Thursday, 14 November 2019 22:00

Men's: Illinois Lands 7 Recruits

Illinois has landed a large class of seven recruits this fall, including one who will join the squad in January.   Five were named in the release: Ethan Boder, Josh Cook, Will Hauk, Sebastian Ingersoll and Logan Myers have committed to the Illini, with Cook set to join the squad early.

Cook hails from Wales, and is an experienced international competitor.  He was a Northern European Rings champ, the 2018 senior Welsh AA champ and a 2018 Commonwealth Games finalist.

Boder is a 2019 US Gymnastics qualifier who placed 2nd on VT and 10th AA at the 2019 JO Nationals.  He trains at GymTek.

Hauke qualified to the 2018 US Championships and placed 4th AA and 2nd on PB and the 2018 JO Nationals.  He trains at DeVeau's.

Ingersoll trains at Lakeshore and is another former Junior National qualifier. 

Myers trains at 5280 Gymnastics and won the R at the 2019 Winter Cup.  He qualified to the 2018 and 2019 US Gymnastics Championships.

Link:  Illinois Release

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