University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHER MEN'S GYMNASTICS FALLS TO IOWA
1/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Leading the way for the Golden Gophers was sophomore Clay Strother. Strother, the nation's top-ranked gymnast in the all-around, captured the all-around with a score of 53.900. The Jasper, Texas native won the floor exercise (9.225), the pommel hose (9.550) and the parallel bars (8.675). He also took fifth on the rings (8.775), third on the vault (9.025) and third on the horizontal bar (8.650)
Freshman Eric Steele also performed well on the night, finishing first on the vault with a score of 9.350, third on the floor (8.900) and fourth on the rings (8.825).
The Golden Gophers open their home meet season, Saturday, Feb. 3, versus Michigan State at 1 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion .
Team Scores 1. Iowa, 209.325 2. Minnesota, 205.600 Floor Exercise: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.225; 2. Don Jackson, Iowa, 8.925; 3. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 8.900. Other Minnesota finishers: 6. Bob Goss, 8.700; 9. Josh Nitzberg, 8.400; 10. Bill Callahan, 8.250; 12. Tim Koehler, 7.700 Pommel Horse: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.550; 2. Antonio Cesar, Iowa, 9.000; 3. Don Jackson, Iowa, 8.750. Other Minnesota finishers: 5. Allen Sopko, 8.450; 6. Bob Goss, 8.200; 7. Eric Steele, 8.100; 10. Mitch Griffin, 7.650; 12. Todd Guilbeau, 6.000. Still Rings: 1. Brian Christie, Iowa, 9.375; 2. Kevin Agnew, Iowa, 8.925; 3. S. deFreitas, Iowa, 8.850. Minnesota finishers: 4. Eric Steele, 8.825; 5. Clay Strother, 8.775; 7. Tim Koehler, 8.575; 8. Allen Sopko, 8.100; 9. Todd Guilbeau, 8.050; 9. Gabe Suarez, 8.050. Vault: 1. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 9.350; 2. Bill Callahan, Minnesota, 9.100; 3. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.025. Other Minnesota finishers: 4. Bob Goss, 9.000; 5. Justin Conner, 9.000; 7. Tim Koehler, 8.900. Parallel Bars: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 8.675; 2. Antonio Cesar, Iowa, 8.600; 2. Todd Guilbeau, Minnesota, 8.600. Other Minnesota finishers: 9. Bob Goss, 7.750; 10. Tim Koehler, 7.650; 11. Bill Callahan, 7.600; 12. Justin Conner, 7.450. Horizontal Bar: 1. Antonio Cesar, Iowa, 8.750; 2. Justin Conner, Minnesota, 8.700; 3. Justin Leavitt, Iowa, 8.650; 3. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 8.650. Other Minnesota finishers: 8. Bill Callahan, 8.050; 10. Josh Nitzberg, 7.250; 11. Todd Guilbeau, 7.100; 12. Tim Koehler, 6.600. All-Around: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 53.900.
