JEFF TRELEAVEN 2011 SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SECOND PLACE IN BIG TEN FLOOR FINALS BRANDON WYNN THIRD PLACE IN BIG TEN VAULT FINALS NISSEN-EMERY AWARD FINALIST TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN 2010 NCAA RINGS CHAMPION THREE-TIME FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN MIKE BEHLES TY ECHARD BIG TEN VAULT CO-CHAMPION 2009 ALL-AMERICAN 2011 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN TWO-TIME SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN OHIO STATe’S RECORD HOLDER ON POMMEL HORSE KRIS DONE 2011 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SECOND PLACE IN BIG TEN ALL-AROUND BIG TEN SPORTSMANSHIP HONOREE OHIO STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Fawcett Center, 6th Floor | 2400 Olentangy River Rd. | Columbus, Ohio 43210 No. 7 Ohio State Set to Host 2011 NCAA Championships Buckeyes in action at 7 p.m. Thursday in NCAA Qualifier NO. 7 OHIO STATE at 2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION Interim Co-Head Coach ..........Doug Stibel 2010-11 Record .(11-8, 5-2 Big Ten) Date ......................................................................................... April 14-16, 2011 Year at OSU/Record ........1st/11-8 overall GYMInfo Ranking .........................7 Site ..............................................................................................St. John Arena Interim Co-Head Coach ......Blaine Wilson T.V. ....................................................................... ESPN2 (April 15 - Tape Delay) Year at OSU/Record ........1st/11-8 overall Championship Central ....................................................................... NCAA.com Tickets ......All-Session ($28 - Adults, $20 - Students/Seniors), Single-Session ($10 - Adults, $7 Students/Seniors) OHIO STATE Men’S GYMNASTICS NOTES COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 7 Ohio State April 14-16 // NCAA Championships // St. John Arena men’s gymnastics team hosts the 2011 NCAA Columbus, Ohio Men’s Gymnastics Championships this weekend at historic St. John Arena. This is the third time BUCKEYE BITS in program history the Buckeyes have hosted the championships (1995 and 2001). YouTube: youtube.com/BuckeyeGymnastics2 Facebook: facebook.com/OhioStateMensGymnastics QUICK HITS • Senior co-captain Brandon Wynn has won 18-consecutive rings events and hast not lost on TELEVISION (TAPE DELAY) the even since September 2009. The two-time Big ESPN2 (Mike Gleason - play-by-play, Bart Conner - analysis) Ten champion will also look to defend his NCAA Friday, April 15 - NCAA Team and All-Around Finals title this weekend. Wynn became the first Buckeye (Thursday April, 21, 1:30 p.m. ET) in program history to win back-to-back Big Ten rings titles. • Five Buckeyes earned Big Ten medals at the 2011 THE LOGISTICS Big Ten Championships April 1-2 in Chamapa- The national qualifier is comprised of 12 teams OHIO STATE MEN’S GYMNASTICS ign, Ill. with the field split into two qualifying sessions THREE-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS • Junior Mike Behles earned first team All-Big held Thursday. Ohio State, as the seventh seed, Ten status with a 16.250 vault to share the event will start the competition on rings at 7 p.m. and 2010-11 SCHEDULE/RESULTS will be joined by No.2 Stanford (parallel bars), DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT title. Jan. 15 at Windy City1 4th; 339.800 • Freshman Kris Done notched second place in No.3 California (vault), No. 6 Michigan (bye), Jan. 22 at Oklahoma L, 340-350, 358.350 the all-around conference championships with an No.10 Nebraska (high bar), No.11 Iowa (floor ex- 2 Feb. 3 at Winter Cup Challenge 86.600 to earn first team All-Big Ten honors. ercise) and the individual and all-around competi- Feb. 5 at Winter Cup Challenge2 • Ohio State claimed regular season-highs on tors (pommel horse). Feb. 12 vs. Brockport W, 348.250-273.000 Session one starts at 1 p.m. with No. 1 Okla- Feb. 26 at Penn State* L, 342.000-353.500 floor exercise (58.450), rings (59.650), vault (63.000), parallel bars (56.950) March 12 vs. the homa, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Penn State, No. 8 March 6 at UIC, Air Force, Temple3 1st; 343.700 Cornhuskers and Fighting Illini at St. John Arena. Minnesota, No.9 Air Force and No. 12 UIC in March 12 vs. Illinois*, Nebraska 1st; 350.350 • Freshman Jeff Treleaven has won a team-high the rotations. March 19 at Michigan* L, 336.900-353.350 four vault titles this season, including a season- Session two starts at 7 p.m. with No. 2 Okla- homa, No. 3 Michigan, No. 6 California, No. 7 April 1-2 at Big Ten Championships4 3rd; 350.00 high 16.400 mark March 12 in the tri-meet vs. April 14 NCAA Championships (Qualifier)5 7 p.m. Nebraska and Illinois. He has claimed 13 Top 3 Minnesota, No. 10 Nebraska and No. 11 Iowa in April 15 NCAA Championships (Team/AA) 7 p.m. finishes (7 - vault; 5 - floor; 1 - parallel bars). the grouping. April 16 NCAA Championships (Event) 7 p.m. • Junior Ty Echard, a 2009 All-American, has NATIONAL CHAMPIONS All Home Meets take place at St. John Arena; All Times won seven pommel horse titles in 2011, including ET; 1Chicago, Ill.; 2Las Vegas, Nev.; 3Chicago, Ill.; 4Cham- seven Top 3 finishes. Echard posted a season-high Ohio State gymnasts have earned 25 NCAA in- paign, Ill.; 5Columbus, Ohio. dividual championships. Senior co-captain Bran- *Big Ten Opponent 15.550 vs. Brockport Feb. 12 in St. John Arena. He finished second at the Big Ten championships don Wynn is the reigning 2010 national champi- for the second consecutive season. on on rings. Former Buckeye and current interim • Done leads the squad on high bar with a sea- co-head coach Blaine Wilson leads the OSU re- son-high 15.25 set March 12 vs. Illinois and Ne- cord books with six national championships. braska. OhioStateBuckeyes.com athletics ALL-AMERICA NODS ROCKING OUT THE BIG TENS Since Don Perry first earned All-America status Ohio State posted an impressive performance at on the trampoline in 1954; Ohio State has had the Big Ten Championships April 1-2 in Cham- 46 gymnasts collect the honor. In Ohio State his- paign, Ill., as the team finished in third place with tory, former Buckeyes Mike Racanelli (1987-90) 350.000 points. Freshman Kris Done highlighted and Blaine Wilson (1994-97) tallied 10 individual the Friday night competition as he finished second honors each in only three seasons. Current buck- in the all-around tallying a season-high 86.600 to eye senior co-captain Brandon Wynn is the latest earn his first career Big Ten medal. to earn All-America status claiming the title on For the second-consecutive season, Brandon SENIOR BRANDON WYNN >> rings in 2010. Wynn continued to show his dominance on the rings event as the senior co-captain earned his OHIO STATE AT THE NCAA second career Big Ten title, recording a meet-high CHAMPIONSHIPS 16.100. The Buckeyes last won the national title in 2001 Joining Wynn on the podium was junior Mike in their home venue of St. John Arena in Colum- Behles, who claimed his first-career Big Ten title bus. Three members of the 2001 squad notched on vault, sharing the crown with Zach Chase of individual event championship titles as well. Ja- Minnesota with a 16.250. mie Natalie won the all-around, Daren Lynch In all, five Buckeyes earned medals at the won on vault and Raj Bhavsar, a 2008 U.S. Olym- league event finals to be named to the 2011 All- pian, won on parallel bars. Big Ten teams. For Ohio State, Wynn earned his JUNIOR PHIL ONORATO >> Ohio State won its second national crown at third-career first team All-Big Ten honor, while the 1996 NCAA Championship. Former Buck- Behles was named a first team honoree for the first eye Blaine Wilson captured the all-around, rings time in his career. Also claiming first team laurels R-SOPHOMORE C.J. MAGRUM >> and parallel bars titles. Teammate Drew Durbin was Done. Ty Echard and Jeff Treleaven were earned a national championship on pommel named to the second team All-Big Ten list, while horse. Done was the Buckeyes’ Sportsmanship honoree. In 1985, Ohio State earned the program’s first Done, represented the Scarlet and Gray on national championship. Twin brothers Noah and vault, parallel bars and high bar. Highlighting his Seth Riskin were named co-champions on parallel evening competition was on high bar where the bars at the event finals. Buckeye rookie claimed his second Big Ten medal The three teams will be honored Friday eve- of the championships with a second-place mark of JUNIOR TY ECHARD >> ning at St. John Arena. 14.800. 2011 BIG TEN Lancaster, Ohio, native, Echard received the FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK RECAP I: 2010 NATIOINAL QUALIFIER second Big Ten medal of his career, taking sec- The No. 5 Ohio State men’s gymnastics team ond on pommel horse for the second-consecutive Date Gymnast School qualified for its second-consecutive NCAA cham- season. The Buckeye junior claimed a 15.450 Jan. 10 ------------ ---------- pionships scoring a 346.800 team total in Christi mark Saturday night. Treleaven also had a night Jan. 17 Jeff Treleaven Ohio State Arena on the campus of the Military Academy in to remember as he claimed his first career Big Jan. 24 Zack Chase Minnesota West Point, N.Y. Ten medal, taking second on floor exercise with Jan. 31 Jordan Valdez Illinois Just as it was the previous year, it came down a 14.950 score. The Buckeye rookie then claimed Feb. 7 Sam Mikulak Michigan to the final event - this time pitting Ohio State vs. his second Big Ten medal of the evening, tying for Feb. 14 Jeff Treleaven Ohio State Penn State. The Buckeyes just edged the Nittany third on vault with a 16.200 score. Feb. 21 Francisco Vasquez Penn State Lions for the third and final qualifying position, In all, the Buckeyes had seven individuals Feb.