April 8, 2008
Chicago, Ill. - The UIC men's gymnastics team will send 11 individual qualifiers to the 2008 NCAA National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships, the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Committee announced on Tuesday.
Veterans Anthony May, Andrew Stover, and ECAC Rookie of the Year Neal Thompson will represent the Flames in the all-around competition. This marks the second consecutive year May and Stover have qualified for the championships and the first for Thompson.
David Mohr and Ben Sinor will join Thompson in their first collegiate national championship meet. Mohr will compete on the pommel horse and Sinor on the floor exercise.
Alex Kadar earned a team-high three event berths and will perform on the floor exercise, still rings, and vault.
Making their third consecutive NCAA appearance are Bobby Solomon, Kevin Baune, and Jeffrey Bill. Solomon will compete on the vault, Baune on the high bar, and Bill on the high bar and vault.
Nikolai Korepanov (still rings) and Nick Persino (high bar) round out UIC's national meet contenders.
The national qualifier, split into two pre-qualifying sessions, will take place on April 17 at Maples Pavilion at the campus of Stanford University. The top three all-arounders and individual finishers on each event that are not on an advancing team will move on to the final competition on April 18-19.
Tickets are available by calling the Stanford Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-STANFORD. For schedule information, visit GoStanford.com.
