Michigan State University Athletics
Michigan State University
Air Force/Stanford
MSU Men's Gymnastics Defeats Air Force, Stanford
3/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
March 9, 2001
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Spartan men's gymnastics team won a triangular meet on Thursday, March 9, with a score of 210.500 to defeat Stanford (205.150) and Air Force (203.700) at the US Air Force Academy.
Junior Jonathan Plante (Easton, Pa.) won the all-around (52.850) and the pommel horse (9.650) and took fourth on the parallel bars (8.650). Sophomore Brad Golden (Orlando, Fla.) won the floor (9.200), finished second on vault (9.050) and third on high bar (8.750). Junior Marc Chiappetta (Mundelein, Ill.) took second on the rings (9.350) and Russell Young (Poland, Ohio) was runner-up on the pommel horse (9.050).
The Spartans return to action on March 10 against Iowa at 8 p.m. in Jenison Field House.
TEAM RESULTS
| Floor | Pommel | Rings | Vault | Parallel Bars | High Bars | Total Exer. | |
| 1. MSU | 35.300 | 35.450 | 36.100 | 34.450 | 34.300 | 34.900 | 210.500 |
| 2. Stanford | 34.800 | 33.200 | 35.100 | 35.150 | 33.300 | 33.600 | 205.150 |
| 3. Air Force | 34.750 | 31.900 | 34.800 | 34.600 | 34.300 | 33.450 | 203.700 |
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
ALL-AROUND
1. Jon Plante, MSU 52.850
2. David Durante, STAN 51.850
3. Dan Gill, STAN 50.150
4. Aaron Jackson, USAF 49.800
FLOOR
1. Brad Golden, MSU 9.200
2. Dan Gill, STAN 9.000
3. Aaron Jackson, USAF 8.950
4. Tom Housley, MSU 8.750
POMMEL HORSE
1. Jon Plante, MSU 9.650
2. Russell Young, MSU 9.050
3. David Durante, STAN 8.650
4. Jamie Shepard, MSU 8.550
RINGS
1. Marshall Erwin, STAN 9.500
2. Marc Chiappetta, MSU 9.350
3. Taft Dorman, MSU 9.100
Stephen Sistare, USAF 9.100
