Big Ten Championships Postmeet Notes
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
March 19, 2011
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Team Notes
• Michigan captures its fifth straight Big Ten title, the 18th title in the last 20 years and the program's 19th Big Ten championship overall.
• Michigan's 19 Big Ten titles are the most for any Big Ten women's program in any sport.
• Michigan's entire senior class wraps up their final season of college gymnastics with four Big Ten rings apiece. They become the ninth full U-M class to earn a Big Ten title all four years of their collegiate careers. Additionally, fifth-year seniors Sarah Curtis and Jordan Sexton each graduate with five Big Ten championship rings.
• Michigan's 49.525 floor exercise score was the third-highest in Michigan postseason history as well as a season high. The Wolverines scored 49.575 on two occasions -- in the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
Individual Notes
• At the conclusion of the meet, senior Kylee Botterman was named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year. She is the first Wolverine to win the award since Lindsey Bruck (2004-08) was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Year in 2008.
• Michigan freshman Shelby Gies was a finalist for Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Ohio State's Sarah Miller earned the award.
• Senior Kylee Botterman captured her third Big Ten floor exercise title, tying a career high (9.950) to win the event. Beth Wymer and Sarah Cain are the only other Wolverines to win three floor titles in their careers.
• Fifth-year senior Jordan Sexton won her very first Big Ten title, capturing the beam crown with a 9.875. Michigan's last Big Ten beam champion was Becky Bernard in 2007.
• Botterman recorded her first fall in competition in nearly two years with a stumble on uneven bars. Botterman also failed to win an all-around title for the first time in 11 meets.
• Fifth-year senior Sarah Curtis posted a season-best 9.850 on beam and tied a season-high 9.850 on floor.
• Freshman Joanna Sampson scored a collegiate-best 9.925 on floor to take runner-up honors.
• Freshman Reema Zakharia had a career-best 9.900 on floor.
