University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Moves Up to Top 5
2/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 18, 2014
By Ben Gotz, Athletic Communications Student Assistant
MINNEAPOLIS - After posting a season-high team score in their meet last weekend against Iowa and Nebraska, the Gopher men's gymnastics team has moved up one place in the GymInfo national rankings to No. 5 this week.
The Gophers also moved up one place in the national coaches poll to be No. 5 as well. Minnesota improved its three-meet average by over three points with this weekend's results, giving the squad an average score of 435.600.
The rest of the top five is made up of No. 1 Oklahoma (445.050), No. 2 Michigan (441.900), No. 3 Ohio State (440.050) and No. 4 Stanford (439.200). Oklahoma and Michigan have occupied the top two spots for five weeks straight, while Ohio State and Stanford swapped places from last week.
Just below the Gophers are No. 6 Illinois (434.033), No. 7 Penn State (433.167) and No. 8 Iowa (427.983), the Gophers' opponent from a week ago.
Below is how the Gophers stack up against the national leaders in each event as a team and as individuals in the national rankings for the week of Feb. 17.
TEAM RANKINGS
Floor Exercise
1. Oklahoma - 76.200
3. Minnesota - 74.133
Pommel Horse
1. Oklahoma - 74.500
7. Minnesota - 71.133
Still Rings
1. Oklahoma - 75.150
7. Minnesota - 73.750
Vault
1. Oklahoma - 74.167
4. (T) Minnesota, Michigan & Ohio State - 73.917
Parallel Bars
1. Oklahoma - 74.517
5. Minnesota - 72.700
High Bar
1. Ohio State - 73.950
7. Minnesota - 71.817
TOP 20 INVIDUALS RANKINGS
Floor Exercise
1. Alec Robin, Oklahoma - 15.467
9. Sean Bauer, Minnesota - 15.200
18. Zach Liebler, Minnesota - 14.967
Pommel Horse
1. Michael Newburger, Ohio State - 15.667
3. Ellis Mannon, Minnesota - 15.233
13. Paul Montague Jr., Minnesota - 14.767
Still Rings
1. Michael Squires, Oklahoma - 16.033
18. Jack Metcalf, Minnesota - 14.917
Vault
1. Tristan Duverglas, Penn State - 15.350
8. Zack Chase, Minnesota - 15.067
15. Matt Frey, Minnesota - 14.833
18. Sean Bauer, Minnesota - 14.867
Parallel Bars
1. Syque Caesar, Michigan - 15.500
6. Matt Frey, Minnesota - 15.083
7. Steve Jaciuk, Minnesota - 15.067
High Bar
1. Jordan Valdez, Illinois - 15.450
14. (T) Daniel DiBenedetto, Minnesota & Kyle Zemeir, California - 14.700
19. Sam Wright, Minnesota - 14.583
All-Around
1. Akash Modi, Stanford - 88.867
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