April 14, 2007

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - The University of Iowa men's gymnastics team competed in the 2007 all-around finals Friday at Penn State University. The Hawkeyes finished fifth in yesterday's qualifying round, with a score of 209.5. The top ten finishers in each event will compete Saturday night for the individual event finals. Iowa's three competitors are Jacob Becker, Geoff Reins and Bryan Bourland.

Geoff Reins finished in the top spot on vault, scoring a 9.3. On floor exercise, Reins posted a 9.45 to finish 13th overall. In the all-around, Jonathan Buese scored a 48.4 for 12th place. Jacob Becker finished fifth on pommel horse, scoring a 9.1. Bryan Bourland posted a 9.3 on high bar for fifth place.

The individual event championships will be held tomorrow night beginning at 7 p.m.

All-Around (winner plus Iowa)
1. Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (OK)	           55.750
12. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                    	48.400

Floor (winner plus Iowa)
1.  Adam Reichow (MN)                         9.700
13. Geoff Reins (Iowa)                       	9.450
34. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                  	9.100

Pommel Horse (winner plus Iowa)
T1.  Chris Harper (Stanford)                    9.300
T1.  Casey Sandy (Penn)		           9.300
5.  Jacob Becker (Iowa)                      	9.100
45. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                	7.100

Rings (winner plus Iowa)
1.  Alex Schorsh (Stanford)		         9.800
19. Jacques Bouchard (Iowa)              	9.400
33. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                 	9.100

Vault (winner plus Iowa)
T1.  Geoff Reins (Iowa)		        9.300
T1.  David Sender (Stanford)		 9.300
47. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                  7.550

Parallel Bars (winner plus Iowa)
1. Tom McNeill (California)                    9.800
41. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                	8.250

Horizontal Bar (winner plus Iowa)
1. Dylan Carney (Stanford)                 9.700
5. Bryan Bourland (Iowa)                  	9.300
30. Tom Buese (Iowa)                          8.900
46. Jonathan Buese (Iowa)                      7.700

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