Jan. 18, 2009
CHICAGO, IL –
The University of Iowa men’s gymnastics team placed sixth at the Windy City Invitational Saturday, hosted by the University of Illinois-Chicago. The Hawkeyes scored a team total of 325.900, while Big Ten foe Michigan won the meet with 346.100 total team points.
The Windy City Invitational opened the spring season for the Hawkeye squad. Freshman Zach Cazabon had an outstanding collegiate debut for his first meet with the Hawkeyes, placing fifth in the all-around competition with an 80.85, also leading the Hawkeyes on pommel horse and parallel bars scoring 13.10 and 14.00 respectively. Sophomore Ben Ketelsen placed tenth on vault with a 15.10 while junior Reid Urbain eleventh on rings with a 14.20.
Iowa will return to competition at home hosting Illinois-Chicago on Saturday January 24 at 2 p.m. at the UI Fieldhouse.
Final Team Scores Team Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar Total 1. Michigan 59.65 56.55 57.95 59.40 58.10 54.45 346.100
2. Illinois 59.60 55.40 57.00 59.45 56.70 54.10 342.250
3. Minnesota 58.15 54.05 56.75 60.50 56.35 55.60 341.400
4. Ohio State 57.20 51.85 57.40 60.60 55.80 54.80 337.650
5. UIC 55.25 51.25 55.75 59.55 53.80 52.10 327.700
6. IOWA 57.50 50.80 54.80 59.45 52.60 50.75 325.900
Individual Results:
All-Around (winner plus Iowa)
1. Chris Cameron (Michigan) 88.10
5. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 80.85
Floor (winner plus Iowa)
1. Paul Ruggeri (Illinois) 15.60
12. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 14.65
14t. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 14.55
19. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 14.20
20. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 14.10
26. Reid Urbain (Iowa) 13.55
30. John Haines (Iowa) 13.10
35. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 12.90
Pommel Horse (winner plus Iowa)
1. Chris Cameron (Michigan) 15.10
18. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 13.10
20. Danny Kuklinski (Iowa) 12.80
22. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 12.65
26. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 12.25
29. Mike Jiang (Iowa) 11.90
36. Adam Wilson (Iowa) 10.15
Rings (winner plus Iowa)
1. Chris Cameron (Michigan) 14.80
11. Reid Urbain (Iowa) 14.20
27. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 13.30
28. Blaine Klaczak (Iowa) 13.20
29. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 13.05
33. John Haines (Iowa) 11.90
Vault (winner plus Iowa)
1. Jake Bateman (Ohio State) 15.60
10. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 15.10
14t. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 14.80
14t. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 14.80
16. John Haines (Iowa) 14.75
24. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 14.45
31. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 13.60
Parallel Bars (winner plus Iowa)
1. Aaron Fortunato (Minnesota) 14.90
11t. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 14.00
20. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 13.20
24. Ben Ketelsen (Iowa) 12.75
26. Blaine Klaczak (Iowa) 12.65
27. Danny Kluklinski (Iowa) 12.60
34. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 11.65
Horizontal Bar (winner plus Iowa)
1. Justin Myers (Ohio State) 14.35
16. Joel Snyder (Iowa) 13.25
19. Zach Cazabon (Iowa) 13.10
21. Danny Kuklinski (Iowa) 12.80
28. Reid Urbain (Iowa) 11.60
32. Jonthan Buese (Iowa) 10.95