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Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships Team Competition Wrap-up

3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics

tiLed by Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State claimed the 2002 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics title for the second straight year this evening at the Sports Pavilion. Bhavsar scored 56.000 points to claim the all-around title. Ohio State led with 218.100 points, followed by Michigan (215.100), Penn State (214.600) and Minnesota (214.525). The Championships continue tomorrow with the individual event finals at 7 p.m.

Penn State's Kevin Donohue finished second in the all-around competition behind Bhavsar with 54.525 points and Minnesota's Clay Strother was third with 54.375 points.

Ohio State posted the top team score on three of the six apparatus. On the floor exercise, Buckeye Dick Huntwork posted the top score at 9.675. Penn State's Kevin Donohue was second at 9.600. The Buckeyes also won the pommel horse with 36.650 points although Strother posted the top score at 9.600. Michigan had the top score on the rings at 37.075 as five of its six competitors placed in the top 11. Bhavsar had the top individual score of 9.550. Minnesota had the top vault score at 214.525, led by Strother and Eric Steele at 9.525. Ohio State won the parallel bars with a team score of 35.900, led again by Bhavsar (9.300) and Michigan had the top score on the high bar, led by Kris Zimmerman with a 9.500.

For complete results of the Big Ten Championships, please log onto www.bigten.org.

Team Scores: Ohio State, 218.100 Michigan, 215.100 Penn State, 214.600 Minnesota, 214.525 Illinois, 213.575 Iowa, 212.700

All-Around Top Scores: 1. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State-56.000 2. Kevin Donohue, Penn State-54.525 3. Clay Strother, Minnesota-54.375 4. Daniel Diaz-Luong, Michigan-53.625 5. Guillermo Alvarez, Minnesota-53.250 6. Justin Toman, Michigan-53.050 7. Dick Huntwork, Ohio State-52.825 8. Randy Monahan, Ohio State-52.625 9. Kris Zimmerman, Michigan-52.550 10. Andy Thornton, Iowa-51.900

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