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MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Scott Kemps • Men’s Gymnastics Contact 734*647*8175 phone • 734.647.1188 fax 220130 1 3 MMICHIGANI C H I G A N GYMNASTICS [email protected] • MGoBlue.com 15 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 129 ALL-AMERICANS U-M CONTINUES HOMESTAND VS. NO. 10 CALIFORNIA #3 Michigan (6-0) vs. #10 California (1-5) Meet#3 Saturday, Feb. 2 • 7 p.m. EST Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location .............................................Ann Arbor, Mich. ALL ABOUT THE WOLVERINES Founded ....................................................................1817 Nickname ......................................................Wolverines TheT No. 2-ranked University of Michigan men’s Saturday (Jan. 28), Michigan set nine career highs on the Colors .........................................................Maize & Blue gymnasticsgy team (6-0), coming off an upset over then- night, highlighted by a new all-around best from Adrian Conference ..........................................................Big Ten No.N 2 Stanford and a team title at the Windy City de los Angeles of 89.200. Syque Caesar (floor, p-bars), President ......................................... Mary Sue Coleman Invitational,In finishes up its season-opening homestand as Nolan Novak (pommels), Alex Bubnov (rings), de los Athletic Director .....................................Dave Brandon hosth of a dual meet against No. 10 Cal on Saturday (Feb. Angeles (rings, p-bars, all-around), Nick Hunter (parallel Enrollment.............................................................38,980 2) bars) and Michael Strathern (high bar) all eclipsed Athletic Department Phone .................(734) 763-4423 2) at 7 p.m. inside Cliff Keen Arena. previous career bests. Ticket Offi ce Phone ...............................(734) 764-0247 HISTORY SCOUTINGSC CAL CAESAR BREAKS NCAA RECORD, GARNERS NATIONAL, BIG TEN All-Time Record/Years ............................573-366-3/67 CalC comes into the meet ranked No. 10 in the country GYMNAST OF THE WEEK (418.525)(4 and is No. 3 on floor exercise (73.40) and NCAA Titles .................................1963,1970,1999,2010 ranksra No. 6 on high bar (69.525) and No. 9 on pommels For his performance against No. 2 Stanford, Caesar was Big Ten Championships ..............................................15 (67.925).(6 Jeffrey Langenstein leads the charge on floor named National Gymnast of the Week by the College All-Americans ............................................................129 forfo the Golden Bears, as he is ranked No. 1 in the nation Gymnastics Association in addition to Big Ten Gymnast Big Ten Championships/Last ...........................15/2010 of the Week for his NCAA record-setting parallel bars wwith a 15.65 average, while Ryan Patterson is No. 8 with performance and quartet of top-three finishes in U-M’s NCAA Individual Champions ...................................27 a 15.05. Big Ten Individual Championships...........................89 439.750-429.350 victory over the Cardinal on Saturday (Jan. 26). Academic All-Americans ...........................................75 In addition to Langenstein and Patterson, Steven COACHING STAFF LLacombe ranks No. 6 on still rings with a 15.225 average. The team captain claimed a pair of first-place finishes Head Coach .................................................Kurt Golder against the Cardinal, on parallel bars with the NCAA Alma Mater, Year .....................................Michigan, ‘77 LASTLA TIME AGAINST CAL record (15.90) and on high bar (14.80). He also placed Career Record at U-M / Years .................286-189-1/17 second on floor exercise with a 15.25 and third on vault MichiganM is 10-20 all-time against Cal, having last met with a 15.00.The 15.90 on parallel bars eclipsed the Ass’t Coach ..........Geoff Corrigan, Michigan ‘05 / 3rd Year on April 14, 2011, at the NCAA Team Qualifier. The Ass’t Coach ..............Xiao Yuan, Beijing, ‘88 / 8th year previous NCAA record of 15.85 set on April 5, 2008, by GoldenG Bears took second at the meet, 358.700-356.200. Tim McNeill of California. Administrative Ass’t ......Ian Makowske, Michigan ‘11 FollowingF the defeat, U-M went on to place fifth at the Athletic Trainer ..........Bill Shinavier, MS, ATC, CSCS 202011 NCAA Championships, while Sam Mikulak went .........................................Sarah McBrien, MS, AT, ATC on to win the NCAA all-around title. WOLVERINES CAPTURE 2013 WINDY CITY INVITATIONAL TEAM TEAM INFORMATION WOLVERINESW GRACE NO. 2 SPOT IN GYMINFO POLL; TOP TITLE 2012 Overall Record .............................................17-12 The then- No. 2-ranked University of Michigan Conference Record / Finish ................... 351.850/ 2nd INDIVIDUALIN EVENT RANKINGS men’s gymnastics team captured its first Windy City Lettermen Returning / Lost .................................. 19/1 U-MU holds a 435.525 season scoring average and ranks Invitational title since 2009 with a team score of 431.300 Newcomers ....................................................................4 in the top two in three events; No. 1 on floor (74.55) Saturday (Jan. 19) at UIC’s Physical Education Building, 2012 Postseason ....NCAA Championships/ 6th place andan parallel bars (72.975), as well as No. 2 on vault defeating No. 1 Illinois and No. 4 Ohio State, each of NCAA High Bar Champion ....................Sam Mikulak (7(74.350). Two gymnasts rank tops in the country on whom tallied a 427.750 to tie for second. U-M also All-American’s (4) ........................................................... ththeir respective events, as Adrian de los Angeles is No. 1 outpaced Minnesota (425.750), Iowa (422.350), and UIC Sam Mikulak (HB,PB), Stacey Ervin (VT, FE) in the all-around competition, and Syque Caesar is No. 1 401.600. All-Big Ten . 2 (Sam Mikulak, Adrian de los Angeles) on parallel bars. ARENA INFORMATION U-MU- UPSETS NO. 2 STANFORD Home Arena ........................................Cliff Keen Arena In a 439.750-429.350 upset over No. 2 Stanford on Capacity ..................................................................1,800 2013 MICHIGAN MICH MEN’S GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT FLOOR POMMEL RINGS VAULT P-BARS HIGH BAR 1/19 at Windy City Invitational 1st of 6 (431.300) 74.350 70.750 72.550 74.050 71.450 68.150 1/26 vs. STANFORD 1st of 2 (439.750) 74.750 71.150 73.550 74.650 74.500 72.150 2/2 vs. CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. ET 2/7-9 Winter Cup Challenge All Day 2/16 at Ohio State 4:00 p.m. ET 2/23 at Arizona State 1:00 p.m. PT 3/9 vs. OKLAHOMA 7:00 p.m. ET 3/16 at Penn State 7:00 p.m. ET 3/23 vs. ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 7:00 p.m. ET vs. SUNY-BROCKPORT 4/5-6 at B1G Championships 7:00 p.m. CT 4/18 at NCAA Qualifi er 1/7 p.m. ET 4/19 at NCAA Team & AA Finals 7:00 p.m. ET 4/20 at NCAA Event Finals 7:00 p.m. ET WEEK #3 -vs. No. 10 CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN MEN’S GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE MICHIGAN TEAM RANKINGS DE LOS ANGELES GARNERS BIG TEN, NATIONAL GYMNAST WEEK BY WEEK IN THE POLL OF THE WEEK Rank Avg./RQS NCAA RANKINGS Sophomore Adrian de los Angeles has been named College Gymnastics Association and NCAA National Preseason 2 - - - FX PH SR VT HB PB Gymnast of the Week as well as Big Ten Gymnast Week 1 3 431.300 of the Week for his season-opening all-around title Week 2 2 435.525 Wk1 #1 #6 #4 #2 #11 #4 as the 2013 Windy City Invitational in Chicago on Wk2 #1 #4 #5 #2 #5 #1 Saturday, Jan. 19.de los Angeles won his second all-around competition of his career at the Windy City with a score of 88.40, and set career-highs on NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS pommels, parallel bars, and all-around. He went GymInfo Rankings Top-10 on to lead the Wolverines on three events, placing 1. Penn State second on floor with a 15.25, and third on parallel bars (14.90) and high bar (14.50). 2. Michigan Floor 3. Oklahoma 4. de los Angeles 15.250 4. Stanford HIGHLIGHTING THE WINDY CITY 5. Ohio State 6. Sebastian 15.100 Freshman Stacey Ervin won the vault competition 7. Ervin 15.050 at the Windy City with a 15.40, while sophomore 6. Minnesota Adrian de los Angeles (88.40) and senior Rohan 7. Illinois Sebastian (86.75) took second in the all-around 8. Iowa Pommel Horse competition. Junior Matt Freeman had career highs 9. Nebraska 6. Freeman 15.000 on pommel horse (15.00) and still rings (14.75). 10. California Ervin’s score on vault leads the country, while de los 11. William & Mary Vault Angeles and Sebastian rank No. 1-2 in the country in 12. Air Force the all-around scoring. 13. Temple 1. Ervin 15.400 14. Army 10. Harrower 14.750 NEW TEAM CAPTAINS 15. Navy The 2013 Wolverine squad will be headed up by co-captains: seniors Rohan Sebastian, and Syque Big Ten Preseason Poll Parallel Bars Caesar. Caesar served as a co-captain two years ago 6. de los Angeles 14.900 and a tri-captain last season, while the captaincy 1. Michigan honor is the first of Sebastian’s career. 2. Illinois 3. Penn State 4. Ohio State 2013 BIG TEN GYMNASTS OVERVIEW OF THE WOLVERINES SQUAD: SOPHOMORE AND 5. Minnesota OF THE WEEK JUNIOR HEAVY 6. Nebraska After consecutive years of welcoming double-digit 7. Iowa recruiting classes in 2011 and 2012, the Wolverines 1/21 -- Adrian de los Angeles now have 20 of 24 members of this season’s squad 1/28 -- Syque Caesar being either a sophomore or a junior. INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLE WINNERS The Wolverines will add four newcomers this season, they include freshmen Konner Ackerman, Adam Dean, Nolan Novak and sophomore Colin Mahar. WINDY CITY INVITE 2013 BIG TEN FRESHMEN Stacey Ervin- vault OF THE WEEK U-M TOPS BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL; ERVIN, DE LOS Adrian de los Angeles- all-around ANGELES NAMED GYMNASTS TO WATCH Michigan was picked to finish first in the Big Ten in STANFORD the preseason coaches’ poll.