Hawkeyes Place Sixth At Big Tens

April 4, 2008

University Park, PA-

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team placed sixth in the 2008 Big Ten Championships Friday, with a final score of 344.50. Penn State came in first (360.45), followed by Illinois (357.30), Ohio State (354.35), Michigan (353.00) and Minnesota (351.45).

Geoff Reins had a big night, holding the top two finishes of the night for the Hawkeyes. Reins placed sixth on floor exercise, posting a new event record, with a score of 15.35. On vault, Reins tied for fourth with a 16.00. Senior Curtis Kleffman placed eighth in the all-around competition with a score of 85.30. Kleffman also placed sixth on pommel horse with a 14.55.

The Hawkeyes will return to action Saturday April 5 to compete in the 2008 Big Ten individual event finals in University Park, PA. Competition is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Final Team Scores
Team Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bars Total
1. Penn State 61.15 57.90 61.25 62.90 59.80 57.45 360.45
2. Illinois 60.55 57.20 60.95 62.60 59.00 57.00 357.30
3. Ohio State 60.15 55.95 58.80 63.75 59.15 56.55 354.35
4. Michigan 60.10 57.60 58.90 62.95 58.40 55.05 353.00
5. Minnesota 58.65 56.15 58.15 64.15 58.10 56.25 351.45
6. Iowa 59.35 56.05 56.95 62.60 54.75 54.80 344.50

Individual Results
All-Around (winner plus Iowa)
1. Casey Sandy (Penn State) 91.50
8. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 85.30
12. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 82.75

Floor (winner plus Iowa)
1. Paul Ruggeri (Illinois) 15.55
6. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 15.35
15t. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 14.90
20t. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 14.65
28. Reid Urbain (Iowa) 14.45
30. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 14.10
33. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 13.95

Pommel Horse (winner plus Iowa)
1. Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) 15.55
6. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 14.55
14.Joel Snyder (Iowa) 14.10
15. Jacob Becker (Iowa) 13.85
23t. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 13.55
28t. Michael Jiang (Iowa) 13.10
30t. Danny Kuklinski (Iowa) 13.05

Rings (winner plus Iowa)
1. Tommy Ramos (Penn State) 15.65
16. Reid Urbain (Iowa) 14.70
17. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 14.60
24t. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 14.10
31. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 13.55
32. Danny Kuklinski (Iowa) 13.35
33. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 13.30
34. Michael Jiang (Iowa) 13.05

Vault (winner plus Iowa)
1. Mitchell Mays (Minnesota) 16.60
4t. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 16.00
13t. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 15.75
20t. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 15.55
28t. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 15.30
33t. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 15.05
38. Michael Jiang (Iowa) 14.80

Parallel Bars (winner plus Iowa)
1. Brian Liscovitz (Illinois) 15.25
17t. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 14.40
27. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 14.15
32. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 13.15
34. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 13.05
35. Tom Buese (Iowa) 12.95
36. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 11.40

Horizontal Bar (winner plus Iowa)
1. Noam Shaham (Penn State) 15.00
16t. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 13.95
22t. Joel Snyder (Iowa) 13.70
24. Tom Buese (Iowa) 13.65
27. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 13.50
32t. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 13.05
36. Danny Kuklinski (Iowa) 12.20

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