Wolverines Makes History to Win Big 10 Championships

Mar 22, 2014 by Keri Monstrola

Michigan wins the Big 10 Championship out of the afternoon session with a 197.55!

Session 1:
The afternoon session featured Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Iowa.

The Michigan Wolverines posted a huge team score out of session 1 of the Big 10 Championships with a 197.55. Michigan finished the meet on floor where they posted a huge 49.7. Highlighted by a perfect 10 from senior Joanna Sampson! Michigan was able to put last weekend’s beam mishaps behind them as they hit 6 for 6 in today’s meet to score a 49.1. Joanna Sampson posted a 39.550 in the AA for the Wolverines. Austin Sheppard stuck another sky high vault, to score a 9.95.

Session 2:
The evening session featured Nebraska, Penn State, Illinois, and Minnesota. Teams in the evening session had a high score to beat from Michigan’s performance in the afternoon session.

Nebraska posted the highest team score in the evening session, 196.55. Nebraska posted a huge team score on floor of a 49.5 and was highlighted with a 10.0 from Emily Wong, to take home the floor title. Nebraska finished 2nd place as a team to snap their championship run.

Minnesota was led by Lindsay Mable who took home the all-around title with a 39.65. She scored a perfect 10 on vault to also take home the vault title. Minnesota had strong performance on vault, 49.375 and floor, 49.30. Minnesota finished with a team total of 196.675 good for 3rd place!

Illinois qualified to the evening session for the first time in program history. The Illini had a solid meet scoring a 196.625. Illinois came in 4th place tonight at the championships. Illinois finished strong scoring their highest event score on floor, 49.325.

The host team, Penn State finished tonight’s meet in 5th place, scoring a 196.475. The Nittany Lions lead the evening session going into the last event, where they unfortunately had to count a fall. Penn State had their strongest rotation on their first event, floor with a 49.325.

Results

Team Standings	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	Total
Michigan	49.350	49.400	49.100	49.700	197.550
Nebraska	49.325	49.200	48.925	49.500	196.950
Minnesota	49.325	48.975	48.975	49.350	196.675
Illinois	49.100	49.225	48.975	49.325	196.625
Penn State	49.250	49.300	48.500	49.425	196.475
Ohio State	49.000	49.150	49.000	49.250	196.400
Iowa	49.025	48.650	48.475	49.225	195.375
Michigan State	48.325	48.825	48.225	49.125	194.500

Event Winners:
Vault: Lindsay Mable (Minn) - 10.0
Bars: Joanna Sampson (Mich)-9.925
Beam: Emily Wong (Neb) - 9.95
Floor: Joanna Sampson (Mich), Emily Wong (Nebraska)- 10.0
AA: Lindsay Mable (Minn)-39.65