March 31, 2015

INDIANAPOLIS - Five members of the UIC men's gymnastics team will compete against the nation's top gymnasts at the 2015 NCAA Championship, hosted by the University of Oklahoma. Competition is slated to run April 9-11 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.

The Flames will be represented at the NCAAs with five gymnasts, plus an alternate (Kyle Christiansen - horizontal bars). Seniors Jason Gaides and Brett Valin are both set to compete in the all-around competition. Elsewhere, Alex Dumstorf will compete in floor exercise, Trent Jarrett will be on the rings and Jacob Thurber is in the vault competition.

The national qualifier will be held April 9 prior to finals competitions, with two sessions set to begin at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. CST. Each session holds six of the 12 qualifying teams, in addition to five all-around and five event qualifiers.

Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Final competitions will take place April 10-11, also at Oklahoma.

Check back to UICFlames.com for full coverage of the NCAA Championships. For more information regarding the National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships, visit www.NCAA.com.

 

ALL-AROUND QUALIFIERS

Jason Gaides - 84.363

Brett Valin - 81.725

 

FLOOR EXERCISE INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Alex Dumstorf - 14.100

Jacob Thurber (alternate) - 13.963

STILL RINGS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Trent Jarrett - 13.950

 

VAULT INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Jacob Thurber - 14.375

PARALLEL BARS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Trent Jarrett (alternate) - 13.550            

 

HORIZONTAL BAR INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Kyle Christiansen (alternate) - 13.400