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Karstadt Wins Parallel Bars National Title
5/27/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
FINAL RESULTS
Justin Karstadt and Joel Gagnon competed at the Canadian National Championships this past weekend with Karstadt coming away with the parallel bars championship.
Karstadt qualified for the event finals on both pommel horse and p-bars after day one while Gagnon made the event finals on floor.
“It was a great weekend for Gopher gymnastics at the Canadian National Championships,” head coach Mike Burns said. “Both Joel and Justin looked great out there and the weekend finished on a huge note with Justin picking up the national title on Parallel Bars. Team Canada continues to improve and Joel and Justin have been an instrumental part of that improvement.”
Gagnon notched a 13.700 on day one to tie for first. His 13.350 on day two placed him fifth in the event title.
Strong day for @Gagnon_Joel and @jkarstadt! Unofficially Joel finished tied for 1st on floor and Justin was 4th on pommel horse and 5th on p-bars. They will both advance to tomorrow's event finals at the Canadian Nationals. #SkiUMah pic.twitter.com/DjMPlZnAm7
— Minnesota Men's Gym (@GopherMGym) May 26, 2018
Karstadt went 13.600 on p-bars on day one and had a 14.150 on pommel horse. He finished fourth with a 13.050 on pommel in the event finals and won with a 14.300 on p-bars.
A 14.300 has @jkarstadt in first on p-bars at the Canadian Nationals! #SkiUMah pic.twitter.com/Wad3b4fxof
— Minnesota Men's Gym (@GopherMGym) May 27, 2018
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