Michigan
Windy City Invitational
Michigan Successfully Defends Windy City Invitational Title
1/15/2022 11:55:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» Michigan improved to 7-0 on the young season with a 398.500 team tally and earned back-to-back Windy City Invitational victories.
» The Wolverines won five events and five individual event titles and the all-around.
» U-M hit 25 of 30 routines (84 percent) on the night.
Site: Chicago, Ill. (Credit Union 1 Arena)
Event: Windy City Invitational
Score: 1st of 7 teams (398.500)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Jan. 29 -- vs. #3 Nebraska (Cliff Keen Arena), 1 p.m.
• Complete Results
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team secured a victory in the 51st Windy City Invitational, winning the meet with a 398.500 team score ahead of six other teams -- Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Ohio State and host Illinois-Chicago -- on Saturday (Jan. 15) at Credit Union 1 Arena.
With the victory, the Wolverines defended their Windy City Invitational crown, having won the 2020 edition of the meet. The 2021 meet was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Wolverines (7-0) won five of six team event titles on the night, and six individual events, including the all-around. Junior David Willett picked up his second all-around title of the season, winning the Gary Morava Cup with a score of 77.350.
U-M began the meet on pommel horse, scoring a 65.45, paced by junior Markus Shears with a score of 14.15, which placed him tops in the competition.
On still rings in the second rotation, the Wolverines compiled a 66.80, led by sophomore Colin Stenger (13.85) and sophomore Javier Alfonso (13.75).
Vault was led by senior Nicholas Guy (14.75) and freshman David Wolma (14.65), who placed first and second on the event, respectively, as the Wolverines scored a 70.55.
Parallel bars resulted in a 65.05 team tally, with junior Virgil Watkins registering a winning 14.05 on the apparatus.
As U-M led second-place Illinois 267.850-262.800 heading into the fifth rotation -- high bar -- junior Paul Juda scored a 14.20 for an event win, and sophomore Evgeny Siminiuc notched a 13.90 as U-M compiled a 64.85.
In the final event of the night, senior Jacob Moore marked the sixth event win of his storied U-M career with a 14.05.
U-M bested varsity programs Ohio State (387.700) and Illinois (373.050), while also picking up wins over GymACT programs Iowa (346.000), Minnesota (338.500), NIU (309.550) and UIC (301.100).
Michigan hit 84 percent of its routines (25 of 30), and were perfect on pommel horse and still rings.
Following a bye week, U-M will host No. 3 Nebraska on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. inside Cliff Keen Arena in one of the most anticipated meets of the young season.
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