Men’s Gymnastics Runner-Up at Big Ten Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
March 19, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s gymnastics team finished second at the 2000 Big Ten Championships Friday night in East Lansing, Mich. The Buckeyes had a team score of 229.500, while Michigan claimed its second-consecutive conference title with a score of 232.100. Illinois was third (229.075), followed by Iowa (227.750), Michigan State (226.100), Penn State (225.850) and Minnesota (222.850).%^$
%^$ “We fought hard, but we just weren’t good enough today to beat Michigan,” co-captain Daren Lynch (Jr., Londonderry, N.H) said. “We will come back more determined at the NCAA Championships.”%^$
%^$ In the all-around competition, Jamie Natalie (Jr., Hockessin, Del.) finished third with a score of 57.525 and Raj Bhavsar (Fr., Houston, Texas) was sixth with a career-high 56.425. Each gymnast earned all-Big Ten honors by placing in the top six in the all-around.%^$
%^$ The top eight finishers in each event will compete in the individual event finals on Saturday. Natalie will compete in four events, as he scored career highs and placed first on both the floor exercise (9.900) and vault (9.825) to advance. He also qualified for the pommel horse and parallel bar finals.%^$
%^$ Bhavsar scored a career-high 9.725 to advance in the floor exercise and will also compete in the parallel bars with a career-high tying 9.800. Lynch advanced on both the still rings and the vault, while Dick Huntwork (Fr., Pickerington, Ohio) and Michael Morgan (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio) will also compete on the vault.%^$
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2000 Big Ten Championships%^$March 17, 2000, East Lansing, Mich.%^$Team Scores%^$1. Michigan 232.100%^$2. Ohio State 229.500%^$3. Illinois 228.025%^$4. Iowa, 227.750%^$5. Michigan State 226.100%^$6. Penn State 225.850%^$7. Minnesota 222.850%^$
%^$Top Three plus Ohio State scores%^$All-Around%^$1. Scott Vetere, Michigan 58.700%^$2. Todd Strada, Iowa 57.550%^$3. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 57.525%^$6. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 56.425%^$12. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 55.850%^$
%^$Floor Exercise%^$1. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.900%^$2. Kevin Roulston, Michigan 9.825%^$ Kevin Donohue, Penn State 9.825%^$7. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.750%^$9. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 9.675%^$26t. Daren Lynch, Ohio State 9.300%^$37t. Dick Huntwork, Ohio State 8.950%^$37t. Michael Evans, Ohio State 8.950%^$
%^$Pommel Horse%^$1. Scott Vetere, Michigan 9.850%^$2. Don Jackson, Iowa 9.825%^$3. Jon Plante, Michigan State 9.800%^$8t. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.600%^$11t. Jay Nardelli, Ohio State 9.550%^$13t. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 9.500%^$13t. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.500%^$21t. Ryan Schwartzkopf, OSU 9.350%^$41t. Adam Elliott, Ohio State 8.400%^$
%^$Still Rings%^$1. Scott Vetere, Michigan 9.925%^$2. Kris Zimmerman, Michigan 9.800%^$3. Kenny Keener, Michigan 9.750%^$6. Daren Lynch, Ohio State 9.600%^$18t. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.350%^$20t. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.300%^$24. Jay Nardelli, Ohio State 9.200%^$30t. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 9.000%^$34t. Dick Huntwork, Ohio State 8.800%^$
%^$Vault%^$1. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.825%^$2. Scott Vetere, Michigan 9.775%^$3. Daren Lynch, Ohio State 9.700%^$8t. Dick Huntwork, Ohio State 9.550%^$8t. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 9.550%^$15t. Michael Evans, Ohio State 9.475%^$41t. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 8.675%^$
%^$Parallel Bars%^$1. Kris Zimmerman, Michigan 9.900%^$2. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.850%^$3. Scott Vetere, Michigan 9.825%^$4t. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.800%^$10t. Jay Nardelli, Ohio State 9.600%^$17t. Daren Lynch, Ohio State 9.500%^$38t. Dick Huntwork, Ohio State 8.750%^$40. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 8.550%^$
%^$Horizontal Bar%^$1. Todd Strada, Iowa 9.800%^$2. Adam Benas, Penn State 9.750%^$ Travis Romagnoli, Illinois 9.750%^$11. Michael Morgan, Ohio State 9.575%^$16. Michael Evans, Ohio State 9.475%^$18. Jay Nardelli, Ohio State 9.450%^$19t. Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.400%^$29t. Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.000%^$37. Earnest Nelson, Ohio State 8.550%^$
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–GO BUCKS!–
