COLUMBUS, Ohio – Freshman Yoshi Mori won the all-around, parallel bars and high bar to lead top-ranked Illinois past No. 5 Ohio State in men's gymnastics Saturday.
CHAMPAIGN – Melissa Bates won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and also anchored Illinois' winning 1,600 relay as the Illini women's track and field team won Saturday's nine-team Carle/Health Alliance Classic at the UI Armory.
Bates' time in the 400 (54.74 seconds) provisionally qualifies her for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Three Illini gymnasts were selected Monday as Big Ten weekly award winners.
AMES, Iowa – Illinois had a hard time getting started in its final tuneup for the Big Ten wrestling season.
No. 2 Iowa State dominated the Illini 33-9 before 2,812 fans at Hilton Coliseum.
Jeff Huth's review and preview of all things Illinois
CHAMPAIGN – Greg Shroka's indoor personal-best mark in the high jump was one of six events captured by the Illinois men's track and field team in Saturday's season-opening dual meet loss to Iowa.
Shroka jumped 7 feet, 0 1/4-inch to win the event at the Illinois Armory.
Jeff Huth's review and preview of all things Illinois
CHAMPAIGN – Big Ten coaches voted Justin Spring's Illinois men's gymnastics team second in a conference preseason poll released Wednesday.
Illinois, which shared the 2009 Big Ten title with Michigan, trailed the Wolverines in the balloting.