Illini Place Third at Windy City Invitational

Recap

Men's Gymnastics January 16, 2022

Illini Place Third at Windy City Invitational

Recap

CHICAGO, Ill. – In the 2022 season opener, the Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team finished third at the 2022 Windy City Invitational.

The Illini (373.050) were bested by Ohio State (387.700) and Michigan (398.500), while Illinois defeated GymACT programs Iowa (346.000), Minnesota (338.500), NIU (309.550) and UIC (301.100).

Sophomore Logan Myers was the lone all-arounder on the evening, tying his career-high on the vault with a 14.200 and compiling an overall 67.200 all-around score. Fellow classmate Sebastian Ingersoll saw the most action of his Illini career at the meet, tallying marks of 12.750 on still rings, 13.700 on vault, and 13.300 on the high bar.

"It was a meet of high highs and low lows. We just need a little more time coming off our Covid set back from pre-season. We'll be a very different team in two weeks against Penn state. I'm excited for this year!" head coach Justin Spring said.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Floor Exercise	Dylan Kolak (12.000)	Evan Manivong (11.400)	Josh Cook (13.950)	Hamish Carter (13.200)	Connor McCool (12.650)
Pommel Horse	Michael Fletcher (12.650)	Maksim Farkhadau (10.750)	David Pochinka (11.950)	Hamish Carter (11.450)	Ian Skirkey (11.850)
Still Rings	Sebastian Ingersoll (12.750)	Josh Cook (12.650)	Jordan Kovach (12.900)	Yan Inhaber-Courchesne (13.300)	Michael Fletcher (12.900)
Vault	Sebastian Ingersoll (13.700)	Dylan Kolak (14.200)	Logan Myers (14.200)	Connor McCool (13.700)	Evan Manivong (14.100)
Parallel Bars	Jordan Kovach (13.100)	Clay Mason-Stephens (11.900)	Hamish Carter (13.450)	David Pochinka (11.750)	Michael Fletcher (12.900)
High Bar	Evan Manivong (13.450)	Sebastian Ingersoll (13.300)	Clay Mason-Stephens (13.650)	Michael Fletcher (13.400)	Hamish Carter (12.800)

Meet Notes

Three newcomers (David Pochinka, Maksim Farkhadau, Yan Inhaber-Courchesne) all made their Illini debuts in the season opener.
Sophomore Logan Myers tied a career-high mark on vault (14.200).
Senior Clay Mason-Stephens tallied a new career-high on the high bar (13.650).
Junior Dylan Kolak set a new career-high mark on vault (14.200).

UP NEXT

After an off week, the Illini will travel to Penn State to open up Big Ten competition on January 29th. Start time for the meet is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT and will be streamed on B1G+.