Illini Gymnasts Wrap Up Competition at 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

All-Around Results | Events Results

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Former Fighting Illini gymnast and two-time collegiate Still Rings National Champion, Alex Diab, earned a gold medal on the event after finishing with a two-day total of 29.350 at the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 8-11 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Rising senior Michael Paradise and rising sophomore Michael Fletcher also competed at the event. Paradise competed on pommel horse, finishing in fourth place with a two-day total of 28.300 on the apparatus, while Fletcher competed in all six events. Fletcher finished with the following two-day totals: floor (26.000), still rings (26.100), vault (28.550), parallel bars (25.350) and high bar (26.500). The Nashua, N.H. native finished pommel horse on day one with a score of 13.350.

Illini at the U.S. Championships
Gymnast	Day One	Day Two	Combined
Alex Diab	Floor: 13.500 Rings: 14.600 Vault: 14.150 High Bar: 12.750	Floor: 13.600 Rings: 14.750 Vault: 14.350 High Bar: 12.800	Floor: 27.100 (T-14th) Rings: 29.350 (1st) Vault: 28.500 (12th) High Bar: 25.500 (T-14th)
Michael Fletcher	Floor: 13.750 Pommel Horse: 13.350 Rings: 13.100 Vault: 14.200 P. Bars: 11.350 High Bar: 13.050 AA: 78.800	Floor: 12.250 Rings: 13.000 Vault: 14.350 P. Bars: 14.000 High Bar: 13.450 AA: 67.050	Floor: 26.000 (22nd) Rings: 26.100 (16th) Vault: 28.550 (T-9th) P. Bars: 25.350 (22nd) High Bar: 26.500 (T-6th) AA: 145.850 (23rd)
Michael Paradise	Pommel Horse: 14.550	Pommel Horse: 13.7500	Pommel Horse: 28.300 (4th)

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