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NEBRASKA MEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 2019 SCHEDULE at ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN | 404.350 (2ND/6) JAN. 12 | COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. ¨ at PENN STATE | 395.000 (2ND/2) SAT. FEB. 23 | 1 P.M. JAN. 26 | STATE COLLEGE, PA. BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER | LINCOLN, NEB. HUSKERS HOST MINNESOTA, UIC The No. 8 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team will host No. 4 Minnesota ILLINOIS & OKLAHOMA | 401.250 (2ND/3) and No. 18 UIC in its second consecutive home meet on Feb. 23. FEB. 2 | LINCOLN, NEB. At the 1 p.m. competition, Nebraska will giveaway 750 Pinkout t-shirts to support breast cancer awareness LAST TIME OUT at WINTER CUP Anton Stephenson claimed the all-around title and horizontal bar FEB. 15 & 17 | LAS VEGAS, NEV. title in the Huskers home opener against No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 4 Illinois. The Huskers posted a season-high score on floor with a 68.95, led by Zach Peters who posted a career-high score on floor with a 14.15. Oklahoma claimed first (411.300), Nebraska finished second UIC & MINNESOTA (401.250) while Illinois finished third (399.150). FEB. 23 | LINCOLN, NEB. | 1 P.M. ® SCOUTING THE COMPETITION MINNESOTA at IOWA No. 4 Minnesota enters the competition after defeating No.14 MARCH 2 | IOWA CITY, IOWA | 7 P.M. Arizona State with a season-high team score of 408.600 on Feb. 9. Sophomore and Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Shane Wiskus led the way with first place finishes on vault (14.800), parallel bars (14.800) and high bar (14.200), all of which were Minnesota season at OHIO STATE, WITH MINNESOTA highs and career highs UIC MARCH 8 | COLUMBUS, OHIO | 6 P.M. ® No. 18 UIC enters the competition after falling to Penn State (395.450) and Springfield College (372.900) with a score of 356.550 on Feb. 10. Sophomore Sam Montague and freshman Nick Smiley led the way for the Flames. Montague placed seventh overall on MICHIGAN floor, setting a new season high with a 13.850. Smiley had the team’s highest score on parallel bars, placing third place on the MARCH 23 | LINCOLN, NEB. | 1:30 P.M. event with a 12.700. WINTER CUP at BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Anton Stephenson, Griffin Kehler, Kyle King and Evan Kriley of the Nebraska men’s gymnastics team were invited to represent the APRIL 5-6 | IOWA CITY, IOWA | 7 P.M. Huskers at the prestigious Winter Cup Feb. 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nev., to get a shot at making the USA National Team. After stellar performances at the preliminary sessions on Feb. 15, Kyle King, Anton Stephenson and Griffin Kehler advanced to the at NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Winter Cup Finals. The Huskers fell short in the Day 2 of competition and didn’t secure APRIL 19-20 | CHAMPAIGN, ILL. | 1 P.M./7 P.M. a spot on the USA National Team. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COMMUNICATIONS | ONE MEMORIAL STADIUM, P.O. BOX 880123, LINCOLN, NEB. 68588-0123 PAIGE STANARD | OFFICE: (402) 472-7776 | CELL: (402) 525-7113 | EMAIL: [email protected] FOLLOW: @NEBRASKAMENSGYM | FACEBOOK.COM/NEBRASKAMGYM | HUSKERS.COM 2019 MEN’S GYMNASTICS ROSTER NEBRASKA MEN'S Athlete Year Event(s) GYMNASTICS FACTS Heath Anderson Senior SR Jake Bonnay Junior FX, PH, V, PB, HB First Season of Gymnastics .................. 1939 Joshua Everitt Senior SR National Team Championships................... 8 Consecutive Team National Charlie Giles Freshman AA Championships* .......................................... 5 Evan Hymanson Sophomore AA Individual Championships ........................ 42 Khalil Jackson Freshman FX, PH, V, PB, HB Nissen-Emery Award Winners ................... 3 Griffin Kehler Sophomore AA NCAA All-America Awards .....................193 Dillan King Freshman FX, PH, V, PB, HB CoSIDA Academic All-America Awards ....16 NCAA Top Ten Award Winners .................. 2 Jordan King Junior AA Olympians .................................................. 10 Evan Kriley Freshman AA Conference Team Championships ............15 Dylan LeClair Freshman AA Conference Individual Championships .. 101 Austin Lober Junior SR, PB, HB *NCAA record Josh Martin Sophomore AA 2019 SEASON INFORMATION Zach Peters Sophomore AA Regular-Season Record ............................ 5-3 Jonathan Scripnick Sophomore AA Big Ten Standing ...................................... 4th Anton Stephenson Senior AA NCAA Standing ........................................8th Mitch Tyndall Redshirt Freshman AA Lettermen Returning/Lost .....................12/8 All-Americans Returning/Lost .................2/2 Noah Urwiler Freshman AA Newcomers.................................................. 6 Andrew Zymball Junior SR, PB, HB COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Chuck Chmelka (10th Season) Head Coach ........................... Chuck Chmelka » 10th Season as head coach at Nebraska Assistant Coaches: Jim Hartung (14th Season), John Robinson (Ninth Season) » Alma Mater: Nebraska (1982) Assistant Coach .......................... Jim Hartung PRONUNCIATION GUIDE » 14th Season at Nebraska Jacob Bonnay BAHN-aye » Alma Mater: Nebraska (1982) Assistant Coach ...................... John Robinson Charlie Giles GUY-ulls » Ninth Season at Nebraska Griffin Kehler KEY-ler » Alma Mater: Nebraska (2010) Evan Kriley CRY-lee Austin Lober LOW-ber CONTACT INFORMATION Men's Gymnastics Secretary ....... Annette Werschke Mitch Tyndall TIND-al Email [email protected] Noah Urwiler ER-why-ler Gymnastics Office Phone ....... (402) 472-3186 Andrew Zymball ZIM-ball Gymnastics Office Fax .......... (402) 472-9449 Mailing Address: ............................................ Nebraska Men's Gymnastics 2019 MEN'S GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE 107I Bob Devaney Sports Date Opponent Location Time/Result Center Lincoln, NE 68588-0651 Jan. 12 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. 404.350 (2/6) Jan. 26 at Penn State* State College, Pa. 395.000 (2/2) COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Feb. 2 Oklahoma & Illinois* Lincoln, Neb. 401.250 (2/3) Gymnastics Contact ................... Paige Stanard Office Phone .............................. (402) 472-2263 Feb. 15 Winter Cup Preliminaries Las Vegas, Nev. Cell Phone .................................. (402) 525-7113 Feb. 17 Winter Cup Finals Las Vegas, Nev. E-Mail [email protected] Feb. 23 Minnesota & UIC Lincoln, Neb. 2 p.m. Assistant A.D./Communications ............Keith Mann March 2 at Iowa* at Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m. Senior Associate Director/Operations Jeff Griesch Senior Associate Director ...... Shamus McKnight March 8 at Ohio State, with Minnesota* Columbus, Ohio 6 p.m. Associate Director/Strategic Research Matt Smith March 23 Michigan* Lincoln, Neb. 1:30 p.m. Assistant Director ............................... Erica Nett April 5 Big Ten Championships (Qualifiers) Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m. Assistant Director ........................... Nate Pohlen April 6 Big Ten Championships (Finals) Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m. Assistant Director ....................... Connor Stange Communications Intern ......................Tyler Wells April 19 NCAA Championships (Qualifiers) Champaign, Ill. 1 p.m. Graduate Assistant ..........................E.J. Stevens April 20 NCAA Championships (Finals) Champaign, Ill. 7 p.m. Director of Photography ...................Scott Bruhn Director of Website Services ........ Jeremy Foote *denotes Big Ten meets that will be used to determine the regular-season Big Ten team Staff Writer ...........................................Brian Rosenthal champion, new for the 2019 season. Support Associate ......................Vicki Capazo Communications Phone ......... (402) 472-2263 Communications Fax .............. (402) 472-2005 2019 BIG TEN STANDINGS Website ..........................................Huskers.com Rank Conference Overall Mailing Address: ......Nebraska Communications 1. Michigan 2-0-0 5-1-0 .............One Memorial Stadium 2. Penn State 1-0-0 8-0-0 ............Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 3. Illinois 1-1-0 6-2-0 4. Nebraska 1-1-0 5-3-0 5. Minnesota 0-1-0 10-4-0 6. Ohio State 0-1-0 3-5-0 Iowa 0-2-0 3-5-0 NEBRASKA GYMNASTICS BREAKS NEW GROUND More than 120 people were in attendance for the ground-breaking cere- INSIDE THE NEBRASKA ROSTER mony for the Nebraska Gymnastics Training Complex in September. The 26,000 square-foot training space and 46,000 square-foot state-of-the art HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE facility will serve as a way to celebrate the legacy and accomplishments of Jacob Bonnay ............................BAHN-aye alumni, but will also be a game changer for recruitment, performance and Charlie Giles ..............................GUY-ulls Griffin Kehler .............................KEY-ler competition. Evan Kriley ................................CRY-lee Austin Lober ..............................LOW-ber Mitch Tyndall .............................TIND-al Noah Urwiler .............................ER-why-ler Andrew Zymball ........................ZIM-ball HUSKER HOMES The 19 members of the 2019 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team came to Nebraska from 10 states across the nation and one foreign country. Arizona (2) - Heath Anderson, Joshua Everitt; Canada (3) - Jake Bonnay, Jonathan Scripnick Mitch Tyndall Florida (1) - Evan Kriley Illinois (2) - Charlie Giles, Josh Martin Indiana (2) - Zach Peters, Anton Stephenson Massachusetts (1) - Dylan LeClair Nebraska (2) - Noah Urwiler, Andrew Zymball New Jersey (1) - Evan Hymanson New Mexico (1) - Austin Lober Texas (3) - Griffin Kehler, Jordan King, Khalil Jackson The Training Complex will include two practice gyms, locker rooms, a lob- Utah (1) - Dillan King by, team rooms, athletic therapy rooms and coaches’ offices - truly begin- ning a “new era” for Husker gymnastics. HUSKERS BY CLASS Seniors (4): Heath Anderson, Joshua Everitt,