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December 2, 2007
Justing tore his ACL at the 2007 Visa Championships. While he missed out on Worlds, Justin took the oppurtunity to head back to Illinois, have surgery on his knee and begin his recovery process. Justin is working on getting his knee back in shape in preperation for the 2008 season and the 2008 Olympic Games.
June 3, 2007
Justin competed this past week at the Moscow World Cup Event. He tied for second on high bar with a score of 15.3000. He tied with Jaffrey Wammes from the Netherlands. He was the only American Male to advance to the finals.
November 13, 2006
 Justin had ankle surgery a few weeks ago to remove some bone spurs. All went well and he in the recovery process for his ankle, as well as his shoulder. On another note... Our website is featured on the front page of the November issue of International Gymnast!
September 18, 2006
According to GGMB Justin has withdrawn from the USA World Team as he will be undergoing shoulder surgery this week and is still recovering from the ankle injury he sustained at the World Cup in May. Good Luck in your recovery Justin!
September 3, 2006
Still recovering from injury, Justin did not compete at the 2006 USA National Championships. He petitioned and was selected to be a member of the USA National Team as well as a member of the 2006 USA World Team! The World Championships will take place October 14 - 22, 2006 in Aarhus, Denmark. Congrats and good luck Justin!
July 16, 2006
Justin did not compete this past weekend at the USA National Qualifer, yet he talked to Inside Gymnastics the other day talking about his routines. He said he focused on cleaning up his routines rather than upgrading, and is excited to compete at the Nationals August 16-19 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Justin is also dealing with a shoulder injury that in the long run will require surgery.
May 20, 2006
Justin competed last weekend in Ghent Belgium at the World Cup. He qualifed into two event finals finishing 6th on parallel bars in a tie with Yury Ryazanov from Russia and finishing 8th on high bar after two falls.
April 14, 2006
Last weekend was an awesome weekend for Justin as he started out the NCAA Championships with the Nissen Emery Title! The next three days were filled with ups and downs for Justin as he helped his Illinois team to a second place finish as well as a second place all around finish. In the event finals he went on to win the parallel bar and high bar titles as well as a third place finish on floor and a fourth place finish on vault. Congrats on an amazing NCAA career Justin!
March 28, 2006
CONGRATS JUSTIN, 2006 BIG TEN CHAMPION!!!!!!! This past weekend the Fighting Illini competed in the Big Ten Championships. With the loss of Adam Pummer to an injury the team had to change the line-up a bit and managed to place second as a team. Justin competed in the all around in which he WON with a 54.150!!!! He also won the parallel bars title with 9.550, finished second on the high bar with a 9.675, 3rd on vault with a 9.462, and 4th on floor with a 9.550. At the end of the competition he was named Big Ten Gymnast of the year! Congrats on an amazing meet Justin! His next meet will be the NCAA Championships in Norman, OK where the Illini hope for a team title.
March 12, 2006
Senior night was last night and a great night it was. Justin placed in the top three on all four events that he competed on! Winning the parallel bars with a 9.700 Justin went on to place second on High Bar (to fellow Senior Adam Pummer) with a 9.650 and vault (also to Pummer) with a 9.250 and placing third on floor with a 9.200. Justin was also nominated for the Nissen-Emery Award which will be announced at the 2006 NCAA National Championships. Congrats on a great home season this year Justin!
March 8, 2006
Justin has been selected to go to the World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium where he will represent the US along with OSU Sophomore Jimmy Whickham. In NCAA news the Fighting Illini have been continuing to make their mark around the country in various meets. First taking on the University of Illinois-Chicago Justin sat the meet out to rest from the recent events and continue to recover from his injury earlier in the season. This past weekend it was another road trip to Iowa where they beat out the Hawkeyes 217.600 - 214.400. Justin finished 3rd on floor with a 9.400 and first on high bar with a 9.650. The performance was followed up by the Big Ten Co-Gymnast of the Week honor. Saturday is the final meet of the season and of Justin's Illinois career at home, where they will take on Army. Good Luck Justin!
February 19, 2006
Justin's knee injury did not keep him out for long, after resting through the Winter Cup where he was selected as one of the two extra spots on the National Team, Justin was back in action last week against Temple University in a record breaking preformance. He placed second with an 8.750 on still rings and blew away the competition with a 9.800 on parallel bars for almost an .8 victory over teammate Wesley Haagensen. This past weekend he continued his winning streak as he helped his Illinois team to a victory over Michigan and Iowa winning the parallel bars with an 9.600. He was back in action on four other events as well as he scored a 9.350 for second place on floor, an 8.800 on still rings, a 9.00 on vault and an 8.550 on high bar.
February 2, 2006
Justin had a very successful start to the 2006 season with a great preformance at the 2006 Windy City Invitational where Illinois placed second overall. Justin placed second on parallel bars with a 9.450 and third on high bar with a score of 9.250. The weekend following that Justin took the weekend off and headed with the National Team to a training camp at the USOTC. This past weekend things came crashing down for Justin as he dislocated his patellar (knee) during the fourth rotation, vault, against Ohio State. Before injuring himself Justin scored a 9.150 on floor for 3rd place. Justin has withdrawn from the Winter Cup this upcoming weekend but hopes to petition onto the National Team. He will be out of competition 3-4 weeks but hopes to return strong in time for the Big Ten Championships.
November 22, 2005
A 9.6 and a 9.562 were not quite enough when it came to the prelims of the World Championships last night. A 9.6 on parallel bars did not qualify him to finals where a a 9.562 on high bar put him as the third reserve athlete (11th place). A rough floor exercise routine landed him with a score of 8.912. Sadly, Justin did not qualify to any event finals, unless three people drop out of the high bar final. It's time for him to sitback and enjoy the competition and the sights to see in Melbourne. Congrats on all of your accomplishments Justin!
November 21, 2005
 The World Championships being in less then 24 Hours and Justin is ready to go. The theme of the competition is "It's Springtime in Melbourne", fits to Justin's advantage. He is one of the favorites for the floor finals as he is opening with a triple-twisting double back. His high bar set is also one to watch as he changed his routine so it's at a 10.0 start value jam-packed with combinations. Justin will be competing in sessions 2 and 3. He'll do high bar in the 2nd session, rotation six, following that floor exercise and parallel bars in rotations 5 and 6 of the 3rd session. Good Luck Justin!
October 26, 2005
USA Gymnastics announced the line-up for the 2005 World Championships. Justin will be competing in three event finals! He will be competing on floor exercise, parallel bars, and high bar!
October 17, 2005
An exciting announcement was made in Colorado Springs this morning, that Justin has been named as a member of the 2005 USA World Team!!!! The world Championships take place starting November 22nd, in Melbourne, Australia! The other teammembers are Todd Thornton, Jason Gatson, Yewki Tomita, Sean Golden, and Kevin Tan. The alternate is David Sender. Congrats Justin! Justin also recently did an interview with Total Gymnast Magazine where he talked about his plans for the upcoming NCAA season!
August 12, 2005
Congratulations Justin!!!! In tonights national championships Justin won the High Bar title! Although he did not compete all around he had high enough scores and proved himself enough to be named to the 2005 USA National Team!! Congrats on a great meet Justin! He is now headed off to International Gymnastics Camp for a week before school starts!
August 11, 2005
Justin competed last night in the prelims of the 2005 USA National Championships. He decided not to compete in the all around and only did four events but did awesome on all four! On floor Justin had a few hops where he scored an 8.800, he went on to compete on vault where he scored a high of 9.675, followed by parallel bars where he scored a 9.100, and last onto the high bar with a score of 9.450. The competition will conclude tomorrow night. Good Luck Justin!
April 17, 2005
Four weeks ago Justin and his Illinois Team headed to the Big Ten Championships, they went in hopign to reclaim their title, although they placed second to Ohio State. Justin went on to win the all around competition and place second on parallel bars. Last weekend the Illinois Team headed to the NCAA Championships where as a team they placed third. Justin was ready to make a name for himself as he won the parallel bars event final competition... he went on to become all american on high bar with a second place finish too.
March 2, 2005
Justin competed last weekend in the 2005 American Cup Challange. With the new format it was an event finals only competition. Justin competed in the high bar only yet had an awesome meet as he tied for second place with Hisashi Mizutori from Japan with a score of 9.500. Congrats to Justin on the silver medal!
February 8, 2005
Justin competed this past weekend in the Winter Cup Challange in Las Vegas. Although he did not compete all around, Justin qualifed to the high bar finals where he won the competition with a score of 9.300. After winning the event, Justin was named as member of the USA National Team. He then recieved an invitation to compete at the American Cup taking place on February 26 in Madison Square Gardens, NY.
January 30, 2005
This weekend, number 2 ranked Illinois went against numer 1 ranked Ohio State University. As the teams battled it out to see who could pull ahead in the rankings, they came out with a tie. Justin also brought home a tie with OSU Team Member Randy Monahan on the high bar with a score of 9.75. Justin will in fact be competing next weekend at the Winter Cup Challange.
January 16, 2005
Last weekend, Justin and the Illinois team kicked off their official season with the Windy City Invitational. Justin only competed on Parallel Bars and High Bar where he scored a 8.600 and a 9.400. He placed fifth on the high bar as well. Illinois won the competition finishing ahead of Ohio State and University of Michigan.
August 12, 2004
Justin and teammates Adam Pummer & Wesley Haagensen will be doing a live chat with the Mens College Gymnastics Network on August 29th at 8:00 PM EST. The website is open to submitting questions whenever so make sure Justin gets your question!
June 20, 2004
Sorry for a late update! Justin competed two weeks ago at the 2004 USA National Championships. While continuing to deal with wrist injuries, Justin did not compete all around the second day of competition, finishing 29th all around. Justin did not qualify to the 2004 Olympic Trials, and therefor has finished his elite season. He is continuing to train for the 2005 NCAA Season beginning late in December. Justin was also named the 2004 Eddleman Male Athlete of the Year for the University of Illinois. He is the first male gymnast to win the award since 1989, and only the 5th male gymnast in the history of the University of Illinois Program. Congrats on an awesome season Justin!
May 05, 2004
With a score of 52.775, Justin placed 8th at the National Qualifer two weeks ago. He qualifed to National Championships as well. Nationals begin on June 3rd, 2004 in Nashville, TN. From there he weill attempt to qualify to the Olympic Trials. Good Luck Justin!
April 07 , 2004
This past weekend, Justin and his Illinois teammates went out looking for a National Title... Going in the hometown favorites, Illinois did not preform up to expected, although Justin himself came out a champion. Placing third with his team, 14th all around, Justin went into event finals, a favorite for gold. Placing 7th on vault, 5th on parallel bars, Justin was hungry for a medal. A medal he got, when he score a 9.775 on high bar for the gold medal, and ncaa title. He is all american now in both parallel bars and high bar... congrats on an AWESOME season Justin!!!!
February 24 , 2004
Justin clenched the Parallel Bar and Floor titles in the meet on Saturday against the University of Iowa Hawekeys. Justin scored a 9.750 on floor exercise scoring the second highest score of the meet. On parallel bars he scored a 9.00. Justin also competed on rings, scoring an 8.500, vault scoring an 8.850, and on high bar scoring a 9.650. Illinois beat Iowa by 0.025 of a point to win the meet. Illinois has dropped from first to third in the national rankings but hopes to climb back up. Next weekend they take on temple in their last regular season home meet!
February 17 , 2004
After an exciting meet this past Saturday night the University of Illinois mens gymnastics team has taken first place in the National Rankings!!!! This past weekend they took on the University of Illinois-Chicago. Although he did not compete all around Justin did manage to set some new career highs and new school records! On still rings Justin set a career high with a 9.200, won the vault competition, and set a new career high and school record with a 9.600 on parallel bars! Justin topped off his night with a 9.800 on High Bar, to set yet another career high and school record! From Inside Gymnastics Spring has been named the NCAA Gymnast of the week for the second time! Congrats on an awesome meet Justin!
February 8 , 2004
Justin competed in high bar finals last night at the Winter Cup. He finished 4th with a score of 9.600! Congratualtions on a great meet Justin!
February 7 , 2004
Justin competed last night in the 2004 Winter Cup. Overall Justin had a good meet including a win on the high bar, which qualifed him into high bar finals that will take place tonight. Justin also scored a 9.325 on vault, although it was not enough to qualify him to finals. He placed 19th over all, and 13th in his session, with a score of 52.475.
February 1, 2004
In last nights meet against Ohio State, Justin came out to be Illinois top preformer. Infact, he was the top preformer of the meet. Justin won FOUR event titles and set new school records of all of the events he won. He also set a personal best on the other event he competed on! With a 9.750 he tied for first on floor, won vault with a 9.650, parallel bars with a 9.300, and high bar with a 9.750. His other personal best was set on rings at a 9.100 for fourth place. Although Illinois lost to Ohio State, they didn't loose by much and hope to catch them at the Big Ten Championships!
January 25, 2004
In tonights Home opener, Illinois came out and showed up Minnesota for an almost 10 point victory, to set a new school record. Justin won the floor with a score of 9.500, and parallel bars with a score of 9.100. He also placed 7th on still rings and 2nd on vault. Next weekend the Fighting Illini will travel to OSU to take on the number one ranked team in the nation!
January 18, 2004
Last night Illinois took on Penn State for their first duel meet of the season. Justin was Illinois leading scores on floor, where he scored a 9.475 to help top the schools floor record. In the end Penn State beat Illinois by 7 points. Next weekend they take on Minnesota at home!
January 11, 2004
Last night was the opening regular season meet for the University of Illinois! Justin and his teammates placed 2nd to Ohio State. Justin won the floor, tied for sixth on vault, and placed 6th on high bar. He also placed 12th in the all around! Congrats to Justin in a great meet.
December 13, 2003
Justin competed last night in the Mixed Pairs competition! He and his partner Margaret Dann placed 2nd, with a score of 29.6. Justin topped off the night with a routine on High Bar scoring a 10.00 to end the night! His other event was parallel Bars where he scored a 9.2! Congrats on an awesome start to your season Justin!
October 31, 2003
The preseason rankings are out and Illinois is looking good! They are ranked third behind OSU and OU with Michigan in fourth. The team continues to train and looks forward to the upcoming season!
August 29, 2003
Justin has finished competeing at the World University Games. The team finished 7th AA which is the highest finish that the US has ever had at this competion. Justin also finished 6th on floor. Congradulations Justin!
August 03, 2003
Justin will be competing in the 34th World University Games, to be held in Daegu, South Korea, at the end of this month (August 21-31). Justin who was named as first alternate for the squad, is now replacing Daniel Furney (knee injury) who pulled out. Congratulations Justin and Good luck!
Click here for the University of Illinois press release.
April 20, 2003
Last weekend Illinois ended their regular season. Justin finished the season with two All American honors on Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise. At the Illinois team banquet also taking place this past week, Justin was named most outstanding Illinois gymnast of the year. Congrats to Justin on an awesome freshman NCAA season.
Justin also took Outstanding Gymnast honors at the 2003 gymnastics banquet at Illinois. Congradulations, Justin!
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