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No. 12 Nebraska. It marked the second time in 2014
that Iowa set a school record in team score. The pre-
vious mark of 433.050 was set on Feb. 15.
Iowa Goes Big on Rings: At the Arnold Classic on
March 1, the Hawkeyes set a school record with a
score of 75.350 on rings. McGrath proved his All-
American status, winning the event with a 15.450.
Loochtan finished runner-up with a score of 15.300,
and freshman Andrew Botto tied for sixth with a
15.000. Alberhasky placed eighth with a 14.900 and
Boyle finished ninth with a 14.700.
Three Records Fall at Home: The Hawkeyes
broke three school records when Iowa hosted No.
6 Minnesota and No. 11 Nebraska on Feb. 15. The
Hawkeyes set a then school record of 433.050
overall team score. Iowa also set a new team record
on vault with a score of 74.150.
Sullivan set a new mark on the pommel horse by
recording a score of 15.250. The previous record
of 14.900, held by Mike Jiang, Ben Ketelsen, Cur-
tis Kleffman, and Jacob Becker, was established in
2011.
More Records: Boyle tied Javier Balboa's all-
around school record with an 86.600 score at UIC
on Feb. 23. At Oklahoma on Feb. 1, Iowa set a team
record on floor as they recorded a 74.250 in the
event.
Three Student-Athletes Named Academic All-
Big Ten: McGrath, Boyle, and redshirt sopho-
more Cyrus Dobre-Mofid earned Academic All-Big
Ten honors in 2014. McGrath, a Wheaton, Ill. na-
tive, is an engineering major; Boyle, also an engi-
neering major, is a native of Naperville, Ill.; Dobre-
Mofid is a sociology major from Hagerstown, Md.
A Look Back: UI Men's Gymnastics
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CAA Championships: University of
Iowa gymnasts Mitchell Landau and Matt
Loochtan competed in the individual event
finals of the NCAA Championships at Crisler
Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 12.
Landau, who finished third on high bar in the team
and all-around finals on April 11, placed seventh
in the event as he recorded a score of 14.925.
Loochtan also took seventh on rings with a score
of 14.925. He tied for seventh with a score of
14.950 in the finals.
The Hawkeyes had seven individuals — Matt Mc-
Grath, Lance Alberhasky, Mitchell Landau, Jack
Boyle, Matt Loochtan, Doug Sullivan, and Cory
Paterson — compete in the team and all-around
finals of the NCAA Championships on April 11.
Landau turned in the top performance for the
Hawkeyes, finishing third on high bar with a score
of 15.100. Paterson tied for 17th (14.500) in the
event and Boyle finished 22nd with a score of
14.350.
On parallel bars, Boyle (31st) and Alberhasky
(42nd) tallied scores of 14.400 and 12.150, re-
spectively.
In the all-around competition, Boyle finished 10th
with an overall score of 84.650.
In the NCAA qualifier, the Hawkeyes placed
fourth in their session with a team score of
425.950, but were unable to advance to the team
and all-around finals. In the all-around competi-
tion, Boyle placed fifth with an overall score of
84.450.
Hawkeyes Finish Season With School Re-
cord: The Hawkeyes set a school record with a
team score of 437.250 at Nebraska on March 15.
Iowa won the meet, placing first ahead of No. 5
Minnesota, No. 6 Illinois, No. 10 Air Force and
