No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Illinois
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Venue: Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio)
Meet:

1. Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET | BTN | Live results

Rosters: Ohio State | Illinois
Notes: Ohio State
 
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 6 Ohio State men's gymnastics team (9-3, 1-2 B1G) hosts No. 7 Illinois (4-3, 1-2 B1G) in the final regular season meet on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. The meet will be streamed on BTN.
 
Admission and parking are free for all Buckeye home meets. There will also be giveaways and raffles for Ohio State students.

• Ohio State fell to No. 7 Michigan last weekend on the road by a 328.100-322.000 margin. The Buckeyes captured three individual event titles against the Wolverines in the March 15 dual meet.
• Parker Thackston won his sixth pommel horse title of the season with a season-best score of 15.050, becoming only the second gymnast in the country this season to score a 15.000 or higher on the event.
• Tyler Rockwood's third rings win of the season came with a career-high score (14.200) and a stuck dismount.
• Kameron Nelson earned his sixth vault title of the season by tying his season-high 14.550.
• On parallel bars, David Ramirez was the runner-up (career-high 13.850) and Drake Andrews finished third (13.750). Kristian Grahovski rounded out the Buckeyes' podium placements by tying for third (13.550) on high bar.
• This season, Nelson was named a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award. This award honors the most outstanding senior gymnast in the country.

Top 25 Individual Rankings (according to Road to Nationals and their four-score average prior to the weekend)

• Floor: Kameron Nelson (second – 14.083), Jesse Pakele (sixth – 13.817)
• Pommel horse: Parker Thackston (second – 14.550), David Ramirez (16^th – 13.700), Kristian Grahovski (17^th – 13.567)
• Rings: Tyler Rockwood (eighth – 13.750), Drake Andrews (20^th – 13.383), Kameron Nelson (22^nd – 13.350)
• Vault: Kameron Nelson (first – 14.483), David Ramirez (eighth – 14.167)
• Parallel bars: Drake Andrews (sixth – 13.867), Caden Spencer (16^th – 13.433), Tyler Burgess (19^th – 13.400)
• High bar: Kristian Grahovski (fifth – 13.700), Caden Spencer (14^th – 13.417), Drake Andrews (23^rd – 13.283)