Michigan State University Athletics
Men's Gymnastics Falls to No. 1 Ohio State
1/22/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
Jan. 22, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich.- - The MSU men?s gymnastics team fell to No. 1 Ohio State by a score of 228.275 to 221.925 in East Lansing on Saturday, January 22, 2000. The Spartans? Jon Plante (So., Easton, PA) set the school record on the pommel horse with a score of 9.950, breaking the previous record of 9.900 set last year. MSU?s Brad Golden (Fr., Orlando, FL) placed second in the all-around with a score of 55.700.
Ohio State?s Jamie Natalie won the all-around competition with a score of 58.175, Natalie also won the still-rings, horizontal bar and the parallel bars.
Golden won the floor exercise, scoring a 9.650 and took second in the vault with a 9.600. The Spartans? Brady Grimm (Sr., Holland, OH) took third on the pommel horse with a 9.450 and third on the horizontal bar, scoring a 9.500. Chris Weedon (Sr., Edmonton, Alta.) scored a 9.425 on the still rings, good for third place.
The Spartans next action will be Saturday, January 29 when they travel to Champaign, IL to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Top Three Scores All-Around Vault 58.175 Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.800 Daren Lynch, Ohio State55.700 Brad Golden, Michigan State 9.600 Brad Golden, Michigan State55.550 Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State 9.600 Jay Nardelli, Ohio State Floor Exercise 9.650 Brad Golden, Michigan State 9.650 Michael Evans, Ohio State Parallel Bars9.650 Dick Huntwork, Ohio State 9.925 Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.650 Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State Pommel Horse 9.550 Darren Lynch, Ohio State9.950 Jon Plante, Michigan State 9.900 Jamie Natalie, Ohio State Horizontal Bar9.450 Brady Grimm, Michigan State 9.850 Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.550 Earnest Nelson, Ohio StateStill Rings 9.500 Brady Grimm, Michigan State9.800 Jamie Natalie, Ohio State 9.500 Rahsaan Williams, Ohio State9.425 Chris Weedon, Michigan State
