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1 ohio state athletics Communications Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, Ohio Big Ten Championship Notes Big Ten Network will broadcast championships live Friday and Saturday No. 6 Ohio State at 2012 Big ten men s gymnastics championships Meet information Head Coach... Rustam Sharipov Year at OSU/Record...1st/6-7 overall Assistant Coach... Casimiro Suarez Assistant Coach... Bob Gauthier Record...(6-7, 4-4 Big Ten) GYMInfo Ranking... 6 Date... April 6-7 Time...7 p.m. CT (both nights) Place... Iowa City, Iowa Site...Carver-Hawkeye Arena TV...BTN (Live) Championship Central... OHIO STATE men s gymnastics NOTES April 6-7 // 2012 Big Ten Championships // Carver-Hawkeye Arena // Iowa City, Iowa buckeye bits YouTube: youtube.com/buckeyegymnastics2 Facebook: facebook.com/ohiostatemensgymnastics Twitter:twitter.com/OhioState_MGYM Ohio State Men s gymnastics three-time ncaa champions Schedule/Results Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Jan. 14 at Windy City 1 1st/6; Jan. 21 vs. Oklahoma L; Feb. 2 at Winter Cup Challenge 2 NTS Feb. 4 at Winter Cup Challenge 2 NTS Feb. 18 at Michigan* 2nd; Feb. 25 vs. Penn State* L; March 2 at Illinois* L; March 9 vs. Stanford l; March 24 vs. Minnesota*, Oklahoma 3 3rd; April 6-7 at Big Ten Championships (BTN) 4 7 p.m. CT April 19 NCAA Championships Qualifier 5 TBA April 20 NCAA Championships Team/AA TBA April 21 NCAA Championships (Event) TBA All Home Meets take place at St. John Arena; All Times local; 1 Chicago, Ill.; 2 Las Vegas, Nev.; 3 Saint Paul, Minn.; 4 Iowa City, Iowa; 5 Norman, Okla. *Big Ten Opponent OhioStateBuckeyes.com SETTING THE SCENE The No. 6 Ohio State men s gymnastics team will compete at the 2012 Big Ten Men s Gymnastics Championships this weekend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. LIVE ON BTN The Big Ten Network will air the 2012 Big Ten Men s Gymnastics Championships live with Mike Wolf on the play-by-play, John Roethlisberger as the analyst and Rob Brown on the sidelines. Start time for both nights are at 8 p.m. ET beginning with the team championships Friday followed by the individual event finals Saturday. NISSEN-EMERY AWARD FINALIST Senior captain Ty Echard was named a 2012 Nissen-Emery Award Finalist March 21 by the College Gymnastics Association. The Scarlet and Gray have produced a candidate to the award s finalists list 11 of the last 14 seasons. Echard was named an All-American in both the 2009 and 2011 campaigns after placing third on pommel horse in both the 2009 and 2011 NCAA Championships. A two-time All-Big Ten honoree, Echard holds the school record on the event with a 15.9 set in his final meet at St. John Arena against Stanford March 9. Overall, Echard has won 12 pommel horse titles in his career. FLASHBACK: 2011 BIG TEN FINALS The Buckeyes placed third at the conference finals with a score last April at the 2011 Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill., marking the 24th-consecutive season the team has finished in the Top 4 at the conference championships. llinois won the title ( ) for the third-consecutive year, followed by Michigan in second place ( ). Penn State placed fourth with a followed by Minnesota in fifth ( ) and Iowa in sixth ( ). Highlighting the individual event finals was Brandon Wynn, who claimed the Big Ten title on rights for the second-consecutive seasons with a meet-high Joining Wynn on the podium was Mike Behles, who claimed his first-career Big Ten title on vault, sharing the crown with Zach Chase of Minnesota with a Behles is the first Buckeye to earn the conference title on vault since former Buckeye Daren Lynch shared the title during the 2000 campaign. In all, five Buckeyes earned medals at the league event finals to be named to the 2011 All- Big Ten teams. For Ohio State, Wynn earned his third-career first team All-Big Ten honor, while Behles was named a first team honoree for the first time in his career. Also claiming first team laurels was freshman Kris Done, who placed second overall in the all-around competition Friday night in the team championships. Ty Echard and Jeff Treleaven were named to the second team All-Big Ten list, while Done was the Buckeyes Sportsmanship honoree. athletics QUICK HITS Senior captain Ty Echard was named a 2012 Nissen-Emery Award Finalist this week by the College Gymnastics Association. The squad ranks No. 6 in the GymInfo national rankings released April 2 with a fourscore average. The Buckeyes are polled in the Top 10 in five of the six events. The Scarlet and Gray are third in the country on pommel horse with a four-score average. Senior captain Ty Echard is sixth in the nation on pommel horse with of four-score average. Sophomore Michael Newburger is tied for 10th overall (14.700). Echard helped the Buckeyes post a team record on pommel horse March 9 on Senior Night vs. No. 4 Stanford after scoring a school record 15.9 on the event. Junior captain Blaize Monks is 16th on high bar with a , while freshman Danny Steiner is

2 sixth in the nation on floor exercise with a Larry Mayer is 12th in the nation on vault with a four-score average. The Buckeyes posted a season-high team score vs. Oklahoma Jan. 21 in the season opener at St. John Arena. The Buckeye freshman class claimed 24 Top 5 finishes in the 2012 regular season. Steiner led the 2015 class with 11 Top 5 marks. Ohio State began the season winning the 2012 Windy City Invitational Jan. 14 with a team score. A FEW WORDS FROM SHARIPOV, NORK Rustam Sharipov, first season as head coach Previewing the championships The guys are excited for this meet. Gymnastics is like a marathon during the season and this is like the finish line when you get to the postseason. I think they are excited to see where they will end up and it will be another rehearsal for NCAAs since I don t think we will have any changes with our lineup. It s going to be interesting and I know a lot of teams have gone through a lot this year to get to this point in the season. Alex Nork Previewing the championships I m looking forward to seeing what the atmosphere will be like with all of the teams in one gymnasium. I think I ve most improved on high bar and I ve added another release and I ve increased my dismount. I think the off week has helped our endurance to get us ready for this point of the year. LAST TIME OUT The Buckeyes notched a team total to place third in a tri-meet against No. 1 Oklahoma ( ) and No. 5 Minnesota ( ) March 24 at the Sports Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minn. Head coach Rustam Sharipov was pleased with the team s performance as the squad hit 88 percent of its routines during the competition. Senior Ty Echard claimed his 12th career pommel horse title, collecting a for first overall, while redshirt sophomore Michael Newburger scored a to claim third place. Senior Mike Behles, who competed in his first meet of the season, tallied a on rings to tie for second overall. Behles, a native of Wayne, Ill., then led the squad on vault to for fourth with a On parallel bars, sophomore Misha Koudinov led the Buckeyes with a to tie for third place, while freshman Danny Steiner placed second overall on floor exercise with a BIG TEN PREASEASON POLL Ohio State was tabbed fourth by the Big Ten Conference coaches in a preseason poll released in December. Illinois was picked as the conference favorite, followed by Michigan, Penn State and Ohio State. Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa round out the preseason picks. For Ohio State, sophomores Kris Done and Misha Koudinov were named to the 14-member Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch list. ECHARD, MONKS NAMED 2012 CAP- TAINS Senior Ty Echard and junior Blaize Monks were named co-captains for the 2012 season. Echard, a two-time All-American on pommel horse, holds the program record on the event with a 15.9 set this year. Monks, a native of Noblesville, Ind., competed in three events for the team at the 2011 NCAA National Qualifer. He also placed eighth on high bar at the 2011 Big Ten Championship Event Finals. WINDY CITY CHAMPS The Buckeyes began the 2012 campaign with great success, winning the Windy City Invitational Jan. 15 in Chicago, Ill., with a team total score of The Buckeyes, which included five freshmen making their collegiate debuts, won the pommel horse (59.700) and vault (58.600) events en route to their first Windy City title since the 2006 season. The team claimed 13 Top 10 finishes including a first-place victory for senior Philip Onorato on vault with a score of Three gymnasts for the Buckeyes started their season setting new career highs. Sophomore Brandän Jones set career highs on both floor exercise (14.7) and pommel horse (13.8). Sophomore Misha Koudinov rang in a career-high 15.1 on floor, while redshirt sophomore Michael Newburger earned a then careerbest on pommel horse with a UP NEXT The Buckeyes will have a week off to prepare for the 2012 NCAA Championships April in Norman, Okla. sophomore jeff treleaven >> sophomore kris done >> R-Sophomore C.J. Magrum >> senior ty echard >> GYMINFO National RANKINGs april 2, 2012 (Four score average) Rank...School (Team 4 Average) 1... Penn State ( ) 2...Oklahoma ( ) 3...Stanford ( ) 4... Illinois ( ) 5... Minnesota ( ) 6... Ohio State ( ) 7... Nebraska ( ) 8...Michigan ( ) 9... Nebraska ( ) Temple ( ) 11...Iowa ( ) Air Force Academy ( ) UIC ( ) 14...William & Mary ( Army ( ) 16...Navy ( ) Springfield ( ) 18...Arizona State ( ) Brockport ( ) Washington ( )

3 2012 Ohio State Men s Gymnastics Season, Career Highs floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault parallel Bars High Bar All-Around Gymnast 2012 Career 2012 Career 2012 Career 2012 Career 2012 Career 2012 Career 2012 Career Matt Barr Mike Behles Mike Carney Bobby DiRugeris Kris Done Ty Echard Elliot Hardy Brandän Jones Misha Koudinov John Laing Larry Mayer Drew Moling Blaize Monks Michael Newburger Alex Nork Philip Onorato Troy Richert Danny Steiner Andrew Teal Neil Zyburt Bold score indicates team best; (#) indicates Top 10 finish No. 7 Ohio State at Windy City Invitational - 1st; (5-0; 4-0 Big Ten) Jan. 14, Chicago, Ill. Barr DiRugeris Done (8) (2) - Echard (2) Jones (T-10) (T-7) Koudinov (T-5) Laing (6) Mayer (T-3) Moling (7) - Monks (3) Newburger (T-3) Nork (9) Onorato (T-3) (1) Steiner (2) Team No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oklahoma - L; (5-1; 4-0 Big Ten) Jan. 21, Columbus, Ohio Barr Echard (1) Jones (4) Koudinov (2) (3) (5) - Laing Mayer (T-1) Moling (T-2) Monks (4) (2) - Newburger Nork (2) Onorato (5) Steiner (5) (T-5) Teal Team Ohio State at Winter Cup Challenge: Prelims Feb. 3, Las Vegas, Nev. Echard Ohio State at Winter Cup Challenge: Finals Feb. 5, Las Vegas, Nev. Echard Buckeyes Leading the Way April 2, by Four Score Average Floor fsa (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Daniel Steiner (6) 2. Misha Koudinov (T-9) 3. Blaize Monks (T-27) Pommel Horse FSA (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Ty Echard (6) 2. Michael Newburger (10) 3. Brandän Jones (T-32) 4. Alex Nork (35) 5. John Laing (T-36) Rings fsa (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Drew Moling (22) 2. Philip Onorato (24) Vault fsa (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Larry Mayer (12) 2. Daniel Steiner (T-23) Parallel Bars FSA (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Misha Koudinov (T-24) High Bar fsa (NCAA Rank - Top 40) 1. Blaize Monks (16) 2. Drew Moling (T-37) individual event bests Event Score Individual opponent (Date) F Misha Koudinov vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 21) PH Ty Echard vs. Stanford (March 9) R Philip Onorato vs. Stanford (March 9) V Larry Mayer at Illinois (March 2) PB Misha Koudinov vs. Penn State (Feb. 25) HB Blaize Monks vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 21) AA Misha Koudinov vs. Stanford (March 9) team event bests Event Score O opponent (Date) F vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 21) PH vs. Stanford (March 9) R vs. Stanford (March 9) V at Illinois (March 2) PB vs. Penn State (Feb. 25) HB vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 21) TEAm vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 21)

4 Date osu Rank Opponent (Rank) osu Score Opp. Score Site overall Big Ten Jan Windy City Invitational (1st) Chicago, Ill. 7 4 Jan oklahoma (3) columbus, Ohio 2 2 Feb michigan (6) Ann Arbor, Mich. - - SUNY Brockport Feb penn State (2) columbus, Ohio - - March 2 5 Illinois (3) Champaign, Ill. 5 3 March 9 5 Stanford (4) columbus, Ohio 5 3 March 24 6 minnesota Norman, Oklahoma oklahoma April 6 Big Ten Team Championships Iowa City, Iowa April 19 NCAA Qualifier Norman, Okla. Ohio State at Michigan, SUNY Brockport- 2nd/3; (6-2; 4-1 Big Ten) Feb. 18, Ann Arbor Michigan Barr Echard Jones (T-4) Koudinov (T-2) Laing (3) Mayer (T-4) Moling (3) Monks (5) (T-4) Newburger (T-5) Nork (2) Onorato (4) Richert Steiner (T-1) (T-4) Teal Zyburt Team ] Ohio State vs Penn State - L; (6-3; 4-2 Big Ten) Feb. 25, Columbus, Ohio Barr Echard (5) Hardy Jones Koudinov (3) (2) Laing Mayer (5) Moling Monks (1) Newburger (1) Nork Onorato (T-4) Steiner (1) (T-4) Teal Zyburt Team Ohio State vs Stanford - L; (6-5; 4-3 Big Ten) March 9, Columbus, Ohio Carney Echard (1) Hardy Jones Koudinov (5) (2) Laing (2) Moling (3) (4) Monks Newburger (T-3) Nork Onorato (2) Steiner (3) (5) Teal Zyburt 13.5 Team No. 6 Ohio State at No. 5 Minnesota, No. 1 Oklahoma - 3rd/3; (6-7; 4-4 Big Ten) March 24, Minneapolis, Minn. Barr Behles (2) (T4) Carney Echard (1) Jones Koudinov (T4) (T3) (T5) Laing Moling Monks Newburger (3) Nork Onorato Steiner (2) Teal Zyburt Team Ohio State at Illinois - L; (6-4; 4-3 Big Ten) March 2, Champaign, Illinois Barr Carney (4) Echard (T1) Hardy Jones (T4) (T4) Koudinov Laing Mayer (2) Moling (4) Monks (5) Newburger Nork (3) Onorato Steiner (T3) Teal Zyburt Team

5 2012 ohio state coaching staff head coach rustam sharipov, First Season Hometown: Kharkov, Ukraine alma Mater: Kharkov State, 1997 Family: Wife; Amber, Daughters: Ksenia, 8 years, Maya 6 years, Isabella 4 years, Raistlin, 9 months Coaching Experience University of Oklahoma assistant coach Houston Gymnastics Academy Bart Conner Gymnastics Coaching Accomplishments 2011 Pan American Games Coach 2010 World Championships Personal Coach 2010 Head Coach Gold Medal Pan American Team 2008 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year 2006 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year 2004 Head Coach, Gold Medal Jr. Pacific Alliance Team 2002 Head Coach Gold Medal Jr. PanAm Team 1992 Master of Sport, Soviet Union Gymnastics Accomplishments 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist on Parallel Bars 1996 Olympic Team Bronze Medal (Ukraine) 1996 World Parallel Bars Champion 1996 European Parallel Bars Champion 1995 High Bar Gold Medalist at European Cup 1995 P-Bars Co-Gold Medalist at European Cup 1995 Fifth in All-Around at European Cup 1995 Championships of Romania AA Champion 1995 Cottbus International Parallel Bars Champion 1995 French International Parallel Bars Champion 1994 World Championships Parallel Bars Runner-Up 1994 World Championships Third Place Team 1994 European Parallel Bars Co-Champion 1994 Chunichi Cup AA and Still Rings Champion 1993 Third Place in All-Around at European Cup 1993 Championships of Romania AA, SR, PB and HB Champion 1993 First Place Team at Diet Coke Mixed Duos 1993 Nikon International AA and Parallel Bars Champion 1992 Olympic Gold Medal Team (Unified Team) 1992 European High Bar Champion 1992 European Parallel Bars Runner-Up 1992 CIS Championships Parallel Bars Champion 1992 DTB Cup Parallel Bars Champion 1992 Tokyo Cup High Bar Champion 1991 Alternate on World Champion Soviet Team 1990 U.S. Olympic Cup All-Around Winner 1989 Soviet Junior National Champion

6 Assistant coach casimiro suarez, first season Hometown: Havana, Cuba Alma Mater: School of Superior Physical Education (Havana, Cuba) Coaching Accomplishments: Has 20 years of coaching experience at the junior, collegiate and international levels U.S. junior national team coach since 2004 Named the 2010 Junior Olympic Coach of the Year Coached at Orlando Metro Gymnastics in Florida since 2002 Served as Cuba s women s national team coach from Brazil s women s national team coach from Spent three years as an assistant coach of the Oklahoma women s gymnastics team from First coach to claim team championships at both the junior and senior levels at Pan American Games with Brazil national team (1996-junior; 1997-senior) Coached Olympic qualifier Soraya Carvalho in 1996 Gymnastics Accomplishments: Member of the 1980 Cuban National Team at the Olympics Games in Moscow, placing sixth on high bar Spent 16 years as a member of the Cuban National Team Nine-time all-around national champion (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) Competed in seven World Championships Two-time all-around champion at Pan-American Games (1979 and 1983) Claimed team gold medal with national team at 1991 Pan-American Games, placing second on vault Claimed first place on high bar at 1986 World Cup Notched a perfect 10.0 on high bar at the 1981 World Championships in Moscow Competed in three World University Games Championships (1981, 1983 and 1985) Two-time record in all sport competitoins in all competiting athletes with 19 medals (13 gold, five silver and one bronze) Posted six gold medals and one bronze medal in one competition in 1983 Selected in the Top 10 Athletes in Latin America in both 1979 and 1983 Holds the all-time record new elements in gymnastics code 5 knowas Suarez (five on high bar and three parallel bars elements; currently has two on high bar and three on parallel bars) Assistant coach bob gauthier, first season Hometown: Lindon, Utah Alma Mater: BYU 90 Coaching Career: Has more than 20 years as a men s head coach for all ages and levels at various local gyms Coach of Arete Gymnastics - has had four gymnasts who were on the junior national development team, which one was a two-time pommel horse national champion Assistant coach and team recruiter at BYU from and judged NCAA sanctioned events for 11 years ( ) Utah Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011 Playing Career: NCAA All-American at BYU ( ) Team captain senior year Member of the USA Gymnastics Team from

7 2012 Ohio State Men s gymnastics Roster Gymnast height year hometown (Previous School) Cory Barnes 5-8 Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Bradley High School) Matthew Barr 5-9 Sophomore Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Jerome HIgh School) Mike Behles 5-7 Senior Wayne, Ill. (South Elgin High School) Mike Carney 5-4 Senior Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon High School) Bobby DiRugeris 5-7 Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon High School) Kris Done 5-11 Sophomore Auckland, New Zealand (Hasca) Ty Echard 5-11 Senior Carroll, Ohio (Lancaster High School) Elliott Hardy 5-8 Senior Plano, Texas (Plano Senior High School) William Jeffreys 5-7 Sophomore Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield High School) Brandän Jones 5-8 Sophomore owings Mills, Md. (Owings Mills High School) Misha Koudinov 5-6 Sophomore Auckland, New Zealand (Westlake Boys High School) John Laing 5-7 Junior North Reading, Mass. (North Reading High School) Larry Mayer 4-11 Carmel, Ind.(Carmel High School) Drew Moling 5-9 Canal Winchester, Ohio (Canal Winchester High School) Blaize Monks 5-9 Junior Noblesville, Ind. (Noblesville High School) Michael Newburger 5-10 R-Sophomore Austin, Texas (McCallum High School) Alex Nork 5-7 mount Laurel, N.J. (Moorestown Friends School) Philip Onorato 5-3 Senior Plano, Texas (Spring Creek Academy) Sean Reilly 5-8 R-Sophomore Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach High School) Troy Richert 5-9 North Royalton, Ohio (North Royalton High School) Danny Steiner 5-7 mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain High School) Nick Tagliaferro 5-6 R- Sewell, N.J. (Washington Township High School) Andrew Teal 5-5 Dracut, Mass. (Central Catholic High School) Jeff Treleaven 5-6 Sophomore glen Ellyn, Ill. (Glenbard South High Schhol) Neil Zyburt 6-1 R-Sophomore Chicago, Ill. (St. Patrick High School) Head Coach: Rustam Sharipov (First Season; 1st Overall) Assistant Coach: Casimiro Suarez (1st Overall) Assistant Coach: Bob Gauthier (1st Overall) Pronunciation Guide (Mike) Behles: BAY-les Brandän (Jones): Bran-DEN Misha Koudinov: MEE-sha KEW-di-NOFF (John) Laing: LANG (Philip) Onorato: Ryhmes w/ Colorado (Nick) Tagliaferro: Tag-LAY-fair-O (Jeff) Treleaven: Truh-LEV-uhn Rustam Sharipov: roos-tom SHARE-ee-pahv Program records TEAM RECORDS SINCE 2008* individual records INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SINCE 2008* FLOOR EXERCISE NCAA Qualifier POMMEL HORSE Stanford RINGS NCAA Qualifier VAULT Big Ten Championships HIGH BAR vs. Michigan TEAM TOTAL vs. Michigan *Computed under the FIG Code of Points ALL-AROUND Brandon Wynn...at VISA Championships (Finals), 2010 FLOOR EXERCISE Eddie Hay... vs. Penn State, 2008 POMMEL HORSE Ty Echard...vs. Stanford, 2012 RINGS Brandon Wynn...vs. Oklahoma, at NCAA Qualifier 2011 VAULT Jimmy Wickham...vs. Michigan, 2008 PARALLEL BARS Jake Bateman... vs. Penn State, 2008 HIGH BAR Jake Bateman...vs. Michigan, 2009 Tai Lee...at Nebraska, 2010 *Computed under the FIG Code of Points

8 Media information M e n s g y m n a s t i c s C O N TA C T alex morando Office Phone: Cell Phone: morando.2@osu.edu athletics communications Associate Athletics Director...Dan Wallenberg Director... Shelly Poe Associate Director...Jerry Emig, Leann Parker Assistant Directors...Alissa Clendenen, D.C. Koehl,...Kendra Lee, Danielle Warner, Adam Widman Interns... Alex Morando, Brett Rybak Web site...ohiostatebuckeyes.com Main Office Phone Fax Men s Gymnastics Contact... Alex Morando Office Phone Cell Phone morando.2@osu.edu Mailing Address...The Fawcett Center, 6th Floor 2400 Olentangy River Rd Columbus, Ohio Game Day Management Facility Operations...(614) Fan Experience & Promotions...(614) Training Room... (614) Equipment Room...(614) The Big Ten Conference Scott Chipman, Asst. Commissioner, Media Relations Phone schipman@bigten.org Men s Gymnastics Contact... Bob Healy Phone , ext bhealy@bigten.org Fax/Web site /bigten.org Mailing Address West Higgins Rd. Park Ridge, IL University facts Location...Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.7m) Founded Enrollment.56,064 (Columbus campus); 64,077 (all campuses) Nickname... Buckeyes Colors... Scarlet (PMS 200) and Gray (PMS 429) Mascot...Brutus Buckeye Director of Athletics... Eugene Smith Faculty Representative... John Bruno Conference... Big Ten (1913) MEN S GYMNASTICS history First Year All-Time Record... 1, National Team Championships...3 ( ) NCAA Individual Champions...26 All-America Honors All-Americans...50 Big Ten Team Championships co Big Ten Individual Titles...70 All-Big Ten Selections...72 Academic All-Big Ten Selections Big Ten Gymnast of the Week/Month Selections...37 Facility... Steelwood Athletic Training Facility Meet Facility/Capacity... St. John Arena/13,276 Team Facts Head Coach...Rustam Sharipov, 1st year Alma Mater, Year... Kharkov State, 1997 Gymnastics Office Phone Number Fax mensgym@osu.edu Assistant Coach... Casimiro Suarez, 1st year Assistant Coach...Bob Gauthier, 1st year Student Assistant...Brandon Wynn Letterwinners Returning/Lost...13/3 All-Americans Returning/Lost...3/1 National Champions Returning/Lost...0/ Dual Record Overall Record Credential Requests Members of the media interested in obtaining game credentials should contact Alex Morando in the Athletics Communications office at (614) or morando.2@osu.edu. In addition, media interested in attending a pratice session should contact Alex Morando in advance. Player Interviews Media wanting to conduct interviews with any member of the Ohio State men s gymnastics team should contact Alex Morando to arrange the appointment. Please call at least one day in advance to allow setup time. Road Requests Please direct all credential requests for Ohio State s road meets to the host school s sports information director (see opponent information on page 4). PRACTICE The Buckeyes practice schedule varies based on the amount of meets and travel schedule for the week. All training sessions take place at Steelwood Athletic Training Facility. Weekly Release The weekly release, which includes notes and statistics, is available on the official Ohio State Athletics Department web site at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Releases are not mailed. Game Day Media Services Game notes will be made available to the media prior to each game. Final results will be distributed to the media following the meet. Additional requests should be directed to Alex Morando. Radio/Television Broadcasts Any member of the media wishing to broadcast meets should contact Alex Morando in the Athletics Communications office at least 48 hours prior to the meet. Photo Requests All still photography requests of Ohio State student-athletes and coaches must be faxed or ed to Andy Devito. He can be reached by at devito.17@osu.edu. Postgame Procedures Postgame interviews will begin 10 minutes after the meet ends. Players and coaches will be available on the floor of St. John Arena Video Services For information regarding video services and game footage (if available), contact Mark Smith, manager of video services at (614) ohiostatebuckeyes.com This is the official Web site of the Ohio State Athletics Department. Ohio State gymnastics releases, as well as a wide variety of related gymnastics and athletics department information can be found on the web, including links to all 36 varsity sports.

9 O h i o S t a t e B u c k e y e s Cory Barnes Hilliard, Ohio Matthew Barr Sophomore Dublin, Ohio Mike Behles Senior Wayne, Ill. Mike Carney Senior Norwalk, Conn. Bobby DiRugeris Woodbury, N.J. Ty Echard Senior Carroll, Ohio Elliott Hardy Senior Plano, Texas William Jeffreys Sophomore Raleigh, N.C Brandän Jones Sophomore Windsor Mill, Md. Misha Koudinov Sophomore Auckland, New Zealand Larry Mayer Carmel, Ind. Drew Moling Canal Winchester, Ohio Blaize Monks Junior Noblesville, Ind. Michael Newburger Redshirt Sophomore Austin, Texas Alex Nork Mount Laurel, N.J. Sean Reilly Redshirt Sophomore Huntington Beach, Calif. Troy Richert North Royalton, Ohio Danny Steiner Mesa, Ariz. Nick Tagliaferro Redshirt Sewell, N.J. Andrew Teal Dracut, Mass. Neil Zyburt Redshirt Sophomore Chicago, Ill.