Michigan
NCAA Individual Finals
DiGiore Crowned National Champion After Sticking Vault
4/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Site: Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Individual Event Finals)
U-M Finish: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Season Completed
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Freshman Andrew DiGiore (Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors School) of the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team backed up his Big Ten Conference vault championship with a first-place national finish in the event on Sunday (April 13) in the NCAA Championships Individual Event Finals at Temple's Licouras Center.
DiGiore, one of three Wolverines in action Sunday, stuck his vault and earned a career-high 9.650 to edge out runner-up Zack Roeder of Penn State, who scored a 9.625. DiGiore was crowned the Big Ten champion on vault with his 9.625 on March 29 in Columbus, Ohio.
U-M senior Conan Parzuchowski (Northville, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) captured All-America honors on the still rings for the third straight year, posting a 9.550 for a fifth-place finish in the event. Senior captain Scott Vetere (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown HS) was the Wolverines' lone competitor on the pommel horse, finishing in seventh place (9.312).
Michigan finished fourth as a team in Saturday's NCAA Championships competition, marking the third year in a row the Wolverines have placed fourth.
Event Winners and U-M Scores
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Josh Landis, Oklahoma 9.675 POMMEL HORSE 1. Josh Landis, Oklahoma 9.687 7. Scott Vetere, U-M 9.312 STILL RINGS 1. Kevin Tan, Penn State 9.762 5. Conan Parzuchowski, U-M 9.550 VAULT 1. Andrew DiGiore, U-M 9.650 PARALLEL BARS 1. Daniel Furney, Oklahoma 9.475 HORIZONTAL BARS 1. Linas Gaveika, Iowa 9.712
