University of Minnesota Athletics
FIVE GOLDEN GOPHER GYMNASTS QUALIFY FOR NCAA EAST REGIONAL
3/31/1999 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Leading the way for the Golden Gophers was junior Ryan Winterbourne who qualified in both the still rings and parallel bars. Winterbourne holds team season highs in both events scoring a 9.55 on the still rings both at the Lobo Invitational and Big Ten Championships and a 9.7 on the parallel bars against Illinois-Chicago.
Senior Jason Krob, ranked No. 5 in the nation on the pommel horse, qualified with a NCAA average of 9.758. Krob, who finished fourth in the event finals at the Big Ten Championships last weekend, has earned first place honors in four meets this season. Joining Krob on the pommel horse will be freshman West St. Paul native Justin Lecher, who qualified with a NCAA average of 9.567.
Rounding out the five competitors for the Golden Gophers were freshmen Justin Conner and Todd Guilbeau, who will both be competing for Minnesota on the horizontal bar. Guilbeau finished third on the horizontal bar in the event finals last weekend at the Big Ten Championships posting a team season-high 9.737 becoming Minnesota's highest finisher in the event finals since Chris Harrington's fourth-place finish on the floor exercise in the 1996 Big Ten Championships.
