Novak, Ervin, Belanovski Earn All-America Honors at NCAAs

Saturday, April 11

Norman, Okla.

7:00 PM CT

Michigan

NCAA Individual Event Finals

Novak, Ervin, Belanovski Earn All-America Honors at NCAAs

4/11/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

April 11, 2015

Novak, Ervin, Belanovski

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Site: Norman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center)
Event: NCAA Championships (Individual Event Finals)
Score: No team score
Next U-M Meet: Season Complete

NORMAN, Okla. -- Junior Nolan Novak, senior Stacey Ervin and freshman Dmitri Belanovski of the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team each earned All-America honors -- with a runner-up finish for Novak on pommel horse and third-place ties on floor for Ervin and Belanovski on high bar -- at the 2015 NCAA Individual Event Finals Saturday (April 11) at Oklahoma's Lloyd Noble Center.

Ervin earned his fourth All-America honor of his career to begin U-M's night, as he featured a sky-high Arabian double pike half out with a tiny hop and followed with a wide arm press into a back two-and-a-half to punch. He then had a back 5/2 to punch rudi stuck and finished up with a perfect layout Thomas and an Arabian double front tuck with just a small hop for a 15.575 that tied for third.

After a ninth-place finish from senior Adrian de los Angeles on pommels with a 13.425, Novak stepped up in the No. 10 spot and earned the first All-America citation of his career. His set featured a scissor full travel to the center of the horse and then picked up into a single pommel sequence. He then traveled to the end of the horse and immediately followed with a solid Wu, Tong Fei, Magyar, Sivado and triple Russian dismount to register a 14.775.

Belanovski closed out U-M's season in style with a third-place 15.025 on high bar for his first All-America citation of his career. He opened up his set with four consecutive releases mounting with a Yamawaki and then a big Kolman followed by two Tkatchev combinations. He finished with a half Takamoto, stalder, stalder Higgins to el grip, inverted giant and then a stuck full twisting double layout.

The competition wraps up U-M's efforts at the NCAA Championships, where Michigan earned a fourth-place team finish and had three All-Americans.

Event-by-Event Individual Scores

Pommel Horse  1. Michael Reid, Oklahoma  15.500 2. Nolan Novak             14.775 9. Adrian de los Angeles   13.425       High Bar  1. CJ Maestas, Illinois    15.1253t. Dmitri Belanovski       15.025       Floor Exercise  1. Thad Lawson, PSU        15.7253t. Stacey Ervin            15.575

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N O T E S

• Michigan has now achieved 204 All-America citations in program history.

• The runner-up finish on pommel horse is the highest finish for a U-M athlete on the apparatus since Sam Mikulak in 2013 (fourth).

• Belanovski's third-place finish on high bar is the highest since Ervin on floor exercise in the 2012 season.

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