Michigan
Penn State
Wolverines Defeat Defending National Champions
2/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The No. 1-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team defeated No. 6 Penn State, the defending national champion, 209.500-207.650 on Saturday (Feb. 3) at Rec Hall. The Wolverines were led by sophomore all-around winner Kris Zimmerman (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS) and junior two-event titlist Daniel Diaz-Luong (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt HS).
Zimmerman earned first-place honors in the all-around with a score of 52.050 while capturing second place on the floor exercise (9.050), vault (9.100) and horizontal bar (8.800). Diaz-Luong won the parallel bars (8.850) and high bar (9.200) while placing fifth on the pommel horse (8.250) and still rings (8.800).
Junior Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS) took second on the parallel bars (8.700) and third on vault (9.050), and junior Scott Vetere (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown HS) captured the Wolverines' other event title, finishing in first place on the pommel horse with a 9.300.
The Wolverines were forced to go without senior tri-captain Kevin Roulston (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township HS), who injured his knee in warmups. The extent of the injury will not be known until he sees the doctor when the team returns to Ann Arbor.
Six Michigan team members will face some of the other top individuals in the country next Friday and Saturday (Feb. 9-10) in Las Vegas, Nev., at the Winter Cup Challenge, a USA Gymnastics-sponsored invitational.
Final Team Standings
| Team Scores | FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | Total |
| 1. MICHIGAN | 35.000 | 35.100 | 35.250 | 35.850 | 34.300 | 34.000 | 209.500 |
| 2. Penn State | 35.650 | 32.650 | 35.250 | 36.050 | 33.650 | 34.400 | 207.650 |
Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores
FLOOR EXERCISE Kris Zimmerman 9.050 (2) Jamie Hertza 8.850 (4) Tim Dehr 8.650 Brad Kenna 8.450 Scott Vetere 8.000 Conan Parzuchowski 7.950 POMMEL HORSE Scott Vetere 9.300 (1) Tim Dehr 9.150 (2) Jamie Hertza 8.400 (4) Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.250 (5) Kris Zimmerman 7.950 STILL RINGS Kenny Keener 9.000 (2) Kris Zimmerman 8.850 (3) Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.800 (4) Conan Parzuchowski 8.600 Chris Gatti 8.350 VAULT Kris Zimmerman 9.100 (2) Brad Kenna 9.050 (3) Tim Dehr 9.000 (4) Conan Parzuchowski 8.700 Scott Vetere 8.650 Chris Gatti 8.350 PARALLEL BARS Tim Dehr 8.450 (5) Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.850 (1) Brad Kenna 8.700 (2) Kris Zimmerman 8.300 Scott Vetere 8.200 Conan Parzuchowski 8.150 HIGH BAR Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.200 (1) Kris Zimmerman 8.800 Brad Kenna 8.050 Chris Gatti 7.950 Kenny Keener 6.000 ALL-AROUND Kris Zimmerman 52.050 (1) ( ) denotes place in the Top 5
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