4 The Michigan Daily-Sunday, January 15,;1978-Page 9 Gymnasts shine in invitational By JEFF BLAKE There he was, his jersey thrown haphazardly over his head by a teammate, the dejected young Michi- gan gymnast on the sidelines. But for John Corritore, the 1977 NCAA runner-up (by a fraction) in the parallel bars, all was not lost. Sure, he had wound up flat on his back after overspinning on his "double-back tuck" dismount, but still his routine was smooth enough to handily win first place in the p-bars yesterday in the Big Ten Invitational Meet at Crisler Arena. The meet, featuring competition between Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana, Eastern Michi- gan and Western Michigan, wound up around 5:30 after nearly 10 hours of competition, including compulsories on Friday night and optionals and the finals on Saturday. The reason for the meet's length was the "individual" rather than the normal "team" basis for awards. Each teams' entire rosters were allowed to compete, rather than the usual 12 member limit. Also, no team totals were calculated. And after nearly 500 separate runs by close to 100 competitors in seven categories of events, even Newt Loken, the energetic coach of the Michigan squad, admitted that "it's been a darn long event!" "I really don't want to sound too cocky," said the confident Corritore, "but I know I can score better than the 9.2's I've been getting here. Still, it's real encouraging that I've done so well and I've got a lot of time to improve for this year's NCAA. I really enjoy performing here in front of friends, and you really learn a lot when things go wrong." Corritore was not the only Michi- gan performer to succeed. The pommel horse was dominated by Michigan, with Hal Dardick finishing first and Dorian Deaver and Brian Carey taking the third and fourth spots respectively. Bob Creek won Michigan's only other first in the high bar, Darrel Yee, a freshman, took second on the rings, as did Carl Badger in the vaulting competition, and Jim Vari- lek placed fourth in the floor exer- cises. The meet, which also featured a short exhibition by three of Michi- gan's women gymnasts (who com- pete at Crisler today), only drew an estimated 600 spectators but was con- sidered, nonetheless, a success by the Michigan squad. In addition to their successes, it also gave many of the usual "bench warmers" a chance to compete, and granted valuable experience to those who expect to compete more in future meets. The meet also allowed Michigan to rest Nigel Rothwell, who has mono, without hurting the team's score. The fans seemed to enjoy it also. In the morning session, before only about 100 spectators, Ohio State's multi-talented Steve Willard drew cheers as loud as a crowd of 100 can be expected to make when he finished his floor exercises with a round-off, flip-flop back-full punch- front. To describe a round-off. . . Well, it was very exciting, not unlike many of the performances turned in during the weekend meet. SPECIAL PRICES South University near Washtenaw * 769-1744 Daily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN Michigan freshman, Larry Beckerman, holds an '"L" during his parallel bar routine Friday night in the Big Ten Invitational Gymnastic meet held at Crisler this weekend. The Blue gymnasts fared well against the opposing Big Ten schools, taking top spot in three of the six events and placing at least fourth in the other events. Badgers ARE YOU SURE S YOU KNOW WHA olt Blue FAMILYPN tan -menIS ALL ABOUT? tankmen- Special to The Daily MADISON - The Wisconsin men's Mstmntnkamypanngs swimming team out-raced Michigan something a woman doestprevent 57-56 in a meet that "could have been unwanted pregnancy. turned around in so m any places,', that is o ''r 'fthe story.sFamrly said Michigan coach Dick Kimball. pann sjs smc a The 200 yard individual medley resosbiiy could have been the event to change the outcome of the meet had Paul F ami i p ganning means more Griffith finished just one second ear- than you may have thought. lier. Two Wisconsin swimmers beat him to the touch by less than a For information on y second. HIGHLIGHTS OF the meet includ- forapmaninshe size of your family ed the three meter dive by Michi- an ningunwanted gan's Matt Chelich. His score of pan ymy 352.22 was well above the rest of the c iniccanpyourac y, yourheocal competitors. Chelich also won the health department, or your own one meter dive, scoring 325.57. physician. 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