Michigan
Ohio State
Season-Best P-Bars Score Not Enough; U-M Falls to OSU
1/30/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
» Dmitri Belanovksi set a career high on floor with a 15.25 for his first career event title of the meet and won high bar with a 15.200.
» U-M set a season best on parallel bars with a 70.15 and tied a season best on vault with a 74.50.
» Belanovski's efforts on high bar won him the Newt Loken Award, given to the most outstanding routine on the meet.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Score: #3 Ohio State 434.900, #9 Michigan 424.100
Attendance: 957
Next U-M Meet: Saturday, Feb. 6 -- at Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.), 4 p.m. PST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 9-ranked University of Michigan Men's gymnastics team, competing in the 150 Celebration Meet, fell to the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes, 434.900-424.100, Saturday (Jan. 30) at Cliff Keen Arena.
Sophomore Dmitri Belanovski won two event titles with a 15.25 on floor and a 15.20 on high bar, while U-M notched a new season-high 70.15 on parallel bars during the defeat.
Michigan (1-6, 0-5 B1G) got off to a solid start on floor, marking a team tally of 72.450. Belanovski led the team with a 15.25 to win the event title, Junior Anthony Stefanelli anchored with a 14.75, and redshirt freshman Alec Krystek recorded a 14.65. Both Belanovski and Krystek stuck their landings. The opposition, Ohio State (6-2, 4-1 B1G), combined for a 69.750 on pommel horse with freshman Alex Yoder's 15.35 pacing the Buckeyes.
Moving to pommels in rotation two, U-M struggled with a 66.450, while freshman Emyre Cole's 13.85 on horse was the team's high. Ohio State's 72.000 on floor placed them in the lead with freshman Tristan Burke scoring a 14.85.
During the third rotation on still rings, Belanovksi led U-M with a 14.50 after sticking his arabian double tuck dismount. Redshirt freshman Marty Strech and senior Colin Mahar contributed with scores of 14.30 and 14.00, respectively. U-M combined for a 70.250 on the event. With two rotations remaining, Ohio State countered with a 75.450 on vault to set a school record and increase the lead to 8.05 points
On vault in the fourth rotation, the Wolverines earned a 74.500 to tie the team's season high on the event and narrowed the Buckeyes' lead to 5.100. Stefanelli came up big with a 15.30 for his Yurchenko 2 1/2, and redshirt senior Michael Strathern's handspring double front captured a 15.00. Ohio State's performance on rings scored a 72.350.
Michigan continued the meet on parallel bars, scoring a season-high 70.150 with Belanovski's 14.90 leading the team. McCallum also performed well, setting a career high of 14.55 during his third collegiate meet. Junior Andrew Rickly's 15.00 helped Ohio State stretch the lead to 7.650 after combining for 71.900 on high bar.
U-M closed out the afternoon on high bar with Belanovski sticking his dismount to earn him the event title and a new career high of 15.20.
Belanovski served as U-M's lone all-around in the competition, finishing in third place with an 87.05, as Ohio State's Sean Melton captured the all-around title with a 87.65.
Following the two meet homestand, U-M now hits the road until mid-March. The Wolverines will trek to the West Coast for its first road dual meet of the season at No. 2 Stanford on Saturday (Feb. 6) at 4 p.m. PST.
NOTES
• Freshman Matthew Beck took part in his first collegiate meet, leading off on floor.
• Redshirt freshman Alec Krystek earned a career-high 14.65 on floor exercise.
• Belanovski won floor with the career best on floor, improving his top mark on the event by .65.
• Belanovski had three sticks, career high on high bar and floor event title winner, third in the all-around
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