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1 2013 schedule DATE/OPPONENT TIMES/RESULT JANUARY 11 Alumni Meet L, at Windy City Invitational 4th of 6, Air Force W, FEBRUARY 2 Nebraska/UIC 1st of 3, Winter Cup No team results 8 at Iowa L, Winter Cup No team results 16 at Oklahoma L, at UIC W, MARCH 2 Iowa W, at Illinois L, at Nebraska/Iowa 1st of 3, Penn State L, APRIL 5 Big Ten Championships 7 p.m. 6 Big Ten Championships 7 p.m. 19 NCAA Qualifying Round All Day 20 NCAA Team Finals 7 p.m. 21 NCAA Individual Finals 2 p.m. Minnesota in The Big Ten Championships Team Championships 21 (1903, 1907, 1910, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1976, 1997, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995) Individual Championships 101 Individual Event Championships 75 All-Around Championships 26 Last Minnesota Big Ten Champion Floor Exercise Clay Strother (2003) Pommel Horse Kit Beikmann (2007) Still Rings Tim LaFleur (1977) Vault Zack Chase (2011) Parallel Bars John Roethlisberger (1991) High Bar Brian Ottenhoft (1991) All Around John Roethlisberger (1993) 2013 Big Ten ChAMPionshiPs Date: April 5-6 Site: Minneapolis Venue: Sports Pavilion Friday, April 5 Time: 7 p.m. Event: Team / All-Around Competition Saturday, April 6 Time: 7 p.m. Event: Individual Competition Five Things You need To Know 1 Television: Big Ten Network: Mike Wolf (Play-By-Play) John Roethlisberger (Analyst) Rob Brown (Sideline) Minnesota hosts the Big Ten Men s Gymnastics Championships this weekend. The Gophers, who are ranked No. 7 in the nation, will welcome No. 1 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Illinois, No. 8 Iowa and No. 10 Nebraska to the Sports Pavilion for the annual conference championship. Illinois is the defending Big Ten champion and NCAA champion. Minnesota, which has won 21 Big Ten titles, last won a conference crown in The Big Ten Championships feature seven of the top 10 teams in th nation. All seven Big Ten teams are ranked in the top 10 in floor exercise, parallel bars and high bar. Six teams are ranked in the top 10 in pommel horse, still rings and vault, with Iowa (pommel horse), Nebraska (still rings) and Illinois (vault) being the exceptions. Individually, the top-ranked Gymnasts on still rings (Mike Wilner of Illinois), vault (Tristan Duverglas of Penn State), parallel bars (Felix Aronovich of Penn State) and high bar (Wasef Burbar of Penn State) will be competing this week. 3 As a team, the Gophers have competed in 10 meets this year. They have faced a Big Ten opponent in seven of those meets and have competed against every Big Ten foes at least once this year. Minnesota s most common Big Ten rival this year has been Iowa, as the Gophers have faced the Hawkeyes in four meets this year. Minnesota holds a 3-1 record against Iowa this season, having beaten the Hawkeyes at the Windy City Invitational, at home and at a tri-meet at Nebraska. The Gophers lone loss to Iowa came on the road and took place during a weekend when both squads had gymnasts at the Winter Cup in Las Vegas. Minnesota has faced Nebraska twice this year and is 2-0 against the Cornhuskers. The Gophers fell on the road at Illinois this year and also finished behind the Illini at the Windy City Invitational. Minnesota dropped a home meet to Penn State and also placed behind Ohio State and Michigan at the season-opening Windy City Invitational. 4 Minnesota is led by sophomores Steve Jaciuk and Ellis Mannon. Jaciuk is ranked third in the nation in high bar and sixth on parallel bars. Jaciuk beat Penn State s duo of No. 1 Wasef Burbar and No.2 Matt Felleman on the high bar when the Nittany Lions visited Minneapolis on March 23. His best score on high bar this year is , which he recorded at Oklahoma on Feb. 16. Jaciuk has topped the mark twice this year on high bar eclipsed the mark six times. Jaciuk s top score on parallel bars this year was Mannon was ranked No. 21 on pommel horse on Jan. 21, but moved his way to No. 3 after topping five times this season, including in each of his last four meets. 5 Junior Zack Chase, who was the Big Ten champion on vault as a freshman in 2011, is doubtful for competition this weekend as he is recovering from an injury suffered Feb. 24 at UIC. Chase is the most recent Gopher to win a Big Ten title Top Performances TEAM EVENT MEET SCORE Floor Exercise vs. Penn State Pommel Horse at Nebraska Still Rings at Oklahoma Vault vs. Nebraska/UIC Parallel Bars at Nebraska High Bar vs. Nebraska/UIC Team Total at Oklahoma INDIVIDUAL EVENT GYMNAST MEET SCORE Floor Exercise Sean Bauer at Oklahoma Pommel Horse Ellis Mannon at Nebraska Still Rings Steve Jaciuk at Oklahoma Vault Zack Chase vs. Air Force Adam Kern at Iowa Parallel Bars Steve Jaciuk at Nebraska High Bar Steve Jaciuk at Oklahoma

2 gopher gymnastics gophers At home (Minnesota s scores for its four home meets in 2013; season high home scores in bold) Jan. 26 vs. Air Force Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar Overall Feb. 2 vs. Nebraska and UIC Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar Overall March 2 vs. Iowa Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar Overall March 23 vs. Penn State Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar Overall Home Averages Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar Overall Coach Mike Burns Mike Burns is in his eighth season as head coach of Minnesota. In just his third year at the helm (2007), Burns led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Team Finals for the first time since Burns, a native of Norwood, Mass., came to the Gophers from Michigan where he was assistant men's coach since Burns received the National Assistant Coach of the Year award in 1999 and Prior to his stint in Ann Arbor, Mich., Burns was assistant coach at the University of Iowa from 1980 to 1991, where he was named the 1989 National Assistant Coach of the Year, Burns, who is a 1981 Penn State graduate, was also a member of the USA National Team coaching staff from in The Rankings (Minnesota s team rankings during the 2013 season) Date Team FX PH SR V PB HB Preseason Jan. 14 NR Jan T2 Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb March March March March April Big Ten Championsips gyminfo national Rankings Team Team 4 Ave. Conference 1. Penn State Big Ten 2. Oklahoma MPSF 3. Michigan Big Ten 4. Stanford MPSF 5. Ohio State Big Ten 6. Illinois Big Ten 7. Minnesota Big Ten 8. Iowa Big Ten 9. California MPSF 10. Nebraska Big Ten 11. Air Force MPSF 12. William & Mary EIGL 13. Temple EIGL 14. Army EIGL 15. UIC EIGL Minnesota By event Event Rank 4 Ave. Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar gophers in The Top 20 Event Gymnast Rank 4 Ave. Floor Exercise Sean Bauer T Pommel Horse Ellis Mannon Harris Coleman Vault Adam Kern T Parallel Bars Steve Jaciuk High Bar Steve Jaciuk Daniel DiBenedetto MinnesoTA RosTeR Name Yr. Events Hometown (High School) Club Team Sean Bauer So. FX, V, SR, HB St. Louis, MO (De Smet Jesuit HS) St. Louis Gymnastics Center Steffen Beck Jr. PH, SR Tampa, FL (H.B. Plant HS) LaFleur's Tampa Gymnastics Donnie Carper So. V, PB, HB Hollis, NH (Hollis Brookline HS) Gymnastics Village Zack Chase Jr. FX, SR, V Woodinville, WA (Woodinville HS) Cascade Elite Gymnastics Harris Coleman R-Jr. FX, PH, PB, HB Gainesville, FL (Gainesville HS) Sun Coast Gymnastics Daniel DiBenedetto Fr. AA Vernon, Conn. (Rockville High School) Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics Michael Farquhar Fr. SR, PB Elgin, Ill. (Westminster Christian High School) Bartlett Gymnastics Club Nathan Fortunato Jr. PH, PB Bedford, OH (Home-schooled) Gymnastics World Matt Frey Jr. FX, V, PB Bradenton, FL (Pendleton HS) South Florida Gymnastics Steve Jaciuk So. AA New Berlin, WI (Eisenhower HS) Swiss Turners Gymnastics Adam Kern Jr. FX, PH, V Albuquerque, NM (Eldorado HS) Sandia Acrobatic Gymnastics Adam LaFleur R-Sr. FX, V, PB New Brighton, MN (Irondale HS) Midwest Gymnastics Ellis Mannon So. AA Indianapolis, IN (North Central HS) Indy School of Gymnastics Jack Metcalf R-Fr. SR Waukesha, WI (Lake Country Lutheran HS) Salto Gymnastics Paul Montague Fr. AA Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead High School) Swiss Turner's Gymnastics Club Justin Morinishi Jr. FX, PH, V, HB Chesterfield, MO (Marquette HS) St. Louis Gym Centre Nick Olson Fr. FX, V Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North High School) Minnesota Valley Gymnastics Club John Scallon Jr. PH Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows HS) Bartlett Gymnastics Spencer Smith So. PH, PB, HB Olympia, WA (Insight School of Washington) Metropolitan Gymnastics Josh Wokurka R-Jr. AA Lombard, IL (Willowbrook HS) Barlett Gymnastics Center Head Coach: Mike Burns Assistant Coach: Kostya Kolesnikov Assistant Coach: Russ Fystrom

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