Feb. 3, 2012
• High Bar Performances (YouTube): Mikulak 
| de los Angeles | Makowske
Site: Las Vegas, Nev. (Las Vegas Sports Center)
Event: Winter Cup Challenge (Prelims)
U-M Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Meet: Saturday, Feb. 5 -- at Winter Cup Challenge - Finals (Las Vegas, Nev.), 7:15 p.m. PST
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Three current members of the No. 8-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team, along with one future and one former Wolverine, were in action during day one of the 2012 Winter Cup Challenge on Thursday (Feb. 2), highlighted by freshman Adrian de los Angeles (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan), who led the way with a third-place finish on vault inside the Las Vegas Sports Center. The top 10 performers in each event move on to the finals.
Sophomore Sam Mikulak (Corona del Mar, Calif./ Corona del Mar) placed fourth on high bar, fifth on parallel bars, and sixth on rings in session two of competition.
Another freshman, Stacey Ervin (Troy, Mich./Truman), earned a ninth-place finish on vault, while former Wolverine and current administrative assistant Ian Makowske (2008-11) placed ninth on high bar.
Sitting in 13th place in the all-around is de los Angeles with a score of 84.45, which was aided by a career-high 16.10 on vault. Additionally, the freshman placed 11th on floor (14.30), 14th on pommel horse (13.55) and 17th on parallel bars (14.25) in his first major individual competition in Maize and Blue.
Mikulak, an Olympic hopeful who continues to work his way back from several nagging injuries forcing him out of the all-around competition, earned a 14.80 on high bar for fourth, a 15.25 on parallel bars for fifth, and 14.50 on rings for sixth to qualify for the finals in all three events.
Ervin scored a career-best 15.70 on vault for ninth place to move to the event finals. Additionally, his night was highlighted by a 13.95 on the floor exercise, which placed him 17th in the star-studded competition.
Makowske competed in a pair of events, floor and high bar. In his signature event, he scored a 14.25 on high bar for a ninth-place finish, which advances him to the event finals.
Lastly, 2013 Michigan signee Konner Ackerman competed in three events, with his best overall performance coming on floor with a 40th-place 13.05.
Mikulak, de los Angeles, Ervin and Makowske moved to day two of completion on Saturday (Feb. 5), with action commencing at 7:15 PST.
Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores
Floor Exercise
Adrian de los Angeles 14.30 (11)
Stacey Ervin 13.95 (17)
Pommel Horse
Adrian de los Angeles 13.55 (14)
Sam Mikulak 12.70 (35)
Stacey Ervin 11.95 (53)
Still Rings
Sam Mikulak 14.50 (6)
Adrian de los Angeles 12.90 (47)
Vault
Adrian de los Angeles 16.10 (3)
Stacey Ervin 15.70 (9)
Parallel Bars
Sam Mikulak 15.25 (5)
Adrian de los Angeles 14.25 (17)
Stacey Ervin 13.80 (27)
High Bar
Sam Mikulak 14.80 (4)
Adrian de los Angeles 13.35 (24)
Stacey Ervin 11.95 (52)
All-Around
Adrian de los Angeles 84.45 (13)
