Fulfill Preview: Minnesota Travels to Columbus to Choose on the Buckeyes
Men’s Gymnastics | 2/4/2021 12:42:00 PM
The Gopher men’s gymnastics team is set to journey to Columbus, Ohio this weekend for a major 10 matchup from the Ohio Point out Buckeyes at 6:00 p.m. CST.
Subsequent a year-opening decline to the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Maroon & Gold come into the weekend rated as the No. 7 team in the nation in accordance to Street to Nationals, though the 1-1 Buckeyes enter the matchup ranked as the No. 3 group in the place.
“Ohio Point out is a premier software in the Large 10 and it’ll be a wonderful option for us to see how we stack up versus the No. 3 program in the nation,” head coach Mike Burns mentioned. “We are going to undoubtedly need to move up our activity from previous week and increase on our routine execution. I’m so pleased that our athletic administration has worked tough to permit us to travel to Columbus this weekend and the exact same sentiment goes out to the Buckeyes’ administrators for welcoming us into their athletic venues.”
Inspite of the team’s loss to Iowa very last weekend, the Gophers noticed bright places in freshman Noah Duran and sophomore Donte McKinney who both of those captured celebration titles from the Hawkeyes very last Saturday. Duran’s 12.900 general performance on pommel horse was sufficient to get paid him the function title in his debut with the workforce, when McKinney’s 13.700 score on significant bar not only earned him the event title, but it also rated as the fifth greatest score in the party in the nation so far this season.
Saturday’s meet in Columbus will be readily available to stream at the BTN+ are living stream url earlier mentioned (membership expected) with are living stats delivered by Ohio Condition at the are living stats link earlier mentioned. Lovers can also stick to the Minnesota men’s gymnastics Twitter, Fb, and Instagram web pages.
Gophers in the Rankings
The Gophers appear into Columbus ranked as the No. 7 staff in the country, with group party rankings becoming as follows: fifth on parallel bars, fifth on rings, sixth on large bar, eighth on floor, eighth on pommel horse, and 11th on vault.
Other Minnesota gymnasts discovering by themselves in the leading 25 rankings this 7 days are:

Pommel Horse: Noah Duran (T-23rd)

Rings: Colton Dee (T-10th), David Pochinka (18th)

Vault: Ben Eyles (T-17th), Colton Dee (23rd)

Parallel Bars: David Pochinka (T-10th)

Superior Bar: Donte McKinney (3rd), Ben Eyles (T-19th)
Scouting Ohio Point out
The third rated Buckeyes are coming off of a bye 7 days immediately after their fulfill with Michigan was postponed due to Michigan’s college-extensive pause owing to COVID-19. The Buckeyes, who are 1-1 overall on the period and -1 in the Major 10, have a single of the nation’s most very well rounded squads keeping best-5 crew rankings in four out of six gatherings, which include the No. 2 staff ground workout position in the state. Some Buckeyes to glimpse out for are Jesse Tyndall, who ranks at No. 6 in flooring and No. 7 on significant bar in the country, as nicely as Trevor Cummings who will come in at No. 3 in the country on pommel horse.
The Street Forward
Subsequent Saturday’s 6:00 p.m. meet from Ohio State, the Gophers will journey to Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers on Saturday Feb. 13 at 2:00 p.m. Minnesota will then return house where by they intend on taking aspect in a digital fulfill on the weekend of Feb. 20 with the official date, time, and opponent but to be announced.