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No. 4 Buckeyes Score Season Best, Beat No. 10 Michigan
2/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 4, 2017
Columbus, Ohio – The Buckeyes scored a season-high 422.200 points on their way to a commanding win over Michigan (404.950). Ohio State’s team score is the fourth-highest in the NCAA in 2017.
“I think the guys did a great job this afternoon,” head coach Rustam Sharipov said following the victory. “We had a hit percentage of 83 percent and we stuck 10 dismounts. Our guys really excelled on the pommel horse, it’s definitely one of our stronger events.”
Jake Dastrup lead the way for the Scarlet and Gray capturing two event titles at the meet. He won the pommel with a score of 14.900 matching his prior career best. He then took home the title on the parallel bars with a readout of 14.700.
Dastrup and teammate Jake Martin, who were both honored on Senior Day, combined to win three total events. Martin went out with a bang on the last high-bar routine of his career in St. John Arena. The fifth-year senior awed the crowd with a stellar routine of 14.850.
Martin’s high bar score of 14.580 currently ranks No. 3 in the NCAA, and Dastrup’s readout on parallel bars is the sixth-best nationally.
Tristan Burke took the title on the still rings with a score of 14.150 and Sean Melton, who was competing on the floor for the first time in 2017, won with a tally of 14.400. The only event Ohio State did not win as a team was the vault. Michigan’s Emyre Cole won that with a score of 14.600.
Team wise, the Buckeyes recorded the second highest team score in the country on pommel horse (72.250) and parallel bars (71.900).
