...Has two older brothers, Tony and Nick, and one older sister, Abby...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.