Ohio State Prepares for Big Ten Championships
4/2/2021 12:31:32 PM | General, Men's Gymnastics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 5 Ohio State men’s gymnastics team starts its postseason quest at 8 p.m. ET Saturday at the 2021 Big Ten Championships, hosted by Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The meet will air live on the Big Ten Network.
WEEKLY BASICS
Saturday, April 3 | 8 p.m. ET | Lincoln, Neb. | Tournament Central | Live Stats | TV: BTN
QUICK HITS
- The Buckeyes last competed on March 17 against No. 2 Michigan in a virtual meet. Jesse Tyndall finished first on floor (14.050) and Dexter Roettker scored a career-high 14.550 on vault to take first place. Ohio State had five more podium finishes on five events. The Buckeyes were slated to conclude their regular season versus William & Mary but the meet was canceled.
- Ohio State will open the championship on high bar and rotate through floor exercise, a bye, pommel horse, rings, vault and will end the day on parallel bars.
- The Buckeyes head into Saturday ranked third in the Big Ten with a team average of 406.100.
- Ohio State tops the conference on parallel bars (68.450) while coming in second on rings (67.550). The team also ranks third on pommel horse (66.900) and vault (71.467).
- The last Buckeye to win an individual Big Ten title was Alec Yoder in 2019. He won the pommel horse crown with a score of 14.875.
- Ohio State last captured a Big Ten Championship in 2017. It was the 14th overall conference championship title for the Buckeyes.
IN THE RANKINGS
Ohio State ranks in the top 10 nationally on every event and has multiple individuals among the country’s top gymnasts.
Team
Floor – 5th, 69.567
Pommel Horse – 5th, 66.900
Rings – 4th, 67.550
Vault – 5th, 71.467
Parallel Bars – 3rd, 68.450
High Bar – 9th, 64.367
Individual
Floor: Justin Ah Chow – 9th, 14.367
Parallel Bars: Jesse Tyndall – 8th, 14.150
High Bar: Jesse Tyndall – 8th, 13.700
