Cal Gymnastics Achieves Program Best on Pommel Horse, Falls to Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. – The California men’s gymnastics team posted its best overall score of the season on Saturday at McCasland Field House, highlighted by a program-best performance on the pommel horse. Despite strong individual showings, the Golden Bears fell to No. 1 Oklahoma, who also achieved their top score of the year at 331.600.

Pommel Horse Record

Cal’s pommel horse score of 53.950 surpassed the previous modern-era program record set at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Sophomore Trigg Dudley led the charge with a personal best of 13.500, followed by graduate student Kaien Orion’s 13.750, tying the best result by a Bear this season. Junior Harry Kim matched his career high with a score of 13.600.

Individual Highlights

Senior Khalen Curry delivered a season-best 13.750 on floor, while sophomore Matteo Bardana scored 13.600. Redshirt senior Jasper Smith-Gordon anchored the vault lineup with a 14.350, earning third place in the meet. Sophomore Sam Cirlincione achieved a personal best of 13.550 on rings, the highest score by a Cal gymnast this season.

On parallel bars, Kaien Orion secured second place with a personal best of 13.600.

Event Scores

Here’s a breakdown of the event scores:

• Pommel Horse: Oklahoma 56.000, California 53.950
• Trigg Dudley – 13.500 (PR)
• Kaien Orion – 13.750
• Harry Kim – 13.600 (=PR)
• Jasper Smith-Gordon – 13.100
• Matteo Bardana – 11.800
• Floor: Oklahoma 54.700, California 52.750
• Khalen Curry – 13.750
• Nathan Underhill – 13.150 (PR)
• Trigg Dudley – 12.250
• Matteo Bardana – 13.600
• Vault: Oklahoma 56.350, California 55.300
• Sam Cirlincione – 13.700
• Nathan Underhill – 13.300
• Khalen Curry – 13.950
• Jasper Smith-Gordon – 14.350 (Third Place)
• Matteo Bardana – 13.250 (PR)
• Rings: Oklahoma 56.000, California 53.200
• Carter Kim – 13.250 (PR)
• Jaxon Mitchell – 13.250
• Sam Cirlincione – 13.550 (PR)
• Nathan Underhill – 13.150
• Matteo Bardana – 13.250
• High Bar: Oklahoma 54.750, California 49.600
• Jaxon Mitchell – 12.450
• Troy Nuesca – 12.750
• Carter Kim – 11.700
• Matteo Bardana – 12.700
• Parallel Bars: Oklahoma 53.800, California 50.900
• Kaien Orion – 13.600 (PR, Second Place)
• Trigg Dudley – 12.000
• Brendan Strom – 12.500
• Matteo Bardana – 12.800

All-Around

Matteo Bardana led the Bears in the all-around with a score of 77.400.

Up Next

Cal will next compete in a tri-meet against Stanford and Air Force at The Farm on March 14, with the first rotation scheduled for 4 p.m. PT.

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