Wednesday, 09 November 2022 14:36

Illinois (M) to Welcome Four for 2023-2024

Illinois' Men's program will welcome four athletes for 2023-2024:  Brandon Dang, Preston Ngai, Vahe Petrosyan and Alex Tapanes.  Coach Ribeiro says "The Illinois Class of 2023 will go down as the best iIllini class since the 2012 National Championship team" 

Dang trains at West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy.  A PH specialist, he has won five state titles, four regional titles and four national titles.  He also placed 5th AA at the 2022 Nationals.  

Ngai is the brother of former Illini PH National Champ Brandon.  He trains at Elevate.  At the 2022 OOFOS US Championships, he placed 3rd AA, 1st on R, 2nd on PH, 3rd on FX and 4th on VT.  He also won HB, placed 2nd on R and 3rd on FX at the Men's Development Program Nationals in 2021.  

Petrosyan trains at Gymnastics Olympica is a four time AA National Champion and was an AA champ at the  2021 US Gymnastics Championships.  One of the top US juniors, he helped the US win gold at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships, the 2021 Junior Pan American Games and the 2022 DTB Pokal Cup.  He was also the AA gold medalist at the 2021 Pan Am Games in Colombia.   

Trapanes trains at the Florida Gymnastics Training Center.  He's a four time National qualifier, four time Regional champion and seven time state champion.  

Link:  Release

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