Greg
GabelGreg
GabelCareer/Personal: 1997: Competed in all of the Flames' 11 meets as a rookie...turned in UIC's season-high performance on the pommel horse in a tri-meet with Minnesota and Temple when he scored a 9.75...tied for the season-best score on the parallel bars with Sean Grosvenor when each tallied a 9.75 in Minnesota/Temple meet...grabbed first place on the parallel bars at the National Independent Championships with a 9.70....was the Flames' top pommel horse competitor against Michigan State with a 9.50....took first place on the pommel horse with a 9.40 and tied for second on the parallel bars with a 9.40 against Michigan....his best showing at the NCAA East Regionals came on the vault where he scored a 9.10....highest all-around finish of the year came in a dual meet with Illinois when he scored a 53.40
Personal/Prep: Prior to UIC, competed at the
Columbus Gymnastics Academy and placed first in the all-around for Class
I and won the pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar events qualified
for nationals twice, finishing fourth on the pommel horse and 18th
in the all-around in 1995 and third on the pommel horse in 1996...at the
1996 Ohio state meet, he took first on the high bar and third in the all-around...majoring
in Kinesiology...born June 23, 1978...son of Carl and Susan Gabel.
1997 Highs Career Highs
Floor Exercise 9.150 - 2/23/97 9.150 - 2/23/97
Pommel Horse 9.750 - 3/29/97 9.750 - 3/29/97
Still Rings 9.250 - 3/1/97 9.250 - 3/1/97
Vault 9.200 - 2/8/97 9.200 - 2/8/97
Parallel Bars 9.750 - 3/29/97 9.750 - 3/29/97
Horizontal Bar 9.450 - 3/19/97 9.450 - 3/19/97
All-Around 53.725 - 2/8/97 53.725 - 2/8/97