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Big Ten Individual Event Finals
Wolverine Trio Takes Big Ten Individual Titles, Xiao Named Big Ten Coach of the Year
4/2/2022 10:25:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» The Wolverines claimed three individual Big Ten Conference titles: Jacob Moore (floor exercise), Paul Juda (high bar) and Evgeny Siminiuc (parallel bars).
» Interim head coach Xiao Yuan was named the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year.
» Paul Juda, who won the all-around competition on Friday, was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Championships.
Site: State College, Pa. (Rec Hall)
Event: Big Ten Individual Event Finals
Score: No Team Score
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 16-17 -- at NCAA Championships (Norman, Okla.), 1 p.m CT / 7 p.m. CT
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Junior Paul Juda was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Championships, interim head coach Yuan Xiao was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, and three Wolverines won individual event titles as the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team wrapped up competition at the Big Ten Championships Saturday (April 2) at Rec Hall in State College, Pa.
Senior Jacob Moore won the second Big Ten floor exercise championship of his career, scoring a 14.400. He previously took home a win during the 2019 season and is the first Wolverine gymnast to win two titles in his career since Mike McKee (1982-83).
Junior Paul Juda followed up his all-around championship on Friday (April 1) with a win on high bar, scoring a 14.500. The high bar win by Juda was the 15th in program history and the first since Sam Mikulak in 2013.
Sophomore Evgeny Siminiuc won parallel bars, scoring a 14.500. Siminiuc's title was the 23rd parallel bar win and the first since Nick Hunter in 2015.
Sophomore Javier Alfonso and junior Adam Wooten earned runner-up finishes on still rings (14.075), and high bar (13.950), respectively.
The event titles placed Moore, Juda and Siminiuc on the first team All-Big Ten squad, while Alfonso and Wooten earned spots on the second team.
Following the meet, interim head coach Yuan Xiao was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.
The team success means that U-M will advance to the 2022 NCAA Championships, held April 16-17 by the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.
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