No. 4 Men’s Gymnastics Edges No. 3 Penn State, 216.325-216.225 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/23/2002 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 23, 2002%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio–The No. 4 Ohio State men’s gymnastics team upset No. 3 Penn State, 216.325-216.225, today in St. John Arena. The Buckeyes were led by junior Raj Bhavsar, who won the all-around competition. Bhavsar posted a 54.350 to defeat PSU’s Kevin Donohue who was the No. 1 ranked gymnast in the nation in the all-around entering the weekend. Bhavsar’s score is one of the highest scores posted in the country this season and is the highest by any Buckeye this year.%^$
%^$Bhavsar also finished first in vault (9.300) and high bar (9.400) and tied for first in parallel bars (9.100). Fellow junior Ryan Schwartzkopf finished on top in the pommel horse competition with a season-high 9.600.%^$
%^$OSU trailed the entire meet until the final rotation, which had the Buckeyes on high bar and PSU on parallel bars. Entering the final rotation, OSU was trailing the Nittany Lions by 2.250. PSU faltered with a team score of 34.500 while OSU had a strong performance and finished the rotation with a 36.850. The Buckeyes were powered by the one-two -three finish on high bar by Bhavsar, Mitch Claman (9.250) and Randy Monahan (9.200), respectively.%^$
%^$Buckeye head coach Miles Avery said he was happier with his team’s performance this week after losing its first home meet Feb. 15.%^$
%^$”Last week I was disappointed in our performance, but this week we preformed much better,” Avery said. “I still have my doubts about our mental focus.”%^$
%^$The Buckeyes will next compete Saturday Mar. 3 as they travel to Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers at 1 p.m.%^$
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Ohio State 216.325, Penn State 215.225%^$St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio%^$Feb. 23, 2002%^$
%^$Top finishers and Ohio State results%^$Floor Exercise Vault%^$1. Kevin Donohue, PSU 9.575 1. Bhavsar, OSU 9.300%^$3. Kerry Adderly, OSU 9.325 2. Adderly, OSU 9.250%^$5. Jamie Houle, OSU 9.050 3. Monahan, OSU 9.200%^$8. Michael Evans, OSU 8.650 6. Nelson, OSU 9.050%^$9t.Raj Bhavsar, OSU 8.550 10.Van Sickle, OSU 8.750%^$9t.Randy Monahan, OSU 8.550 11.Evans, OSU 8.450%^$12.Earnest Nelson, OSU 7.750%^$
%^$Pommel Horse Parallel Bars%^$1. Ryan Schwartzkopf, OSU 9.600 1t. Bhavsar, OSU 9.100%^$5. Eric Van Sickle, OSU 9.200 1t. Kevin Tan, PSU 9.100%^$7. Bhavsar, OSU 8.750 3. Houle, OSU 8.950%^$8t. Houle, OSU 8.450 5t. Adderly, OSU 8.500%^$8t. Monahan, OSU 8.450 7. Monahan, OSU 8.400%^$ 8. Cody Trobaugh, OSU 8.300%^$ 10t.Van Sickle, OSU 8.150%^$
%^$Rings High Bar%^$1. Kevin Tan, PSU 9.600 1. Bhavsar, OSU 9.400%^$3. Bhavsar, OSU 9.250 2. Claman, OSU 9.250%^$4. Matt Smith, OSU 9.150 3. Monahan, OSU 9.200%^$5. Monahan, OSU 8.900 5. Houle, OSU 9.000%^$6t. Mitch Claman, OSU 8.850 6. Nelson, OSU 8.925%^$9. Van Sickle, OSU 8.650 12. Evans, OSU 7.050%^$11t.Ben Falkner, OSU 8.100%^$%^$
