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Saturday, January 18
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Windy City Invitational
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Meet Preview: Windy City Invitational
1/16/2020 2:48:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
Video Preview: Burns Turn 1/14
The Minnesota men's gymnastics team hits the road again this weekend for the 50th Windy City Invitational in Chicago, Ill.
The event, hosted by UIC, is a perennial premier meet for college teams and the No. 7 Gophers will face off against No. 19 host UIC, No. 1 and reigning national champion Stanford, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Iowa and Northern Illinois.
"We're going to have a lot of guys in the lineup that weren't competing [last weekend in] Colorado due to sickness, injury, stuff like that, so we'll see a lot of fresh faces out there," sophomore and Aurora, Ill. native Matt Sullivan said. "We're excited, we obviously didn't have the meet we wanted last weekend, but we're on an upward trend and I think we're going to go out there and kill it."
The meet will be hosted at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago and is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Gophers will start on pommel horse, as they did last weekend. With seven teams competing on the day, there will be a bye rotation.
Minnesota is opening its 2020 season with the same two meets that it did last season, the Windy City Invite and the Rocky Mountain Open, and the team placed third at both. The Gophers again posted a third place finish in Colorado, with five gymnasts making their first regular season appearances.
"At the end of the day, it's easy to look at just the mistakes and think that it was a bit of a failure, and we had those moments. But I think overall it was a decent meet," head coach Mike Burns said. "It was a starting point, and the best thing about it is that we can go up."
Live scoring for the meet can be found via Road To Nationals, and fans can keep up with the Gophers' weekend on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For a full rundown of last weekend's meet, a preview of Windy City, and updates on the Big Ten Championships, be sure to tune into the latest edition of Burns Turn on Facebook.
Last Time Out
The Gophers scored 391.250 and took third for the second year in a row at the Rocky Mountain Open last Saturday, their season debut. Sophomore David Pochinka came away with the parallel bars title (14.200) and senior captain Timmy Kutyla tied for second on high bar with a career-high score of 13.900. Sophomore Mike Moran competed all-around for the Gophers and scored 77.900 for seventh place, and also registered career highs on floor (14.450) and rings (13.100).
Gophers in the Rankings
Minnesota was ranked No. 7 this week in both the coaches poll and by Road to Nationals and has top 10 ranks on five events: No. 4 on parallel bars (66.900), No. 6 on floor (66.500), No. 8 on rings (64.850), No. 9 on vault (69.800) and No. 10 on high bar (61.500). There are four Gophers ranked in the top 10 individually. Pochinka comes in at No. 2 on parallel bars and posted the second-highest score in the nation after one week. Kutyla and Moran both boast No. 3 ranks on high bar and floor, respectively, and junior Colton Dee is No. 9 on vault. Sullivan also found his way into the rankings following his first-ever regular season meet, and is currently No. 18 on pommel horse.
The Road Ahead
The Gophers make their return to Maturi Pavilion and begin defense of their 2019 Big Ten regular season title with a match-up against Illinois on Friday, Jan. 24. The meet is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are now available through Gopher Sports, and the meet will also be available to stream live via BTN + (subscription required). The University of Minnesota also put tickets on sale for the 2020 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships this week, which will take place on April 3-4 at the Pav. Single session and all-session tickets can be purchased via Gopher Sports.
The Minnesota men's gymnastics team hits the road again this weekend for the 50th Windy City Invitational in Chicago, Ill.
The event, hosted by UIC, is a perennial premier meet for college teams and the No. 7 Gophers will face off against No. 19 host UIC, No. 1 and reigning national champion Stanford, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Iowa and Northern Illinois.
"We're going to have a lot of guys in the lineup that weren't competing [last weekend in] Colorado due to sickness, injury, stuff like that, so we'll see a lot of fresh faces out there," sophomore and Aurora, Ill. native Matt Sullivan said. "We're excited, we obviously didn't have the meet we wanted last weekend, but we're on an upward trend and I think we're going to go out there and kill it."
The meet will be hosted at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago and is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Gophers will start on pommel horse, as they did last weekend. With seven teams competing on the day, there will be a bye rotation.
Minnesota is opening its 2020 season with the same two meets that it did last season, the Windy City Invite and the Rocky Mountain Open, and the team placed third at both. The Gophers again posted a third place finish in Colorado, with five gymnasts making their first regular season appearances.
"At the end of the day, it's easy to look at just the mistakes and think that it was a bit of a failure, and we had those moments. But I think overall it was a decent meet," head coach Mike Burns said. "It was a starting point, and the best thing about it is that we can go up."
Live scoring for the meet can be found via Road To Nationals, and fans can keep up with the Gophers' weekend on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For a full rundown of last weekend's meet, a preview of Windy City, and updates on the Big Ten Championships, be sure to tune into the latest edition of Burns Turn on Facebook.
Last Time Out
The Gophers scored 391.250 and took third for the second year in a row at the Rocky Mountain Open last Saturday, their season debut. Sophomore David Pochinka came away with the parallel bars title (14.200) and senior captain Timmy Kutyla tied for second on high bar with a career-high score of 13.900. Sophomore Mike Moran competed all-around for the Gophers and scored 77.900 for seventh place, and also registered career highs on floor (14.450) and rings (13.100).
Gophers in the Rankings
Minnesota was ranked No. 7 this week in both the coaches poll and by Road to Nationals and has top 10 ranks on five events: No. 4 on parallel bars (66.900), No. 6 on floor (66.500), No. 8 on rings (64.850), No. 9 on vault (69.800) and No. 10 on high bar (61.500). There are four Gophers ranked in the top 10 individually. Pochinka comes in at No. 2 on parallel bars and posted the second-highest score in the nation after one week. Kutyla and Moran both boast No. 3 ranks on high bar and floor, respectively, and junior Colton Dee is No. 9 on vault. Sullivan also found his way into the rankings following his first-ever regular season meet, and is currently No. 18 on pommel horse.
The Road Ahead
The Gophers make their return to Maturi Pavilion and begin defense of their 2019 Big Ten regular season title with a match-up against Illinois on Friday, Jan. 24. The meet is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are now available through Gopher Sports, and the meet will also be available to stream live via BTN + (subscription required). The University of Minnesota also put tickets on sale for the 2020 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships this week, which will take place on April 3-4 at the Pav. Single session and all-session tickets can be purchased via Gopher Sports.
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