No. 3 Men’s Gymnastics En Route to NCAA Finals – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The No. 3 Ohio State men’s gymnastics team advanced to the 2003 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships Friday in Philadelphia, Pa., by posting a first-place 218.6 in the first session of the national qualifier. Also qualifying was No. 2 Penn State who placed second with 218.575 points and No. 6 Iowa with a third-place score of 214.075. The team and all-around championships are set for 4 p.m. Saturday at Temple University’s Liacouras Center with the remaining three teams to be determined at Session 2 of the national qualifier Friday at 7 p.m.
Ohio State performed strongly in all events scoring over 36 point in each rotation. The Buckeyes began the event on parallel bars where they posted a first-place 36.275 despite only performing five routines. On high bar, Ohio State placed third with 36.575 points. The Buckeyes’ 36.025 on floor took first place. Ohio State scored 36.475 points to land in second place on pommel horse. With enough points to qualify already tallied, the Buckeyes only performed four routines on rings, where they placed second with 36.95 points, and vault, where a fifth place 36.3 was all the team needed to not only advance to the finals but win the qualifying round.
On floor, Kerry Adderly (So., Orlando, Fla.) led the Buckeyes with a first-place score of 9.4 points and Jamey Houle (Jr., Enfield, Conn.) tied for fourth with 9.125 points. Raj Bhavsar (Sr., Houston, Texas) scored a 9.45 on pommel horse to place second, Ryan Schwartzkopf (Sr., Columbus, Ind.) posted a 9.4 to land in third place and Eric Van Sickle (Jr., Hilliard, Ohio) was in a four-way tie for eighth place with 9.0 points. On rings, Cody Trobaugh (So., Dallas, Texas) placed fourth with 9.4 point and teammate Matthew Smith (Sr., Salt Lake City, Utah) placed fifth with a 9.35. Trobaugh was the highest placing Buckeye on vault with 9.22 points in a tie for 11th. On parallel bars, the Buckeyes occupied three of the Top 4 spots with Adderly and Bhavsar placing second scoring 9.2 points and Ronald Ferris (Fr., Austintown, Ohio) in fourth scoring a 9.052. Randy Monahan (So., Elizabethtown, Pa.) posted a career high 9.475 to take third place on high bar.
“I excited that we qualified but more excited that we qualified and had a chance to rest Raj and Randy, hopefully they will do a great job for us tomorrow,” Miles Avery, OSU head coach said. “Our performance today doesn’t say anything, our main goal is to qualify and rest our all-aounders. I’m glad we accomplished that. If we hit all of our routines tomorrow, we will do well.”
TEAM RESULTS NCAA QUALIFIER SESSION 1 1 p.m. April 11, 2003
Qualifying Teams F PH V R PB HB Ohio State 218.600 36.025 36.475 36.950 36.300 36.275 36.575 1 2 2 5 1 3 Penn State 218.575 35.425 36.600 37.375 37.450 34.925 36.800 2 1 1 1 2 2 Iowa 214.075 34.850 35.575 35.550 36.450 34.300 37.350 5 4 4 4 4 1
Ohio State Individual Results FX PH R V PB HB AA Adderly 9.40 — 9.05 9.15 9.20 8.95 — Bhavsar 8.70 9.45 — — 9.15 9.05 — Evans 8.20 — — 8.80 — — — Ferris — 8.30 — 9.125 9.10 8.30 — Houle 9.125 8.30 — — 8.30 8.40 — Huntwork — 8.65 — — — — — Monahan 8.80 — — — — 9.475 — Schwartzkopf — 9.40 9.15 — — — — Shepard — — — — — — — Smith — — 9.35 — — — — Trobaugh 8.65 — 9.40 9.225 8.85 9.10 — Van Sickle — 9.00 — — — — —
EVENT RESULTS
Floor 1 Kerry Adderly Ohio State 9.400 2 Clay Strother Minnesota 9.200 3 Sean Doolan Stanford 9.150 4T Guillermo Alvarez Minnesota 9.125 4T Jamey Houle Ohio State 9.125 6 Zack Roeder Penn State 9.100 7 Michael Reavis Iowa 9.000 8 Jose Palacios Penn State 8.950 9 Dan Gill Stanford 8.850 10 Randy Monahan Ohio State 8.800
Pommel Horse 1 Clay Strother Minnesota 9.450 2 Raj Bhavsar Ohio State 9.425 3 Ryan Schwartzkopf Ohio State 9.400 4T Kevin Donohue Penn State 9.300 4T Zack Roeder Penn State 9.300 6 Cameron Schick Iowa 9.100 7 Joseph Alberts Minnesota 9.050 8T Kevin Tan Penn State 9.000 8T Marshall Erwin Stanford 9.000 8T Eric Block Iowa 9.000 8* Jerker Taudien Penn State 9.000 8* Eric Van Sickle Ohio State 9.000
Rings 1 Kevin Tan Penn State 9.750 2 Marshall Erwin Stanford 9.675 3 Brian Lee Army 9.450 4 Cody Trobaugh Ohio State 9.400 5 Matthew Smith Ohio State 9.350 6 Chad Buczek Penn State 9.300 7 Kyle Fernandez Penn State 9.275 8T Matt Metzger Iowa 9.250 8T Gabriel Suarez Minnesota 9.250 10 Daniel Torres-Rangel Stanford 9.200 11T Jamie Northrup William & Mary 9.150 11T Jamie Shepard Ohio State 9.150
Vault 1 Dan Gill Stanford 9.650 2 Guillermo Alvarez Minnesota 9.475 3T Kevin Donohue Penn State 9.425 3T Ludwig Kern Penn State 9.425 5T Steve Tobin Penn State 9.300 5T Zack Roeder Penn State 9.300 7 Tim Koehler Minnesota 9.275 8T Dustin GreenhillArmy 9.250 8T Cade Raggio Stanford 9.250 8T Michael Kelly Iowa 9.250 11T Clay Strother Minnesota 9.225 11T Cody Trobaugh Ohio State 9.225
Parallel Bars 1 Luis Vargas Penn State 9.225 2T Kerry Adderly Ohio State 9.200 2T Raj Bhavsar Ohio State 9.200 4 Ronald Ferris Ohio State 9.025 5 Dustin GreenhillArmy 8.975 6 Kelly Lang Stanford 8.900 7T Clay Strother Minnesota 8.850 7T Cody Trobaugh Ohio State 8.850 7T Matt Metzger Iowa 8.850 10 Ramon Jackson William & Mary 8.800
High Bar 1 Michael Reavis Iowa 9.650 2 Linas Gaveika Iowa 9.625 3 Randy Monahan Ohio State 9.475 4 Kevin Tan Penn State 9.400 5 Nathan Blair Iowa 9.275 6 Jay Kim Penn State 9.250 7T Cody Trobaugh Ohio State 9.100 7T Luis Vargas Penn State 9.100
