Husker Gymnasts Open Season at Rocky Mountain Open

The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team heads for the mountains this weekend to open the 2011 season at the Rocky Mountain Open on Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The No. 9 Huskers, who enter their second season under head coach Chuck Chmelka, will take on No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 13 Air Force and Arizona State at the Cadet West Gymnasium beginning at 7 p.m. (Central).

Last season, the Huskers took runner-up honors at the Rocky Mountain Open, trailing only Oklahoma. It is the 16th time in 21 seasons the Huskers will open their season at the Rocky Mountain Open, which started in 1981. Nebraska has finished in the top two spots at the competition 13 times, including seven first-place finishes.

Returing All-American, Anthony Ingrelli leads the Huskers into the 2011 season. Ingrelli, a Senior co-captain from Milwaukee, Wisconsin became NU's first All-American on still rings since Josh Rasile in 2004

“The Rocky Mountain Open is always tough,” Chmelka said. “It’s the opening tournament, so no one is in great shape, but this will be a good opportunity to see where we are at.”

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Day, Date                        Event                                                            Location                                    Time
Saturday, Jan. 15            at Rocky Mountain Open                        Colorado Springs, Colo.                   7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22            at Minnesota with Illinois                          Minneapolis, Minn.                          7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 30            Air Force                                                   Devaney Center                            2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5             at Winter Cup                                             Las Vegas, Nev.                             TBA
Sunday, Feb. 13            Oklahoma and Illinois-Chicago              Devaney Center                            1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 19           at Iowa                                                        Iowa City, Iowa                              7 p.m.
Sunday, March 6           Stanford                                                    Devaney Center                            2 p.m.
Saturday, March 12         at Ohio State                                             Columbus, Ohio                             7 p.m.
Saturday, March 19       Iowa and Minnesota                                Devaney Center                            7 p.m.
Saturday, April 2              at MPSF Championships                        Colorado Springs, Colo.                   2 p.m.
Thursday, April 14           at NCAA Preliminaries                               Columbus, Ohio                             7 p.m.
Friday, April 15                at NCAA Team and All-Around Finals        Columbus, Ohio                             7 p.m.
Saturday, April 16            at NCAA Individual Event Finals                Columbus, Ohio                             7 p.m.