Michigan State University
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Men Gymnasts Defeat Illinois-Chicago
2/20/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 20, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men's gymnastics team notched another win for the season over No. 12 Illinois-Chicago 224.225-217.800 on Sunday, February 20. With the win, No. 7 MSU improves to 3-8 overall (1-2 Big Ten).
Brady Grimm (Sr., Holland, Ohio) attained a season-high on both the floor exercise (9.400) and the vault (9.600), while the Spartans also reached a season-high as a team on the floor exercise (38.250). Other season-highs were also set on the vault by senior Jeff Moomaw (Cincinnati, Ohio) with a 9.350 and David Ruiz (So., Oviedo, Fla.) with a 9.650. Freshman Jamie Shepard (Dayton, Ohio) reached a season-high today on the pommel horse (9.350), while Tom Housley (Jr., Jonesboro, Ga.) had his best score of the season on the floor exercise with a 9.400. Freshman Brad Golden (Orlando, Fla.) was the only all-around competitor of the meet (55.350) and reached a season-high on the parallel bars with a 9.500.
The Spartans return to action on Thursday, February 24 against Michigan in Ann Arbor at 7 p.m.
Top Three ScoresVault9.650 David Ruiz, Michigan State9.600 Brady Grimm, Michigan State9.350 Mike Quarress, Michigan State
Floor Exercise9.750 David Ruiz, Michigan State9.650 Brad Golden, Michigan State Parallel Bars9.450 Jon Plante, Michigan State 9.500 Brad Golden, Michigan State 9.350 Brady Grimm, Michigan StatePommel Horse 9.350 Jon Plante, Michigan State9.925 Jon Plante, Michigan State9.650 Erin Willingham, Illinois-Chicago Horizontal Bar9.550 Brady Grimm, Michigan State 9.250 Jamie Shepard, Michigan State9.550 Russell Young, Michigan State 9.200 David Johnson, Illinois-Chicago 9.150 Jeff Moomaw, Michigan StateStill Rings9.200 Mike D'Antino, Illinois-Chicago9.200 Jon Plante, Michigan State9.150 Jamie Shepard, Michigan State
All-Around55.350 Brad Golden, Michigan State
