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Minnesota Wins on the Road against Air Force
1/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 28, 2012
The Minnesota men's gymnastics team had a solid performance on the road today against the Air Force Academy.
The Gophers scored their highest point total of the season so far. They beat Air Force by a final score of 345.4-337.7.
"Both teams performed well," head coach Mike Burns said. "We made a lot of improvements from last week's performances, and that feels great. It's definitely nice to get a good score under our belt, especially on the road."
The team not only improved on their overall score, but increased their hit percentage as well. On five of the six events, Minnesota had the top-scoring gymnast.
They started the meet on the pommel horse, an event they performed poorly on last week. But they were able to rebound as freshman Ellis Mannon led the team with a 14.5. Mannon won the event. Teammate John Scallon came in second.
Josh Wokurka won the floor exercise with a 14.7. Workurka was also part of a three-way tie for first on the high bar along with freshman Steve Jaciuk.
For the second consecutive week Zack Chase was the champion on vault, scoring a 14.7. Adam Kern came in second with a 14.6.
Senior Russell Dabritz had another solid competition and hit all four of his events. Dabritz finished first on the parallel bars with a 15.1 and second on the still rings with a 14.8.
The team was also excited to see Harris Coleman return to the lineup after recovering from a series of injuries. Coleman hit his routines on both floor and pommel horse.
"Overall, I'm very happy with everything," Burns said. "The most important thing is that we are improving from week to week, but there is still a lot we can work on. This meet definitely increased our confidence and left us feeling good."
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