Michigan
Big Ten Team and All-Around Finals
U-M Finishes in Second Place at Big Ten Championships
3/23/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Site: State College, Pa. (Rec Hall)
Event: #2 Michigan at Big Ten Championships (Team Finals)
U-M Team Finish: 2nd Place of 7 Teams (216.000)
Records: U-M (17-2)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 24 -- at Big Ten Championships Individual Finals (State College, Pa.), 7 p.m.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Led by a third-place all-around finish by junior Daniel Diaz-Luong (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt HS), the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team finished second at the Big Ten Conference Championships team finals on Friday (March 23) at Penn State's Rec Hall. The No. 2-ranked Wolverines scored a 216.000 but were denied a third straight Big Ten title by No. 4 Ohio State (217.275).
Michigan faced the other six Big Ten gymnastics programs, each of which is ranked among the GymInfo Top 25 -- No. 3 Michigan State, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Illinois, No. 7 Iowa, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 9 Penn State.
The Wolverines were led by Diaz-Luong, who took third in the all-around with a score of 54.600. Contributing to his all-around score ware a second-place finish on the horizontal bar (9.450) and a fourth-place finish on the parallel bars (8.850). He also qualified for the individual event finals on the floor exercise (9.200) and the still rings (9.300).
Also earning high marks for Michigan were junior Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS), who scored a 9.200 to tie for third on the vault and tied for fourth on the floor with a 9.300. He also qualified for Saturday's event finals on the horizontal bar with a 8.950.
Junior Scott Vetere (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown HS) finished second on the parallel bars (9.150) and in third place on the still rings (9.550). Sophomore Kris Zimmerman (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS) finished in seventh place in the all-around (52.600) and sixth on floor exercise (9.200). Sophomores Jamie Hertza (West Bloomfield, Mich/West Bloomfield HS) and Conan Parzuchowski (Northville, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit HS) both qualified for the finals, Hertza on the floor exercise (9.200) and Parzuchowski on the still rings (9.300).
Michigan posted the highest team score on the floor exercise (36.900) and the second highest score on the still rings (37.150). The Wolverines qualified six gymnasts into Saturday night's (March 24) individual event finals with a total of 13 routines. Action begins at 7 p.m. at Rec Hall.
Final Team Standings
| Team Scores | FX | PH | SR | V | PB | HB | Total |
| 1. Ohio State | 36.675 | 36.050 | 36.550 | 36.200 | 35.800 | 36.000 | 217.275 |
| 2. MICHIGAN | 36.900 | 35.800 | 37.150 | 35.750 | 34.900 | 35.500 | 216.000 |
| 3. Penn State | 36.025 | 35.450 | 37.200 | 35.500 | 34.150 | 35.950 | 214.275 |
| 4. Illinois | 35.825 | 36.100 | 37.150 | 35.900 | 33.750 | 35.450 | 214.175 |
| 5. Michigan State | 35.950 | 35.050 | 35.350 | 36.100 | 34.550 | 34.950 | 211.950 |
| 6. Iowa | 35.500 | 34.900 | 35.000 | 35.900 | 33.800 | 35.750 | 210.850 |
| 7. Minnesota | 35.750 | 34.750 | 34.800 | 36.550 | 32.250 | 34.700 | 208.800 |
Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores
FLOOR EXERCISE Jamie Hertza 9.200 Tim Dehr 8.700 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.200 Brad Kenna 9.300 (T4) Conan Parzuchowski 8.450 Kris Zimmerman 9.200 POMMEL HORSE Jamie Hertza 8.750 Tim Dehr 9.300 (T4) Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.950 Brad Kenna 7.200 Scott Vetere 8.850 Kris Zimmerman 8.750 STILL RINGS Kenny Keener 9.000 Conan Parzuchowski 9.300 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.300 Brad Kenna 9.000 Scott Vetere 9.550 (T3) Kris Zimmerman 8.850 VAULT Kenny Keener 8.750 Conan Parzuchowski 8.850 Tim Dehr 8.800 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.850 Brad Kenna 9.200 (T3) Kris Zimmerman 8.850 PARALLEL BARS Kenny Keener 8.350 Tim Dehr 7.650 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.850 (4) Brad Kenna 8.000 Scott Vetere 9.150 (T2) Kris Zimmerman 8.550 HIGH BAR Chris Gatti 7.250 Jamie Hertza 7.300 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.450 (T2) Brad Kenna 8.950 Scott Vetere 8.700 Kris Zimmerman 8.400 ALL-AROUND Daniel Diaz-Luong 54.600 (3) Kris Zimmerman 52.600 Brad Kenna 51.650
( ) denotes place in the Top 5
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