University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Remain No. 5 Nationally
2/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 25, 2014
By Ben Gotz, Athletic Communications Student Assistant
MINNEAPOLIS - With most teams on a break due to the Winter Cup last weekend, the Gophers stayed at No. 5 in the GymInfo national rankings this week. Minnesota fell one place to No. 6 in the coaches poll.
The Gophers three-meet average of 435.600 remains ahead of Big Ten Conference rivals No. 6 Illinois (434.033), No. 7 Penn State (433.167) and No. 8 Iowa (431.683), but behind top-ranked Oklahoma (445.050), No. 2 Michigan (441.900) and No. 3 Ohio State (440.050). No. 4 Stanford (439.200) rounds out the top 10.
Individual rankings did change however, to reflect competition at the Winter Cup, with several Gophers moving around in the rankings.
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. 24.
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 and 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 INDIVIDUALS RANKINGS
Floor Exercise
1. (T) Alec Robin, Oklahoma and Chandler Eggleston, Illinois - 15.467
10. Sean Bauer, Minnesota - 15.200
19. (T) Zach Liebler, Minnesota and Presten Ellsworth, Oklahoma - 14.967
Pommel Horse
1. Michael Newburger, Ohio State - 15.667
3. Ellis Mannon, Minnesota - 15.233
14. (T) Paul Montague Jr., Minnesota and Alec Robin, Oklahoma - 14.767
Still Rings
1. Michael Squires, Oklahoma - 16.033
19. Jack Metcalf, Minnesota - 14.917
Vault
1. Tristan Duverglas, Penn State - 15.350
10. Zack Chase, Minnesota - 15.067
17. (T) Matt Frey, Minnesota and Logan Melander, Ohio State - 14.883
20. 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
16. (T) Daniel DiBenedetto, Minnesota and Kyle Zemeir, California - 14.700
20. Sam Wright, Minnesota - 14.583
All-Around
1. Akash Modi, Stanford - 88.867
11. Ellis Mannon, Minnesota - 84.967
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