The floor exercise routine has left the Penn State men's gymnastics team without two feet to stand on -- literally. Two gymnasts within the past week have suffered foot injuries while completing tumbling passes.

The first of which occurred to sophomore Tony Pansy.

"I was just at practice tumbling on floor and I happened to roll my foot over," he said.

Due to this injury, Pansy was unable to make the trip to West Point last weekend.

Yesterday, Pansy said he would be able to compete on Saturday at Syracuse. He doubts he will be ready to tumble and vault, but his participation in the other four events looks promising.

"I went to the doctors and they said right now it's a stress fracture," he said. "I go to get more tests done the beginning of next week, but I've been landing on it, so I'll be able to compete."

Although it is too early in the week to create a final lineup, Coach Randy Jepson agrees that Pansy is making progress.

"Tony's coming along really well," he said. "The doctor seems to feel that it's a day-by-day thing and he can go as needed."

Pansy is still experiencing some pain, but it has become less intense. However, he is taking precautions to avoid reinjury.

"I tape it and I wear a pad on the bottom of my foot so it doesn't arch up as much," he said.

While Pansy was here recovering on Friday night, freshman Jean-Marc Michel was at West Point in the midst of competition. Unfortunately, he too, was unable to finish the floor exercise healthy.

"It was my first pass and I ended up stinging my left ankle pretty well," he said. "I did finish the rest of the meet. That was actually my last event."

Michel described the injury as "nothing serious" and doesn't expect it to keep him from competing on Saturday.

"The injuries aren't season ending or anything," Jepson said. "They're just things that are going to take a little time. We just have to be patient."