March 20, 2000 (vol. 110, iss. 100) • Page Image 14
…6B -The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - March 20, 2000 ymnasts thrive in Big Ten spotlight Wolverines win 5 of 6 individual events after claiming team title By Roit Bhave Dailygports Writer Michigan…
…, scoring a 9.5125. Michigan gymnasts found more competition in the rings from their teammates than from the rest of the Big Ten. Each Wolverine seemed to be pushed by the others to produce a bet- ter routine…
… included five scores of 9.7 or better. "No one could touch him," Toman said. Vetere led a Wolverine conquest of the rings event with a meet-high 9.925. Teammates Kris Zimmerman, Kenny Keener and Ethan…
…-specific exercises. Amazingly, the Wolverines placed five gym- nasts in the individual rings finals Saturday - the aforementioned quartet was joined by freshman Conan Parzuchowski. Following the 39.175 performance on…
… the rings, it was evident the Big Ten title would return to Ann Arbor. The lead the Wolverines accumulated over sec- ond-place Ohio State did not slow Michigan's drive in the final rotations - the…
… Wolverines dom- inated the parallel bars as well. Freshman Kris Zimmerman hit an impressive 9.9 parallel bar routine to key the tumblers' 39.15 event score. Michigan posted the season-high without Toman, who…
… was the 1999 Big Ten paral- lel bars champion. Though the Wolverines did not emphasize the meet heavily in their season goals, they exhibited unrivaled enthusiasm from the moment they began the meet…
…. While other teams quieted as the meet went along, Michigan's emotional fire continued to build. Nowhere was the Wolverines' exuberance more apparent than in their performance on one of their weaker events…