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    Illini Finish Fifth at Pacific Coast Classic

    Haagensen Finishes Second in the All-Around; Illini Post 17 Season Highs

    Junior Wesley Haagensen led the Illini charge, setting one career high (Floor, 9.600) and a total of six season highs en route to finishing second in the all-around with a season-high 55.350, .600 of a point off first-place Jonathan Horton of Oklahoma.
    Junior Wesley Haagensen led the Illini charge, setting one career high (Floor, 9.600) and a total of six season highs en route to finishing second in the all-around with a season-high 55.350, .600 of a point off first-place Jonathan Horton of Oklahoma.

    Feb. 25, 2007

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    OAKLAND, Calif. ­- The No. 6 Illinois men's gymnastics team finished fifth at the Pacific Coast Classic late Saturday night with a season-high score of 213.500. In the performance, Junior Wesley Haagensen led the charge, setting one career high (Floor, 9.600) and a total of six season highs en route to finishing second in the all-around with a season-high 55.350, .600 of a point off first-place Jonathan Horton of Oklahoma.

     

    Wrapping up the California meet in style, Illinois gymnasts registered a total of 17 season highs, charted six career highs and tied another, and finished the Classic with a combined 11 top-10 finishes.

     

    Haagensen, in addition to his career high on floor and season-best in the all-around, posted highs on the pommel (8.900), rings (9.400), vault (9.100) and high bar (9.400). In all, the Belleville, Ill., native carded six top-10 finishes, including second on floor, third on pommel and vault and tied for third on high bar and seventh on rings.

     

    Junior Tyler Yamauchi did not walk away empty handed either, chipping in career-high marks on both the rings (9.750) and vault (9.250). The effort landed the Sugarland, Texas native tied for second on rings and in sole possession of second on vault.

     

    Freshman Chad Wiest, who has continued to own the freshman spotlight, tallied a season high on the parallel bars (8.700) and high bar (8.550), picking up a tied for 16th- and 26th-place finish, respectively.

     

    Having a career night of his own, junior Chris Silcox, a native of San Antonio, Texas, helped the Illini take two of the top spots on floor, tying fellow teammate Haagensen with a 9.600 on the event, also a career best for the Orange and Blue gymnast. Silcox also notched a season-high 9.250 on high bar in the record-setting outing.

     

    Wrapping up the Illini superlatives at the Classic, junior Michael Boyer set a season high on vault (8.450), sophomore Tyler Williamson notched a career-tying 8.550 on floor, freshman Luke Stannard posted a season-high 8.800 on pommel horse to finish fifth and freshman Andres Saavedra tied for 20th with a 8.700 on vault.

     

    Third-ranked Oklahoma for the third year in a row took home the crown with a season-high 218.450, capturing the title over No. 5 Stanford (Second, 216.650), No. 8 California (Third, 214.750) and No. 1 Michigan (Fourth, 214.400) and fifth-place Illinois.

     

    Illinois will be back in action when they host Big Ten foe No. 11 Iowa on Saturday, March 3, at Huff Hall, at 2 p.m. The event marks the second home meet of the season for the Illini who will be looking for their first dual victory when the take on the Hawkeyes.

     

     

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