Wolverines Capture Third at Windy City Invitational

Saturday, January 12

Chicago, Ill.

7:00 PM CT

Michigan

UIC

1/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

CHICAGO -- Led by juniors Kris Zimmerman (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS) and Conan Parzuchowski (Northville, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit HS) and freshman Edward Umphrey (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva HS), the Michigan men's gymnastics team captured third place at the Windy City Invitational, hosted by the University of Illinois-Chicago on Saturday (Jan. 12).

Michigan, ranked No. 2 in the GymInfo preseason coaches poll, finished with a team score of 206.850 in its season opener to place third behind No. 7-ranked Iowa (207.650) and No. 5 Illinois (207.175). No. 3 Ohio State, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 15 Illinois-Chicago rounded out the strong field.

Zimmerman captured the all-around title with a 51.400 total. He is the first Wolverine to win the all-around at the Windy City Invitational in the 32-year history of the event. Contributing to Zimmerman's score were a second-place finish on the horizontal bar (9.200) and a third-place finish on the floor exercise (9.000).

Parzuchowski recieved first place on the still rings with a 9.200. He also competed on the floor exercise (8.550) and the vault (8.700).

Umphrey was crowned the champion on the floor exercise with a score of 9.150. Senior Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS) finished right behind Umphrey in second place with a 9.050, enabling the Wolverines to sweep the top three spots on the floor exercise and post the highest team score in the event (35.900).

The Wolverines return to action next weekend in their home opener when they host Minnesota on Saturday (Jan. 19) at 7:30 p.m. in Cliff Keen Arena.

Final Team Standings

Team Scores	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	Total
1. Iowa	35.200	35.200	33.750	36.250	33.700	33.550	207.650
2. Illinois	33.950	35.300	33.675	36.150	33.900	34.200	207.175
3. MICHIGAN	35.900	34.050	34.050	35.400	33.800	33.650	206.850
4. Ohio State	34.350	33.950	34.125	35.800	31.650	33.450	203.325
5. Minnesota	34.100	33.950	32.250	35.850	33.200	29.900	199.250
6. Illinois-Chicago	34.200	33.950	31.025	36.350	31.200	30.950	197.675

Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores

FLOOR EXERCISE Conan Parzuchowski 8.550 Chris Gatti 8.700 Edward Umphrey 9.150 (1) Jamie Hertza 8.350 Brad Kenna 9.050 (2) Kris Zimmerman 9.000 (3) POMMEL HORSE Kevin George 8.350 Edward Umphrey 8.100 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.900 Jamie Hertza 8.450 Brad Kenna 8.350 Kris Zimmerman 7.850 STILL RINGS Kevin George 8.050 Chris Gatti 8.075 Brian Skvarla 8.300 Justin Toman 8.150 Conan Parzuchowski 9.200 (1) Kris Zimmerman 8.400 VAULT Brian Skvarla 8.300 Conan Parzuchowski 8.700 Edward Umphrey 8.650 Justin Toman 8.950 Brad Kenna 8.900 Kris Zimmerman 8.850 PARALLEL BARS Chris Gatti 8.500 Edward Umphrey 6.550 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.400 Justin Toman 8.100 Brad Kenna 8.700 (5) Kris Zimmerman 8.200 HORIZONTAL BAR Brian Berends 8.200 Chris Gatti 8.150 Dave Flannery 7.600 Jamie Hertza 8.100 Brad Kenna 8.200 Kris Zimmerman 9.100 (2) ALL-AROUND Kris Zimmerman 51.400 (1) ( ) denotes place in the Top 5