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.
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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