University of Minnesota Athletics
MINNESOTA MEN'S GYMNASTICS WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT, DEFEATS NEBRASKA
3/11/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The Maroon and Gold produced a full-team effort in defeating the Cornhuskers, but were led by freshman Eric Steele's performance as he won two events and finished third in the all-around with a 51.200. Steele, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., win the floor exercise (9.300) and vault (9.550), and finished in fourth on both the pommel horse (8.200) and still rings (8.700).
The Golden Gophers, as a team, won four of six events, and swept the top-three places in winning the vault. Behind Steele was sophomore Tim Koehler in second with a 9.250 and Bill Callahan in third with a 9.100. Callahan also captured the horizontal bar title with a score of 8.900.
Minnesota has now posted wins in the past four meets over Michigan, Temple, Illinois-Chicago and Nebraska to move to 7-7 overall on the year and 2-3 in the Big Ten.
The Golden Gophers next compete at the Big Ten Championships on Friday- Saturday, March 23-24, at Penn State University.
Team Scores 1. Minnesota, 207.550 2. Nebraska, 205.650 Floor Exercise: 1. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 9.300; 2. Grant Clinton, Nebraska, 8.900; 2. Bill Callahan, Minnesota, 8.900. Other Minnesota finishers: 4. Bob Goss, 8.850; 7. Nitzberg, 8.700; 10. Todd Guilbeau, 8.350; 11. Clay Strother, 7.850. Pommel Horse: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.550; 2. Jason Hardabura, Nebraska, 8.650; 3. Allen Sopko, Minnesota, 8.250. Other Minnesota finishers: 4. Eric Steele, 8.200; 6. Mitch Griffin, 8.150; 6. Todd Guilbeau, 8.150; 8. Bob Goss, 8.100. Still Rings: 1. Grant Clinton, Nebraska, 9.150; 2. Steve Friedman, Nebraska, 8.800; 2. Jason Hardabura, Nebraska, 8.800. Minnesota finishers: 4. Eric Steele, 8.700; 4. Tim Koehler, 8.700; 6. Gabe Suarez, 8.600; 8. Allen Sopko, 8.100; 10. Todd Guilbeau. Vault: 1. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 9.550; 2. Tim Koehler, Minnesota, 9.250; 3. Bill Callahan, Minnesota, 9.100. Other Minnesota finishers: 8. Todd Guilbeau, 8.850; 11. Bob Goss, 8.550. Parallel Bars: 1. Mitch Griffin, Minnesota, 8.650; 1. Ryan Sneed, Nebraska, 8.650; 1. Steve Friedman, Nebraska, 8.650; 1. Martin Fournier, Nebraska, 8.650. Other Minnesota finishers: 5. Bill Callahan, 8.600; 7. Todd Guilbeau, 7.950; 9. Bob Goss, 7.700; 10. Eric Steele, 7.500; 11. Tim Koehler, 7.050. Horizontal Bar: 1. Bill Callahan, Minnesota, 8.900; 2. Todd Guilbeau, Minnesota, 8.750; 3. Jason Hardabura, Nebraska, 8.700. Other Minnesota finishers: 4. Josh Nitzberg, 8.300; 9. Eric Steele, 7.950; 10. Tim Koehler, 7.200. All-Around: 1. Jason Hardabura, Nebraska, 52.650; 2. Steve Friedman, Nebraska, 51.450; 3. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 51.200; 4. Todd Guilbeau, Minnesota, 49.950; 5. Martin Fournier, Nebraska, 49.400; 6. Tim Koehler, Minnesota, 32.200; 7. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 17.400.
