2013 sCheduLe

DATE/OPPONENT TIMES/RESULT

JANUARY

11 Alumni Meet L, 426.00 - 409.200

19 at Windy City Invitational 4th of 6, 425.750

26 Air Force W, 430.600 - 404.450

FEBRUARY

2 Nebraska/UIC 1st of 3, 431.200

7 Winter Cup No team results

8 at Iowa L, 422.750 - 419.450

9 Winter Cup No team results

16 at Oklahoma L, 443.350 - 435.450

24 at UIC W, 419.200 - 409.600

MARCH

2 Iowa W, 427.750 - 416.300

8 at Illinois L, 430.600 - 420.650

16 at Nebraska/Iowa 1st of 3, 430.300

23 Penn State L, 433.650-428.00

APRIL

5 Big Ten Championships 7 p.m.

6 Big Ten Championships 7 p.m.

19 NCAA Qualifying Round All Day

20 NCAA Team Finals 7 p.m.

21 NCAA Individual Finals 2 p.m.

Minnesota in The BigTen Championships

Team Championships 21 (1903, 1907,

1910, 1925, 1936,

1938, 1940, 1947,

1948, 1949, 1976,

1997, 1978, 1979,

1980, 1982, 1984,

1990, 1991, 1992,

1995)

Individual Championships 101

Individual Event Championships 75

All-Around Championships 26

Last Minnesota Big Ten Champion

Floor Exercise Clay Strother (2003)

Pommel Horse Kit Beikmann (2007)

Still Rings Tim LaFleur (1977)

Vault Zack Chase (2011)

Parallel Bars John Roethlisberger (1991)

High Bar Brian Ottenhoft (1991)

All Around John Roethlisberger (1993)

2013 Big Ten ChAMPionshiPsDate: April 5-6Site: MinneapolisVenue: Sports Pavilion

Friday, April 5Time: 7 p.m.Event: Team / All-Around

Competition

Saturday, April 6Time: 7 p.m.Event: Individual Competition

Television:Big Ten Network: Mike Wolf (Play-By-Play)John Roethlisberger (Analyst)Rob Brown (Sideline)

Five Things You need To KnowMinnesota hosts the Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships this weekend. The Gophers, who are ranked No. 7

in the nation, will welcome No. 1 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Illinois, No. 8 Iowa and No. 10

Nebraska to the Sports Pavilion for the annual conference championship. Illinois is the defending Big Ten champion

and NCAA champion. Minnesota, which has won 21 Big Ten titles, last won a conference crown in 1995.

The Big Ten Championships feature seven of the top 10 teams in th nation. All seven Big Ten teams are ranked in

the top 10 in floor exercise, parallel bars and high bar. Six teams are ranked in the top 10 in pommel horse, still

rings and vault, with Iowa (pommel horse), Nebraska (still rings) and Illinois (vault) being the exceptions.

Individually, the top-ranked Gymnasts on still rings (Mike Wilner of Illinois), vault (Tristan Duverglas of Penn State), paral-

lel bars (Felix Aronovich of Penn State) and high bar (Wasef Burbar of Penn State) will be competing this week.

As a team, the Gophers have competed in 10 meets this year. They have faced a Big Ten opponent in seven of

those meets and have competed against every Big Ten foes at least once this year. Minnesota’s most common Big

Ten rival this year has been Iowa, as the Gophers have faced the Hawkeyes in four meets this year. Minnesota

holds a 3-1 record against Iowa this season, having beaten the Hawkeyes at the Windy City Invitational, at home and at a

tri-meet at Nebraska. The Gophers lone loss to Iowa came on the road and took place during a weekend when both

squads had gymnasts at the Winter Cup in Las Vegas. Minnesota has faced Nebraska twice this year and is 2-0 against

the Cornhuskers. The Gophers fell on the road at Illinois

this year and also finished behind the Illini at the Windy

City Invitational. Minnesota dropped a home meet to

Penn State and also placed behind Ohio State and

Michigan at the season-opening Windy City Invitational.

Minnesota is led by sophomores Steve Jaciuk and

Ellis Mannon. Jaciuk is ranked third in the nation in

high bar and sixth on parallel bars. Jaciuk beat

Penn State’s duo of No. 1 Wasef Burbar and No.2 Matt

Felleman on the high bar when the Nittany Lions visited

Minneapolis on March 23. His best score on high bar this

year is 15.350, which he recorded at Oklahoma on Feb.

16. Jaciuk has topped the 15.000 mark twice this year on

high bar eclipsed the 14.500 mark six times. Jaciuk’s top

score on parallel bars this year was 15.450. Mannon was

ranked No. 21 on pommel horse on Jan. 21, but moved

his way to No. 3 after topping 15.000 five times this sea-

son, including in each of his last four meets.

Junior Zack Chase, who was the Big Ten champi-

on on vault as a freshman in 2011, is doubtful for

competition this weekend as he is recovering from

an injury suffered Feb. 24 at UIC. Chase is the most

recent Gopher to win a Big Ten title.

2013 Top Performances

TEAMEVENT MEET SCORE

Floor Exercise vs. Penn State 74.750

Pommel Horse at Nebraska 72.300

Still Rings at Oklahoma 73.600

Vault vs. Nebraska/UIC 74.450

Parallel Bars at Nebraska 72.950

High Bar vs. Nebraska/UIC 72.500

Team Total at Oklahoma 435.450

INDIVIDUALEVENT GYMNAST MEET SCORE

Floor Exercise Sean Bauer at Oklahoma 15.450

Pommel Horse Ellis Mannon at Nebraska 15.400

Still Rings Steve Jaciuk at Oklahoma 15.100

Vault Zack Chase vs. Air Force 15.300

Adam Kern at Iowa 15.300

Parallel Bars Steve Jaciuk at Nebraska 15.450

High Bar Steve Jaciuk at Oklahoma 15.350

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national Rankings

Team Team 4 Ave. Conference

1. Penn State 444.767 Big Ten

2. Oklahoma 439.767 MPSF

3. Michigan 437.267 Big Ten

4. Stanford 434.317 MPSF

5. Ohio State 433.233 Big Ten

6. Illinois 431.717 Big Ten

7. Minnesota 430.700 Big Ten

8. Iowa 427.367 Big Ten

9. California 426.450 MPSF

10. Nebraska 425.717 Big Ten

11. Air Force 424.783 MPSF

12. William & Mary 417.967 EIGL

13. Temple 413.833 EIGL

14. Army 413.067 EIGL

15. UIC 408.267 EIGL

Minnesota By event

Event Rank 4 Ave.

Floor Exercise 7 73.633

Pommel Horse 6 71.383

Still Rings 8 72.633

Vault 4 73.400

Parallel Bars 7 71.717

High Bar 6 71.033

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Event Gymnast Rank 4 Ave.

Floor Exercise Sean Bauer T14 15.050

Pommel Horse Ellis Mannon 3 15.150

Harris Coleman 16 14.667

Vault Adam Kern T11 14.917

Parallel Bars Steve Jaciuk 6 15.050

High Bar Steve Jaciuk 3 14.917

Daniel DiBenedetto 18 14.533

2013 MinnesoTA RosTeRName Yr. Events Hometown (High School) Club Team

Sean Bauer So. FX, V, SR, HB St. Louis, MO (De Smet Jesuit HS) St. Louis Gymnastics Center

Steffen Beck Jr. PH, SR Tampa, FL (H.B. Plant HS) LaFleur's Tampa Gymnastics

Donnie Carper So. V, PB, HB Hollis, NH (Hollis Brookline HS) Gymnastics Village

Zack Chase Jr. FX, SR, V Woodinville, WA (Woodinville HS) Cascade Elite Gymnastics

Harris Coleman R-Jr. FX, PH, PB, HB Gainesville, FL (Gainesville HS) Sun Coast Gymnastics

Daniel DiBenedetto Fr. AA Vernon, Conn. (Rockville High School) Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics

Michael Farquhar Fr. SR, PB Elgin, Ill. (Westminster Christian High School) Bartlett Gymnastics Club

Nathan Fortunato Jr. PH, PB Bedford, OH (Home-schooled) Gymnastics World

Matt Frey Jr. FX, V, PB Bradenton, FL (Pendleton HS) South Florida Gymnastics

Steve Jaciuk So. AA New Berlin, WI (Eisenhower HS) Swiss Turners Gymnastics

Adam Kern Jr. FX, PH, V Albuquerque, NM (Eldorado HS) Sandia Acrobatic Gymnastics

Adam LaFleur R-Sr. FX, V, PB New Brighton, MN (Irondale HS) Midwest Gymnastics

Ellis Mannon So. AA Indianapolis, IN (North Central HS) Indy School of Gymnastics

Jack Metcalf R-Fr. SR Waukesha, WI (Lake Country Lutheran HS) Salto Gymnastics

Paul Montague Fr. AA Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead High School) Swiss Turner's Gymnastics Club

Justin Morinishi Jr. FX, PH, V, HB Chesterfield, MO (Marquette HS) St. Louis Gym Centre

Nick Olson Fr. FX, V Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North High School) Minnesota Valley Gymnastics Club

John Scallon Jr. PH Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows HS) Bartlett Gymnastics

Spencer Smith So. PH, PB, HB Olympia, WA (Insight School of Washington) Metropolitan Gymnastics

Josh Wokurka R-Jr. AA Lombard, IL (Willowbrook HS) Barlett Gymnastics Center

Head Coach: Mike Burns

Assistant Coach: Kostya Kolesnikov

Assistant Coach: Russ Fystrom

gophers At home (Minnesota’s scores for its four home meets in 2013;

season high home scores in bold)

Jan. 26 vs. Air Force

Floor Exercise 73.950

Pommel Horse 68.350

Still Rings 73.200

Vault 73.500

Parallel Bars 71.150

High Bar 70.400

Overall 430.600

Feb. 2 vs. Nebraska and UIC

Floor Exercise 74.400

Pommel Horse 66.800

Still Rings 72.300

Vault 74.450

Parallel Bars 70.750

High Bar 72.500

Overall 431.200

March 2 vs. Iowa

Floor Exercise 72.000

Pommel Horse 71.400

Still Rings 70.900

Vault 73.050

Parallel Bars 72.450

High Bar 68.950

Overall 428.750

March 23 vs. Penn State

Floor Exercise 73.300

Pommel Horse 71.800

Still Rings 71.450

Vault 70.650

Parallel Bars 70.600

High Bar 70.200

Overall 428.00

Home Averages

Floor Exercise 73.412

Pommel Horse 69.588

Still Rings 71.963

Vault 72.925

Parallel Bars 71.238

High Bar 70.513

Overall 429.638

in The Rankings(Minnesota’s team rankings during the 2013 season)

Date Team FX PH SR V PB HB

Preseason 7 - - - - - -

Jan. 14 NR - - - - - -

Jan. 21 7 5 8 7 4 9 T2

Jan. 28 6 4 8 7 4 7 3

Feb. 4 6 3 9 7 3 6 2

Feb. 11 6 4 9 7 3 7 3

Feb. 18 6 4 9 7 3 7 5

Feb. 25 6 4 10 7 3 7 5

March 4 7 6 7 7 3 7 5

March 11 7 6 8 9 4 7 6

March 18 7 6 7 8 3 6 5

March 25 7 7 6 8 4 7 6

April 1 7 7 6 8 4 7 6

Coach Mike Burns Mike Burns is in his eighth

season as head coach of

Minnesota. In just his third

year at the helm (2007),

Burns led the Golden

Gophers to the NCAA Team

Finals for the first time since

1990.

Burns, a native of Norwood, Mass., came to the

Gophers from Michigan where he was assistant men's

coach since 1997. Burns received the National

Assistant Coach of the Year award in 1999 and 2000.

Prior to his stint in Ann Arbor, Mich., Burns was assis-

tant coach at the University of Iowa from 1980 to 1991,

where he was named the 1989 National Assistant

Coach of the Year,

Burns, who is a 1981 Penn State graduate, was also a

member of the USA National Team coaching staff from

1986-90.