Wolverines Finish Second at Big Ten Championships

Friday, March 22

Minneapolis, Minn.

7:00 PM CT

Michigan

Big Ten Team and All-Around Finals

3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Led by seniors Daniel Diaz-Luong (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt HS) and Justin Toman (Wallingford, Conn./Lyman Hall HS), the University of Michigan men's gymnastics team finished in second place at the Big Ten Conference Championships on Friday (March 22) at the University of Minnesota's Sports Pavilion. Six Wolverines qualified for Saturday's individual event finals by finishing in the top eight in one or more events.

With a team score of 215.100 -- their best of the season against collegiate opponents -- the No. 8-ranked Wolverines finished runner-up for the second straight year behind No. 2 Ohio State, which ran away from the field with a winning score of 218.100. Penn State (214.600) finished third.

Diaz-Luong captured fourth place in the all-around with a score of 53.625 to earn a spot on the All-Big Ten team. Contributing to his all-around score were a second-place finish on the parallel bars (8.950) and a fifth-place effort on the horizontal bar (9.200).

Toman also qualified for the All-Big Ten team by finishing sixth in the all-around with a 53.050. He finished in fourth on the still rings (9.350) and tied for sixth on the parallel bars (8.850).

Also doing well for the Wolverines were juniors Conan Parzuchowski (Northville, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit HS) and Kris Zimmerman (Winnetka, Ill./New Trier HS). Parzuchowski placed third on the still rings (9.400), leading the Wolverines to a 37.050, more than a point higher than the other five teams. Michigan also had the top score on the horizontal bar (36.750).

Zimmerman was the top qualifier to the individual event finals on the horizontal bar with a 9.500. He also qualified on the floor exercise with a score of 9.075. Also qualifying for the individual event finals are senior Brad Kenna (Barberton, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit HS) on vault (9.375) and Jamie Hertza (West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield HS) on pommel horse (9.250).

Six Wolverines return to action tomorrow for the Big Ten individual event finals at 7 p.m. CST at the Sports Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minn.

Final Team Standings

Team Scores	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	Total
1. Ohio State	37.000	36.650	35.250	36.875	35.900	36.425	218.100
2. MICHIGAN	36.175	34.250	37.075	36.550	34.300	36.750	215.100
3. Penn State	36.175	35.375	35.200	36.600	34.800	36.450	214.600
4. Minnesota	36.625	35.725	34.400	37.675	34.800	35.300	214.525
5. Illinois	35.425	36.625	35.125	37.175	33.300	35.925	213.575
6. Iowa	35.525	35.575	35.800	36.725	33.500	35.525	212.700

Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores

FLOOR EXERCISE Jamie Hertza 9.000 Justin Toman 8.950 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.050 Kris Zimmerman 9.075 (T6) Edward Umphrey 9.050 Brad Kenna 8.650 Event Total: 36.225 (T3) POMMEL HORSE Jamie Hertza 9.250 (6) Kevin George 8.650 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.150 Kris Zimmerman 7.900 Edward Umphrey 8.300 Geoff Corrigan 6.200 Justin Toman* 7.800 Event Total: 33.850 (6) STILL RINGS Chris Gatti 8.950 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.200 (T7) Kris Zimmerman 9.125 Conan Parzuchowski 9.400 (3) Brad Kenna 8.550 Justin Toman 9.350 (4) Edward Umphrey* 8.200 Event Total: 37.075 (1) VAULT Conan Parzuchowski 8.975 Brad Kenna 9.375 (5) Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.075 Justin Toman 9.050 Kris Zimmerman 9.050 Edward Umphrey 9.050 Event Total: 36.550 (6) PARALLEL BARS Geoff Corigan 8.350 Chris Gatti 6.800 Daniel Diaz-Luong 8.950 (T2) Justin Toman 8.850 (T6) Kris Zimmerman 7.900 Brad Kenna 8.150 Edward Umphrey* 7.700 Event Total: 34.300 (4) HORIZONTAL BAR Geoff Corrigan 8.900 Chris Gatti 9.000 Daniel Diaz-Luong 9.200 (5) Justin Toman 9.050 Kris Zimmerman 9.500 (1) Brad Kenna 8.250 Edward Umphrey* 7.550 Event Total: 36.750 (1) ALL-AROUND Daniel Diaz-Luong 53.625 (4) Justin Toman 53.050 (6) Kris Zimmerman 52.550 Edward Umphrey 49.850 * counts toward all-around but not team score ( ) denotes place in Top 8