Michigan
NCAA Individual Event Finals
Five Wolverines Claim All-America at NCAA Individual Event Finals
4/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (Sports Pavilion)
Event: NCAA Championships (Individual Event Finals)
U-M Team Score: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Season Complete
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Five Wolverines on the national runner-up University of Michigan men's gymnastics team earned All-America recognition on Saturday (April 18) at the NCAA Championships Individual Event Finals, held at the University of Minnesota's Sports Pavilion. Five All-Americans ties for the most in the program's history, and the last time Michigan had that amount was eight seasons ago (2001).
Two gymnasts captured multiple recognitions -- sophomore Chris Cameron(Winter Haven, Fla./Lake Region) captured the status on floor and pommel horse, and Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, sophomore Thomas Kelley(Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville), earned the honor on parallel bars and high bar. Until tonight, a Michigan gymnast had not collected more than a single recognition since 2002 -- six seasons ago.
Other honorees include rookie Adam Hamers(Salem, Ore./South Salem) on pommel horse, senior co-captain Phil Goldberg(Dalton, Ga./McCallie) on still rings and senior Joe Catrambone(Deptford, N.J./Gloucester) on high bar.
The first half of the meet was comprised of a three-way rotation between floor, pommel horse and still rings. Cameron was the lone Wolverine on floor exercise -- the only event with just one Michigan gymnast -- but the Florida native came up strong with a score of 15.550 for a fourth-place finish. On pommel horse, Cameron and Hamers placed sixth (15.175) and seventh (14.525), respectively.
Goldberg equaled his season-best and team-high 15.400 on still rings -- a mark that he originally set yesterday -- to finish runner-up on the event.
In the competition's second half, the gymnasts rotated between vault, parallel bars and high bar. Kelley earned a 14.675 for a third-place finish on parallel bars and a 15.275 on high bar for the night's second-best score. Kelley and Goldberg's runner-up nods are Michigan's highest on any event in half a decade. Catrambone tabbed a 14.050 on the high bar to finish in the fifth spot.
Event-by-Event Individual Scores
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Steven Legendre 15.625 4. Chris Cameron 15.550 POMMEL HORSE 1. Daniel Ribeiro 15.575 6. Chris Cameron 15.175 7. Adam Hamers 14.525 RINGS 1. Evan Roth 15.600 2. Phil Goldberg 15.400 10. Chris Cameron 14.550 PARALLEL BARS 1. Paul Ruggeri 15.175 2. Thomas Kelley 14.675 9. Chris Cameron 14.350 HIGH BAR 1. Paul Ruggeri 15.750 2. Thomas Kelley 15.275 5. Joe Catrambone 14.050
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