U-M Places First in Inaugural Arnold Invitational

Saturday, March 1

Columbus, Ohio

2:00 PM

Michigan

Arnold Invitational

3/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

March 1, 2014

• Complete Results

Site: Columbus, Ohio (Columbus Convention Center)
Event: Arnold Invitational
U-M Team Standing: 1st Place of 6 Teams (437.50)
Next U-M Meet: Friday, March 7 -- at Puerto Rico, vs. Penn State (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 6 p.m. AST

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics squad (15-0) took first at the first-ever Arnold Invitational with a team score of 437.50 on Saturday (March 1) at the Columbus Convention Center. Wolverines took home individual-event wins in five of six events on the day as U-M remained undefeated on the season.

Graduate student Syque Caesar (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Lincoln Park Academy) claimed a pair of event titles on the day, beginning with a win on parallel bars with a 15.55. He followed with a pristine routine on high bar for a 15.80.

Also taking home titles were junior Stacey Ervin (Taylor, Mich./Truman), who marked a 15.80 on floor in the first rotation. Rotation two saw U-M head to pommel horse, where senior Dylan James (Valencia, Calif./William S. Hart) scored a 15.15 for first place, while classmate Matt Freeman (Canton, Mich./Plymouth) took third with a 15.05.

On vault, freshman Tristian Perez-Rivera (Caguas, Puerto Rico/Notre Dame) tallied a 15.10, while Caesar led an event sweep on parallel bars with his 15.55. Ervin took second on the event (15.00), while junior Nick Hunter (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield) placed third with a 14.95.

Caesar closed out the event wins for U-M in the final rotation, scoring 15.80.

The Wolverines will return to action during its annual Spring Break trip on Friday (March 7), as the team heads to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to compete against the Puerto Rican National Team and Penn State. Meet time is slated for 5 p.m. EST.

Team	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Total
Michigan	72.450	73.600	74.400	73.150	73.600	70.300	437.500
Iowa	72.800	67.500	75.350	71.500	70.950	73.500	431.600
Ohio State	70.150	73.300	72.050	72.000	69.650	72.350	429.500
Nebraska	73.950	68.600	71.700	70.300	70.250	69.950	424.750
Canadian National Team	67.300	63.350	68.350	69.950	66.000	66.350	401.300
Arizona State	70.550	63.550	66.500	69.200	65.800	65.450	401.050

Event-by-Event U-M Individual Scores

FLOOR EXERCISE (72.45)Jordan Gaarenstroom   13.70Hub Humphrey          13.50Tristian Perez-Rivera 14.80Syque Caesar          14.65Stacey Ervin          15.80 (1) POMMEL HORSE (73.60)Nick Hunter           14.50Matt Freeman          15.05 (3)A.J. Schottstaedt     14.60Nolan Novak           14.30Dylan James           15.15 (1) STILL RINGS (74.40)  Colin Mahar           14.55Paul Rizkalla Jr.     14.45Matt Freeman          15.10 (4)Jordan Gaarenstroom   15.20 (3)Alex Bubnov           15.10 (4) VAULT (73.15)  Syque Caesar          14.75Konner Ackerman       14.40Stacey Ervin          14.45Tristian Perez-Rivera 15.10 (1)Paul Rizkalla Jr.     14.45 PARALLEL BARS (73.60)Mark Panhorst         14.30Jordan Gaarenstroom   14.40Nick Hunter           14.95 (3)Syque Caesar          15.55 (1)Stacey Ervin          15.00 (2) HIGH BAR (70.30)Matt Freeman          13.75Konner Ackerman       13.95Nick Hunter           13.30Syque Caesar          15.80 (1)Stacey Ervin          13.50