University of Illinois
Windy City Invitational
Illini Finish Second At Windy City Invitational
January 12, 2002 | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 12, 2002
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The fifth-ranked Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team opened the 2002 campaign tonight at the 32nd annual Windy City Invitational. Iowa won the event with a total score of 207.650 followed by Illinois with a 207.025. Michigan took third (206.850) ahead of Ohio State (203.325), Minnesota (199.250) and Illinois-Chicago (197.675). The Illini begin the season with a record of 4-1.
Illinois recorded the highest team scores of the meet on both the pommel horse and the high bar. Sophomore Bob Rogers and freshman Peter Shostchuk each scored a 9.000 on the pommel horse to lead the Illini to a meet-high team score of 35.300. Rogers took the individual high bar title with a score of 9.250. Freshman Ed Seward tied for fifth place on the apparatus with a score of 8.700 as the Illini accumulated a meet-best team total of 24.200.
In his first collegiate meet, Shostchuk finished second in the all-around competition. Along with tying for fourth on the pommel horse (9.000), the Glen Gardner, N.J.-native tied for eighth on the floor (8.750), tied for 14th on the vault (8.900), tied for 13th on the parallel bars (8.250) and finished eighth on the high bar (8.350). Shostchuk also scored an 8.075 on the still rings for an all-around total of 51.325.
Also in the all-around competition, sophomore Scott Wetterling finished seventh with a 49.650 and senior Jonathan Plante scored a 49.150 to take eighth.
In other individual action, Wetterling recorded a second place finish on the vault with a 9.250 and junior Bob Spelic scored an 8.700 to tie for third on the parallel pars.
The home opener for the Illini is a co-ed battle on Jan. 19 at Huff Hall at 7 p.m. The fifth-ranked Illinois men take on No. 9 Nebraska. Illinois remains at home the following week to host No. 8 Minnesota.
TEAM SCORES (FX, PH, SR, V, PB, HB, Total) 1. Iowa 35.200 - 35.200 - 33.750 - 36.250 - 33.700 - 33.550 = 207.650 2. ILLINOIS 33.800 - 35.300 - 33.675 - 36.150 - 33.900 - 34.200 = 207.025 3. Michigan 35.900 - 34.050 - 34.050 - 35.400 - 33.800 - 33.650 = 206.850 4. Ohio State 34.350 - 33.950 - 34.125 - 35.800 - 31.650 - 33.450 = 203.325 5. Minnesota 34.100 - 33.950 - 32.250 - 35.850 - 33.200 - 29.900 = 199.250 6. UIC 34.200 - 33.950 - 31.025 - 36.350 - 31.200 - 30.950 = 197.675
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Floor 8 Peter Shostchuk 8.750 t21 Sean-Paul Crawford 8.450 t26 Bob Rogers 8.300 30 Jonathan Plante 8.150 33 Scott Wetterling 8.000Pommel Horse t4 Peter Shostchuk 9.000 Bob Rogers 9.000 t7 Jonathan Plante 8.800 14 Bob Spelic 8.500 t18 Ben Newman 8.350 t29 Mike Filla 7.850
Still Rings 5 Sean-Paul Crawford 8.475 t7 Scott Wetterling 8.450 Jonathan Plante 8.450 t11 J.G. Ketchen 8.300 14 Ben Newman 8.225 27 Bob Spelic 7.850
Vault 2 Scott Wetterling 9.250 t3 Sean-Paul Crawford 9.200 t14 Peter Shostchuk 8.900 t22 Mike Filla 8.800 t32 Bob Spelic 8.300
Parallel Bars 3 Bob Spelic 8.700 7 Jonathan Plante 8.550 t9 Scott Wetterling 8.400 t13 Peter Shostchuk 8.250 t17 John Cano 8.200 33 J.G. Ketchen 7.200
High Bar 1 Bob Rogers 9.250 5 Ed Seward 8.700 8 Peter Shostchuk 8.350 t16 Scott Wetterling 7.900 t21 J.G. Ketchen 7.800 32 Bob Spelic 6.600
All-Around 2 Peter Shostchuk 51.325 7 Scott Wetterling 49.650 8 Jonathan Plante 49.150 11 Bob Spelic 48.250
