2005 Men’s Gymnastics March 22, 2005 1500 West Higgins Road • Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 • Phone: (847) 696-1010 • Fax: (847) 696-1110 • Website: www.bigten.org 2005 Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships Friday-Saturday, March 25-26 Hosted by the University of Michigan Nation’s Best Gymnasts Meet in Ann Arbor GymInfo Poll at 2005 Big Ten Championships March 21, 2005 Ranked by Three Score Average Six of the nation’s top 11 men’s gymnastics teams will be in action this week- end in Ann Arbor, Mich., as the University of Michigan hosts the 2005 Big Ten Men’s Team Score Gymnastics Championships from March 25-26 at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines are 1. Ohio State 224.917 hosting the Big Ten Championships for the first time since 1998 and the 11th time 2. Oklahoma 223.483 overall. 3. Illinois 223.042 Last season, Illinois claimed its 23rd Big Ten title in program history and its first 4. Penn State 221.100 crown since the 1989 season by edging Penn State which later went on to win the 5. Michigan 221.017 2004 NCAA Championship. The Illini leads all League representatives with 23 Big 6. California 219.958 Ten crowns and Minnesota ranks second with 21 first-place finishes, while Michigan 7. Iowa 218.458 (1999, 2000) and Ohio State (2001, 2002) have claimed four of the last six champi- 8. Stanford 217.900 onships. 9. Nebraska 216.708 This weekend’s competition is sure to be fierce as all six Big Ten teams rank among the top 10 according to the latest GymInfo poll, including the No. 1 team in 10. Minnesota 216.192 the country, Ohio State. Three of the nation’s top all-arounders will be competing in 11. Army 215.642 Penn State’s Luis Vargas, the defending NCAA Champion, who is ranked first 12. William & Mary 211.650 nationally, followed by Illinois’ Wesley Haagensen and Minnesota’s Guillermo 13. Illinois-Chicago 211.642 Alvarez. The Big Ten also boasts the top-ranked individual in both the pommel 14. Temple 210.692 horse and high bar (Willie Ito, OSU), floor exercise (Alvarez), still rings (Randy 15. Navy 206.925 Monahan, OSU), parallel bars (DJ Bucher, OSU) and vault (Adam Pummer, ILL). Big Ten teams in bold 2004 Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships Team Results 2005 Gymnasts of the Week 1. Illinois 221.975 2004 Big Ten Honors 2. Penn State 220.100 Gymnast of the Year: Jan. 14 Randy Monahan, OSU 3. Ohio State 218.425 Randy Monahan, OSU Jan. 12 Geoff Corrigan, MICH 4. Iowa 216.800 Freshman of the Year: Jan. 19 Justin Laury, MICH 5. Michigan 216.375 Jacob Lee, MINN Jan. 26 Justin Laury, MICH 6. Minnesota 213.275 Coach of the Year: Feb. 2 Luis Vargas, PSU Yoshi Hayasaki, ILL Feb. 9 Guillermo Alvarez, MINN Feb. 15 Ben Newman, ILL Guillermo Alvarez, MINN Individual Champions 2004 All-Big Ten Team All-Around: Randy Monahan, OSU Ben Newman, ILL Feb. 23 Luis Vargas, PSU Floor Exercise: Justin Spring, ILL Justing Spring, ILL Mar. 1 Guillermo Alvarez, MINN Vault: Andrew DiGiore, MICH Andrew DiGiore, MICH Randy Monahan, OSU Pommel Horse: Ben Newman, ILL Guillermo Alvarez, MINN March 8 Tyler Yamauchi, ILL Parallel Bars: Kevin Tan, PSU Ronald Ferris, OSU Guillermo Alvarez, MINN Still Rings: Kevin Tan, PSU Randy Monahan, OSU March 14 Randy Monahan, OSU High Bar: Ronald Ferris, OSU Chad Buczek, PSU Kevin Tan, PSU 2005 Big Ten Championships On Web Luis Vargas, PSU Updated meet information and results will be posted on the Big Ten website at CHAMPIONSHIP CONTACTS www.bigten.org. At the University of Michigan At the Big Ten Conference 2005 Big Ten Championships On TV Justin Toman, Gymnastics Contact Robin Jentes, Assoc. Director of Comm. The meet will be shown tape-delayed on Phone: 734-763-1381 Phone: 847-696-1010, ext. 143 CSTV: College Sports Television on Fax: 734-647-1188 Fax: 847-696-1110 Saturday, March 30 at 9 p.m. ET. [email protected] [email protected] Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Michigan • Michigan State • Minnesota • Northwestern • Ohio State • Penn State • Purdue • Wisconsin BIG TEN MEN’S GYMNASTICS RECORDS BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS TI E A 23 128 111 17 Illinois 1911-12-29-35-39-41-42-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-81-83c-88-89-04 21 97 71 26 Minnesota 1903-07-10-25-36-38-40-47-48-49-76-77-78-79-80-82-84-90-91-92-95 15 61 51 10 Chicago (left Big Ten in 1946) 1909-14-17-20-21-22-24-26-27-28-30-31-32-33-34 14 82 73 9 Michigan 1961-62-63-64-65-66-68c-69-70-71-73-75-99-00 9 61 51 10 Ohio State 1983c-85-87-93-94-96-97-01-02 8 26 21 5 Wisconsin (discontinued in 1991) 1902-04-05-08-13-15-16-23 7 92 84 8 Iowa 1937-67-68c-72-74-86-98 1 51 44 7 Michigan State (discontinued in 2001) 1968c 1 14 13 1 Penn State 2003 0 11 11 0 Indiana (discontinued in 1983) 0 5 5 0 Purdue (discontinued in 1932) 0 1 1 0 Northwestern (discontinued in 1959) T - team championships I - total individual championships (including all-around) E - individual event championships A - all-around championships NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL TITLES (single season) 6 - Replinger, Wisconsin, 1914 (AA, HB, PH, PB, Rings, Indian Clubs) 5 - Mel Stout, Michigan State, 1951 (AA, HB, PB, Rings, FX) Blaine Wilson, Ohio State, 1997 (AA, HB, PH, Rings, FX) 4 - Felix Zeidlhack, Wisconsin, 1907 (AA, HB, PH, PB) Felix Zeidlhack, Wisconsin, 1908 (AA, HB, PB, Rings) John Menzies, Chicago, 1929 (AA, HB, PB, Rings) George Wrighte, Chicago, 1933 (AA, HB, PH, PB) George Wrigthe, Chicago, 1934 (AA, HB, PH, PB) Jim Peterson, Minnesota, 1947 (AA, co-HB, Rings, Tumbling) Bill Roetzheim, Illinois-Chicago, 1948 (HB, PH, PB, FX) Bob Sullivan, Illinois, 1952 (AA, V, FX, Tumbling) Carlton Rintz, Michigan State, 1954 (AA, HB, PH, co-Rings) Rich Montpetit, Michigan, 1961 (AA, HB, PB, Rings) Glen Gailis, Iowa, 1965 (AA, HB, PH, Rings) Brian Meeker, Minnesota, 1982 (AA, HB, V, FX) Mike Dutka, Penn State, 1998 (AA, PH, V, FX) Scott Vetere, Michigan, 2000 (AA, PH, Rings, co-V) NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL TITLES (career) 11 - Blaine Wilson, Ohio State (1994 V; 1995 AA, co-PB, Rings; 1996 AA, HB; 1997 AA, HB, PH, Rings, FX) 10 - Carlton Rintz, Michigan State (1953 HB, PH, Rings; 1954 AA, HB, co-Rings; 1955 AA, HB, PH, Rings) John Roethlisberger, Minnesota (1990 AA, HB; 1991 AA, co-PH, PB; 1992 AA, V; 1993 AA, co-PH, V) 8 - Felix Zeidlhack, Wisconsin (1907 AA, HB, PH, PB; 1908 AA, HB, PB, Rings) Replinger, Wisconsin (1913 PH, PB; 1914 AA, HB, PH, PB, Rings, Indian clubs) George Wrighte, Chicago (1933 AA, HB, PH, PB; 1934 AA, HB, PH, PB) 7 - Abe Grossfeld, Illinois (1957 AA, HB, FX; 1958 AA, PB; 1959 AA, Rings) Brian Meeker, Minnesota (1980 FX; 1981 AA, HB; 1982 AA, HB, co-V; co-FX) 6 - Joseph Giallombardo, Illinois (1938 AA, Tumbling; 1939 AA, Tumbling; 1940 co-PB, Tumbling) Jim Peterson, Minnesota (1947 AA, co-HB, Rings, Tumbling; 1948 AA; 1949 AA) Dave Thor, Michigan State (1966 AA, PH, FX; 1967 AA; 1968 AA, V) Joey Ray, Minnesota (1981 co-PH, PB; 1982 co-PB; 1983 AA, PB; 1984 PB) NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BY INSTITUTIONS (single season) 7 - Michigan, 1963 (Gil Rose - AA, V; Arno Lascari - HB, PH, PB; Mike Henderson - FX; Fred Sanders - Trampoline) 6 - Wisconsin, 1914 (Replinger - AA, HB, PH, PB, Rings, Indian Clubs) Chicago, 1927 (Floyd Davidson - AA, HB; Flexner - Rings; McRoy - Indian Clubs; Nelson - PH, PB) Chicago, 1928 (Floyd Davidson - AA, HB; Flexner - PB, Rings; McRoy - Indian Clubs; Neubuer - PH) Illinois, 1941 (John Adkins - Tumbling; Caton Cobb - HB, PB; Lou Fina - Rings; Harry Koehnemann - PH; Earl Shanken - V) Minnesota, 1947 (Don Hedstrom - PB; Jim Peterson - AA, co-HB, Rings, Tumbling; Swanson - co-HB) Illinois, 1952 (Dick Albershardt - Trampoline; Frank Bare - PH; Bob Sullivan - AA, Tumbling, V, FV) Iowa, 1965 (Glen Gailis - AA, HB, PH, Rings; Bill Sayer - FX; Jeff Stein - Tumbling) Michigan State, 1966 (Dave Croft - Rings; Jim Curzi - HB, PB; Dave Thor - AA, PH, FX) Ohio State, 1997 (Drew Durbin - PB; Blaine Wilson - AA, HB, PH, Rings, FX) Michigan, 2000 (Daniel Diaz-Luong - co-HB; Scott Vetere - AA, PH, Rings, co-V; Kris Zimmerman - PB) Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Michigan • Michigan State • Minnesota • Northwestern • Ohio State • Penn State • Purdue • Wisconsin BIG TEN MEN’S GYMNASTICS RECORDS BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS All-Around Champions 1991 John Roethlisberger, MINN 112.70 1989 Mike Mingle, ILL 1982 Kevin Oltendorf, ILL 1903 J.W. Dye, MINN 98.16 1992 John Roethlisberger, MINN 115.50 1990 John Roethlisberger, MINN Mike Bergeron, OSU 1904 Walleser, Grinnell 1993 John Roethlisberger, MINN 112.275 1991 Brian Ottenhoft, MINN 1983 Kevin Oltendorf, ILL 1905 Johnson, NE 1994 Drew Durbin, OSU 57.850 1992 Ricardo Cheriel, ILL 1984 Joe Ledvora, ILL 1907 Felix Zeidelhack, WIS 515.25 1995 Blaine Wilson, OSU 58.20 Jim Knopp, OSU 1985 Tim Mensch, OSU 1908 Felix Zeidelhack, WIS 18.00 1996 Blaine Wilson, OSU 58.225 1993 Kip Simons, OSU 1986 Steve Bradley, OSU 1909 D.C. Mitchell, NE 385.20 1997 Blaine Wilson, OSU 58.825 Mike Masucci, PSU 1987 Joe Short, IOWA 1910 E.B. Styles, ILL 1998 Mike Dutka, PSU 58.350 1994 Garry Denk, IOWA 1988 Dominick Minicucci, ILL 1911 E.B. Styles, ILL 359.00 1999 Todd Strada, IOWA 57.800 1995 Carlos Herrero, IOWA David DeVries, MINN 1912 E.B.