This is the weekend you’ve all been waiting for. This
Saturday is the only DUAL meet for the Men’s and
Women’s gymnastics teams! Both teams will flip off
against their rivals at 2 PM at Huff Hall. The #4
Men’s team have been waiting all season to knock
off #3 Michigan. The #13 Women’s Team will also
take on #18 Mizzou. This meet is also the GYM JAM
Promotion. Starting at 1:00, there will be free food
for the first 1,000 fans! The FLIP CREW will also
be there with the prize wheel, so everyone who
comes can win a prize. As always, there will be
candy for everyone to eat during the meet. If you
haven’t earned your authentic 2010 FLIP CREW
shirt yet, there are still some available. Anyone who
doesn’t already have one can just come to this meet
to get it. Also, the FLIP CREW will be giving away
great prizes for the 20 top attendees for the season.
It’s still very possible to get one of these prizes if
you come to GYM JAM 2010!!!!

Hey Ten-O Club!

Get ready for a big weekend of gymnastics! Come out this Friday to Huff Hall to see your Fighting Illini take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in a Men’s and Women’s combined meet. The meet starts at 7 and make sure you sign in to qualify for a shirt. There aren’t many meets left so let’s bring the noise!

See ya there!

Jeff and Meghan

The Fighting Illini Mens Gymnastics Team had a very impressive weekend in the Windy City this past weekend, finishing in 2nd place at the Annual Chicago Invite. Their second place standing is more impressive when considering their competition. They outshined No.6 Michigan, No.4 Ohio State, and No.7 Minnesota. The champion of the invite was No.1 Stanford. Chad Wiest brought home three invite titles, including titles on vault, parallel bars, and floor. Wiest tied on floor with David Sender, Stanford, a US Senior National Team member.

The mens team will face the No.7 Minnesota Golden Gophers this Saturday at 7pm. Come out to Huff Hall to cheer on our Illini!!

Just last week, Justin Spring (former Illini and current assistant coach for the men’s team) grabbed silver on the high bar at the 2007 World Stars Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Moscow, Russia this past May. He missed advancement on the parallel bars by 2 spots, finishing 11th.

Hey 10-0 Club!

The Illini DOMINATED Illinois-Chicago in their last home meet this year. The team posted a score of 210.000 to the Flames 193.050. The Illini walked away with all six event titles and swept the individual competitions.

Junior Tyler Yamauchi received a 9.600 on vault and not only won the event, but posted the highest score on the vault the Illini have seen this season. Yamauchi also posted the highest score on rings with a 9.450 and he also placed first on parallel bars with a score of 9.000. Yamauchi now has 7 event titles this season, 14 top three finishes.

The Illini are using the next two weeks to prepare for Big Ten Championships!!

GOOD LUCK!!