COLLEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION BIG TEN CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS CGA Weekly Report Feb. 19, 2012 Compiled by Jerry Wright

NATIONAL SCORES THIS PAST WEEK Tristan Duverglas and Matt Felleman third on (14.700) and (14.700). 1. Penn State 347.80 (Medway, Mass.), and third in the high bar, Senior Anthony Sacramento also had a solid 2. Illinois 346.50 tying a career high with a score of 14.400. night, after nursing a sore arm, finishing third 3. Michigan 345.70 Junior Felix Aronovich the reigning Big on (14.700). Senior C.J. Padera tied for 4. Minnesota 345.60 Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week, competed in third on (14.300), while junior 5. California 344.90 five events, finishing second in the pommel Austin Phillips tied for third on 6. Stanford 343.60 horse (14.400) and tied for third in the paral- (14.500), and senior Kyle Moe (14.300) and 7. Nebraska 339.40 lel bars (14.500). sophomore Cameron Rogers (14.300) fin- 8. Temple 337.70 Other key performances were contributed ished sixth on rings and parallel bars, respec- 9. Ohio State 334.20 by senior Warren Yang, who placed second in tively. 10. Air Force 327.80 the high bar (14.600), and junior Matt Chel- 11. Navy 325.65 berg, who tied a season high in the vault UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 12. Ill-Chicago 325.50 (14.900) to also secure a second place finish. The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan 13. Springfield 320.50 (season-high 345.700) dealt the Ohio State 14. Army 317.60 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Buckeyes (334.200) their first loss of the sea- The third-ranked Fighting Illini men's gym- son on Saturday (Feb. 18), using season-best PENN STATE UNIVERSITY nastics team came up just short in a 347.800- scores on four events en route to tri-meet vic- Penn State upheld its No. 2 national rank- 346.500 battle with No. 2 Penn State Saturday tory at Cliff Keen Arena. Additionally, the ing, edging No. 3 Illinois, 347.800-346.500, night at Rec Hall. As a team, the Orange and Wolverines defeated the SUNY-Brockport on Saturday night at Rec Hall in a marquee Blue won on parallel bars (58.700) and high Golden Eagles, who collected a 275.700. match-up of top Big Ten squads. bar (57.400), while individual Illini captured U-M swept all six events, as sophomore The Nittany Lions outscored the Illini in titles on four of six events. Sam Mikulak took five individual events, as four events as a team, winning the floor exer- Redshirt senior Paul Ruggeri led the Illini well as the all-around competition. cise (58.600), pommel horse (57.600), still with three event titles, marking a season high rings (59.000), and vault (59.000). Junior for the seven-time All-American. R u g g e r i Scott Rosenthal (still rings) and freshman captured the floor title for the first time in Craig Hernandez (pommel horse) captured 2012 with a 15.600, and secured his first par- individual titles. allel bars crown of the year with a 15.300. Rosenthal, ranked No. 1 in the nation in the Ruggeri also took home the title on vault still rings, recorded a score of 15.600 to win (15.200) for the third time this season and MIKULAK his fourth title in the event this season. For his finished the night with a season-high 87.100 performance, he was presented with the Gene to finish second in the all-around. Wettstone Award, an honor bestowed upon the most outstanding gymnast for each home RUGGERI meet. After not competing last week in a road victory over Springfield College, Hernandez returned to action versus Illinois, pacing the Penn State pommel horse line-up with a first place score of 15.000. The title win was his Michigan began the night on floor and second of the year in the event. scored a 57.50 as Mikulak tallied a 14.90 for Junior Parker Raque contributed strong ef- first. Junior Rohan Sebastian scored a 14.50 on the event to take third. In the second rotation, sophomore Michael RAQUE Myler scored a career-best 14.90 on pommel horse while Mikulak tallied a 14.00 to round out the top three finishers on the event. Moving to rings, Maize and Blue took the top three places, paced by a career-best 15.10 Freshman C.J. Maestas had a stellar night as from Mikulak, a 14.80 by freshman Adrian de well, capturing his third all-around crown of los Angeles and another career best (14.70) the year with a career-best 88.100, marking a by sophomore Jordan Gaarenstroom forts in the Nittany Lions' second straight season-high for the Orange and Blue. The regular season win over the Illini, earning Illini newcomer won his career-first high bar Continued next page: See MPSF report for three top three finishes. He finished second in title with a 15.100 and finished second on Event results of Japan All Stars vs. Califor- the floor exercise (15.000), tied for third in both rings (15.500) and parallel bars with a nia and Stanford and see ECAC report for the vault (14.700) with freshman teammates season-high 14.600. Maestas also finished All Academy event results.

U-M also swept the vault competition, where Senior D.J. Repp was the winner of the day at the University of Minnesota Sports Mikulak scored a 15.30 and de los Angeles Cooke Award for his outstanding performanc- Pavilion. and freshman Stacey Ervin notched 15.10s to es and first place finish in the all-around com- Freshman Grant Perdue led the Huskers on give Michigan a 60.10, marking the second petition. the day, picking up a pair of event titles on time this season that the Wolverines have floor exercise and vault. Perdue's mark of eclipsed the 60.00 plateau. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 14.80 on vault was his season-best, while his Mikulak closed out the U-M victory by end- Ohio State claimed a 334.200 team total mark of 14.80 on floor tied his team-leading ing the night with titles on parallel bars for second place in a tri-meet against Michi- mark this season. (15.30) and on high bar (15.40) en route to gan and SUNY Brockport Saturday evening at The Huskers taking the all-around competition with a Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich. were paced on 90.00. He was followed by de los Angeles' Michigan won the tri-meet with a 345.700, Pommel Horse 85.50 in second place. while the Golden Eagles finished in third b y so p ho - place with a 275.700. mo r e E r i c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Ohio State began the evening on pommel S c h r y v e r , Sixth-ranked Minnesota defeated Nebraska horse and collected a 54.900 team total led by who posted a for the second weekend in a row. The Go- freshman Alex Nork with a season-high score of 14.60. phers totaled a new season-high of 345.6. Ne- 14.10 for second overall followed by junior S o p h o m o r e braska finished with a score of 339.4. John Laing with a 14.0 mark, who tied for Donovan Arndt The Gophers opened on the floor exercise, third overall. contributed a where Harris Coleman tied for first with a Moving on to rings, Philip Onorato scored a 13.70, while 14.8. Freshman Kyle Banks finished in third 14.20 for fourth overall to guide the squad, freshman Ga- with a 14.7. while sophomore Misha Kourdinov tallied a briel Jolley Coleman also led Minnesota on the pommel 14.00 for fifth place. added a mark PERDUE horse, where he finished in second place with On floor exercise, freshman Danny Steiner of 13.50. a 14.0. Teammates Russell Dabritz and Adam claimed a team-best 14.900 and tied for first Perdue's meet-leading mark on Floor Exer- Kern tied for third with a 13.9. overall in the meet cise was tops for the Huskers, while sopho- Senior Dabritz won the still rings with a with Sam Mikulak more Wyatt Aycock and senior Andreas Hofer 15.1, setting a new personal best. Travis of Michigan. Junior added scores of 14.60 for the Big Red. Heaver and zack Chase each scored a 14.7, co-captain Blaize The Huskers took to vault next where Per- putting them in a tie second. Monks notched a due was again the leader for Nebraska as he 14.30 followed by picked up his second event title of the day. Koudinov with a Hofer hit a score of 14.70 on the event, and DABRITZ 14.00. Aycock tacked on a 14.60, his best of the sea- Next on parallel son as well. bars, the Scarlet and STEINER The fourth rotation took Nebraska to rings, Gray posted a where the Huskers put together a team score 53.100 team total of 55.300. Arndt led Nebraska on the rings, led by Koudinov, posting a score of 14.20. Hofer added a 13.80, who collected a while Perdue hit a 13.70 mark for the Husk- 13.70 on the event ers. to tie for second The Huskers moved to high bar on the fifth place. rotation and freshman Connor Stillwell and Freshman Drew Moling claimed a team- Hofer were the team leaders, with each hitting high 14.2, while Brandan Jones claimed a a score of 14.10. career-high 14.00 on high bar, while Monks Nebraska appeared on parallel bars for their also notched a 14.00. Moling finished the sixth and final event. Schryver was the Husker Dabritz also had a solid performance on the event in third place, while Jones and Monks leader on the event, picking up a mark of parallel bars. His 14.8 won him his second tied for fourth, respectively. 14.40. Hofer added a 14.20, while sophomore event of the evening. Second place went to Freshman Larry Mayer and Steiner led the Mark Ringle posted a 14.10. freshmen Steve Jaciuk who scored a career- pack with each scoring a 14.70, while Monks high 14.4. earned a 14.60 and freshman Andrew Teal Jaciuk had a career-high on the high bar as claimed a 14.40. Mayer and Teal tied for well, where his 14.6 earned him the top spot. fourth overall in the competition. Not only did Minnesota sweep the event, but they swept it with all freshmen. Rounding out UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA the top three were Banks with a 14.4 and No. 8 Nebraska was edged by No. 6 Minne- Spencer Smith with a 14.2. sota by a score of 345.600-339.400 on Satur-