University of Minnesota Athletics
Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships Wrap-Up
3/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
On the floor exercise, Bhavsar posted a 9.4875 to win the individual title, edging Minnesota's Guillermo Alvarez and Penn State's Kevin Donohue, who scored 9.400 to tie for second place.
On pommel horse, Bhavsar tied for the Big Ten title with Michigan's Jamie Hertz for the title with scores of 9.400. Illinois' Ryan Schwartzkopf was third at 9.225.
In the vaulting competition, Minnesota's Eric Steele won for the individual title for the second straight year, scoring a 9.425. Donohue took second place again for Penn State, scoring a 9.4125, followed by Minnesota's Clay Strother with a 9.300. On the rings, Penn State's Kevin Tan claimed his first Big Ten individual title, scoring a 9.600, edging Michigan's Conan Parzuchowski (9.550). Bhavsar had another excellent routine, finishing third with a score of 9.525.
Donohue continued an excellent Championships, winning the horizontal bar with a score of 9.4375. The next closest competitor was Strother for Minnesota, scoring a 9.100 to finish second.
Donohue also won the parallel bars competition with a score of 9.125 while his teammate, Tan, placed second at 9.0375.
Floor exercise results: 1. Raj Bhavsar, OSU, 9.4875 2. Guillermo Alvarez, MINN, 9.400 Kevin Donohue, PSU, 9.400 4. Dick Huntwork, OSU, 9.0125 5. Eddie Umphrey, MICH, 8.800 6. Daniel Diaz-Luong, MICH, 8.625 7. Randy Monahan, OSU, 8.475 8. Matt Abboud, PSU, 8.425 9. Eric Steele, MINN, 8.250
Pommel horse results: 1. Jamie Hertz, MICH, 9.400 Raj Bhavsar, OSU, 9.400 3. Ryan Schwartzkopf, ILL, 9.225 4. Don Jackson, IOWA, 9.175 5. Kevin Donohue, PSU, 9.125 6. John Plante, ILL, 8.800 7. Ben Newman, ILL, 8.525 8. Matt Abboud, PSU, 8.275 9. Clay Strother, MINN, 7.85
Still Rings results: 1. Kevin Tan, PSU, 9.60 2. Conan Parzuchowski, MICH, 9.55 3. Raj Bhavsar, OSU, 9.525 4. Sean-Paul Crawford, ILL, 9.3750 5. John Ketchen, ILL, 9.3625 6. Justin Toman, MICH, 9.2375 7. Matthew Metzger, IOWA, 9.05 8. Daniel Diaz-Luong, MICH, 8.675
Vault results: 1. Eric Steele, MINN, 9.425 2. Kevin Donohue, PSU, 9.4125 3. Clay Strother, MINN, 9.300 4. Scott Wetterling, ILL, 9.250 5. Brad Kenna, MICH, 9.2375 6. Scott Wetterling, ILL, 9.250 7. John Ketchen, ILL, 9.1625 8. Cameron Schick, IOWA, 9.075 9. Ludwig Kern, PSU, 8.7625
Parallel Bars results: 1. Kevin Donohue, PSU, 9.125 2. Kevin Tan, PSU, 9.0625 3. John Ketchen, ILL, 8.8625 4. Justin Toman, MICH, 8.800 5. Matt Abboud, PSU, 8.775 6. Raj Bhavsar, OSU, 8.7625 7. Kerry Adderly, OSU, 8.550 8. Randy Monahan, OSU, 8.250 9. Bill Callahan, MINN, 7.75 Daniel Diaz-Luong, MICH, scratched
Horizontal Bar results: 1. Kevin Donohue, PSU, 9.4375 2. Clay Strother, MINN, 9.100 3. Duke Van Vleet, PSU, 8.975 4. Bob Rogers, ILL, 8.800 5. Randy Monahan, OSU, 8.525 6. Kris Zimmerman, MICH, 8.400 Raj Bhavsar, OSU, scratched Daniel Diaz-Luong, MICH, scratched Attendance: Friday (726), Saturday (614)
