Michigan Wins Windy City Invitational for First Time

Saturday, January 13

Chicago, Ill.

7:00 PM CT

Michigan

Windy City Invitational

1/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

CHICAGO -- Led by senior tri-captain Tim Dehr (Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale Central HS) and junior Scott Vetere (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown HS), the top-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics squad took home the team championship from the Windy City Invitational, hosted by the University of Illinois-Chicago on Saturday (Jan. 13). It marked Michigan's first title in the 31-year history of the event.

In a meet involving seven schools ranked in the preseason top 15, the Wolverines scored a 207.550 to finish .350 ahead of No. 8 Illinois (207.200) in second place and 2.150 ahead of No. 2 Ohio State (205.400) in third. Rounding out the standings were No. 6 Iowa (205.150), No. 12 Minnesota (202.250), No. 10 Michigan State (201.350) and No. 14 Illinois-Chicago (196.250).

Dehr captured first-place honors on the parallel bars with an 8.800 and second place on the pommel horse (9.200), while Vetere finished tied for top honors on the still rings (9.150), second on parallel bars (8.750) and fifth on the horizontal bar (8.800).

Junior Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS) finished in the top 10 on three events, including a third-place finish on still rings and an eighth-place showing on the vault. Senior tri-captain Kevin Roulston (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township HS) was the lone Wolverine to compete in the all-around and he finished with a 49.650, including a second-place finish on the floor exercise and fifth place on the pommel horse.

The Wolverines return to action next weekend in their home opener when they host Ohio State on Saturday (Jan. 20) at 7 p.m. in Cliff Keen Arena.

Final Team Standings

Team Scores	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	Total
1. Michigan	34.950	35.350	34.350	35.650	34.050	33.200	207.550
2. Illinois	34.400	32.500	34.900	36.400	33.750	35.250	207.200
3. Ohio State	34.750	33.559	33.750	35.700	33.400	34.250	205.400
4. Iowa	34.300	34.150	34.050	35.650	32.350	34.650	205.150
5. Minnesota	33.850	33.200	32.650	36.000	32.450	34.100	202.250
6. Michigan State	34.200	34.250	33.250	34.800	31.650	33.200	201.350
7. Illinois-Chicago	34.300	32.050	31.000	35.700	31.100	32.100	196.250

Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores

FLOOR EXERCISE Jamie Hertza 8.200 Conan Parzuchowski 8.100 Kris Zimmerman 8.850 (5) Tim Dehr 8.500 Brad Kenna 8.650 Kevin Roulston 8.950 (2) POMMEL HORSE Jamie Hertza 8.250 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.850 (4) Kris Zimmerman 7.600 Tim Dehr 9.200 (2) Scott Vetere 8.550 Kevin Roulston 8.750 (5) STILL RINGS Daniel Diaz-Luong 7.650 Chris Gatti 8.150 Conan Parzuchowski 8.050 Brad Kenna 9.000 (3) Scott Vetere 9.150 (T1) Kevin Roulston 8.000 VAULT Kenny Keener 8.100 Conan Parzuchowski 8.450 Tim Dehr 8.800 Brad Kenna 9.050 Kris Zimmerman 8.950 Kevin Roulston 8.850 PARALLEL BARS Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.450 Tim Dehr 8.800 (1) Kris Zimmerman 7.050 Brad Kenna 8.050 Scott Vetere 8.750 (2) Kevin Roulston 7.450 HIGH BAR Chris Gatti 7.550 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.300 Kris Zimmerman 8.450 Brad Kenna 7.500 Scott Vetere 8.800 (5) Kevin Roulston 7.650 ALL-AROUND Kevin Roulston 49.650 ( ) denotes place in the Top 5