University of Minnesota Athletics
2015-16 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Paul Montague
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hartland, Wis.
- High School:
- Arrowhead HS
2016 - Senior Season: Tied for third on still rings (14.750) at the Windy City Invitational (1/17) - finished first on parallel bars (14.950) and second on pommel horse (14.100) and still rings (14.700) vs. Penn State (1/23) - placed first on still rings (14.600), second on pommel horse (14.300), high bar (14.650) and parallel bars (14.900) vs. Nebraska (1/30)- placed first on high bar (14.950), second on still rings (14.500) and third on parallel bars (14.550) at Air Force (2/6) - claimed second on still rings (14.850), fourth on parallel bars (14.900) and third on high bar (14.750) vs. Canada/Iowa/Illinois/Stanford (2/13) - competed on pommel horse (14.350), still rings (14.350), parallel bars (14.250) and high bar (13.800) at Oklahoma (2/27) - earned his first career all-around title (85.150) and won titles on still rings (14.900) and high bar (15.00) vs. UIC (3/5) - placed first on still rings (15.050) and parallel bars (15.250) at Nebraska/Iowa (3/20)- competed on pommel horse, high bar and parallel bars at Big Ten Championships(4/2) - tallied a 14.250 on pommel horse, 14.450 on still rings, 14.700 on parallel bars and a 14.400 on high bar at day one of NCAA Championships (4/15) - notched an 11.500 on pommel horse, 14.350 on still rings, 13.500 on parallel bars and 14.440 on high bar at day two of NCAA Championships (4/16) - earned the Gophers' Most Valuable Gymnast award .Â
2015 - Junior Season: Co-Captain of the 2014-2015 season - appeared in all eight regular-season meets plus the Big Ten and NCAA Championships and competed on pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars and high bar - finished within the top 10 of the conference on pommel horse (13.80) and 4th overall on parallel bars, earning a season-high score of 14.975 in the process at the Big Ten Event Finals (3/28) - earned first place on pommel horse at the first regular-season home meet (14.45) (1/24) - tallied the top Minnesota score vs. Illinois on the pommel horse (14.350) (1/31) - notched season-high score on the still rings vs. UIC/Neb (2/7) - season-high pommel horse score (14.8) earned vs. Stan/Cal (2/28) - season-high still rings score of 15.05 tallied vs. Iowa/Neb (2/14) - earned third varsity letter - claimed first on parallel bars with a 15.100 at Iowa (3/12).
2014 - Sophomore Season: Received Gophers' Most Improved Gymnast Award - advanced to the second day of competition at the NCAA championships on pommel horse and finished 21st with a score of 14.650 (4/11) - competed on pommel horse (14.300), still rings (14.500), parallel bars (14.000) and high bar (12.350) at the NCAA Qualifier (4/11) - competed on pommel horse (12.550), rings (career-high 14.900), parallel bars (14.700) and high bar (13.400) at the Big Ten team finals (3/28) - competed in nine meets on four events and earned career-high scores on all four events - set career high with 14.800 as parallel bars champion against Oklahoma (1/25) - set career highs on pommel horse (15.100) and high bar (14.000) and was co-champion on pommel horse at Air Force (2/8) - earned second varsity letter.
2013 - Freshman Season: Made collegiate debut at Iowa (2/8), finishing with a season-high on the parallel bars - awarded Spirit of the Gopher Gymnastics award - earned a season-high on rings at Oklahoma (2/16) with a 14.450 - finished with a score of 14.050 on rings at Nebraska (3/16) - took 18th on bars (14.550) at Big Ten Championship - competed on pommel horse (12.750) and rings (14.450) at NCAA qualifier - earned first varsity letter.
High School/Club: Graduated from Arrowhead High School - finished 25th in the all-around at the 2012 Junior Nation Championships - 2012 Wisconsin state champion in pommel horse and vault - also finished second in the all-around and parallel bars - 2010 Wisconsin state champion on the still rings - finished second in the all-around in 2010 - competed in club competition for Swiss Turner's Gymnastics.
Personal: Son of Paul and Tracy Montague - has a younger sister, Maya - born July 15, 1994 - majoring in Applied Economics.
