Michigan
Maize and Blue Intrasquad (ex)
Blue Bests Maize in Annual Intrasquad Meet
12/14/2019 6:22:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» Junior Cameron Bock won floor exercise, still rings and parallel bars for the Maize team, while classmate Nick Guy had the top score on vault with a 14.75.
» Seven freshmen made their Michigan debuts, with Adam Wooten winning an event title on high bar with a 13.30.
» Maize led 263.950-263.800 going into the final rotation, but were overtaken with a strong effort by the Blue team in parallel bars.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Event: Maize and Blue Intrasquad
Score: Blue 317.000, Maize 316.750
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 18 -- at Windy City Invitational (Chicago, Ill.), 7:30 p.m. CST
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's gymnastics team held its annual Maize and Blue Intrasquad meet on Saturday (Dec. 14), with Blue defeating Maize, 317.000-316.250, at Cliff Keen Arena. Junior Cameron Bock won three events for the Maize team, while graduate student Uche Eke and junior Nick Guy won an event apiece for team Blue.
On pommel horse, team Blue swept the event with Eke earning the win with a 13.90, freshman Markus Shears scoring a 13.70 and junior Jacob Moore marking a 13.45.
Floor exercise was led by the Maize squad with Bock (13.90) and freshman Adam Wooten (13.30). Guy led a 1-2 finish for the Blue squad on the vault table, notching a 14.75, while freshman Paul Juda scored a 14.25 to take second place.
Bock won parallel bars with a 14.00 to lead the Maize, but Blue took second place with Eke's 13.600 while freshman Virgil Watkins and Moore tied for third with matching marks of 13.400.
Maize held a slim lead going into the final rotation and took the top five spots on high bar, led by a 13.300 from Wooten. Junior Jonathan Liu scored a 13.250, while Bock placed third with a 13.200. However, Blue overtook Maize with a solid performance on parallel bars to capture the victory.
Bock led the all-around with a score of 82.750 for the Maize squad, while Juda scored a 78.200 to lead the Blue team.
Seven freshmen made their U-M debuts in Casey Cummings (floor exercise, vault), Juda (all-around), Brandon Robinson (pommel horse), Shears (pommel horse, vault), Watkins (vault, parallel bars, high bar), David Willett (parallel bars, still rings, pommel horse), and Wooten (all-around).
Tweet of the Meet
#Blue beats #Maize!
— Michigan Gymnastics 🆠(@UMichGym) December 14, 2019
Event Winners:
PH: Eke 13.90
FX: Bock 13.90
SR: Bock 14.60
VT: Guy 14.75
HB: Wooten 13.30
PB: Bock 14.00#GoBlue | #GoMaize pic.twitter.com/oLLZTjNZov
Michigan will open its 2020 season with the annual Windy City Invitational on Saturday, Jan.18 at 7:30 p.m. CST inside UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.
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