Big Ten men's gymnastics was again well-represented in the GymInfo national team rankings, placing all six conference squads in the top nine. Illinois leads the way at No. 3 with a team average of 353.450, followed by No. 5 Penn State (346.900), No. 6 Michigan (346.000), No. 7 Minnesota (342.400), No. 8 Ohio State (340.075) and No. 9 Iowa (337.450).

The complete GymInfo team rankings can be found here.

Illinois' Paul Ruggeri and Minnesota's Zack Chase have been named the Big Ten Gymnast and Freshman of the Week, respectively, the conference office announced on Monday. Ruggeri's award marks his second straight and eighth of his career. Chase's laurel is the first by a Minnesota freshman.

Click here to see the complete release from the Big Ten.

Click here for more information on Ruggeri and here for more information on Chase.

JANUARY 22

#12 Illinois-Chicago at #10 IOWA - 5 p.m. CT
#1 ILLINOIS/#9 Nebraska at #7 MINNESOTA - 7 p.m. CT
#6 MICHIGAN at #5 PENN STATE - 7 p.m. ET
#8 OHIO STATE at #4 Oklahoma - 7 p.m. CT

Illinois has earned the top national ranking in this week's GymInfo National Men's Gymnastics top 15 after posting a 355.400 team score in their first meet of the season. Penn State also holds a spot in the rankings' top five, boasting the fifth-best team average at 345.150, while No. 6 Michigan (345.100), No. 7 Minnesota (340.700), No. 8 Ohio State (339.800) and No. 10 Iowa (332.800) round out the top 10.

Click here to see the complete GymInfo rankings.

Illinois' Paul Ruggeri and Ohio State's Jeff Treleaven have been awarded the Big Ten men's gymnastics weekly honors, the conference office announced on Monday. Ruggeri takes home the Gymnast of the Week award, while Treleaven earns Freshman of the Week accolades.

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For more information on Ruggeri, click here. For more information on Treleaven, click here.

JANUARY 14

#7 PENN STATE at West Point Open - 7 p.m. ET

JANUARY 15

#4 ILLINOIS at Windy City Invitational - 7 p.m. CT
#10 IOWA at Windy City Invitational - 7 p.m. CT
#2 MICHIGAN at Windy City Invitational - 7 p.m. CT
#8 MINNESOTA at Windy City Invitational - 7 p.m. CT
#6 OHIO STATE at Windy City Invitational - 7 p.m. CT
#7 PENN STATE at West Point Open - 7 p.m. ET

Penn State sophomore Scott Rosenthal has been named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. Rosenthal took first place in the still rings to help the ninth-ranked Nittany Lions to a win over No. 15 Army on Saturday.

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Click here to see Penn State's release.

JANUARY 8

#15 Army at #7 PENN STATE - 7 p.m. ET

The 2011 Big Ten men's gymnastics season begins this weekend, as Penn State hosts Army on Jan. 8 in the conference's first meet of the new season. The conference's five other teams open competition on Jan. 15.

Read the complete release from the Big Ten here.

Illinois has named Justin Spring its head men's gymnastics coach, Director of Athletics Ron Guenther announced on Wednesday. Spring served as associate head coach last season after spending three years as an assistant coach at Illinois. He also was a member of the Illini gymnastics team from 2003-06, collecting four individual national titles, 12 All-America honors and the 2006 Nissen-Emery Award.

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