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2024 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Tim Shahan
Amy Sanderson
Amy Sanderson

Syam Buradagunta

  • Class Senior
  • Position All-Around
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Westborough, Mass.
  • High School Westborough

Biography

Career Accolades:
• 2023 NCAA Championship All-American (8th Place on Floor Exercise)
• NCAA Championship Event Final Participant: 2022-PH, VT, HB; 2023-FX
• 2022 USAG Collegiate Floor Exercise Champion
• All-ECAC: 2022-HB, 3rd place; 2023-FX, PH, 2nd place
• All-USAG: 2023-FX, 3rd place; 2022-FX, 1st place
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 2, 2021 & Feb. 16, 2021)
• Competed at 2023 U.S. Classic (9th-FX)
• ECAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
• College Gymnastics Association All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022 & 2023 - 1st Team)

Career Highs:
FX: 14.6 (at All-Academy, 2022)
PH: 13.45 (Stanford / Air Force, 2023)
V: 14.1 (at Willim & Mary, 2022)
HB: 13.4 (2x, MR: at ECAC Championship, 2022)

2023 (Junior):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open 14.05
2nd
13.3
9th
--- 13.95
t-17th
--- 13.05
t-9th
---
at West Point Open
    Event Finals
14.15
3rd
--- --- --- --- --- ---
Navy Open --- 13.05
9th
--- 13.95
17th
--- --- ---
at Army - Star Meet --- 12.8
4th
--- --- --- --- ---
at All-Academy 13.7
3rd
13.3
5th
--- --- --- --- ---
William & Mary --- 12.25
6th
--- --- --- --- ---
Stanford/Air Force 13.0
t-8th
13.45
6th
--- --- --- --- ---
at Simpson 13.65
1st
12.65
1st
--- 13.55
5th
--- 11.6
7th
---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team/AA
13.80
t-4th
12.75
t-8th
--- 13.80
t-17th
--- --- ---
USAG Coll. Champs
    Event Finals
13.85
3rd
--- --- --- --- --- ---
at ECAC Championship 14.05
t-2nd
13.4
2nd
--- 13.95
8th
--- --- ---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 1
14.2
t-5th
12.6
19th
--- 13.966
t-21st
--- --- ---
at NCAA Champs
    Event Finals
14.333
t-8th
--- --- --- --- --- ---

2022 (Sophomore):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open 13.55
4th
12.7
9th
--- 14.05
11th
--- 13.1
t-5th
---
at West Point Open
    Event Finals
13.15
4th
--- --- --- --- 12.85
8th
---
Navy Open 12.15
16th
11.6
8th
--- 12.8
25th
--- 12.5
t-10th
---
William & Mary 12.6
6th
13.1
2nd
--- 13.55
6th
--- 11.7
7th
---
Army - Star Meet 13.4
t-3rd
12.75
3rd
--- --- --- 11.5
9th
---
at All-Academy 14.6
1st
12.7
5th
--- --- --- 11.45
13th
---
at Springfield --- 12.8
t-4th
--- 14.05
3rd
--- 13.4
1st
---
at William & Mary 13.3
1st
12.0
7th
--- 14.1
3rd
--- 11.9
8th
---
at Air Force Quad Meet 14.45
3rd
12.7
13th
--- 14.0
14th
--- 13.25
t-7th
---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team/AA
14.05
3rd
11.5
t-27th
--- 13.95
t-19th
--- 12.45
t-10th
---
USAG Coll. Champs
    Event Finals
13.65
1st
--- --- --- --- --- ---
at ECAC Championship 13.2
t-7th
11.4
15th
--- 13.95
t-9th
--- 13.4
3rd
---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 2
12.766
29th
12.9
14th
--- 13.966
15th
--- 13.033
17th
---
at NCAA Champs
    Event Finals
--- 12.6
t-28th
--- 13.766
34th
--- 11.433
41st

2021 (Freshman):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
Ohio State - Virtual 13.3
5th
12.3
t-6th
--- 13.8
11th
--- --- ---
at All-Academy 13.8
t-2nd
12.95
5th
--- 13.95
10th
--- 12.3
5th
---
Stanford - Virtual --- 11.85
10th
--- 13.35
9th
--- 12.25
T-6th
---
at William & Mary 13.5
4th
--- --- 13.85
t-3rd
--- 12.55
7th
---
Penn State - Virtual 13.75
7th
12.7
8th
--- 13.7
10th
--- 12.85
6th
---
at ECAC Championship 13.2
13th
--- --- 13.6
10th
--- --- ---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 1
13.5
22nd
--- --- 13.57
30th
--- --- ---

Prior to Navy:
• Honed his skills at the club level at Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics (MEGA) under the coaching of Levon Karakhanyan and Cal Booker; the same gym as Navy teammate Dan Clark ‘22
• Qualified for the U.S. JO Nationals 2014-2020
• Champion on the pommel horse at the 2015 JO Nationals – JE Finals
• Finished third in the all-around at the 2019 JO Nationals; second on the floor; third on pommel and sixth on vault
• Helped MEGA finish runner-up in the club standings at the 2019 JO Nationals
• Placed second in the all-around at the 2019 Massachusetts State Championship; was first on the floor and third on the pommel, vault and high bar ... ranked third at the 2018 Massachusetts State Championship on the floor and pommel; fourth overall in all-around
• USAG Academic All-American in 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Teammate of Penn State’s Matt Cormier (’24) and Illinois’ Yan Inhaber (’25) at MEGA
• Graduated from Westborough High School with the Class of 2020
 
General:
• Son of Syam and Patricia
• Both parents competed in college athletics as his father played football at Williams College, while his mother suited up with the women’s soccer team at Salem State
• Enjoys playing basketball and editing videos

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2022Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2023Junior

    All-Around
    5'8"
  • 2024Senior

    All-Around
    5'8"