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FI G H T I N G IL L I N I ME N S GY M N A S T I C S F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n, c o n t a c t J E F F S C H L A B O W S K E o f t h e I l l i n o i s s p o r t s i n f o r m a t io n o f f i c e P h o n e : 2 1 7-2 6 5-0 1 7 0 F a x : 2 1 7-3 3 3-5 5 4 0 E - m a i l : s c h l a b o w @ u i u c. e d u This Week (Jan. 30-Feb. 5): NO. 3 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (5-2, 4-2 BIG TEN) AT U.S. WINTER CUP CHALLENGE SESSION I THURS., FEB. 2 1 PM (CST) SESSION II THURS., FEB. 2 7 PM (CST) EVENT FINALS 7:30 PM (CST) SPORTS CENTER ARENA LAS VEGAS, NEV. THIS WEEK The third-ranked Illini have the weekend off, but seniors Ted Brown and reigning floor exercise gold medal winner Adam Pummer will be heading to Las Vegas, Nev., to compete versus the top gymnasts in the country at the U.S. Gymnastics Winter Cup Challenge. Sophomore Tyler Yamauchi and freshman Chris Lung will also compete at the challenge. Last year's high bar gold medal winner Justin Spring will not be participating in the national event because of a dislocated patella that he sustained in competition against Ohio State on Jan. 28. Brown and Yamauchi begin the first rotation of session I on rings Thursday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. (CST).At 7 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, Lung and Pummer start session II with the parallel bars.then on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (CST), the top six competitors from each event on Thursday will compete in the finals. ABOUT THE WINTER CUP Twelve members of the current Men's Senior National team are among the country's 80 elite male gymnasts competing at the 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 2-4, in Las Vegas. Based on the competition's results, the top six from the all-around finals automatically qualify for the 2006 Senior National team. Six more gymnasts will qualify based on a points system established by the Men's Program Committee. The Men's Program Committee will select the remaining two gymnasts.a new skills challenge has been added to the competition.the event provides an opportunity for gymnasts to show off new skills or sequences they have developed and a glimpse of the future of gymnastics. SPRING SIDELINED Illini All-American and Senior National Team member Justin Spring dislocated the patella in his left knee against Ohio State on Jan. 28. While Illinois was on its fourth rotation, Spring landed short on his vault resulting in the patellar subluxation which may keep him out of the lineup for up to three weeks. Illinois Schedule/Results DATE EVENT TIME Dec. 9 Mixed Pairs Exhibition NTR Jan. 14 at Windy City Invite 2nd of 6 (210.500) Jan. 21 vs. Minnesota W (207.300-201.650) Jan. 28 at Ohio State L (213.350-206.900) Feb. 3-4 at Winter Cup Challenge 9 p.m. Feb. 11 vs. Temple 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at. Iowa, Michigan 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at UIC 7 p.m. March 5 at Iowa 2 p.m. March 11 vs. Army 2 p.m. March 11 vs. Michigan State 2 p.m. March 24-25 Big Ten Championships 7 p.m. at Iowa City, Iowa April 6 NCAA Championships 1 & 7 p.m. April 7-8 NCAA Championships 7 p.m. High Score: 210.500 Average Score: 208.900 *Home meets are in bold and held at Huff Hall *All times central and subject to change ILLINI IN THE RANKINGS For the second straight week, the Illini are ranked third in the GymInfo national rankings behind top-ranked Ohio State and last year's national champion Oklahoma. Stanford and Iowa remain at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. As a team, the Orange and Blue currently rank inside the top-three on three events.the Illini are ranked third on floor exercise with an average of 35.767, third on high bar, 34.983, and second on parallel bars, 34.850. Individually,Tyler Yamauchi ranks third in the nation on rings (9.175), Pummer also ranks third on parallel bars (9.050) and Spring ranks second on both parallel bars (9.450) and high bar (9.250). The 2006 Fighting Illini Name Yr. Ht. Events Hometown (Last School) Michael Boyer r-fr 5-9 AA Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North) Ross Bradley So 5-11 AA Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North) Ted Brown Sr 5-6 PH, SR Westfield, N.J. (Springfield College) Jon Drollinger So 5-7 AA Hoopeston, Ill. (Hoopeston Area) Zach Goren So 5-5 AA Rockville, Md. (Waiter Johnson) Wesley Haagensen So 5-5 AA Believille, Ill. (Belleville West) Chris Lung Fr 5-8 AA Lexington, Mass. (Lexington) Kyle Padera Fr 5-7 AA Winfield, Ill. (Wheaton North) Adam Pummer Sr 5-5 AA Allentown, Pa. (William Allen) Anthony Russo Sr 5-4 AA Linden, N.J. (Roselle Catholic) Chris Silcox So 5-5 AA San Antonio, Tex. (Churchill) Justin Spring Sr 5-7 AA Burke, Va. (Lake Braddock) Nick Stango Fr 5-5 AA Cheshire, Conn. (Chesire) Tyler Williamson Fr 5-6 AA Lake Forest, Calif. (Orange Lutheran) Tyler Yamauchi So 5-1 AA Sugarland, Tex. (Elkins) Head Coach: Yoshi Hayasaki (30th season, Washington 71) Assistant Coach: Jon Valdez (Sixth season, Sam Houston State 90) Intern Coach: Bob Rogers (Second season, Illinois 04) Page 1

FIGHTING ILLINI MEN S GYMNASTICS UP NEXT The Illini return to the friendly confines of Huff Hall for a double-dual meet alongside the Illini women next weekend.the No. 3 men will take on the No. 15 Temple, while the No. 28 UI women host No. 7 Missouri.The meet will begin at 7 p.m., Feb. 11. PUMMER POWER The Illini have counted heavily on senior Adam Pummer to lead them on five events (FX, PH,VT, PB, HB).The Orange and Blue co-captain has been a consistent performer for Illinois throughout his college career. Pummer followed up his three first place finishes (FX, PH, HB) against Minnesota with four top-three finishes (FX,VT, PB, HB) against Ohio State. In addition, Pummer raised his career event titles to 28 with first place showings on floor exercise and vault versus the Buckeyes. HAAGENSEN HEATING UP Sophomore Wes Haagensen was the only Illini to took home an event title at the season opening Windy City Invite. Haagensen, who placed second in the all-around at last year's Windy City Invite tied for first place on vault with a score of 9.400, besting his previous career-high vault of 9.300. Haagensen has seen limited action as he is still trying to regain his top form after undergoing shoulder surgery in the summer. Haagensen, Illinois' all-around school record holder (55.950) has five top-three finishes already this season. In addition to his vault title at the Windy City Invite, he claimed the pommel horse title against Minnesota and placed second and third on floor exercise and vault, respectively. Haagensen was just as effective against the Buckeye's, claiming second place on floor exercise and forth place on high bar. WATCH THE ILLINI AT HOME For the second straight year fightingillini.com will feature live streaming video of all Illinois home gymnastics meets as part of Illinois' All-Access package ($6.95/month). Catch the next opportunity on Feb. 11 as the Illini take on the Tempple Owls at Huff Hall. GY M I N F O TO P 1 5 (Jan. 30, 2006) Rank Team Avg. Score 1 Ohio State 212.500 2 Oklahoma 211.733 3 ILLINOIS 208.233 4 Stanford 207.137 5 Iowa 207.025 6 Penn State 206.312 7 California 205.987 8 Michigan 205.917 9 Minnesota 202.250 10 William & Mary 199.012 11 Army 198.817 12 Navy 198.337 13 Illinois-Chicago 198.133 14 Nebraska 197.287 15 Temple 192.375 In addition to the live video, each competition will be archived within a few days of the meet. Check fightingillini.com for more details. ILLINI IN THE RANKINGS TOP-30 IN THE NATION Floor Exercise Avg. Score Rank Adam Pummer 9.183 4 Wes Haagensen 8.983 8 Justin Spring 8.975 9 Michael Boyer 8.650 24 Pommel Horse Avg. Score Rank Tyler Yamauchi 8.217 25 Rings Avg. Score Rank Tyler Yamauchi 9.150 7 Vault Avg. Score Rank Adam Pummer 9.150 T13 Wes Haagensen 9.050 T19 Tyler Yamauchi 8.975 30 Team Rankings (by Event) Avg. Score Rank Floor Exercise 35.767 3 Pommel Horse 35.583 8 Rings 33.817 10 Vault 36.233 5 Parallel Bars 34.850 2 High Bar 34.983 3 TOTAL 208.233 3 Parallel Bars Avg. Score Rank Justin Spring 9.450 2 Adam Pummer 9.100 4 Tyler Yamauchi 8.433 22 Chris Lung 8.383 24 High Bar Avg. Score Rank Justin Spring 9.250 2 Chris Silcox 8.800 16 Ross Bradley 8.717 22 Page 2

Season Highs Career Highs Michael Boyer 8.850 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 8.550 (1/14/06) 9.000 (1/21/06) Vault 9.000 (1/21/06) 6.550 (1/21/06) High Bar 6.550 (1/26/06) Ross Bradley Floor Exercise 9.250 (4/7/05) Pommel Horse 8.150 (3/12/05) Vault 9.225 (3/12/05) Parallel Bars 8.500 (3/2/05) 9.100 (1/14/06) High Bar 9.350 (2/26/05) Ted Brown 8.950 (1/21/06) Pommel Horse 9.700 (3/26/05) Jon Drollinger Floor Exercise 9.200 (3/12/05) 8.400 (1/21/06) Rings 9.500 (3/12/05) Vault 9.175 (1/8/05) Wes Haagensen 9.300 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 9.300 (2/26/05) 8.450 (1/21/06) Pommel Horse 9.500 (4/7/05) Rings 9.850 (3/25/05) 9.400 (1/14/06) Vault 9.400 (1/8/05) 8.900 (1/28/06) Parallel Bars 9.500 (1/8/05) 7.750 (1/28/06) High Bar 9.550 (1/22/05) All-Around 55.950 (1/22/05) Chris Lung 8.200 (1/14/06) Pommel Horse 8.200 (1/14/06) 8.450 (1/14/06) Rings 8.450 (1/14/06) 8.200 (1/14/06) Parallel Bars 8.200 (1/14/06) 8.350 (1/28/06) High Bar 8.050 (1/21/06) Kyle Padera 7.550 (1/14/06) Rings 7.550 (1/14/06) Season and Career Highs (through Jan. 30, 2006) Adam Pummer 9.350 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 9.700 (2/12/05) 7.850 (1/14/06) Pommel Horse 9.150 (2/6/04) Rings 8.900 (4/2/04) 9.250 (1/21/06) Vault 9.650 (3/5/05) 9.250 (1/28/06) Parallel Bars 9.775 (4/8/05) 9.400 (1/21/06) High Bar 9.750 (4/8/05) All-Around 54.575 (3/15/03) Anthony Russo 8.500 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 9.100 (3/6/04) Rings 8.200 (4/3/04) 8.950 (1/21/06) Vault 9.200 (4/3/04) Parallel Bars 9.100 (3/19/04) High Bar 8.450 (1/31/04) Chris Silcox 8.850 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 9.600 (3/25/05) 8.000 (1/21/06) Pommel Horse 9.100 (3/12/05) 8.800 (1/28/06) Vault 9.400 (4/8/05) 8.450 (1/21/06) Parallel Bars 8.900 (2/26/05) 9.100 (1/14/06) High Bar 9.300 (4/7/05) Justin Spring 9.100 (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 9.800 (2/27/04) Pommel Horse 8.550 (3/12/05) Rings 9.250 (3/12/05) 9.200 (1/14/06) Vault 9.650 (1/31/04) 9.450 (1/14/06) Parallel Bars 9.750 (4/8/05) 9.250 (1/14/06) High Bar 9.900 (4/8/05) All-Around 55.850 (3/12/05) Nick Stango 8.400 (1/28/06) Rings 8.400 (1/28/06) Tyler Yamauchi 8.750 (1/14/06) Floor Exercise 9.600 (1/8/05) 8.900 (1/14/06) Pommel Horse 9.550 (2/12/05) 9.300 (1/21/06) Rings 9.850 (3/5/05) 9.000 (1/14/06) Vault 9.525 (1/29/05) 8.600 (1/14/06) Parallel Bars 9.550 (1/8/05) TEAM Total 210.500 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 207.300 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 206.900 at Ohio State (1/28/06) Floor Exercise 35.450 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 35.200 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 36.650 at Ohio State (1/28/06) Pommel Horse 34.000 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 32.550 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 31.200 at Ohio State (1/28/06) Rings 34.100 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 34.000 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 33.350 at Ohio State (1/28/06) Vault 36.650 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 36.200 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 35.850 at Ohio State (1/28/06) Parallel Bars 35.100 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 34.200 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 35.250 at Ohio State (35.250) High Bar 35.450 at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 34.900 vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 34.600 at OhioState (34.600) Top Scores of 2006 INDIVIDUAL All-Around Floor Exercise 9.350 Adam Pummer at Ohio State (1/28/06) 9.300 Wes Haagensen at Ohio State (1/28/06) 9.150 Adam Pummer vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 9.150 Justin Spring at Ohio State (1/28/06) 9.050 Adam Pummer at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) Pommel Horse 8.950 Ted Brown at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 8.900 Tyler Yamauchi at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 8.450 Wes Haagensen vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 8.200 Chris Lung at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 8.100 Chris Lung vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) Rings 9.300 Tyler Yamauchi vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 9.050 Tyler Yamauchi at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 8.450 Chris Lung at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 8.400 Jon Drollinger vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 8.350 Jon Drollinger at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) Vault 9.400 Wes Haagensen at Windy City Invite (1/14/06 9.250 Adam Pummer at Ohio State (1/28/06) 9.200 Justin Spring at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 9.150 Adam Pummer vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 9.100 Wes Haagensen vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) Parallel Bars 9.450 Justin Spring at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 9.250 Adam Pummer vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 9.200 Adam Pummer at Ohio State (1/28/06) 8.900 Wes Haagensen at Ohio State (1/28/06) 8.850 Adam Pummer at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) High Bar 9.400 Adam Pummer vs. Minnesota (1/21/06) 9.350 Adam Pummer at Ohio State (1/28/06) 9.250 Justin Spring at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 9.100 Ross Bradley at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) 9.100 Chris Silcox at Windy City Invite (1/14/06) Page 3

2006 MEN S GYMNASTICS RESULTS 2006 Results (5-1, 4-1 Big Ten) Date Opponent Result Score Jan. 14 at Windy City Invite 2nd of 6 No. 2 Ohio State 211.650 No. 2 Illinois 210.500 No. 6 Michigan 207.400 No. 9 Iowa 205.800 No. 8 Minnesota 203.900 No. 14 UIC 197.350 Jan. 21 Minnesota W No. 3 Illinois 207.300 No. 9 Minnesota 201.650 Jan. 28 at Ohio State L No. 1 Ohio State 213.350 No. 3 Illinois 206.900 Feb. 3-4 at Winter Cup Challenge No Team Scores Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 March 5 March 11 March 24 March 25 April 6 April 7 April 8 Temple at Iowa, Michigan at UIC at Iowa Army Big Ten Championships at Big Ten Individual Finas at NCAA Team Qualifier at NCAA Team Finals at NCAA Individual Finals 2006 Meet-By-Meet Opponent Team Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar at Windy City Invite 210.500 36.050 34.000 34.100 36.650 35.100 35.450 Minnesota 207.300 35.450 32.550 34.000 36.200 34.200 34.900 at Ohio State 206.900 36.650 31.200 33.350 35.850 35.250 34.600 at Winter Cup Challenge Temple at Iowa, Michigan at UIC at Iowa Army Big Ten Championships at NCAA Team Qualifier at NCAA Team Finals Page 4

2006 MEN S GYMNASTICS PERFORMANCES Michael Boyer (r-fr. Northbrook, Ill.) at Windy City Invite 8.550 -- -- 8.850 -- -- -- vs. Minnesota 8.550 -- -- 9.000 -- 6.550 at Ohio State 8.850 -- -- 8.900 -- -- -- Season Average 8.650 -- -- 8.916 -- 6.550 -- Season High 8.850 -- -- 9.000 -- 6.550 -- Career High 8.850 -- -- 9.000 -- 6.550 -- Ross Bradley (So. Naperville, Ill.) at Windy City Invite -- -- -- -- -- 9.100 -- vs. Minnesota -- -- -- -- -- 8.600 at Ohio State -- -- -- -- -- 8.450 Season Average -- -- -- -- -- 8.716 -- Season High -- -- -- -- -- 9.100 -- Career High 9.250 8.150 -- 9.225 8.500 9.350 -- Ted Brown (Sr. Westfield, N.J.) at Windy City Invite -- 8.950 -- -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota -- 8.000 -- -- -- -- -- at Ohio State -- 7.300 -- -- -- -- -- Season Average -- 8.475 -- -- -- -- -- Season High -- 8.950 -- -- -- -- -- Career High -- 9.700 -- -- -- -- -- Jon Drollinger (So. Hoopeston, Ill.) at Windy City Invite -- -- 8.350 -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota -- -- 8.400 -- -- -- -- at Ohio State -- -- 7.800 -- -- -- -- Season Average -- -- 8.083 -- -- -- -- Season High -- -- 8.400 -- -- -- -- Career High -- -- 9.500 9.175 -- -- -- Wes Haagensen (So. Belleville, Ill.) at Windy City Invite 8.600 7.950 -- 9.400(1) -- -- -- vs. Minnesota 9.050(2) 8.450(1) -- 9.100(3) -- -- -- at Ohio State 9.300(2) 7.650 -- 8.650 8.900 7.750 -- Season Average 8.983 8.016 -- 9.050 8.900 7.750 -- Season High 9.300 7.950 -- 9.400 8.900 7.750 -- Career High 9.300 9.500 9.850 9.400 9.500 9.550 55.950 Chris Lung (Fr. Lexington, Mass.) at Windy City Invite -- 8.200 8.450 -- 8.200 8.000 -- vs. Minnesota -- 8.100 8.100 -- 8.100 8.050 -- at Ohio State -- 7.700 8.050 -- -- 8.350 -- Season Averages -- 8.000 8.200 -- 8.150 8.133 -- Season Highs -- 8.200 8.450 -- 8.200 8.350 -- Career High -- 8.200 8.450 -- 8.200 8.050 -- Kyle Padera (Fr. Winfield, Ill.) at Windy City Invite -- -- 7.550 -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota -- -- 7.550 -- -- -- -- at Ohio State -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Season Average -- -- 7.550 -- -- -- -- Season High -- -- 7.550 -- -- -- -- Career High -- -- 7.550 -- -- -- -- Adam Pummer (Sr. Allentown, Pa.) at Windy City Invite 9.050 7.850 -- 9.050 8.850 5.800 -- vs. Minnesota 9.150(1) 7.500 -- 9.150(2) 9.250(1) 9.400(1) -- at Ohio State 9.350(1) 7.450 -- 9.250(1) 9.200(3) 9.350(3) -- Season Averages 9.183 7.600 -- 9.150 9.100 8.183 -- Season High 9.350 7.850 -- 9.250 9.250 9.400 -- Career High 9.700 9.150 8.900 9.650 9.775 9.750 54.575 Anthony Russo (Sr. Linden, N.J.) at Windy City Invite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota 8.100 -- -- 8.950 -- -- -- at Ohio State 8.500 -- -- 8.900 -- -- -- Season Average 8.300 -- -- 8.925 -- -- -- Season High 8.500 -- -- 8.950 -- -- -- Career High 9.100 -- 8.200 9.200 9.100 8.450 -- Chris Silcox (So. San Antonio, Texas) at Windy City Invite 8.300 7.750 -- -- 7.600 9.100 -- vs. Minnesota 8.700(3) 8.000 -- 8.950 8.450 8.850(2) -- at Ohio State 8.850(3) 8.000(3) -- 8.800 8.200 8.450 -- Season Average 8.616 7.910 -- 8.875 8.083 8.800 -- Season High 8.850 8.000 -- 8.950 8.450 9.100 -- Career High 9.600 9.100 -- 9.400 8.900 9.300 -- Justin Spring (Sr. Burke, Va.) at Windy City Invite -- -- -- 9.200 9.450(2) 9.250(3) -- vs. Minnesota -- -- -- -- -- -- -- at Ohio State 9.150(3) -- -- 8.700 -- -- -- Season Averages 9.150 -- -- 8.950 9.450 9.250 -- Season High 9.150 -- -- 9.200 9.450 9.250 -- Career High 9.800 8.550 9.250 9.650 9.750 9.900 -- Nick Stango (Fr. Chesire, Conn.) at Windy City Invite -- -- 8.250 -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota -- -- 8.200 -- -- -- -- at Ohio State -- -- 8.400 -- -- -- -- Season Average -- -- 8.283 -- -- -- -- Season High -- -- 8.400 -- -- -- -- Career High -- -- 8.250 -- -- -- -- Tyler Williamson (Fr. Lake Forest, Calif.) at Windy City Invite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vs. Minnesota -- -- -- -- -- -- -- at Ohio State -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Season Average -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Season High -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Career High -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Tyler Yamauchi (Fr. Sugarland, Texas) at Windy City Invite 8.750 8.900(3) 9.050(3) 9.000 8.600 -- -- vs. Minnesota 8.350 7.900 9.300(1) 8.950 8.400 -- -- at Ohio State -- 7.850 9.100(2) -- 8.300 -- -- Season Average 8.550 8.216 9.150 8.975 8.433 -- -- Season High 8.750 8.900 9.300 9.000 8.600 -- -- Career High 9.600 9.550 9.850 9.525 9.550 -- -- Page 5