March 30, 2000

Chicago, Ill. -The UIC men's gymnastics team, which had 11 individuals competing at the 2000 NCAA National Qualifying Meet in Iowa City, Iowa, saw its season come to an end on Thursday as it was unable to advance a representative into the NCAA Individual Championships.

Anthony Cirullo had a strong meet, posting the Flames highest finish with his eighth-place showing on the vault (9.525). He missed advancing to the NCAA Championships by .025 of a point. Cirullo also placed tied for 15th on the floor exercise with a score of 9.600. He, once again, just missed advancing to the finals on Sunday, this time coming up .05 short.

Other top performances included, Erin Willingam's 9.550 on the pommel horse (22nd-tie), and David Johnson's 9.350 (20th) on the still rings, 9.175 (35th) on the floor exercise, and 9.150 (29th-tie) on the vault.

Individual Scores:

Morning Session

David Johnson
Horizontal Bar - 8.900 (30th)
Parallel Bars - 8.950 (37th)
Still Rings - 9.350 (20th)
Floor Exercise - 9.175 (35th)
Vault - 9.150 (29th-tie)


Matthew Soucie
Horizontal Bar - 6.900 (45th-tie)


Justin Joyce
Parallel Bars - 8.750 (40th)
Pommel Horse - 8.800 (41st-tie)


Jody Liebler
Vault - 8.800 (41st-tie)


Evening Session


Anthony Cirullo
Vault - 9.525 (8th-tie)
Floor Exercise - 9.600 (15th-tie)


Greg Gabel
Parallel Bars - 9.200 (23rd)


Erin Willingham
Horizontal Bar - 8.750 (37-tie)
Pommel Horse - 9.550 (22-tie)
Still Rings - 8.250 (44th-tie)


Chris Coorlim
Pommel Horse - 9.200 (39th)


Michael D'Antino
Still Rings - 8.450 (42nd)


Nick Becker
Floor Exercise - 9.100 (30th-tie)


Toby VanAmerongen
Floor Exercise - 8.150 (48th)