Men’s Gymnastics Advance Three to NCAA Individual Event Final – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/16/1998 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
April 16, 1998
University Park, Pa. – Ohio State’s Mike Morgan (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio) placed tenth in the NCAA All-Around competition with a score of 56.15. Morgan also advanced to Saturday night’s individual event finals on the pommel horse. The Buckeye’s Doug Stibel (Jr., Canton, Mich.) qualified for the event finals on the high bar and floor exercise. Peter Landry (Jr., Lewiston, Maine) qualified for the event finals on the still rings.
Defending NCAA men’s gymnastics champion California along with Iowa and Illinois finished as the top three teams in the team preliminary competition Thursday night. These teams advanced to Friday night’s team finals for the NCAA Championship. Ohio State finished sixth in the preliminaries.
NCAA Championships: Team preliminaries and all-around championship April 16,1998 Penn State University Bryce Jordan Arena University Park, Pa.
Team Scores California 231.425 Iowa 228.975 Illinois 228.425 Oklahoma 228.250 Brigham Young 227.425 Ohio State 226.750
All-Around Champion Travis Romagnoli, Illinois 58.225
