Minnesota Vaults Past Michigan in Dual Competition

Saturday, February 24

Minneapolis, Minn.

1:00 PM CT

Michigan

216.175

217.175

Minnesota

2/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The third-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team fell to No. 8 University of Minnesota 217.175-216.175 on Saturday (Feb. 24) at the Sports Pavilion. The Wolverines defeated the Golden Gophers in half the six events (pommel horse, still rings, high bar), but Minnesota rode a 1.500-point advantage on the vault (37.500-36.000) to the overall victory.

The Wolverines were led by junior Scott Vetere (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown HS) and sophomore Kris Zimmerman (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS). Vetere garnered first-place honors on the still rings (9.550) and second place on the pommel horse (9.200) and horizontal bar (9.175). Zimmerman took home first place on parallel bars (9.050) and horizontal bar (9.200) and second place in the all-around with a 54.400.

Also contributing for the Wolverines were Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS), who finished second on the parallel bars (8.900) and third on the still rings (9.175), and Jamie Hertza (West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield HS), who placed third on the pommel horse (9.150) and fourth on the floor exercise (8.950). Conan Parzuchowski (Northville, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit HS) tied for third on the still rings with a 9.175.

The Wolverines return to action on Saturday (March 3) when they travel to Madrid, Spain, to compete against the Portugal and Spain national teams.

Final Team Standings

Team Scores	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	Total
1. Minnesota	36.350	36.100	36.050	37.500	35.200	35.975	217.175
2. MICHIGAN	35.800	36.300	36.900	36.000	35.150	36.025	216.175

Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores

FLOOR EXERCISE Jamie Hertza 8.950 (T4) Tim Dehr 8.700 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.000 (3) Brad Kenna 8.900 Kris Zimmerman 8.950 (T4) Scott Vetere 8.800 POMMEL HORSE Jamie Hertza 9.150 (3) Tim Dehr 8.950 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.500 Brad Kenna 8.800 Kris Zimmerman 9.000 (5) Scott Vetere 9.200 (2) STILL RINGS Conan Parzuchowski 9.175 (T3) Kenny Keener 9.000 (T5) Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.900 Brad Kenna 9.175 (T3) Kris Zimmerman 9.000 (T5) Scott Vetere 9.550 (1) VAULT Conan Parzuchowski 8.700 Chris Gatti 8.350 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.750 Tim Dehr 9.050 Brad Kenna 9.000 Kris Zimmerman 9.200 (5) PARALLEL BARS Conan Parzuchowski 7.700 Kenny Keener 8.600 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.600 Brad Kenna 8.900 (2) Kris Zimmerman 9.050 (1) Scott Vetere 8.400 HIGH BAR Jamie Hertza 8.450 Chris Gatti 8.675 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.700 Brad Kenna 8.950 Kris Zimmerman 9.200 (1) Scott Vetere 9.175 (2) ALL-AROUND Kris Zimmerman 54.400 (2) Brad Kenna 53.725 (3) ( ) denotes place in the Top 5