2012 ou men's gymnastics guide

FROM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program is based on a foundation of excellence and continues to build on our rich tradition that includes eight NCAA team championships. Our team is made up of student-athletes who are willing to persevere in times of adversity and work hard every day with an unbending will to prepare.

Whether it’s striving for success in the classroom or on the competition floor, our team members always capitalize on the opportunities in front of them. Through dedication to the schedule and plan, commitment to a refinement of the details and putting action to that preparation, excellent results have followed.

At Oklahoma we provide the avenues to reach the highest goals in the sport. Our collegiate team results in the past 11 years are unprecedented. Providing athletes a chance to compete at World Championships, Olympic Games or other international competitions is also part of our responsibility.

Inspiring student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in all that they do – that’s what we aspire to achieve at Oklahoma.

Head Coach Mark Williams

Oklahoma Men’s GymnasticsBOOMER SOONERQuick Facts ................................................ 4Roster ........................................................ 5Athletics Communications ........................ 6Media Information .................................... 7From National Championships .................. 8To World Championships ......................... 10Nissen-Emery Award ............................... 12Head Coach Mark Williams ...................... 14Gymnastics Facilities ............................... 16McCasland Field House ............................ 18Lloyd Noble Center .................................. 20

Sooner Tradition ...................................... 22The National Spotlight ............................ 24Academics ............................................... 26Facts About OU ........................................ 28Norman and Oklahoma City .................... 32Sooners in the Community ...................... 34

SEASON OUTLOOKSeason Preview ....................................... 36Opponent Information ............................ 38Gymnastics Scoring 101 .......................... 40

STAFFHead Coach Mark Williams ...................... 42Assistant Coaches .................................... 46Support Staff ........................................... 48Administration ........................................ 49Head Coaches .......................................... 54

Oklahoma Men’s Gymnastics 2012 Official Media Guide

THE SOONERSReturning Gymnasts ............................... 56Newcomers ............................................. 64

SEASON REVIEWSeason Notes ........................................... 69Team and Event Titles .............................. 71Season Results ........................................ 72Highs and Lows ....................................... 73Meet-by-Meet Results ............................ 74Individual Awards and Honors ................ 80

HISTORYProgram History ...................................... 82National Championships ......................... 84Individual National Titles ........................ 86All-Americans ......................................... 87Conference Titles ..................................... 88All-Time Coaches ..................................... 89Letterwinners ......................................... 90Record Book ............................................ 92

MEDIA GUIDE CREDITSThe 2012 University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics media guide was designed and produced in-house by the OU Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. (January 2012)

Writer & DesignerBen Coldagelli

Cover DesignKelsey Hargens

Editorial ContributorsCraig Moran, Adam Bingman

PhotographyTy Russell, Jerry Laizure, Jessi Dalton, John Cheng, USA Gymnastics, Candid Color Photography, OU Athletics Communications Archives

Nike is the official footwear and apparel supplier and sponsor of the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program.

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation .....................................................................Norman, Okla.Enrollment .............................................................................30,303Founded ....................................................................................1890President ....................................................................David L. BorenVice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/AD .......... Joe CastiglioneNickname .............................................................................SoonersColors .................................................................... Crimson & CreamConference .................... Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)Arena .................................. Howard McCasland Field House (2,300)OU All-Time Record ............................................... 592-174-1 (.772)

TEAM INFORMATION2011 Overall Record ........................................................24-2 (.923)High Score ......................366.400, March 19 vs. Penn State & IllinoisMPSF Finish ........................................................................... SecondNCAA Finish ........................................................................... SecondLetterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................................... 7/6All-Americans Returning/Lost ..................................................... 5/7

COACHING STAFFHead Coach ................................................................ Mark WilliamsYear ............................................................................... 13th Season Alma Mater .............................................................. Nebraska, 1980Record at OU ...............................................................294-27 (.916)Career Record ..............................................................294-27 (.916)

Assistant Coach ............................................................ Guard YoungYear .............................................................................. Sixth SeasonAlma Mater .....................................................Brigham Young, 2001

Assistant Coach .........................................................Norimasa IwaiYear ................................................................................First Season Alma Mater ...................................................Nihon University, 1995

Men’s Gymnastics Office Phone ................................(405) 325-8349Men’s Gymnastics Office Fax .....................................(405) 325-7485

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSMen’s Gymnastics Contact ..........................................Ben ColdagelliOffice Phone .............................................................(405) 325-8349Cell Phone ................................................................(262) 501-9999Fax ...........................................................................(405) 325-7623E-mail ............................................................... [email protected] Site .....................................................www.SoonerSports.comTwitter ............................... @SoonerSportscom, @SoonerGymnastsFacebook ......................................Facebook.com/OklahomaSoonersMailing Address ............................. 180 West Brooks St., Suite 2525, ............................................................................Norman, OK 73019

2012 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Jan. 14 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:00 p.m. Jan. 21 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m.Jan. 28 Illinois & Michigan Champaign, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Feb. 2-4 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. All Day Feb. 12 California & Stanford Berkeley, Calif. 11:00 a.m. Feb. 25 IOWA NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 3 STANFORD NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 10 MICHIGAN NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 17 AIR FORCE & NEBRASKA NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 24 Minnesota & Ohio State Minneapolis, Minn. 7:00 p.m. April 7 MPSF Championships Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:00 p.m. April 19 NCAA QUALIFIER NORMAN All Day April 20 NCAA TEAM FINALS NORMAN 7:00 p.m. April 21 NCAA EVENT FINALS NORMAN 7:00 p.m.

2011 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT LOCATION RESULT Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. First (346.500) Jan. 22 OHIO STATE NORMAN W 358.350-340.350Feb. 3-5 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. Individual Feb. 13 Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago Lincoln, Neb. First (360.600) Feb. 19 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. W 357.500-352.000 March 5 CALIFORNIA NORMAN W 360.850-357.750March 12 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. W 357.750-355.400 March 19 PENN STATE & ILLINOIS NORMAN W 366.400-359.100April 2 MPSF Championships Colorado Springs, Colo. Second (360.700) April 14 NCAA Qualifier Columbus, Ohio First (363.500) April 15 NCAA Team Finals Columbus, Ohio Second (361.600) April 16 NCAA Event Finals Columbus, Ohio 12 All-Americans

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Dylan AkersFr., 5-9, All-Around

Kingwood, Texas

Danny BerardiniFr., 5-8, All-Around

Lake Forest, Ill.

William ClementFr., 5-10, All-Around

San Jose, Calif.

Chad CrumleySr., 5-11, FX, SR, HB

Long Grove, Ill.

Jake DaltonJr., 5-5, All-Around

Reno, Nev.

Michael HerediaSr., 5-11, FX, V, HB

Reno, Nev.

Ethan JoseRS-Fr., 5-7, SR, PB, HB

Fremont, Calif.

Presten EllsworthSo., 5-10, All-Around

Allen, Texas

Troy NitzkyRS-Jr., 5-6, PH, SRPhiladelphia, Pa.

Patrick PiscitelliSr., 5-11, FX, SR, PB, HB, V

Charlotte, N.C.

Stanton RehkemperRS-Fr., 5-7, FX, HB

Plano, Texas

Michael ReidFr., 5-6, PH

Killeen, Texas

Sergey ResnickFr., 5-4, PH, PBHouston, Texas

Alec RobinFr., 5-6, All-Around

Calabasas, Calif.

Jacoby RubinFr., 5-3, All-AroundBuffalo Grove, Ill.

Michael SquiresFr., 5-2, SR

Edmond, Okla.

Chris StehlJr., 5-5, All-Around

Houston, Texas

Raymond WhiteSo., 5-4, All-Around

Austin, Texas

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CREDENTIALSMembers of the media should contact Ben Coldagelli of the OU Athletics Communica-tions Office to request season or individual game credentials for OU men’s gymnastics meets. Individual meet requests should be made no later than 5 p.m. the day prior to the game. Names of media members will be left on a media pass list at the side entrance to the McCasland Field House. Media members should be prepared to produce proper identification.

MEDIA INTERVIEWSNon-postgame interview requests for players and coaches should be directed to Ben Coldagelli in the OU Athletics Communications Office at (262) 501-9999. Coldagelli’s e-mail address is [email protected]. All requests should be made at least one day in advance of the desired interview time.

POSTGAME INFORMATIONPostgame interviews will take place on the gym floor following an adequate “cooling off period” of approximately 5-10 minutes. Final stat sheets will be made available at the end of each meet.

PRACTICE POLICYPractices are usually open to the public. However, media who wish to attend must gain clearance by calling Ben Coldagelli in the OU Athletics Communications Office.

SAM VIERSEN GYMNASTICS CENTEROU’s practice facility is located at 325 W. Imhoff Rd. in Norman. From Interstate 35, exit east on Lindsey St. and proceed approximately one and a half miles. Take a right (south) onto Chautauqua Ave. and continue for about a half a mile until Chautauqua intersects with Imhoff. Turn left (east) on Imhoff until you pass the baseball facility. The Viersen Center is directly across the street (North) from the Lloyd Noble Center. Parking is available at the Lloyd Noble Center.

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL Known across the state of Oklahoma and throughout the country, the University of Okla-homa men’s gymnastics program is recognized for one thing: winning championships. Since 1977, the Sooners have won eight NCAA National Championships, the third most of any collegiate program behind only Penn State (12) and Illinois (9). Oklahoma proves itself to be a dominant force throughout the season, claiming 18 conference championship crowns.

In addition to team success, Oklahoma has also produced 35 individual NCAA title winners and a whopping 219 All-America honors. Over the years, seven Sooners have earned the honor of the Nissen-Emery Award, considered to be the Heisman Trophy of collegiate men’s gymnastics.

With so many conference and national titles, All-America honors and prestigious awards, there is no doubt that the University of Oklahoma is the home of champions.

• • CHAMPIONSHIPSFROM NATIONAL

The 2002 NCAA National Champion Sooners, OU’s first title under Mark Williams


ALWAYS A CONTENDER Since 2000, The University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program is the only collegiate men’s gymnas-tics program to finish in the top four every year at the NCAA Championships.

Since their fourth-place finish in 2000, the Sooners have finished no lower than third in their quest for the national title. YEAR .........FIRST .................... SECOND .................. THIRD .................FOURTH 2011 ............ Stanford .................... OKLAHOMA ................. Illinois ......................California 2010 ............ Michigan ................... Stanford .......................OKLAHOMA ..............Illinois2009 ............ Stanford .................... Michigan ......................OKLAHOMA ............California2008 ............ OKLAHOMA .............. Stanford ....................... Illinois ......................Penn State2007 ............ Penn State ................. OKLAHOMA .............. Stanford ...................Michigan2006 ............ OKLAHOMA .............. Illinois ..........................Stanford ...................Penn State2005 ............ OKLAHOMA .............. Ohio State ..................... Illinois ......................Penn State2004 ............ Penn State ................. OKLAHOMA ................. Illinois ......................Ohio State2003 ............ OKLAHOMA .............. Ohio State .....................Penn State ...............Michigan2002 ............ OKLAHOMA .............. Ohio State .....................California .................Michigan2001 ............ Ohio State .................. OKLAHOMA .................California .................Michigan2000 ............ Penn State ................. Michigan ...................... Iowa .........................OKLAHOMA

EXPECT TO WIN. That’s the goal every year for the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program. The names and faces may change from year to year but the expectation remains. Oklahoma is about winning championships. The Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team has won five of the last ten NCAA team crowns, (2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2002), all under current head coach Mark Williams. With eight national championships, the men’s gym-nastics team owns the most titles of any OU athletics program, breaking a tie with the football and wrestling squads with the 2008 win.

Under Williams, the Sooners have staked their claim as the nation’s premier program of the last decade. Since 2000, OU has garnered an amazing 10 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championships and produced 115 All-America honors and 20 individual NCAA titles to go along with five national championships.

NATIONAL TITLES SINCE 2000

STANFORD 2

OKLAHOMA 5

PENN STATE 3

MICHIGAN 1

OHIO STATE 1

OKLAHOMA (1977-1978, 2002-2003, 2005-06)Penn State (1953-1954, 1959-1961) Illinois (1955-1956) *Southern Illinois (1966-1967) Michigan (1969-1970) *Iowa State (1973-1974) Nebraska (1979-1982) Stanford (1992-1993) California (1997-1998) * indicates school no longer sponsors a men’s gymnastics program

CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPSSince the creation of collegiate men’s gymnastics in 1953, only seven schools that still sponsor the sport have won consecutive national championships. The University of Oklahoma has achieved the rare feat of consecutive championships not just once, but on three seperate occasions, the only university in the country to pull off three different back-to-back championships.

OU’s eight national championships ties Nebraska for third all-time behind Penn State (12) and Illinois (9).

FROM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CHAMPIONSHIPSTO WORLD

CRIMSON, CREAM AND BLUEThe University of Oklahoma prides itself in preparing student-athletes to excell and lead in their respected sports after their time at OU. Household names like Sam Bradford and Adrian Peterson in the NFL and Blake Griffin in the NBA are evidence of Oklahoma’s commit-ment in preparing these athletes to succeed. When it comes to Oklahoma men’s gymnastics, the university has done an unprecidented job at preparing its gymnasts for the greatest stage in all of sports: the Olympic Games. With three Olympic gymnasts already coming out of OU, and undoubtedly more on the way, the University of Oklahoma has become an essential piece of the United States’ international success in men’s gymnastics. The U.S. Men’s Senior National Team is currently comprised of four former Sooner gymnasts along with current OU junior Jake Dalton. Time will tell which Sooners will represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but until then it is becoming more and more clear that the road to international success runs through Norman, Oklahoma. OU junior Jake Dalton, a current member of the U.S. Senior National Team, with his

bronze medal from the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan


2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSThe U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Team, which featured four current and former OU gymnasts in its six-man lineup, claimed third place in the team finals of the 2011 World Championships this past October in Tokyo, Japan.

The United States’ bronze medal showing guaranteed it a berth in the team portion of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. It also marked the first time in eight years and fourth time overall that the U.S. squad won a team medal at the World Championships. The USA’s previous team medals came in 1979 (bronze), 2001 (silver) and 2003 (silver).

Oklahoma junior Jake Dalton and OU letterwinners Steven Legendre, Jonathan Horton and Alex Naddour were featured in the United States’ six-man World Championship lineup. OU letterwinner Chris Brooks was the team’s one alternate.

China won the team title with a total of 275.161 and Japan took silver with a 273.093, a mere 0.010 points ahead of Team USA’s 273.083.

OLYMPIC HISTORYThe Olympic Games are truly a unique phenomenon. For two weeks of the summer every four years, the eyes of the world turn to the most elite athletes in the world, competing for their country’s pride and the right to wear the gold medal around their necks. One of the most-watched events of the Olympic Games, gymnastics, is considered by many as one of the most physically demanding sports in the world. To be named an Olympic gymnast is truly one of the highest honors in all of sports.

The University of Oklahoma has produced three past Olympic gymnasts, dating back to three-time Olympian Bart Conner. The 1981 graduate represented the United States in both 1976 and 1980 before winning it all on American soil at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif. In addition to helping Team USA take home Gold, Conner proved to be the world’s top gymnast on parallel bars, winning individual Gold.

In 2008, Oklahoma gymnast Jonathan Horton helped the United States win Bronze at the Summer Games in Beijing, China. Horton also found individual success, taking Silver in the high bar portion of the event.

The Sooners’ coaching staff also boasts Olympic success and hopes to pass on it on to the current OU gym-nasts. First-year assistant Norimassa Iwai captained the Japanese National Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where he took seventh place on the still rings.

Upon graduating from BYU in 2001, current OU assistant Guard Young returned to his home state of Oklaho-ma to train with Williams for the Olympic Games while serving as an assistant coach for the Sooners. Young represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where the Americans claimed Silver.

OLYMPIANSBart Conner - 1976, 1980, 1984; Guard Young - 2004; Jonathan Horton - 2008;

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEMBERS

Jake Dalton - 2009, 2011; Steven Legendre - 2009, 2010, 2011; Chris Brooks - 2010, 2011; Alex Naddour - 2011; Jonathan Horton - 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011;

Guard Young - 2001, 2002, 2003; Casey Bryan - 1994; Jarrod Hanks - 1991

U.S. SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERSTaqiy Abdullah-Simmons, Chris Brooks , Casey Bryan, Bart Conner, Jake Dalton, Daniel Furney,

Jarrod Hanks, Jamie Henderson, Matt Hervey, Jonathon Horton, Jeremy Killen, Steven Legendre, Jeff Lutz, Alex Naddour, Tom Meadows, Alex Naddour, Mark Oates,

Mike Rice, Guard Young, Mike Wilson

Sooners at the 2011 World Championships (left to right): Coach Mark Williams, Jonathan Horton, Chris Brooks, Steven Legendre, Alex Naddour, Jake Dalton and Coach Tom Meadows

Head Coach Mark Williams with Jonathan Horton at the 2008 Olympic Games

OU letterwinner and Olympian Jonathan Horton

TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HIGHEST HONORCOLLEGE GYMNASTICS’

THE NISSEN-EMERY AWARDCapping off a historic career at the University of Oklahoma in 2011, gymnast Steven Legendre claimed the most coveted prize in the sport: the Nissen-Emery Award. Considered the Heisman Tro-phy of gymnastics, the award was founded by trampoline inventor George Nissen, has been handed out to the nation’s top senior collegiate gymnast annually since 1966. Since the award’s inception, Oklahoma boasts a nation-leading seven Nissen honorees: Bart Conner (1981), Jarrod Hanks (1991), Dan Fink (1998), Todd Bishop (1999), Daniel Furney (2003), Jonathan Horton (2008) and Legendre (2011). Oklahoma is the only program in NCAA history to win back-to-back Nissen awards.

“Being given this award is a tremendous honor and I feel humbled,” said Legendre upon receiving the award. “It feels great to join so many other great Oklahoma gymnasts to win this award.”

The 2009 NCAA all-around champion, Legendre owns Oklahoma records for career NCAA individual titles at six, a mark previously held by Olympic Silver and Bronze medalist Jonathan Horton. Legendre is also a 12-time All-American.

Athletes, coaches and judges vote on the Nissen winner who is, according to the standards, “more than simply an excellent gymnast...he must also be an example of good sportsmanship and fair play.

Jonathan Horton, the Sooners’ sixth Nissen-Emery Award winner, received the trophy in 2008


A champion in defeat as well as in victory.”

Conner, Oklahoma’s first Nissen-Emery Award winner, received the honor in 1981. Con-ner was a seven-time conference champion and nine-time All-American for the Sooners. He also won three national championships and was named co-recipient of the Big Eight Conference “Male Athlete of the Year” award in 1981. The University of Oklahoma also claimed back-to-back NCAA Championships during that span, winning titles in 1977 and 1978. Conner was a member of three Olympic teams (1976, ‘80, ‘84) and won two gold medals at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Hanks, a two-time conference champion and five-time All-American, was the 1991 recipient of the Nissen Award. He was team captain of the 1991 Sooner squad that won the national championship.

Fink was Oklahoma’s third honoree, receiving the award in 1998. He was a three-time conference champion and a four-time All-American and won the national championship on still rings in 1998. Fink also participated in the 1997 Maccabiah Games, an interna-tional, Olympic-style competition for Jewish athletes. A 1998 Sooner co-captain, Fink was honored with the Big 12 Conference Medal Award and was named OU’s “Outstand-ing Male Scholar Athlete of the Year” in 1998.

In 1999, Oklahoma became the first program to produce back-to-back Nissen Award winners when Bishop earned the prestigious honor. Bishop was also the first non-all-arounder to receive the Nissen since the award’s inception.

Bishop won two straight NCAA titles on high bar in 1998-99 and was a seven-time All-American for OU. In addition, Bishop scored the first 10.0 in Oklahoma men’s gymnastics history in 1999 with three perfect high bar performances in the regular season.

Furney won the 2003 Nissen-Emery Award, claiming individual national championships in the parallel bars and the all-around. Furney finished his OU career as a nine-time All-American. He was a member of the NCAA team national champions when the Sooners went back-to-back in 2002 and 2003.

The program’s most decorated gymnast, Horton was the 2008 Nissen-Emery recipient in one of the strongest fields in the award’s history. Horton’s 18 career All-America honors and six individual national titles are program records. In addition to his collegiate success, he was a member of two World Championships teams, finishing fourth in the all-around in 2007 and guiding Team USA to an Olympic berth.

YEAR WINNER SCHOOL2011 .........STEVEN LEGENDRE............................... OKLAHOMA2010 ........... Luke Stannard .......................................................... Illinois2009 ........... Casey Sandy........................................................Penn State2008 .........JONATHAN HORTON ............................. OKLAHOMA2007 ........... Matt Cohen .........................................................Penn State2006 ........... Justin Spring............................................................. Illinois2005 ........... Guillermo Alvarez ...............................................Minnesota2004 ........... Dan Gill .................................................................. Stanford2003 .........DANIEL FURNEY ................................... OKLAHOMA2002 ........... Justin Toman ........................................................Michigan2001 ........... Jamie Natalie ...................................................... Ohio State2000 ........... Jeff LaVallee ................................................ Massachusetts1999 .........TODD BISHOP. ..................................... OKLAHOMA1998 .........DAN FINK ............................................ OKLAHOMA1997 ........... Blaine Wilson ...................................................... Ohio State1996 ........... Darren Elg ................................................... Brigham Young1995 ........... Josh Stein .............................................................. Stanford1994 ........... Kip Simons ......................................................... Ohio State1993 ........... John Roethlisberger ...........................................Minnesota1992 ........... Scott Keswick ............................................................. UCLA1991 .........JARROD HANKS ................................... OKLAHOMA1990 ........... Mike Racanelli .................................................... Ohio State1989 ........... David Zeddies ........................................................... Illinois1988 ........... Tom Schlesinger ...................................................Nebraska1987 ........... Michael Maxwell ................................................Penn State1986 ........... Wes Suter .............................................................Nebraska1985 ........... Matt Arnot ....................................................... New Mexico1984 ........... Roy Palassou ................................................. San Jose State1983 ........... Peter Vidmar ............................................................... UCLA1982 ........... Jim Hartung .........................................................Nebraska1981 .........BART CONNER ..................................... OKLAHOMA1980 ........... Mario McCutcheon ................... Southern Connecticut State1979 ........... Kurt Thomas ...................................................Indiana State1978 ........... Tim LaFleur .........................................................Minnesota1977 ........... Peter Kormann ........................ Southern Connecticut State1976 ........... Gene Whelan ......................................................Penn State1975 ........... Jay Whelan .............................. Southern Connecticut State1974 ........... Steve Hug .............................................................. Stanford1973 ........... John Crosby ............................. Southern Connecticut State1972 ........... Tom Lindner ..............................................Southern Illinois1971 ........... Brent Simmons ................................................... Iowa State1970 ........... Pete Difurio ............................................................. Temple1969 ........... Robert Emery .....................................................Penn State1968 ........... Dave Thor ....................................................Michigan State1967 ........... Steve Cohen ........................................................Penn State1966 ........... James Curzi ..................................................Michigan State

ALL-TIME AWARD WINNERS

AWARD WINNERS BY TEAM

OKLAHOMA 7

PENN STATE 6

MINNESOTA 3

NEBRASKA 3

STANFORD 3

ILLINOIS 3

OHIO STATE 4

NISSEN-EMERY AWARD


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A DECADE OF DOMINANCEAt the turn of the millenium, the University of Oklahoma’s men’s gymnastics program began a new era upon the promotion of then-assistant Mark Williams to the head coach of the Sooners. Twelve years later, it is clear that Williams’ reign as the Sooners’ head coach is one of the most succesful coaching careers in all of sports.

Williams has established OU as the nation’s elite program with five national titles in the last ten years, claiming crowns in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and most recently in 2008. Even when the Sooners don’t win it all, they prove to always be in contention. Oklahoma has finished in the top four at the NCAA Championships in each season under Williams’ direction.

Under Williams, the Sooners have won 22 individual titles, nine conference championships and 38 individual conference titles. Oklahoma has also been awarded a whopping 126 All-America honors since 2000 and has produced three Nissen-Emery Award winners.

For more information on Coach Williams and Oklahoma’s success throughout his tenure, see his complete coaching bio on page 42.

Head Coach Mark Williams celebrates with OU letterwinner Jonathan Horton at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China


INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSUnder head coach Mark Williams, seven University of Oklahoma gymnasts have been responsible for 22 NCAA individual national championships.

JOSH LANDIS2003 NCAA Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse Champion DANIEL FURNEY2003 NCAA All-around and Parallel Bars Champion DAVID HEDERSON2005 NCAA Still Rings Champion TAQIY ABDULLAH-SIMMONS 2007 NCAA All-around Champion

JONATHAN HORTON2006 NCAA All-around, Still Rings and Floor Exercise Champion 2007 NCAA Floor Exercise and High Bar Champion 2008 NCAA Still Rings Champion

STEVEN LEGENDRE 2008 NCAA Floor Exercise and Vault Champion 2009 NCAA All-Around, Floor Exercise and Vault Champion 2010 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion ALEX NADDOUR 2010 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion2011 NCAA Pommel Horse Champion

JAKE DALTON2011 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion2011 NCAA Vault Champion

Individual Conference Titles38Conference Championships 9

National Championships 5Individual National Titles22

Nissen-Emery Award Winners 3All-America Honors126

UNDER COACH WILLIAMS...HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BEST FACILITIESTHE NATION’S

THE SAM VIERSEN GYMNASTICS CENTERNew in 2010 is a state-of-the-art 7,000 square foot addition and a complete overhaul of the existing Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center, the practice facility of Oklahoma gymnastics.

Funded entirely by private donations without the use of any state or university appropriated funds, the project includes a complete renovation of the current gym, locker rooms, sports medicine training rooms and the awards recognition room. A new storage area, a reconfiguration of foam and resi pits and an outdoor patio also highlight the renovation. Parking will also be added on the North end of the facility. Along with the existing structure that bared its name, the Viersen Family Foundation provided an additional commitment to help fund the renovation.

One of only a handful of freestanding, co-ed college gyms in the country, the revolutionary addition will keep the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center as one of the nation’s premier collegiate gymnastics facilities.

OU Director of Athletics Joe Castiglione delivers a speech at the dedication ceremony for the renovation of the Viersen Center in Spring 2011


SOONER POWEROklahoma’s weight training program is a pioneer in the development of strength and conditioning, and is a vital part of the Sooners’ tradition of success. OU strength and conditioning coaches utilize their expertise along with a wide array of equipment and tests to produce national championship caliber athletes.

Evaluation, goal-oriented programs, supervision and state-of-the-art facilities help Oklahoma athletes become bigger, faster, stronger and more flexible. The Robin Siegfried & Family Strength and Conditioning Complex, located in the Barry Switzer Center, has 13,000 square feet to facilitate the intensive training of OU athletes. An additional facility, the Roy Williams Strength Training Facility, is available for workouts inside the Everest Training Center. The former Sooner football All-American made the center possible through a gift to the University.

“All of the renovations are going to increase our competitiveness and our

ability to bring in the best and brightest student-athletes as we continue the run of championships both programs have had.”

-OU Men’s Gymnastics Head Coach Mark Williams

• Four vault stations

• In-ground trampoline

• Two regulation size apparatuses for every event.

• Addition of six foam in-ground pits, eight resi in-ground pits and outdoor patio. • Renovation of locker rooms, men’s and women’s training rooms and weight room.

THE NATION’S BEST FACILITIES


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HOWARD MCCASLAND FIELD HOUSEOriginally opened in 1928, McCasland Field House is one of OU’s most historic buildings. Located in the heart of campus just north of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the venue provides the OU men’s gymnastics, volleyball and wrestling programs with a first-class training and competition venue.

In 2005, the Field House underwent a $6 million face lift that included a complete interior renovation of a resanded and repainted floor with four efficient volleyball practice courts and chair-back seating that offers fans more comfort.

In addition, the entire facility was repainted and improvements were made to the HVAC system, sound system, lighting and scoreboards. The Sooners also enjoyed renovations done to the training room as well as an upgrade to both teams’ locker rooms.

Further renovations are currently being made to the exterior of the Field House that include a new roof, bricks and windows.

One of the most recognizable buildings on campus, the McCasland Field House hosts the men’s gymnastics team’s home meets


A RICH HISTORYOriginally constructed in 1928, the Field House was once the home of the men’s basket-ball team. More than 5,000 fans were in attendance for the facility’s first game as the Sooners beat the Kansas Jayhawks, 45-19.

Since its construction, the Field House has been home to numerous sports. In addition to the basketball programs, volleyball, women’s and men’s gymnastics and wrestling have all featured events here.

In addition to sporting events, the Field House has hosted several notable musicians and entertainers in its history. Oklahoma students have watched acts including Jimi Hendrix (1970), Bill Cosby (1968), Henry Mancini (1963), Sonny and Cher (1969), Nat King Cole (1956) and Duke Ellington (1956).

MCCASLAND FIELD HOUSE


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CHAMPIONSHIPSHOST OF THE 2012 NCAA

LLOYD NOBLE CENTERThe Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma will host the 2012 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships for the third time in the building’s history, taking place April 19-21.

The current home of Oklahoma men’s and women’s basketball and women’s gymnastics, the LNC houses some of the best fans in nation and a deep history of athletic excellence. Since its opening in 1975, nearly four million fans have come through the LNC doors in anticipa-tion of a Sooner victory.

A $17.1 million expansion and renovation project in 2001 added key improvements. A 70,000-square-foot addition to the south side of the facility included two new full-sized practice courts: one for men’s basketball and one for women’s. The project also enhanced the Lloyd Noble Center for the wide variety of public events it hosts, including graduations, concerts and large meetings. OU’s basketball arena, the Lloyd Noble Center, will host its third NCAA Men’s

Gymnastics Championship since 2002


PERFECT AT THE LNCIn addition to the natural excitement that surrounds a program hosting an NCAA Championship, the Sooners have another reason to anticipate the National Cham-pionship returning to Norman: they’re undefeated in NCAA Championships at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The LNC will host the NCAA Championship for the third time in the past 10 years. The Sooners are undefeated in past National Championships held in Norman, claiming first place in 2002 and 2006.

“Historically, we haven’t lost an NCAA Championship at home yet,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “It’s always nice to be able to stay in your home facility and have your crowd behind you. It’s our intention to be peaking as we get to the championship and see if we can win the program’s ninth national title.”

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TICKETSThe NCAA Championships include two qualifying sessions on April 19, team finals on April 20 and event finals on April 21. All session tickets to the NCAA Championships ($25 adult, $15 youth and OU students) include a ticket to all four sessions.

Single-session tickets will go on sale the first day of competition at the Lloyd Noble Center at least an hour prior to competition beginning. All tickets are general admission.

Tickets can be purchased online at SoonerSports.com or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 456 - GoOU.

The Sooners are undefeated at the NCAA Championships when competing in Norman, claiming titles in 2002 (above) and 2006

LLOYD NOBLE CENTER


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TRADITIONTHE SOONER

STORIED AND ACTIVE TRADITIONThe University of Oklahoma athletics program boasts a tradition that few schools can rival. Over the years, Sooner squads have combined for 26 team national championships including eight in men’s gymnastics, seven in football, seven in wrestling, two in baseball, one in men’s golf and one in softball.

The Sooner tradition isn’t something buried in the past. It inspires OU’s student-athletes to greater heights every season. In 2010-2011, the Sooners recorded their best-ever finish in the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup at No. 10. Eighteen of Oklahoma’s 21 teams advanced to postseason competition during the 2010-11 school year.

Highlights included the men’s and women’s gymnastics teams finishing No. 3 nationally, the women’s track and field team finishing No. 4 and the men’s cross country team No. 5. The football team won its seventh Big 12 Championship in eleven seasons and won the 2011 Fiesta Bowl in its eighth BCS bowl appearance in eleven seasons in 2011, while the softball team advanced to the 2011 Women’s College World Series. One of the most recognizable traditions in college sports, the Sooner Schooner

takes the field after each OU tochdown at home football games


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Oklahoma’s student-athletes continue to lead in the classroom and their actions in the community are exemplary. With the Great Expectations campaign, Oklahoma continues to build the finest facilities in the nation. Each day, it becomes more evident that the University of Oklahoma has become one of the finest comprehensive athletics program in the country. When OU student-athletes raise the trophy of another championship, the hands responsible for hoisting that trophy symbolize thousands of Sooners around the globe.

The following represents a closer look at the tradition powering the Oklahoma Sooners:

• Oklahoma was playing football before it was a state. It’s only one of two Division I football pro-grams to win seven or more national championships. And OU is the only Division I football program ever to record 47 straight victories.

• With Sam Bradford at No. 1, Gerald McCoy at No. 3 and Trent Williams at No. 4, Oklahoma became the first school ever to supply three of the first four NFL Draft picks in 2010. 2010 also marked only the second time that one school has produced the top pick in consecutive NBA (OU’s Blake Griffin went first in the 2009 hoops draft) and NFL Drafts. Bradford and Griffin were both named Rookie of the Year in their respective leagues, it was the first time in history that the two award winners came from the same university.

• Oklahoma gymnastics great Bart Conner won two NCAA all-around crowns and led the Sooners to two NCAA titles in 1977 and 1978. A three-time Olympian (1976, ‘80, ‘84), Conner won two gold medals in 1984. He was instrumental in the foundation of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

• Oklahoma defeated UCLA in the 2000 Women’s College World Series to capture the school’s first softball national championship. The Sooners won 66 games, broke 15 school records, had four All-Americans, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, three WCWS all-tournament team members, a Big 12 title, a No. 1 ranking and the National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Sooners became just the second non-West Coast team in NCAA history to win a softball national championship.

• The OU men’s basketball team has competed in 27 postseason tournaments in the last 30 years. In 2009 OU produced its 32nd winning season in the last 34 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span.

• Sooner football has accumulated seven national championships, 43 conference titles, 26 bowl championships, 152 All-Americans and had 350 players drafted by the NFL, including 41 first-round selections and four No. 1 picks: Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Billy Sims (1980), Brian Bosworth (1987—supplemental) and Sam Bradford (2010).

• Oklahoma’s storied wrestling program has amassed 23 conference titles and seven national championships. OU has produced 263 All-Americans and its 65 individual national champions ranks third all-time.

• The OU women’s basketball team advanced to its third overall and second-consecutive Final Four in 2010 after playing the nation’s toughest schedule. The Sooners, at some point, played all four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Championship and 13 teams ranked in the final top 25.

• Oklahoma football has placed 28 former Sooners into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkinson in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001.

• The Oklahoma men’s golf program has produced 47 All-Americans, eight three-time All-Americans, eight individual conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship.

• OU football has produced five Heisman Trophy winners: halfback Billy Vessels won the award in 1952, tailback Steve Owens won in 1969, halfback Billy Sims won in 1978, quarterback Jason White brought the trophy back to Norman in 2003 and fellow QB Sam Bradford took home the award last season. OU players have captured 63 national awards and the Sooners have also produced five Outland Trophies, four Walter Camp Trophies, four Butkus Award winners, four Davey O’Brien Awards, three Lombardi Awards, three Thorpe Awards, two Bronko Nagurski Awards, two Maxwell Awards, one Tatupu Award, one Johnny Unitas Award and one Bednarik award.

• The Oklahoma baseball team swept through its regional tournament and the World Series without a loss to capture the 1994 national championship. The Sooners topped off a 42-17 regular season with the school’s second national baseball title.

• Oklahoma golf’s Charlie Coe was one of the most celebrated amateur players in the history of the game. During his career, Coe captured U.S. amateur crowns in 1949, 1958 and 1959. He also played in 19 straight Masters Tournaments. Coe competed on the Walker Cup teams of 1949, 1951 and 1953.

• Oklahoma wrestling has produced 18 Olympians who have collectively won three gold and two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games.

• Oklahoma baseball won the 1951 College World Series with a come-from-behind win over Tennes-see in the championship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the double-elimination tournament without a defeat.

• Oklahoma baseball advanced to its 10th College World Series appearance in 2010 and finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally, the program’s highest finish since claiming OU’s second national title in 1994.

• Oklahoma basketball great Wayman Tisdale was a three-time All-American for the Sooners from 1983-85 and is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in OU history. He was a member of the 1984 gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and was recently named the greatest player ever in the Big Eight Conference by a panel of longtime conference media observers and officials. Tisdale’s No. 23 jersey was retired by Oklahoma in 1997 -- the first jersey ever retired by OU in any sport.

• Former OU letterwinners Michael Blackwood (track and field), Jonathan Horton (men’s gymnastics) and Danny McFarlane (track and field) represented Oklahoma at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

• Three-time OU All-American Anthony Kim won the 2008 AT&T National in early July, becoming the first American golfer since Tiger Woods to win twice in one year on the PGA Tour. Kim was also a member of the victorious U.S. squad at the 2008 Ryder Cup where he played a crucial role in winning the cup with a crushing defeat of Sergio Garcia.

• OU women’s gymnastics made its eighth-straight NCAA Championships in 2011 and its second straight NCAA top three finish. OU made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Super Six in 2010 and 2011, finishing in a program best second place in 2010 and third place overall in 2011. The Sooners completed their third undefeated regular season in four years in 2011 and currently own the nation’s longest regular season win streak at 29.

• OU women’s gymnastics became the first women’s sport at Oklahoma to be ranked No. 1 during the regular season in 2010. The Sooners were ranked first or second in every regular season poll in 2010, as the Sooners were the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet.

SOONER TRADITION


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SPOTLIGHTTHE NATIONAL

SHOWCASING THE SOONERSOklahoma Athletics is a household name due to the overwhelming media attention that hovers around the Sooners. Writers and broadcasters representing the nation’s most recognized media outlets regularly interact with Sooner players and coaches and routinely spend time in Norman.

And when they can’t come to campus, those same observers keep tabs on OU thanks to extensive television coverage. The Sooners are at the very center of the college athletics and everybody is watching.

In 2011, all 13 Oklahoma football games appeared on live television. OU ended the season with a streak of 125 consecutive televised games and has been shown on TV 335 times dating back to the 1953 season.

During the 2010-2011 season, the men’s basketball team received live television coverage of 31 games, including nine nationally televised contests. The women’s basketball team was seen live for 25 games during the 2010-2011 season, including national coverage for 14 contests. The Sooners are accustomed to being featured in both local and national

publications, such as this magazing spread of OU letterwinner Jonathan Horton


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The OU baseball team received television coverage for 20 games in 2011, including 6 on national networks.

The softball team had nine games televised live in 2010, including three games on national networks.

The women’s gymnastics team had three meets televised in 2010. The Sooners’ quad meet with Ohio State, Illinois and TWU was broadcasted locally, while the 2011 Big 12 Champi-onship and the 2011 NCAA Super Six were replayed nationally.

OU’s wrestling and volleyball teams both had live television coverage during the 2010-2011 season. Wrestling’s match with Oklahoma State was covered live as a part of the Bedlam series on both Dec. 12, 2010, and Feb. 20, 2011. Volleyball’s home game against Texas A&M was covered live on Nov. 2, 2010.

The men’s gymnastics team has had regular television coverage thanks to consistent top-three rankings through the years. The nation will focus its eyes on Norman in April 2012 when the Sooners host the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics National Championships at Lloyd Noble Center.

The Women’s College World Series is hosted in Oklahoma City each year, with all games shown live across the nation.

The popularity of the Sooners is evident in the immense amount of products and apparel purchased by fans. OU ranks 11th in the Collegiate Licensing Consortium.

Since 2000, Oklahoma student-athletes have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated 13 times. Sooner football is one of the most popular subjects for SI with 34 cover appearances.

Over the past nine years, ESPN’s popular College Football Gameday production has broad-cast on site from 24 of Oklahoma’s games.

An average of over 3 million people logged on to SoonerSports.com every month last year, making the official Web site of the Oklahoma Athletics Department one of the top collegiate sites in the nation.

Many former Sooners have gone on to successful careers as talent for the nation’s top me-dia outlets including CBS’ Spencer Tillman and Stacey Dales, formerly with ESPN. Former OU athletes are often called on to provide color commentary during regional broadcasts due to their championship experience and athletics expertise.

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ACADEMICS SOONER SUPPORT AND

PRENTICE GAUTT ACADEMIC CENTERIn the 1950s, Prentice Gautt came to OU to play football, and, in the process, broke down barriers and crushed stereotypes. Today, OU student-athletes use the Prentice Gautt Academic Center to break another kind of stereotype. The center that today’s student-athletes use everyday now bears the name of the man who left an indelible legacy for Sooner Athletics and helped change a society in the process.

The formal dedication of the Prentice Gautt Academic Center was held Friday, Sept. 17, 1999. The proposal to re-name the center was approved by the OU Board of Regents in March 1999.

The professional consultants of the Prentice Gautt Academic Center help student-athletes with a variety of academic tasks, from learning strategy instruction to any stage of the writing process including preparing for an essay exam and the formal research paper. The goal is to help student-athletes develop the strategies they need to be successful by encouraging the use of the center for all facets of the learning and writing processes encountered in college. 2011 graduate and All-American gymnast Bobby Shortle


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The Prentice Gautt Academic Center provides student-athletes with a state-of-the-art academic support facility. The environment encourages a collaboration between staff members and student-athletes. In addition, it is highly conducive to learning in all areas of students’ academic endeavors and features seven learning centers.

Located on the second and third floors in the north end of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the Academic Center houses Academic Counseling offices, and Learning and Skill Development centers including the Kerr Foundation Computer Center, the Thompson Writing Center and centers for communication, reading, study skills, math and foreign language as well as learning enhancement and study areas.

KERR CAREER CENTERWhether student-athletes are freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduates, they will benefit from the services of the Kerr Career Center. It provides a system of services that educates and guides students through the career development process.

The Career Center is dedicated to helping students make the transition from college to career by developing an individualized career plan where they gather information to assist in making a decision about a career; obtain information on the suitable career list; explore classes and publications in the field as well as obtain experience; and gain knowledge and skills necessary for résumé writing, job-related letter writing and interviewing techniques.

The Career Center is a link with the campus Careers Services Office and offers student-athletes a wide array of effective job hunting skills, training and career services.

KERR FOUNDATION COMPUTER CENTERIn the 21st century, computers have become an integral part of the learning experience. Students need access to computers and their resources almost daily. The Kerr Foundation Computer Centers are here to meet these technological needs. We provide each student with the equipment and support necessary to succeed.

The computer center is housed within the Prentice Gautt Academic Center and houses nearly 200 computers available exclusively to our student-athletes.

Students also enjoy a large amount of storage space on our athletic network. Laptop computers are checked out to students when the computer center is unavailable. This allows access to our network and resources 24 hours a day. The laptop program is very important in helping athletes stay on top of their schoolwork when traveling.

Group training is provided for all new student-athletes during the first week of supervised study. This helps familiarize each student with our resources and procedures. Individual training sessions are available to each student and lab technicians are always on hand to help.

The Kerr Foundation Computer Center has been a model for other universities around the country. We plan on being a leader in the future as well. Upgrades are scheduled annually and there is a deep commitment from the Athletics Department ensures that the excellence in the computer center will continue for a long time.

KERR LANGUAGE CENTERSTo assist you in speaking, listening, reading and writing in other languages, the Kerr Foundation Foreign Language Center offers a multimedia environment that provides instruction in all foreign languages and in English as a second language. On an individual basis, students have the option of working with computers, audio-visual equipment and tutors in order to enhance their language experience.math assignments.

THOMPSON WRITING CENTERBecause learning and writing are essential life long skills which can always be strengthened, the Writing Center offers personalized instruction to student-athletes who seek assistance in refreshing, reviewing, or improving these skills. The Thompson Writing Center offers a dynamic, positive atmosphere to help student-athletes generate ideas and strategies for writing assignments. Consultants help student-athletes organize papers, review grammatical basics, develop proofreading and library research skills, and design résumés.

COMMUNICATION CENTERThis academic center focuses on developing communication and public speaking skills for student-athletes. The state-of-the-art center, coordinated by a broadcast professional, builds strong media relations skills through the use of video equipment. READING AND STUDY SKILLS CENTERIf students have trouble with assigned textbook readings or studying, the Reading and Study Skills Center can help. It provides reading and studying techniques and instructs how to make direct applications to current resources. Consultation, computer-assisted instruction, tutoring and independent activities are available.

MATH CENTERIf performing math functions is a problem, the solution is the Math Center. As a supplement to class instruction, the Math Center provides all levels of math computations, concepts and problems to help students review course material.

ACADEMICS AND SUPPORT


• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OF OKLAHOMATHE UNIVERSITY

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OU?Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and health-care needs of the state, region and nation.

The Norman campus serves as home to all of the university’s academic programs except health-related fields. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa.

The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges.

OU enrolls more than 30,000 students, has more than 2,400 full-time faculty members, and has 20 colleges offering 158 majors at the baccalaureate level, 167 majors at the master’s level, 81 majors at the doctoral level, 26 majors at the doctoral professional level, and 24 graduate certificates. The university’s annual operating budget is $1.46 billion.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

The Bizzell Memorial Library, located in the heart of OU’s campus


• OU ranks No. 1 in the nation among all public universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled, with a record 225 National Merit Scholars in this year’s freshman class – 29 more than the previous OU record.

• OU has over a $1.5 billion impact on the state’s economy each year.

• The Princeton Review ranks OU in the top 10 public universities in the nation in terms of academic excellence and cost for students.

• This year, OU achieved the Carnegie Foundation’s highest tier of research activity classification, the first time a public institution in Oklahoma has received this outstanding recognition.

• An OU Debate Team from the Shannon Self Debate Program has won the national championship in debate three of the last five years. The winning team in the Cross Examination Debate Association’s national championship was composed of OU students RJ Giglio and Nick Watts.

• OU is a leader among all American universities in the international exchange and study abroad programs. This past year study abroad by OU students increased by 20 percent. OU currently offers programs in over 50 countries and 100 cities in six continents. Students from more than 100 coun-tries are enrolled at OU.

• OU student Sarah Swenson was named a 2011 Rhodes Scholar, becoming OU’s 28th Rhodes Scholar. No other university in Oklahoma has had more than three.

• OU student Eddie Shimp was named this year’s Goldwater Scholar for excellence in mathematics and science, bringing to 31 the number of OU students named to that honor since 1995. This places OU in the top ranks of universities nationally.

• The Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College offers the largest honors program among public universities in the United States. More than 3,500 students participate in small classes of 19 or less.

• OU students Caleb Gayle and Austin Slaymaker were named 2010 Truman Scholars. This prestigious national award is given based on a student’s leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likeli-hood of “making a difference.”

• OU student teamstop honors at this year’s Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition in Oklahoma City, a competition designed to encourage students of Oklahoma universities and colleges to act upon their entrepreneurial ideas and develop skills to lead tomor-row’s innovative news businesses.

• OU ranks in the top 10 in the nation among most wired colleges, one of only a few universities to achieve the ranking two years in a row.

• OU’s entrepreneurship program in the Price College of Business ranks in the top five in the nation among all public universities.

• OU has surpassed its goal of $150 million in scholarships and is extending the Campaign for Scholarships for five more years, increasing the goal to $250 million. The success of the campaign has allowed OU to more than double its private scholarships in the last five years.

• The Campaign for Scholarships is continuing, and in March 2008 surpassed its goal of raising $100 million for endowed scholarships. To date, almost $140 million in scholarship endowments have been donated or pledged.

• OU has increased from 100 to 544, the number of endowed faculty positions in the past 15 years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence.

• OU continues to set the pace in private fundraising records, with more than $1.8 billion in gifts and pledges since 1994, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.

• OU Drama students won the largest number of awards of any university in America in the national Kennedy Center American College Theatre Competition.

• OU has the academically highest ranked student body at a public university in Oklahoma history.

• OU won the “PetroBowl” Championship in petroleum engineering, making OU the only school to win the competition three times.

• Since 1994, research and sponsored programs expenditures at OU have more than doubled, and OU continues to set new records for funding for externally sponsored research. OU ended FY 2010 with total expenditures of more than $261 million.

• The OU Health Sciences Center in FY 2010 continued its impressive rate of research growth by achieving more than $118 million in federal, state, corporate and nonprofit or foundation grants and contracts. Funding from the National Institutes of Health – considered to be the gold standard for research – was almost $52 million.

• Since 1994, almost $2 billion in construction projects have been completed, are under way or are forthcoming on OU’s three campuses, the largest of which is the $128 million Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center.

• OU is home to one of the two largest natural history museums in the world associated with a university. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has more than 7 million artifacts and contains 195,000 square feet on 40 acres of land. The museum exhibits include the largest Apatosaurus on display in the world and the oldest work of art ever found in North America — a lightning bolt painted on an extinct bison skull.

• The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s collections total more than 10,000 works of art, including OU’s Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, one of the most important gifts of art ever given to a U.S. public university. The museum also shares the Eugene B. Adkins Collection, one of the most important private collections in the nation of works by the Taos artists as well as Native American works of art, with the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa. Additional collections have further strength-ened the museum’s holdings in the areas of Native American and Southwest art.

• OU’s Western History Collection is one of the largest collections inthe world of documents and photographs, including a rare multivolume portfolio on the Indians of the United States and Alaska by Edward S.Curtis.

• Set to open in 2011, the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center is on track to become Oklahoma’s first and only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer cen-ter. Achieving this designation, the gold standard for cancer research and care in the United States, means that Oklahomans will no longer need to travel 450 miles out of state for comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care. The cancer center is the largest public-private biosciences initiative in Oklahoma history.

• The University of Oklahoma has established a comprehensive diabetes center with operations on the OU campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa to provide statewide leadership in diabetes treatment, research, prevention, information, education and awareness. The Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center provides access to the latest developments in diabetes care and management through the clinical trials hosted by the center.

FACTS ABOUT OU


• A major beautification campaign has transformed the appearance of the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The project replaced a divided highway through campus with seven tiered gardens featuring traditional OU arches at each end. The pedestrian walkway’s landmarks include an OU Seed Sower sculpture at the west end, a clock tower at the east end, and a 70-foot granite fountain in the center.

• For the outdoor improvements to the Norman campus — gardens, fountains, sculptures, benches — the University of Oklahoma has won first place in the education category for Beautification and Landscaping in the statewide environmental competition. Gifts of over $3 million have permanently endowed OU’s gardens.

• OU has strong programs in international and area studies, with an International Programs Center led by Zach P. Messitte, a foreign policy expert with a doctorate in international politics whose experience includes working for the United Nations and CNN.

• With nearly 400 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group. Our practice encom-passes almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the manage-ment of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.

• About 125 of OU Physicians’ doctors are OU Children’s Physicians. These board-certified pediatric specialists committed their training and, now, their practices to the care of children. Many children with birth defects, critical injuries or serious diseases who can’t be helped elsewhere come to OU Children’s Physicians. Oklahoma doctors and parents rely on OU Children’s Physicians depth of experi-ence, nationally renowned expertise and sensitivity to children’s emotional needs.

• The University of Oklahoma maintains one of the three most important collections of early manu-scripts in the history of science in the United States. It includes Galileo’s own copy of his work, which first used the telescope to support the Copernican theory, with corrections in his own handwriting.

• The University of Oklahoma Libraries has added its 5 millionth volume, continuing a commanding lead as the state’s largest research library and claiming one of the top two spots in size among Big 12 libraries.

• OU’s Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive houses the world’s largest collection of political commercials. With more than 95,000 commercials, the archive includes political advertisements dating back to 1936 for radio and 1950 for television.

• The highly acclaimed journal of international literature, World Literature Today, is published at the University of Oklahoma.

• OU is home to the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, considered to be second in prestige only to the Nobel Prize and often referred to as the “American Nobel.” Twenty–eight Neustadt laure-ates, candidates and jurors have won the Nobel Prize in the past 40 years.

• The OU Cousins program matches U.S. and international students to share informal and social experiences. Students may volunteer to live on international floors with half of the residents from the United States and half from other countries.

• Dance Magazine places the OU School of Dance in the top three of all dance programs in the country.

• OU’s 271-acre Research Campus is anchored by the Stephenson Researchand Technology Center, where cutting-edge research into life science fields ranging from robotics to genomic studies is taking place, and the National Weather Center, which houses OU’s academic and research programs in meteorology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Norman-based weather, research and operations programs.

• OU’s supercomputer debuted as the fastest in Oklahoma history and in the Big 12 and in the top 10 at U.S. universities (excluding federally funded national supercomputing centers).

• Since its creation in 1998, OU’s Office of Technology Development has created 36 companies that have generated more than $84 million in capital, more than $10 million in cash and more than $30 million incurrent estimated equity value for the university. In addition, the companies have created in excess of 150 jobs, which pay on average nearly twice the median household income in Oklahoma.

• The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education is ranked among the top 10 percent of all graduate colleges of education by U.S. News & World Report.

• The OU College of Law had a bar passage rate of 97 percent in 2010, which placed OU among the very best in the nation.

• A major building project has doubled the size of the Law Center, refurbishing classrooms and creat-ing a new library, a cutting-edge courtroom, and expanded student lounge and office facilities.

• OU President David Boren, a former U.S. senator and governor of Oklahoma, teaches an introduc-tory course in political science each semester, and keeps in close touch with students.

• OU has one of the oldest comprehensive colleges of fine arts in the Great Plains states, with highly regarded schools of Music, Drama, Art and Dance, and programs in opera, musical theater, and sculpture.

• OU has won awards for new initiatives to create a sense of family and community on campus. OU is one of the very few public universities to twice receive the Templeton Foundation Award as a “Character Building College” for stressing the value of community.

• The University of Oklahoma has consistently been designated as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research & Evaluation, an independent higher education research and consult-ing organization.

• OU has established a faculty-in-residence program with faculty members and their families living in apartments in the student residence halls.

• The Michael F. Price College is ranked as one of the nation’s top business schools at the undergradu-ate and graduate levels. Price College ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s top 15 in undergraduate business specialties for international business.

• OU is one of a small number of Division I-A universities in the nation to receive the CHAMPS award for preparing student-athletes for life. The award is based on academic excellence, athletic excel-lence, personal development, community service and career development.

• The Oklahoma Daily, OU’s student newspaper, and Sooner yearbook are consistently ranked among the best in the country.

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• More Native American languages are taught for college credit at OU than at any other university in the world.

• The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at OU is home to the Native American Journalists Association, the oldest and largest international organization for indigenous journalists.

• OU has been recognized as an outstanding university for Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.

• The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center houses the papers of more than 55 former members of Congress, making it the nation’s most comprehensive center for congressional studies.

• OU’s journalism and mass communication school was elevated to college status, thanks to a $22 million gift from Edward L. Gaylord on behalf of the Gaylord family of Oklahoma City.

• The OU Health Sciences Center is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional schools. It includes the colleges of Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Graduate Studies.

• The Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, established at the OU Health Sciences Center with an $11.2 million grant from the Reynolds Foundation, is one of the premier programs in education, research and service to elders.

• OU is the only public university in Oklahoma to be included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges, which lists the top 10 percent of all U.S. universities.

• The Department of Communication’s doctoral program is ranked among the top 20 programs in the country.

• OU frequently hosts national and international scholars and policymakers during major national conferences and symposia. Over the past few years, guests have included former President George Bush; former U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu; award-winning broadcast journalist Katie Couric; International Political Analyst Fareed Zakaria; and award-winning historian and author David McCullough.

• OU’s A. Max Weitzenhoffer Musical Theatre Program is one of the very few university programs in the nation that provides students an opportunity to be in the same cast with professional Broadway actors in brand-new productions.

• The OU Press is the oldest in the Great Plains states and ranks among the 20 most important university presses in the United States. It is aleading publisher of books about Native Americans and the American West.

• The OU College of Law publishes the only law journal in the United States devoted exclusively to Native American legal issues.

• OU finished among the top 25 eight times in the last nine years in the U.S. Sports Academic Direc-tor’s Cup Standings, which measures the overall strength of each Division I-A athletics program.

• A $50 million gift from the George Kaiser Family Foundation – the largest single gift the university has ever received – helped create the OU School of Community Medicine. The school’s mission is to improve the overall health status of underserved Oklahoma areas, both rural and urban, through community-based medicine.

• In 1999, a $10 million grant to OU from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation of Tulsa supported the purchase of the BP Amoco property in Tulsa, enabling OU to establish a new community-based campus for the University’s Tulsa programs.

• In 2003, the Schusterman Family underlined their support of OU in Tulsa with the announcement of a $10 million challenge grant for OU-Tulsa to help complete the first phase of the campus master plan for the Schusterman Center and allow OU-Tulsa to expand degree programming in key areas.

• First- and second-year students receive outstanding instruction and mentoring under a program that brings over 50 retired full professors back to campus to teach their introductory courses

• The OU Sooners have won 26 national championships in men’s and women’s sports with the latest coming in 2008 when the men’s gymnastics team won its fifth title in seven years.

• Almost 100 Sooner student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors, and a total of 12 teams recorded team GPAs of 3.0 or better.

• More than 250 Sooner student-athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. A total of 34 OU student-athletes recorded a 4.0 GPA.

• The Athletics Department became just the second Division 1 winner of the Prism Award, recogniz-ing best practices in sports management.

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HOME OF THE SOONERSNorman is an ever-changing city of nearly 90,000 residents. Located in the heart of the state, it has grown to become the third largest city in Oklahoma. Despite its continuous growth, it has maintained the spirit and serenity of a small close-knit community.

Since the Oklahoma land run of 1889, Norman has grown into a popular and smart city. The spirit of Norman and its citizens is unwavering and uncompromising. While other towns were clamoring to become the state capital, Norman residents desired to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and saw a prairie, he saw opportunity.

As home to the state’s premier educational institution, Norman boasts an excellent quality of life and is a city that thrives on and celebrates the diversity of its community. Legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer called Norman “a university town with a championship spirit.” Norman continually exhibits its love for sports by hosting numerous local and national athletic events.

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Norman, Okla., home of the University of Oklahoma, was ranked sixth in CNN/Money Magazine’s 100 Best Places to Live


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A CHAMPIONSHIP SPIRITIn the last five years alone, Norman has served as host of the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship, an NCAA men’s golf regional, NCAA softball regionals, NCAA women’s gymnastics regionals, NCAA women’s tennis regionals, NCAA track and field regionals and the NCAA women’s basketball regionals. In addition, the Big 12 Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling, Women’s Golf, and Women’s Gymnastics Championships were held in Norman.

Norman will also serve as the host to the 2012 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship at OU’s Lloyd Noble Center.

OKLAHOMA CITYOklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma, is located just 18 miles from the Norman campus. It was the first city settled in the Land Run of 1889 because of its position as the center of the state. It is because of this central location that Oklahoma City has become known as the home of America’s Western heritage. Whether adventure, history, culture or sports, Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other place in the country. Oklahoma City was born on the afternoon of April 22, 1889, when the central portion of what is now Oklahoma was opened to settlement by presidential proclamation.

Thousands crossed the borders of “unassigned lands” at the sound of gunfire at high noon. Never before or since has such a “run” occurred anywhere on the earth.

By the time the dust had settled on that historic day, many people had staked their claim at “Oklahoma Station,” an area which was destined to become Oklahoma City, a leading city in America. In 1911, Oklahoma City officially became the capital after a statewide election moved the state seal from Guthrie.

A SPORTS FAN’S PARADISEOklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, two minor league sports teams and the host of the NCAA Women College Softball World Series and Big 12 Baseball and Softball Championships. The Oklahoma City RedHawks, 1996 American Association champions (then named the Oklahoma City 89ers), are the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Houston Astos. The team plays in the 13,066-seat RedHawks Field at Bricktown, one of the most respected venues in all of minor league sports. The ballpark served as host to a 2004 NCAA baseball regional and the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Big 12 Baseball Championship.

The Oklahoma City Barons are in their second season of play. The American Hockey League squad is the top minor league affiliate of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. In addition, the city has hosted numerous PGA and Senior PGA Tour events.

The Oklahoma City Thunder stands as the city’s staple sports symbol. The Thunder, who moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, have already claimed two playoff appearances and one division title. Oklahoma City reached the Western Conference Finals in 2011 where they fell to the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. The Thunder were led by two-time league scoring leader Kevin Durant. The Thunder’s home venue, Chesapeake Energy Arena, is considered one of the top atmosphere’s to catch an NBA game.

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A SPECIAL PARTNERSHIPThe Sooners have been partnering with Cleveland Elementary School for several years, thanks to Cleveland teacher Regina Bell and OU Head Coach Mark Williams.

The program helps bring the gymnasts into the classroom to help out the teachers in any way and having the students meet and get to know the gymnasts. The Sooners take time to spend an hour with the classes once a week for the entire year as well as attending special functions, such as the annual Jog-a-Thon and Fall Festival.

Having the team interact with the students at Cleveland has also sparked interest about gymnas-tics with children and parents alike. OU hosts an annual “Cleveland Elementary Night” at a home gymnastics meet. This season the Sooners welcome Cleveland students, teachers and parents for a home meet each year at the Howard McCasland Field House. Students had the opportunity to serve as junior judges, score flashers, march-in leaders, junior PA announcer and award presenters at the meet.

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Members of the OU gymnastics team volunteered their time to help run Cleveland Elementary’s annual Jog-a-Thon

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SEASON OUTLOOK


2011 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND HONORS

• • • • • • Coming off of its 11th-straight top-three finish, the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics teams looks ahead to the 2012 season and another shot at a national title.

The Sooners aren’t the only ones feeling optimistic about their 2012 campaign. Oklahoma received the No. 1 ranking in 2012 GymInfo Preseason Coaches Poll. OU secured the top ranking with five first place votes.

Oklahoma has been awarded the No. 1 preseason ranking five previous times under Head Coach Mark Williams. In four of those seasons, OU went on to win the NCAA title (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006).

“It is always an honor to be viewed as the top program in the pre-season coaches’ poll,” said Williams. “We have a young team this year that will need to work hard to reach the high expectations of a championship team. I look forward to the challenges of our regular season and finishing the year hosting the 2012 NCAA Championships at the Lloyd Noble Center.”

Oklahoma finished in front of second-ranked Illinois, who led the poll with seven first-place votes. Michigan received two first-place votes and will start the season ranked third.

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the hybrid conference that OU men’s gymnastics competes in with Air Force, California and Stanford, has three teams ranked in the top five. 2011 NCAA champion Stanford is ranked No. 4 with three first-place votes and California checks in at the No. 5 spot.

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PRESEASON NO. 1Despite earning two less first-place votes than Illinois, the Sooners secured the overall top spot in the 2012 GymInfo Preseason Coaches Poll. Below is a break down of the top 15 schools, with the number of first-place votes in parentheses.

BIG THINGS FROM DALTONThe Sooners can expect to see top scores from junior Jake Dalton, one of team’s three captains. A seven-time All-American, Dalton claimed the floor and vault individual titles at the 2011 NCAA Championships.

“He’s been to one of the highest levels of the sport at this point, competing at two World Championships,” said Williams. “He understands the process of preparing for competitions and he’s going to be a voice that every guy on our team needs to listen to and follow. He understands what it takes to be a champion.”

The junior is also a current member of the U.S. Senior National Team and competed alongside three former OU gymnasts at the 2011 World Championships, helping Team USA take third place.

Coach Mark WIlliams also selected RS-junior Troy Nitzky and senior Patrick Piscitelli as team captains. With a majority of the team being newcomers, Williams knows that his upperclassmen’s leadership will be essential to the Sooners 2012 campagin.

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANSJake Dalton leads the returning Sooners with seven All-American honors in just two seasons of competition. The Reno, Nev., native earned All-America status on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar in 2011 and all-around, floor and vault in 2010.

In addition to Dalton’s seven All-America honors, the Sooner lineup also returns junior Troy Nitzky, who earned All-American status on rings after posting a 15.200 at the 2011 NCAA Championships.

PLENTY OF NEW FACESThe Sooners are preparing to defend their No. 1 ranking with a lineup filled with new-comers. Ten of the 18 gymnasts on the OU roster are freshmen.

“I feel like this team will be one that has to develop its identity to some extent because more than half of our team is new to the program,” said Williams. “They’re going to be learning along the way. We certainly have some veterans that have set a path for them. I like what I see. I think this is going to be a team that I enjoy coaching because there’s going to be a lot of learning involved with where we go from January to April.”

Williams says the young Sooners are developing quickly to the collegiate level of com-petition and believes freshmen like Dylan Akers, Danny Beradini and Jacoby Rubin will be essential to the Sooners success in the coming season.

SCHEDULE BREAKDOWNOklahoma will compete in 10 regular season meets before hosting the 2012 NCAA Championship at the Lloyd Noble Center, April 19-21.

“I think we have a challenging competition schedule for the year,” said Williams. “The crown of the whole schedule for us is knowing that we’re hosting the NCAA National Championship at the Lloyd Noble Center.”

The 2012 season begins on the road with five consecutive weekends of away meets. OU competes in the season-opening Rocky Mountain Open in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 14, before traveling to Ohio State, Illinois, Cal and the USA Gymnastics Winter Cup in Las Vegas.

“We start off with the Rocky Mountain Open to get us going,” said Williams. “We also have a road meet at Illinois, who will be one of the top contenders for this year’s National Championship.”

OU then hosts four-straight regular season home meets in Norman, with the home opener slated against Iowa on February 25. OU will also host 2011 NCAA Champion Stanford, Michigan, Nebraska and Air Force. All of the Sooners’ regular-season home meets will take place at the Howard McCasland Field House with the exception of the Michigan meet, which will be held at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners close out their regular season with a trip to Minnesota followed by the MPSF Conference Meet in Colorado Springs, Colo., on April 7.

OU’s Lloyd Noble Center will host the NCAA Championship for the third time in the past 10 years. The Sooners are undefeated in past National Championships held in Norman, claiming first place in 2002 and 2006.

“Historically, we haven’t lost an NCAA Championship at home yet,” added Williams. “It’s always nice to be able to stay in your home facility and have your crowd behind you. It’s our intention to be peaking as we get to the championship and see if we can win the program’s ninth national title.”

1. OKLAHOMA (5) 2. ILLINOIS (7) 3. MICHIGAN (2) 4. STANFORD (3) 5. CALIFORNIA 6. PENN STATE 7. OHIO STATE 8. MINNESOTA

9. NEBRASKA 10. IOWA 11. AIR FORCE 12. UIC 13. TEMPLE 14. ARMY 15. WILLIAM AND MARY

The Sooners return All-Americans Troy Nitzky (left) and Jake Dalton (right), who combine for eight career All-America honors

2012 SEASON PREVIEW


AIR FORCELocation ....................................................USAF Academy, Colo.Nickname .......................................................................FalconsConference ..........................Mountain Pacific Sports FederationHome Venue .....................................................Cadet West GymHead Coach ..................................Kip Simons (Seventh Season)Alma Mater, Year ............................................. Ohio State, 1994Preseason Ranking ................................................................ 112011 Record ..................................................................... 11-18Conference Finish ................................................................. 5thNCAA Championships Finish ................................................ N/AMeets against OU ..................... Jan. 14 (Rocky Mountain Open)....................................................................March 17 (Norman)

CALIFORNIALocation ............................................................. Berkeley, Calif.Nickname ................................................... Golden Bears/BearsConference ..........................Mountain Pacific Sports FederationHome Venue ......................................................... Haas PavilionHead Coach .................................. Tim McNeill (Second Season)Alma Mater, Year ...............................................California, 2008Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 52011 Record .........................................................................7-9Conference Finish ................................................................. 3rdNCAA Championships Finish ................................................. 4thMeets against OU .......................................... Feb. 12 (Berkeley)

ILLINOISLocation ................................................Urbana-Champaign, Ill.Nickname ............................................................. Fighting IlliniConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue .................................................................Huff HallHead Coach ................................ Justin Spring (Second Season)Alma Mater, Year ................................................... Illinois, 2006Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 22011 Record ....................................................................... 25-7Conference Finish ..................................................................1stNCAA Championships Finish ................................................. 3rdMeets against OU ......................................Jan. 28 (Champaign)

2012 SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT)Jan. 14 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:00 p.m.Jan. 21 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 7:00 p.m.Jan. 28 Illinois & Michigan Champaign, Ill. 7:00 p.m.Feb. 2-4 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. All DayFeb. 12 California & Stanford Berkeley, Calif. 11:00 a.m.Feb. 25 IOWA NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 3 STANFORD NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 10 MICHIGAN NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 17 AIR FORCE & NEBRASKA NORMAN 7:00 p.m.March 24 Minnesota & Ohio State Minneapolis, Minn. 7:00 p.m.April 7 MPSF Championships Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:00 p.m.April 19 NCAA QUALIFIER NORMAN All DayApril 20 NCAA TEAM FINALS NORMAN 7:00 p.m.April 21 NCAA EVENT FINALS NORMAN 7:00 p.m.

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IOWALocation .............................................................Iowa City, IowaNickname ...................................................................HawkeyesConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue ...............Field House Main Floor and Carver ArenaHead Coach ......................................J.D. Reive (Second Season)Alma Mater, Year ............................................... Nebraska, 2000Preseason Ranking ................................................................ 102011 Record ....................................................................... 4-18Conference Finish ................................................................. 6thNCAA Championships Finish ................................................ N/AMeets against OU ................................................ Feb. 25 (Iowa)

MICHIGANLocation .......................................................... Ann Arbor, Mich. Nickname .................................................................WolverinesConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue ..................................................... Cliff Keen ArenaHead Coach .......................................Kurt Golder (16th season)Alma Mater, Year ...............................................Michigan, 1977Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 32011 Record ..................................................................... 16-11Conference Finish ................................................................ 2ndNCAA Championships Finish ................................................. 5thMeets against OU ................................ Jan. 28 (Champaign, Ill.)....................................................................March 10 (Norman)

MINNESOTALocation ......................................................Minneapolis, Minn.Nickname ......................................................... Golden GophersConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue .......................................................Sports PavilionHead Coach .................................... Mike Burns (Eighth Season)Alma Mater, Year .............................................Penn State, 1981Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 82011 Record ..................................................................... 11-13Conference Finish ................................................................. 5thNCAA Championships Finish ................................................ N/AMeets against OU .................................March 24 (Minneapolis)

NEBRASKALocation ................................................................ Lincoln, Neb.Nickname ................................................. Cornhuskers/HuskersConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue ....................................Bob Devaney Sports CenterHead Coach ................................Chuck Chmelka (Third Season)Alma Mater, Year ............................................... Nebraska, 1982Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 92011 Record .........................................................................5-8Conference Finish ................................................................. 4thNCAA Championships Finish ................................................ N/AMeets against OU ..................... Jan. 14 (Rocky Mountain Open)....................................................................March 17 (Norman)

OHIO STATELocation ............................................................Columbus, OhioNickname ....................................................................BuckeyesConference ...................................................................... Big 10Home Venue ........................................................St. John ArenaHead Coach .............................. Rustam Sharipov (First Season)Alma Mater, Year ........................................Kharkov State, 1997Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 72011 Record ..................................................................... 14-11Conference Finish ................................................................. 3rdNCAA Championships Finish ................................................ N/AMeets against OU ........................................ Jan. 21 (Columbus)..................................................March 24 (Minneapolis, Minn.)

STANFORDLocation ............................................................. Palo Alto, Calif.Nickname ..................................................................... CardinalConference ..........................Mountain Pacific Sports FederationHome Venue .........................Ford Center and Burnham PavilionHead Coach .................................. Thom Glielmi (Ninth Season)Alma Mater, Year ................................................... Illinois, 1988Preseason Ranking .................................................................. 42011 Record ....................................................................... 19-3Conference Finish ..................................................................1stNCAA Championships Finish ..................................................1stMeets against OU .................................Feb. 12 (Berkeley, Calif.)......................................................................March 3 (Norman)

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OVERVIEW OF SCORING SYSTEM Prior to the 2008 season, judging men’s gymnastics was based on the 10.0 system. Every routine that you saw had the highest possible score of a 10.0 if it was performed without any deductions and had the highest possible difficulty allowed. Men’s collegiate gymnastics then adopted the FIG (Federa-tion of International Gymnastics) Scoring System of an open-ended Code of Points. Now, when watching USA and college gymnastics, you will see scores like 15.3, 14.8, 13.9 and so on.

Men’s college gymnastics is judged using three components:

First, the gymnast performs his 10 best or hardest skills. These 10 skills each have value parts ranging from A,B,C,D,E,& F. “A” value corresponds to 0.1 points, “B” to 0.2 points, and so on to an “F” that is worth 0.6 points. The gymnast is free to have as much difficulty as he can do in those 10 skills.

Second, of those 10 skills, the gymnast performs five that must be used to fulfill the five special requirements on each event. Every time a requirement is fulfilled, the gymnast is awarded 0.5 points. The gymnast receives a maxi-mum of 2.5 points for all five requirements on each event.

Third, every gymnast is given 10 points for the execution of the event. If the gymnast falls down or breaks form, the judge takes away points from this total. After the routine is finished the judges go through the following process: First, they add up the difficulty of the 10 highest skills (max unlimited). Next, they add up the special requirements (max 2.5). Then they add 10 points for execution and make any necessary deductions. This gives them a final score. In the old scoring system, if the gymnast performed a perfect routine it would look like this: 3.5 for difficulty + 2.5 for special requirements + 4.0 for execution with no deductions = 10.0

With the current scoring system, it looks like: 3.5 difficulty + 2.5 for special requirements + 10.0 for execution with no deductions = 16.0 (The difficulty of 3.5 can be more or less depending on the gymnast’s capability).

Special Note: Not all events are necessarily equal now. You will tend to see higher scores on vault and rings and lower scores on pommel horse and parallel bars.

Examples: • A good pommel horse score ranges from 14.5-15.3• A good rings score ranges from 15.5-16.3.• A good vault score ranges from 15.8-16.4.

FLOOR The floor exercise is an event where the gymnast performs multiple tumbling skills in a row and flips forward, backwards and sideways to achieve three of the special requirements. The fourth requirement is a non-acrobatic skill like a press handstand or circles on the floor. The fifth requirement is the gymnast’s dismount. Look for double flipping and double twisting skills that grab your attention.

POMMEL HORSE Pommel horse is one of the hardest events in gymnastics, requiring strength, balance and flexibility. The gymnast continuously does circles, flairs or scis-sors while performing requirements and finishes with a dismount.

STILL RINGS Pound for pound, rings is one of the hardest events in sport. The gymnast performs strength moves like the “Iron Cross” which requires him to hold up to nine times his own body weight. The requirements on rings include hold-ing strength moves, swinging to strength moves, swing skills, kip skills and a dismount.

VAULT Vault is the most explosive event in gymnastics. The gymnast has a choice of three styles of vaults that include a handspring, roundoff or roundoff onto the board. Like diving, vaults are given ratings based on their difficulty. The harder the vault, the higher the rating the vault receives.

PARALLEL BARS Parallel bars is one of the most versatile events in gymnastics. The gymnast must perform skills in support, upper arm support, skills from hanging, basket skills where the gymnast loops around the p-bars and must finish with a dismount. Look for unique twists and flips where the gymnasts earn their difficulty points.

HIGH BAR High bar is the most exciting event to watch in gymnastics. It requires the gymnast to swing on the bar, then let go of it and catch again. Other require-ments include straddle skills, El-grip skills, long hang skills and a dismount. Watch for high flying release moves that remind you of an X-Games style competition.

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WILLIAMSHEAD COACH | 13th Year at OU (294-27)

Five National ChampionshipsNine Conference Championships

Five-Time National Coach of the Year Eight-Time MPSF Coach of the Year

With three NCAA Championships already in the books, the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program was no stranger to success prior to head coach Mark Williams’ arrival. However, Williams has established OU as the nation’s elite program with five national titles in the last 10 years, claiming crowns in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and most recently in 2008. Williams was named the head coach at Oklahoma in 2000 and has positioned the program as a national contender every year with an overall mark of 270-25 (.915) in 12 seasons.

In addition to the five national titles, the Sooners have recorded three national runner-up fin-ishes under Williams and other gaudy numbers that include 19 individual national champions, 114 All-America honors, nine conference team championships, 32 individual conference titles and three Nissen Emery Award winners (Steven Legendre in 2011, Jonathan Horton in 2008 and Daniel Furney in 2003), presented annually to the nation’s top senior gymnast.

Williams is coming off of yet another strong season, leading the Sooners to a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Williams’ 2011 squad boasted12 All-Americans and three individual NCAA title winners with Alex Naddour winning pommel horse and Jake Dalton claiming vault and floor.

In October 2011, Williams served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The United States’ bronze medal showing guaranteed it a berth in the team portion of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. It also marked the first time in eight years and fourth time overall that the U.S. squad won a team medal at the World Championships.


Current OU junior Jake Dalton and OU letterwinners Steven Legendre, Jonathan Horton and Alex Naddour were featured in the United States’ six-man World Championship lineup. OU letterwin-ner Chris Brooks was the team’s one alternate.

Oklahoma finished the 2010 season as the MPSF Conference Champions and third place finishers at the NCAA National Championships. Steven Legendre took one step closer to breaking Jonathan Horton’s OU program record six national titles by capturing one more individual National Cham-pionship on floor. Freshman Alex Naddour claimed the pommel national title, while the Sooners claimed 11 more All-American honors. A year later, half of Team USA at the 2010 World Championships was again represented by the Sooner program. Current OU Steven Legendre and former Sooner Jonathan Horton and Chris Brooks competed in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Horton won the bronze medal in the all-around, while Brooks and Legendre finish in the top eight in high bar and floor, respectively.

In 2009, Legendre won national titles in the all-around, floor exercise and vault. The Sooners finished third and for the second year in a row claimed 11 All-America honors. Oklahoma would also represent half of the USA men’s gymnastics’ team that would compete at the 2009 World Championships. The two of the three Sooners would make the event finals on floor (Legendre) and high bar (Horton).

The 2008 Sooners won the eighth national title in the program’s history while Horton won an individual national title on still rings and Legendre won national titles on floor exercise and vault. In addition to Horton and Legendre who combined for six All-America honors, OU posted the second highest total All-America honors in the nation with 11.

In 2008, Horton won the silver medal in the men’s high bar finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It was the second medal for Horton, as he help guide the U.S. Gymnastics Team to a bronze medal. Following the 2008 and 2005 seasons, the Oklahoma team traveled to Washington D.C. and was honored at the nation’s capital on the White House South Lawn at NCAA Champion’s Day. After being recognized at a reception held by Oklahoma’s senators, the Sooners received a private tour of the Capitol from Oklahoma senator Tom Cole.

Within the next six years, Williams would add to his international resume by being the 2006 World Championship head coach, 2007 World Championship assistant coach and a personal coach at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships. In 2004, Williams was again on the world scene, where he helped guide Guard Young, then an OU assistant coach, to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Young had been coached by Williams since he was 11 years old and, at the age of 27, Young achieved his goal of competing for the U.S. at the Olympics with Williams at his side. Not only did Young compete in the games, but his performance helped the team earn silver, the first team medal for the U.S. since 1984.

“Mark is not only a good coach but a good friend,” said Young. “He was able to take a young boy who could not even do the splits and make him into an Olympic silver medalist. One of Mark’s strengths as a coach is his ability to unite a team. His dedication to the team is something I respect and aspire toward.”

In his 29 years as a professional gymnastics coach, Williams has guided gymnasts to the Olympic, World Championship, Pan American Games and University Games teams. He has also coached numerous senior and junior U.S. national team members.

“As a college coach, NCAA competition will always be my first priority,” Williams said, “but I also want to encourage those guys who come into the program with aspirations to make the U.S. national team. As a coach, I am committed to making USA Gymnastics training and competition opportunities available to every athlete on my team who wants to compete on a national and international level.”

In addition to his coaching prowess, Williams is a nationally and internationally certified judge. He served as the vice president for the U.S. Men’s Elite Coaches Association, as a member of the Men’s Program Committee for USA Gymnastics (USAG) and on the USAG Board of Directors. Williams was a member of the 2000 Olympic Selection Committee. He also served as a personal coach on the U.S. team at the 2001, 2002 World Championships and the Chinichi Cup.

Williams’ success doesn’t stop at the NCAA level. He has earned the respect of the gymnastics nation by coaching at every level of the sport, from beginners to Olympians.

Although Williams has returned gymnastics at OU to the top of the sport, another one of his primary goals as head coach was to revitalize OU’s presence on the international gymnastics scene. With Horton at the 2008 Olympic Games and Young at the 2004 Athens Games, Williams has achieved just that.

Outside of coaching on the collegiate level, Williams was on the international scene at the 2008 Summer Beijing Olympics when Horton was selected to represent his country. Horton did his part in leading the underdog U.S. team to a bronze medal, while collecting a individual silver medal on the high bar.

Williams’ vast experience has been recognized at the highest levels of the sport, one of the most notable was when he was asked to serve as the assistant coach for Team USA at the 1996 Olympic Games. In July of 1999, Williams was head coach of the USA’s Pan American Games Team which claimed the silver medal. He coached at both the 1994 and 1995 World Championships, as well as the 1987 Junior International, 1991-92 DTB Cups, 1991 World University Games and 2000 International Team Cup. Williams was also named to the Lyons Township High School Hall of Fame in 2009.

As a gymnast, assistant coach or head coach, Williams has been a part of eight NCAA Champion-ship teams. A high school standout from La Grange Park, Ill., he went on to compete at Nebraska (1977-1980). He received All-America honors on the high bar (1978) in addition to the two national championship titles he earned with his team (1979, 1980). He then helped the Corn-huskers to another title in 1981 as a graduate assistant coach. Ten years later, Williams was on the coaching staff that produced OU’s third National Championship in 1991.

“My stint as a collegiate athlete was one of the best times in my life,” Williams said. “The excite-ment of being part of a great team is indescribable. There are very few opportunities for gym-nasts to feel that unity outside a university setting. I’ve coached hundreds of athletes in my career and not one has ever come to me with any regrets about choosing college gymnastics. I’ve been a coach at all levels and all have their benefits, but to me, the combination of athletics and educa-tion, plus the support and camaraderie of a team, make NCAA gymnastics something special.”

Williams graduated from Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education/English and completed his master’s degree in journalism at OU with a 4.0.

Williams was married to his wife, Susan, in May of 1998. The couple welcomed their first child, son Cooper, in 2007.

Year Record Conference Finish NCAA Finish2000 15-4 First Fourth2001 24-2 First Second2002 28-1 First First2003 26-0 First First2004 24-4 Second Second2005 21-2 First First2006 31-0 First First 2007 26-4 First Second2008 28-1 First First2009 23-3 Second Third2010 24-4 First Third2011 24-2 Second SecondTOTAL 294-27 .923 WINNING PERCENTAGE

HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS


2011 • Record: 24-2; NCAA Finish: Second;Individual National Champions: Dalton (FX, V), Naddour (PH); All-Americans: 12;Conference Finish: Second; Conference Champions: Dalton (AA, FX, V, PB), Legendre (FX), Naddour (PH).

• Steven Legendre is crowned with the Nissen Emery Award and is the seventh Sooner to receive the award.

2010 • Record 24-4; NCAA Finish: Third; Individual National Champions: Legendre (FX), Naddour (PH); All-Americans 11; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Jackson (V), Legendre (FX). 2009 • Record: 23-3; NCAA Finish: Third; Individual National Champions: Legendre (AA, FX, V); All-Americans: 11; Conference Finish: Second; Conference Champions: Legendre (V).

2008 • Record: 28-1; NCAA Finish: First; Individual National Champions: Legendre (FX, V), Horton (SR); All-Americans: 11; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Horton (AA, SR), Legendre (FX).

• Sooners win eighth title and Horton becomes the program’s sixth Nissen-Emery Award winner. 2007 • Record: 26-4; NCAA Finish: Second; Individual National Champions: Abdullah-Simmons (AA), Horton (FX, HB); All-Americans: 11; Conference Fin-ish: First; Conference Champions: Horton: (AA, FX, SR, HB). 2006 • Record: 31-0; NCAA Finish: First; Individual National Champions: Horton (AA, FX, SR); All-Americans: 14; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Horton (FX, SR), Brooks (HB). • The Sooners win their second consecutive title and fourth in five years.

2005 • Record: 21-2; NCAA Finish: First; Individual National Champions: David Henderson (SR); All-Americans: 13; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: David Henderson (V), Jamie Henderson (PH), Horton (AA, SR).

2004 • Record: 24-4; NCAA Finish: Second; All-Americans: Eight; Conference Finish: Second; Conference Champions: Gore (PB), Rowell (HB).

• Williams reaches the 100-win plateau faster than any other coach in NCAA history after defeating then-No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

2003 • Record: 26-0; NCAA Finish: First; Individual National Champions: Landis (PH, FX), Furney (AA, PB); All-Americans: 11; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Furney (AA), Landis (PH), Stevens (V).

• Williams makes history by becom-ing the first coach in NCAA history to win two national titles in his first four years as a head coach.

• Daniel Furney receives the Nissen Emery Award and is the fifth Sooner to receive the award.

2002 • Record: 28-1; NCAA Finish: First; All-Americans: Nine; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Bierker (HB), Covey (SR), Landis (PH), Stevens (FX).

2001 • Record: 24-2; NCAA Finish: Second; All-Americans: 10; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: O’Neil (FX), Van Etten (V), Covey (SR). 2000 • Record: 15-4; NCAA Finish: Fourth; All-Americans: Five; Conference Finish: First; Conference Champions: Bierker (PB), Furney (PH), Rome (HB).

Education • B.S. Secondary Education/English (Nebraska, 1980) • M.A. Journalism/Professional Writing (Oklahoma, 1991)

Coaching Experience • Head Coach, Oklahoma (2000-present) • Assistant Coach, Oklahoma (1988-99) • High School Coach (1982-88)

Career Coaching Highlights • 2011 World Championship Assistant Team Coach • 2010 World Championship Personal Coach • 2009 World Championship Personal Coach • 2008 U.S. Olympic Personal Coach • 2008 NCAA National Champions • 2008 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2008 National Coach of the Year • 2007 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2006 U.S. World Championships Head Coach • 2006 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year • 2006 NCAA National Champions • 2006 National Coach of the Year • 2006 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2005 NCAA National Champions • 2005 National Coach of the Year • 2005 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2004 U.S. Olympic Personal Coach • 2003 NCAA National Champions • 2003 National Coach of the Year • 2003 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2003 World Championship Personal Coach • 2002 World Championship Personal Coach • 2002 NCAA National Champions • 2002 National Coach of the Year • 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2001 MPSF Coach of the Year • 2001 West Region NCAA Coach of the Year • 2001 World Championship Personal Coach • 2000 MPSF Coach of the Year • 1999 Pan American Games Head Coach • 1996 Assistant Olympic Coach • 1995 Assistant World Championship Coach • 1994 World Championship Personal Coach • 1994 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year • 1994 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year • 11-time USA International Team Coach

Coaching Accomplishments • Two Athletes on U.S. Olympic Team • Three athletes on World Championship Teams • Athlete on Pan American Games Team • Athlete on Pan American Championship Team • Athlete on World University Games Team • Nine athletes on USA Senior National Team • Eight athletes on Junior National Team • 103 NCAA All-America Athletes • 17 NCAA National Champions • Two USA Junior National All-Around Champions

Gymnastics Activities • NCAA Rules Committee Chair, 2005 • NCAA Rules Committee, 2002 - 2005, 2009 - Present • NGJA Nationally Certified Judge, 1984-2001 • F.I.G. Certified Judge, 1998-2004 • USAG Men’s Program Committee Member, 1994-2000 • U.S. Men’s Elite Coaches Association Sec./Treas. & V.P., 1991-98 • USAG Board of Directors Sr. Rep, 1996-98 • Coached on seven NCAA National Championship Teams (1981, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008)

Athletic Accolades (Nebraska) • NCAA Team Champion, 1979 and 1980 • All-American High Bar, 1978 • Big Eight Champion High Bar, 1978

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Education • B.S. Communication (Brigham Young, 2001)

Coaching Experience • Assistant Coach, Oklahoma (2011-present) • Byers Gymnastics Center (2009-11) • Youngsters, Inc., Gymnastics Academy (2007-11) • Technique Gymnastics Academy (2005-09) • Assistant Coach, Oklahoma (2000-2005)

Career Coaching Highlights • 2005 NCAA National Champions • 2003 NCAA National Champions • 2002 NCAA National Champions

Gymnastics Accomplishments • 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist • 2003 U.S. World Championship Team Alternate • 2002 U.S. World Championship Team • 2001 World Championship Silver Medalist • 2000 NCAA Vault Champion • 1999 NCAA Vault Champion • 1996 Junior National Champion

Former Olympian Guard Young was named assistant coach of the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team on June 15, 2011. Young, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, previously served as an assistant coach for the Sooners from 2000 to 2005.

“I’m really excited to have Guard Young back and part of the program,” said OU Head Coach Williams. “He was with the University of Oklahoma previously during a five-year span as an assistant coach and made it to the 2004 Olympic games. He moved on and then coached a junior national team member in California and started his own business.

“Now, we’re bringing him back. I know we can continue to win championships with him as part of the staff. He’s going to be a wonderful addition to the program.”

Young brings an impressive resume to Norman. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Young was a six-time All-American and two-time NCAA vault champion (1999-2000). He was also the NCAA all-around runner-up in 2000.

“This is actually my third time moving to Oklahoma,” said Young. “I moved here with my family in eighth grade and then, after college, Coach Williams brought me here to help coach while training for the Olympics. Now I’m heading back as an assistant coach. I think this is fate telling me I belong here.”

During his previous tenure at OU, Young helped lead the Sooners to three NCAA National Championship titles (2002, 2003 and 2005) and he looks forward to adding on to the program’s rich tradition during his second stint.

“I wouldn’t be coming back to Oklahoma if I didn’t feel it was the best program in the country and the best opportunity to help win a National Championship. That’s exactly what I plan on doing.”

While coaching at OU, Young was mentored by Williams and earned his way onto the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team. In Athens, Greece, Young was the first American to compete in both team competitions at the Summer Games and helped the Americans win silver, the first team Olympic medal since 1984.

Young opened the team finals with a 9.7 floor routine before posting a a strong performance on the still rings and vault.

In addition to his Olympic appearance, Young was a 10-time U.S. National Team member and competed for Team U.S.A. in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 World Championships. The American squad claimed Silver in 2001 and 2003. After coaching at OU, Young founded Youngsters, Inc. Gymnastics Academy in Sacramento, Calif. He also directed and coached boys gymnastics at multiple gyms in the Sacramento area. Young’s father, Wayne, was the 1976 Olympic team captain and the head coach of Brigham Young’s men’s gymnastics team from 1979-1987. Wayne Young was also Guard’s first coach during his childhood. All six of Young’s siblings were also gymnasts.

As a junior gymnast, Young trained under Williams at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman. Under Williams’ guidance, Young was the 1996 junior national champion and earned three junior national team berths. Williams contin-ued to train Young when he returned to OU in preparation for international competition and the Olympic Games.

Young graduated from Brigham Young University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He was recently in-ducted into BYU’s Hall of Fame in 2010. He and his wife, Alisha, have three children: Tyler (8), Jaxson (5) and Hadley (1).

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YOUNGASSISTANT COACH | Sixth Year at OU

2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Three National Championships

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Education • Degree in Physical Education (Nihon, 2005)

Coaching Experience • Assistant Coach, Oklahoma (2011-present) • Houston Gymnastics Academy (2007-11) • Gymnastics Network (2005-07) • Swan Gymnastics Club (2005-07)

Career Coaching Highlights • Personal coach of Raj Bhavsar, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games

Gymnastics Accomplishments • 2001 East Asia Games Gold Medalist • 2001 World Championships Team Member • 2000 Captain of Japanese Olympic Team • 2000 Seventh Place on Rings at Olympic Games

Japanese Olympian Norimasa Iwai (pronounced “Nor-ee-mah-sa Ee-why”) joined the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics staff in August, 2011.

Iwai competed as both an individual and as the captain of the Japanese National Team in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

“We’re very excited to have Coach Iwai as the latest addition to our staff,” said Williams. “His experience as a previous captain of the Japanese Olympic team gives him tremendous credibility and credentials coming into our program.”

Iwai captained the Japanese National Team to a fourth place team finish in Sydney, Australia, at the 2000 Olympics while finishing seventh individually on the still rings. A year later, he competed for Japan at the 2001 World Champion-ship and took home gold on the rings at the 2001 East Asia Games.

Williams believes Iwai’s experience at the sport’s pinnacle events will provide a strong asset to his coaching staff.

“Japanese gymnastics is very well respected throughout the world,” said Williams. “We expect him to bring that experi-ence into our program, both collegiately and for our student-athletes with aspirations to compete internationally in Team USA events and even the Olympic Games.”

Along with his numerous accolades as a competitor, Iwai has built up experience of coaching gymnasts at the Gymnas-tics Network and Swan Gymnastics Club in Japan and recently at the Houston Gymnastics Academy. As a personal coach, Iwai guided United States gymnast Raj Bhavsar, who claimed a bronze medal in team competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Iwai has also been a personal coach for gymnasts in the 2007 Swiss Cup and 2010 Toyota Cup.

Entering his first season as an assistant coach of at a university, Iwai is excited for the opportunities he’ll have with a program rooted in rich gymnastics tradition.

“I’m very excited about coaching at Oklahoma,” said Iwai. “OU has a strong history of posting good results at the NCAA Championships. My job is to help our gymnasts continue to post those good results and to train future champions.”

A native of Gunma, Japan, Iwai graduated with a degree in physical education from Nihon University in Tokyo. He and his wife, Akko, have two children: Mumo (8) and Jun (5).

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IWAIASSISTANT COACH | First Year at OU

Captain of the Japanese National Team in the 2000 Olympic Games

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BORENUNIVERSITY PRESIDENT | 18th Year at OU

David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions.

Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of educa-tion, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965.

In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty.

As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational initiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding for Gifted and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of funding for higher education.

One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universities in 1993.

Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor in the nation when he served from 1974 to 1978. Known as a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progres-sive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government contracts, and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded edu-cation programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history.

During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Senate Fi-nance and Agriculture Committees and was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous ef

forts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress.

For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing in on government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, includ-ing members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureau-cracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock.

Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 9l percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate contest in that election year.

Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trustees. His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Pro-fessors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year.

In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the university’s history extending over three centuries to have served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university.

Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 20 major new programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplinary religious studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and the Faculty-in-Residence Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach freshmen.

The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses.

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The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1 billion in construc-tion projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg Hall, home of music and dance programs; the $67 million National Weather Center; the $19 million addition to the Michael F. Price College of Business; the $17 million Gaylord Hall for journalism and mass communication; the $27 million Stephenson Re-search and Technology Center; and the $83.5 million stadium project. The Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new $24 million Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center.

Presidential Travel Scholarships, students from 111 countries on campus, more reciprocal international exchange agreements than any other university and the new International Programs Center are all making OU more international. The new Honors College helps to assure that no students need to leave Oklahoma to find an educational experience to match their potential.

In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma his-tory. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public universities in the

United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have increased from 100 to 560 and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to more than 125,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university.

Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach.

Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, who has served as a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late Congress-man Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.

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CASTIGLIONEDIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS | 15th Year at OURenaissance – A rebirth or renewal

The word “renaissance” has often been used to describe the University of Oklahoma since the arrival of David L. Boren as its 13th president. It’s no coincidence then that the same term could be used to describe the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and its leader, Joe Castiglione. Just as Boren has transformed the university community that the department is an integral part of, Castiglione, with the support of Boren and OU’s Board of Regents, has done the same thing with the athletics department, easily one of the most recognized representatives of the state’s flagship for higher education.

A department with a long tradition of excellence, there are some who would argue that the past 13 years represent the best of the best. With seven national championships and 44 conference titles produced in his tenure, it would be hard to dispute that. A place where competitive dreams come true and academic goals are the expectations, not the exceptions, has been created at OU. Through his leadership and the support of the University’s administration, there is a department-wide commitment, involving student-athletes, coaches and staff, to that standard.

The 11th director of athletics at OU, Castiglione arrived on the Sooner campus in 1998 and what he found was nothing like what you would see today. He made some big changes, some big and, in the process, created a team of administrators, coaches and support staff who have built a climate that pursues ambitious, if not, lofty goals, high standards and a commitment to ethical behavior that is second to none.

The emphasis has been and will always be on OU’s nearly 600 student-athletes who have flourished in the atmosphere, creating new levels of excellence in competition and in the classroom only to raise the bar in succeeding years. Their performances enhance the belief shared by Castiglione, the department’s staff and the university family that the best is yet to come.

Proof of the overall excellence of the program can be demonstrated by the annual Learfield Director’s Cup rankings. The Sooners broke into the top 10 for the first time in school history at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. That performance came after the department finished in the top 30 in 10 of the previous 12 years, a sustained pattern of excellence not seen before in the history of one of the nation’s premier intercollegiate athletics departments.

For Castiglione, though, it’s not just about the championships and trophies. The victories that he celebrates with his Sooners include graduation rates that continue to climb, record-setting grade point averages and academic honors. The true measure of achieve-ment for Castiglione and, by extension, the department’s coaches and staff, is measured in the success of the student-athletes in relation to the department’s mission statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders for tomorrow”

Since arriving at OU in 1998 after an outstanding administrative career at Missouri, Castiglione has insisted that daily and long-term decisions be made in a financially re-sponsible manner. The result of that commitment has helped the department close the

books in the black in each of the last 13 years, making it one of the few Division I pro-grams which remain totally self-sustaining. His understanding of how the department fits into the University’s academic mission led to a decision in June 2009 to increase the direct support provided by the department on an annual basis to $4 million dollars. Through direct and indirect support, OU Athletics, under Castiglione’s leadership, pro-vides more than $7 million annually to OU’s Academics Budget. Facility improvement and construction has been carried out at a record pace and Castiglione takes pride to point out that those improvements have all been paid for with private money.

Castiglione is quick to give full credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff, OU President David L. Boren, the OU Board of Regents, the donors and the fans for the success experienced during his tenure. It was that commitment to a team approach emphasis that was one of the many qualities that that the search committee recognized when they recommended Castiglione to university administration in 1998.

In recognition of the performance of OU’s teams on the field and in the classroom, of the fiscal stability created during his tenure, the dramatic increases in donor giving, facility construction and renovations, and the cutting-edge programs that the department has begun during his tenure, Castiglione was named National Athletic Director of the Year in May 2009 by the Sports Business Journal.

That award was one of several earned by Castiglione and the department. The 2007 PRISM Award winner, presented by the School of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts, OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione’s leadership with the full support of university administration.

His peers have honored him for the department’s achievements as well. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Direc-tor Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in 2000.

The achievement that may bring him the most pride, though, came in May 2007 when he completed a master’s of education degree from OU. To understand the need for education and lifelong learning, OU’s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who started and completed his master’s degree while running the department and maintaining his priorities to his family. He quickly put his experience to use as an adjunct professor in the College of Education, teaching graduate classes in Marketing, Development and Leadership in Higher Education.

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Development and Leadership in Higher Education.

Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department’s major campaign, Great Expec-tations: The Campaign For Sooner Sports. The largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history included projects that impact each of OU’s 21 sports and has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics. The campaign ended three years later with more than $125 million raised and that figure has grown to more than $330 million since then as funds continue to be raised for facility improvements, including the recently announced $75 million Sooner Student Housing Center, and scholarship endowments.

Hired on April 30, 1998, Castiglione joined the Sooner family after serving as athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports pro-grams, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five years as athletics director.

A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in April 2007. He began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice. He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing.

His commitment to the success of student-athletes has gone beyond the Norman campus and he has served at the national and conference level. He recently was named to the

NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. He chairs the NCAA’s Football Academic Progress Rate (APR) Working Group and is currently serving on the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Board of Directors and the NCAA Bowl Licensing Committee.

He served three terms as the chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of both the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification Com-mittee. He recently served on the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group. He is currently serving on the NCAA Working Group on Collegiate Model-Rules Committee. A former member of the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees, he is a highly requested speaker at annual conventions and continuing education institutes. In November 2011, he was named to the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame.

His involvement in the local community has led to service with civic clubs, churches and charities, including the United Way of Norman. Castiglione recently served his third term as OU’s campus co-chair, which resulted in the highest recorded contributions ever by faculty, staff and students to the United Way of Norman’s annual campaign.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr. and Jonathan Edmund.

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Sunny GollowayBaseball

Lon KrugerMen’s Basketball

Sherri CoaleWomen’s Basketball

Martin SmithCross Country/Track

and Field

Bob StoopsFootball

Ryan HyblMen’s Golf

Veronique DrouinWomen’s Golf

Mark WilliamsMen’s Gymnastics

K.J. KindlerWomen’s Gymnastics

Leanne CrainRowing

David MullinsWomen’s Tennis

Santiago RestrepoVolleyball

Mark CodyWrestling

Matt PotterSoccer

Patty GassoSoftball

John RoddickMen’s Tennis

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Scored a 13.400 on floor in the 2010 NCAA Qualifier.• Recorded an 11.950 on high bar in the 2011 NCAA Qualifier.• Broke career high on floor at Nebraska with a score of 14.150 in 2010.

2011 (JUNIOR)• Competed in NCAA Qualifier on high bar (11.950).• Tied for fifth on floor with a score of 13.750 in win over Minnesota and Team Texas.• Finished 10th on high bar with a score of 13.300 in win over Ohio State.• Placed 15th on floor with a score of 13.500 at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2010 (SOPHOMORE)• Competed in the NCAA Qualifier, scoring a 13.400 on floor.• Scored a career-high 13.600 on high bar at Penn State. • Broke career high on floor at Nebraska with a score of 14.150.• Posted a 13.100 on floor to count in team’s event score at Iowa.

2009 (FRESHMAN)• Tied for sixth on floor (13.250) in win against Team Texas.• Posted a 13.150 in home win against Nebraska.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.• Attended Stevenson High School in Long Grove, Ill.• Coached by his father, Kelly Crumley, and Don Osborn.• 2007 National Champions (Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center).

PERSONAL • Full name is Chad Thomas Crumley.• Born in Long Grove, Ill.• Son of Kelly and Teri Crumley.• Has a younger sister, Taylor.• Majoring in zoology.

CHAD CRUMLEYSenior | 5-11 Floor, High Bar Stevenson High School | Long Grove, Ill.Buffalo Grove Gymnastics CenterZoology Major

FLOOR ...............................................................14.150, March 7, 2010, at NebraskaHIGH BAR ................................................... 13.600, March 20, 2010, at Penn State

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• 2011 NCAA National Champion on floor and vault.• 2011 USA Gymnastics National Champion on floor and vault.• 2009 USA Gymnastics National Champion floor. • Current member of the U.S. Men’s National Team• Finished in third place and qualified the United States for the 2012 Olympic Games with the U.S. National Team at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.• 2011 All-American on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar. • 2010 All-American on all-around, vault and floor.• 2011 MPSF Conference Champion on all-around, floor, vault and parallel bars.

USA GYMNASTICS• Current member of the U.S. Senior National Team.• Finished in third place and helped qualify the United States for the 2012 Olympic Games with the U.S. National Team at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.• Won the USA Gymnastics title on floor and vault and finished in fifth in the all-around at the 2011 Visa Championships. • Took the 2011 Winter Cup title on all-around, floor, vault in Las Vegas, Nev.• Placed in second on floor at the 2010 Visa Championships.• Named the USA National Champion on vault at the 2009 Visa Championships.

2011 (SOPHOMORE)• Earned the first two NCAA titles of his career on floor (16.200) and vault (16.550) at the 2011 NCAA Championships. • Runner-up on parallel bars in the event finals of the 2011 NCAA Championships. • Earned All-American status on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar. • Recorded a program-record 16.800 on vault at the NCAA Qualifier. • Claimed the all-around title with a career-high 90.900, while finishing first on floor (15.900), vault (16.650) and parallel bars (15.600) at the 2011 MPSF Conference Championships.• Placed first on floor (16.250) and vault (16.700) in win over Penn State and Illinois.• Won the floor (15.350) and rings (15.100) individual event titles in win at Michigan.• Claimed first on parallel bars (15.400) and tied for first on floor (16.200) at the Stanford Open.• Won the parallel bars event title in win at Nebraska with a score of 15.100.• Broke the program record on vault with a 16.550, while winning his second straight all-around title in win over Ohio State with a 90.750.• Started the season by winning the all-around title at the Rocky Mountain Open title with an 88.500.

2010 (FRESHMAN)• Was awarded All-American status on the all-around after posting a score of 87.050 in the team finals of the 2010 NCAA Championships.• Also earned All-America status on vault (16.100) and floor (16.55) at the NCAA Championships. • Tied for fifth on floor (15.150) and tied for third on high bar (14.700) at the 2010 MPSF Conference Championships.• Won the all-around (87.500), vault (16.250), parallel bars (14.900) and high bar (14.800) in his first collegiate competition at the Rocky Mountain Open.• Tied for first on floor (16.000) and tied for third on vault (15.950) in a win at Ohio State.• Placed in first on vault with a score of 16.150 and finished second in the all-around with a score 88.650 against Minnesota.• Claimed the all-around title at Michigan with a score 87.650.• Won the all-around (89.600), floor (15.750), rings (15.000) and vault (16.000) and parallel bars (15.050) at Iowa.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Gymnastics Nevada.• Coached by Andrew Pileggi.• Attended Spanish Springs High School in Reno, Nev.• U.S. Junior National Team member for three years.• U.S. Senior National Team member for one year.• Finished second at Junior Olympics National Championship in 2008 and 2009.

PERSONAL • Full name is Jacob William Dalton.• Born in Reno, Nev.• Son of Tim and Denise Dalton.• Has one older sister, Jessi.• Majoring in human relations.

JAKE DALTONJunior | 5-5 All-Around Spanish Springs High School | Reno, Nev.Gymnastics Nevada Human Relations Major

ALL-AROUND ..............................90.900, April 2, 2011, at MPSF ChampionshipsFLOOR .....................................16.250, twice, last: April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierPOMMEL HORSE ...................... 14.350, Jan. 16, 2010, at Rocky Mountain OpenRINGS ...................................................15.350, April 15, 2011, at NCAA Team FinalsVAULT ....................................................... 16.800, April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierPARALLEL BARS ................................. 15.650, April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierHIGH BAR ...................................................... 15.350, Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Ohio State

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Recorded a 14.250 on parallel bars in the 2011 NCAA Team Finals.• Finished in 16th place on parallel bars (14.450) at the 2011 MPSF Championships.• Claimed top-10 finishes in all events and scored a 84.100 in the all-around against Ohio State in 2011.

2011 (FRESHMAN)• Earned a 14.250 on parallel bars in the 2011 NCAA Team Finals.• Placed 16th on parallel bars (14.450) at the MPSF Championships.• Finished seventh on paralell bars (14.500) in win over Penn State and Illinois. • Finished seventh on vault (15.500) and high bar (14.400) in win against Cal.• Tied for sixth on parallel bars with a score of 13.500 in win over Minnesota and Team Texas.• Finished in the top-10 on all events scoring a 84.100 in the all-around against Ohio State, setting four career highs.• Claimed sixth on vault with a score of 15.800 at the Rocky Mountain Open.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy.• Coached by Sergei Pakanich.• Attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas.• Finished seventh in the all-around at the Junior Olympics National Championship in 2009.

PERSONAL • Full name is Presten Michael Ellsworth.• Born in Allen, Texas.• Son of Mike and Cami Ellsworth.• Has a younger brother, Brady, and a younger sister, Cailee.• Majoring in criminoloy/sociology.

PRESTEN ELLSWORTH

Sophomore | 5-10 All-Around Allen High School | Allen, TexasWorld Olympic Gymnastics Academy Criminology/Sociology Major

ALL-AROUND ............................................. 84.100, Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Ohio StateFLOOR ............................................................. 14.400, Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Ohio StatePOMMEL HORSE ....................................... 12.850, Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Ohio StateRINGS .............................................................. 14.400, Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Ohio StateVAULT ............................................. 15.800, Jan. 15, 2011, at Rocky Mountain OpenPARALLEL BARS ................14.600, twice, last: April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierHIGH BAR ...................................................... 14.400, March 5, 2011, vs. California

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Earned a 14.450 on floor in the 2011 NCAA Qualifier.• Scored a season high of 14.300 on floor in win against Cal.

2011 (SOPHOMORE)• Scored a career-high 14.450 on floor in the NCAA Qualifier.• Recorded a season high of 14.300 on floor in win against Cal.• Competed in first meet as a Sooner, scoring a 12.300 on floor in win over Ohio State.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: NEBRASKA• Transfer from the University of Nebraska.• Best finish as a Husker came against Ohio State, UIC and Air Force on Feb. 21, placing third on vault with a season-high score of 15.750.• Prior to Nebraska, spent two years at the University of Nevada.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Gymnastics Nevada.• Coached by Andrew Pileggi.• Attended Bishop Manogue High School in Reno, Nev.• Eight-time regional team member and four-time national qualifier.

PERSONAL • Full name is Michael Fabian Heredia.• Born in Burbank, Calif.• Son of Bobby Bonnet and Angela Heredia-Bonnet.• Has one older brother, Dante.• Majoring in multidisciplinary studies.

MICHAEL HEREDIASenior | 5-11 Floor, Vault Bishop Manogue HS | Reno, Nev.Gymnastics Nevada Multidisciplinary Studies Major

FLOOR ...................................................... 14.450, April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierVAULT ....................................15.750, Feb. 21, 2010, vs. Ohio State, UIC & Air Force*

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Awarded All-American status on rings after posting a 15.200 at the 2011 NCAA Championships. • Tied for fifth on rings with a 15.300 at the 2011 MPSF Conference Championships.

2011 (RS-SOPHOMORE)• Earned All-America honors on rings after posting a 15.200 at the 2011 NCAA Championships. • Tied for fifth on rings (15.300) at the MPSF Conference Championships.• Placed second on rings with a career-high 15.700 in win over Penn State and Illinois.• Took fifth on pommel horse (14.200) in win at Michigan.• Tied for seventh on pommel horse (14.150) against Cal.• Tied for third on rings in win at the Stanford Open with a score of 15.300.• Placed second on rings (14.900) in win at Nebraska.• Finished second on pommel horse (13.850) and first on rings (15.350) in win over Minnesota and Team Texas.• Finished fourth on pommel horse (14.050) and third on rings (15.250) in win over Ohio State.• Tied for fourth on rings with a 14.600 at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2010 (RS-FRESHMAN)• Tied for 22nd on rings with a score of 14.550 in the Team Finals of the NCAA Championships.• Tied for 10th in MPSF Championship on rings with a score of 14.450 on rings.• Posted a 14.050 to finish seventh on pommel horse in win at Ohio State.• Posted a 14.550 on rings to place sixth against Minnesota.• Recorded a 14.650 to finish fifth on rings in win against Nebraska.

2009 (FRESHMAN)• Missed the 2009 season due to injury. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Temple Boys Gymnastics.• Attended William Tennent High School in Philadelphia, Pa.• Third in all-around at Maccabiah Games.

PERSONAL • Full name is Troy Ryan Nitzky.• Born in Philadelphia, Pa.• Son of Karen Nitzky.• Has three older siblings, brother Derek and sisters Liz and Stacey. • Majoring in multidisciplinary studies.

TROY NITZKYRS-Junior | 5-6 Pommel Horse, Rings, Parallel Bars William Tennent HS | Philadelphia, Pa.Temple Boys GymnasticsMultidisciplinary Studies Major

POMMEL HORSE ...............14.450, twice, last: April 14, 2011, at NCAA QualifierRINGS ............................................15.700, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & IllinoisPARALLEL BARS ........................................... 13.900, Feb. 13, 2011, at Nebraska

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Tied for fifth on rings at the 2010 MPSF Championship with a 14.600.• Tied for 14th on floor (15.200) and 15th on vault (15.850) in the team finals of the 2011 NCAA Championships.

2011 (JUNIOR)• Tied for 14th on floor (15.200) and 15th on vault (15.850) in the team finals of the 2011 NCAA Championships. • Finished in a tie for eighth place on floor (15.000) at the MPSF Championships. • Took third place on vault with a career-high 16.200 in a tri meet against Penn State and Illinois. • Placed second on floor (15.100) against Cal.• Tied for third on floor (15.000) in win at Nebraska.

2010 (SOPHOMORE)• Tied for 11th on rings (14.800), tied for 24th on floor (14.850) and placed in 26th on parallel bars (14.000) in the team finals of the 2010 NCAA Championships. • Recorded a 14.600 on rings to finish in a tie for fifth at the MPSF Championships. • Placed second on rings with a 14.900 in a team win over Penn State.• Finished third on floor (15.000) and tied for second on rings (15.100) against Nebraska.

2009 (FRESHMAN)• Finished in 48th on floor (11.500) and 38th on rings (14.550) in the team finals of the 2009 NCAA Championships. • Claimed eighth place on floor at the MPSF Championships with a 15.100. • Earned second on floor (14.650) and fourth on high bar (14.400) in win at Nebraska. • Tied for second on rings (15.150) and finished third on floor (14.650) in his collegiate debut at the Rocky Mountain Open.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Attended Charlotte Catholic High School. • Twelve-time state champion in all-around.• Three-time regional champion in all-around. • 2008 North Carolina Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL • Full name is Patrick Anthony Piscitelli.• Born in Charlotte, N.C. • Son of Phil and Susan Piscitelli.• Has three older siblings, brothers Jon and Matt and sister Emily. • Majoring in human resources.

PATRICK PISCITELLISenior | 5-11 Floor, Rings, High Bar, Vault, P-Bars Charlotte Catholic HS | Charlotte, N.C.G & J Speedway Human Resources Major

FLOOR ...........................................15.350, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & IllinoisRINGS ............................................. 15.150, Jan. 10, 2009, at Rocky Mountain OpenVAULT ............................................16.200, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & IllinoisPARALLEL BARS .........................14.700, April 2, 2011, at MPSF ChampionshipsHIGH BAR ................................................... 14.500, March 20, 2010, at Penn State

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Claimed 18th on parallel bars (14.350) at the 2011 MPSF Championship.• Boasted the meet’s top score on parallel bars with a 14.050 in win over Minnesota and Team Texas.

2011 (SOPHOMORE)• Scored a 14.350 on parallel bars in the NCAA Team Finals. • Placed 18th on parallel bars (14.350) at the MPSF Championship.• Finished in third on rings (14.800) in win at Michigan.• Claimed second on rings with a career high 15.500 in win against Cal.• Placed third on parallel bars (14.600) in win at Nebraska.• Posted the top score of the meet on parallel bars with a 14.050 in win of Minnesota and Team Texas.• Finished second on parallel bars with a 14.300 in win over Ohio State.• Placed eighth on parallel bars with a 14.100 at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2010 (FRESHMAN)• Competed in the NCAA Qualifier on pommel horse (13.650). • Scored a 13.650 on pommel horse in the NCAA Team Finals.• Finished fourth on pommel horse with a score of 13.650 against Nebraska.• Placed 11th on pommel horse at the Rocky Mountain Open with a score of 13.750.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Cypress Academy.• Coached by Tom Meadows.• Attended William B. Travis High School in Richmond, Texas.• Finished fourth in all-around in 2007, eighth in the all-around in 2008 and fifth in the all-around in 2009 at the J.O. Nationals. • Finished second on rings and parallel bars at the 2006 Visa Championship.

PERSONAL • Full name is Chris Michael Stehl • Born in Syosset, N.Y.• Son of Robert and Susan Stehl.• Has an older brother, Robbie, younger brothers, Michael and Nicholas, and a younger sister, Summer. • Majoring in human relations.

CHRIS STEHLJunior | 5-5 All-Around William B. Travis HS | Houston,TexasCypress Academy Human Relations Major

ALL-AROUND ................................................85.200, Feb. 13, 2011, at NebraskaFLOOR ..................................................................14.500, Feb 19, 2011, at StanfordPOMMEL HORSE ....................................... 14.400, March 5, 2011, vs. CaliforniaRINGS .............................................................. 15.500, March 5, 2011, vs. CaliforniaVAULT .................................................................14.800, Feb. 13, 2011, at NebraskaPARALLEL BARS ......................14.750, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & IllinoisHIGH BAR ....................................14.400, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & Illinois

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Finished in eighth on pommel horse (14.050) at the 2011 MPSF Championships.• Competed in the 2011 NCAA Team Finals on floor (14.950) and pommel horse (14.000).

2011 (FRESHMAN)• Scored a 14.950 and 14.000 on floor and pommel horse, respectively in the NCAA Team Finals. • Placed eighth on pommel horse (14.050) at the MPSF Championships.• Earned fifth on floor (14.600) in win at Michigan.• Tied for fifth on vault with a 15.850 against Cal.• Placed fifth on pommel horse (14.500) in win at Stanford Open.• Took fourth on vault with a score of 15.600 in win over Ohio State.• Finished sixth on floor (14.400) and fifth on vault (15.800) at the Rocky Mountain Open.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Trained at Crenshaw Athletic Club.• Coached by Reed Crowe.• Attended John B. Connally High School in Austin, Texas.• Region Three floor champion.• Placed eighth in all-around in the Region Three Finals.

PERSONAL • Full name is Raymond Gerard White, Jr.• Born in Austin, Texas.• Son of Anita Marie White and Raymond Gerald White, Sr.• Has one sister.• Majoring in linguistics.

RAYMOND WHITESophomore | 5-4 All-Around John B. Connally HS | Austin, TexasCrenshaw Athletic Club Linguistics Major

FLOOR ...........................................15.100, March 19, 2011, vs. Penn State & IllinoisPOMMEL HORSE .......................................... 14.500, Feb. 19, 2011, vs. StanfordVAULT .............................................................. 15.880, March 5, 2011, vs. California

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DYLAN AKERSFreshman | 5-9All-Around Kingwood HS | Kingwood,TexasCypress Academy Undecided Major

DANNY BERARDINIFreshman | 5-8 All-Around Lake Forest HS | Lake Forest, Ill.Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center Accounting Major

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics.• Coached by Tom Meadows.• Attended Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas.• Three-time Junior National Team member.• Represented the United States in international competitions in Australia, Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico.• Claimed first place on pommel horse in the junior division of the 2009 Visa Championships.• Fifth place finisher on pommel horse at the 2010 and 2011 Visa Championships.• Competed with Jacob Dalton on Team USA at the Pan American Championships, taking first place as a team.

PERSONAL • Full name is Dylan Taylor Akers.• Born in Houston, Texas.• Son of Coy and Pauline Akers.• Has an older brother, Jacob, and an older sister, Caitlin• Undecided on major.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.• Coached by Kelly Crumley, the father of OU gymnast Chad Crumley.• Attended Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Ill. • Claimed fourth place on still rings in the junior division of the 2011 Visa Championships.• Finished in fourth place on high bar, fifth place on still rings and 11th place in all-around in the junior division of the 2009 Visa Championships.• Took 11th place in all-around and fifth place on parallel bars and rings at the 2009 J.O. National Championships.

PERSONAL • Full name is Daniel James Berardini.• Born in Lake Forest, Ill. • Son of Don and Terri Berardini.• Has three older brothers: Mike, Nick and Kevin.• Older brother Nick played basketball for the University of Missouri. • Older brother Kevin is a junior on the University of Illinois men’s basketball team.• Majoring in accounting.

WILLIAM CLEMENTFreshman | 5-10 All-Around Valley Christian HS | San Jose, Calif. California Sports Center Health and Exercise Science Major

ETHAN JOSERS-Freshman | 5-7 Rings, Parallel Bars, High Bar Mission San Jose HS | Fremont, Calif.Golden Bear Gymnastics Pre-Med/Zoology Major

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at California Sports Center.• Coached by Scott Burns.• Attended Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif. • Participated in the Junior Olympic National Championships in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011.• Region 1 team member in 2010 and 2011.• Finished in 27th place in the all-around and 11th on high bar at the 2010 Junior National Championships.

PERSONAL • Full name is William Carlton Clement.• Born in Berkeley, Calif. • Son of Donna Diaz and Carl Clement.• Has an older brother, Bryan, and a younger sister, Whitney.• Majoring in health and exercise science.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Golden Bear Gymnastics.• Coached by Vince Miller and Michael Ashe.• Attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, Calif. • Selected to the Region 1 Team.• Finalist at the Junior Olympic National Championships on parallel bars and rings.• Six-time Junior Olympic National Championships qualifier.

PERSONAL • Full name is Ethan Warner Jose.• Born in San Leandro, Calif. • Son of Joe and Diane Jose.• Has a younger sister, Megan.• Majoring in pre-med/zoology.


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STANTON REHKEMPERRS-Freshman | 5-7 Floor, High Bar Plano Senior HS | Plano, TexasWorld Olympic Gymnastics Academy Health and Exercise Science Major

MICHAEL REIDFreshman | 5-6 Pommel Horse Killeen HS | Killeen,TexasCrenshaws Athletic Club Mechanical Engineering Major

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy.• Coached by Yuri Kartsev.• Attended Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas.• Participated in the Junior Olympic National Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

PERSONAL • Full name is Stanton Nicholas Rehkemper .• Born in Garland, Texas.• Son of Chris and Trina Rehkemper.• Has an older brother, Jarod, and a twin sister, Brianna. • Is an Eagle Scout.• Majoring in health and exercise science.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Crenshaws Athletic Club.• Coached by Eric Marburger.• Attended Killeen High School in Killeen, Texas.• Competed in the National Qualifier.• Region 3 team member.

PERSONAL • Full name is Michael James Reid.• Born in Werzburg, Germany.• Son of Angela Manigault.• Majoring in mechanical engineering.

SERGEY RESNICKFreshman | 5-4Pommel Horse, Parallel BarsG.W. Carver HS | Houston, TexasHouston Gymnastics AcademyElectrical Engineering Major

ALEC ROBINFreshman | 5-6 All-Around Calabasas HS | Calabasas, Calif. Victory Gymnastics Academy Pre-Dental/Zoology Major

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Houston Gymnastics Academy.• Coached by current OU assistant Norimasa Iwai.• Attended G.W. Carver High School in Houston, Texas.• Region 3 champion in 2011. • Finished in sixth place on pommel horse and12th place on parallel bars at Nationals in 2011.

PERSONAL • Full name is Sergey Victor Resnick• Born in Houston, Texas.• Son of Hannah Bilson and Victor Resnick• Has two older brothers, Erick and Thomas.• Majoring in electrical engineering.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Victory Gymnastics Academy.• Coached by Ru-wei Jiang.• Attended Calabasas High School in Calabasas, Calif. • Four-time qualifier for the Junior Olympics National Championship.• Two-time qualifier for the Visa Championships.• Three-time member of the Region 1 regional team.• Nine-time member of the Southern California State Team.

PERSONAL • Full name is Alec Thomas Robin.• Born in Tarzana, Calif. • Son of Steve and Tami Robin.• Has an older brother, Max, and a younger brother, Jake.• Majoring in pre-dental/zoology and minoring in Spanish.


NEWCOMERS

JACOBY RUBINFreshman | 5-3 All-Around Stevenson HS | Buffalo Grove, Ill.Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center Undecided Major

MICHAEL SQUIRESFreshman | 5-2Rings Edmond North HS | Edmond, Okla.Oklahoma Gold Gymnastics Petroleum Engineering Major

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.• Coached by Leo Krivisky.• Attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. • Member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.• Claimed second place in all-around in the junior division of the 2010 Visa Championships.

PERSONAL • Full name is Jacoby Bennett Rubin.• Born in Chicago, Ill.• Son of Michael and Kelly Rubin.• Has an older sister, Samara, and an older brother, Hal.• Undecided on major.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL• Competed at Oklahoma Gold Gymnastics.• Coached by Josh Grelle, Brandon Cottle and Jamie Henderson.• Region 3 Rings Champion in 2011.• Competed in the National Qualifier in 2010 and 2011.• Valedictorian (with distinction) at Edmond North High School in Edmond, Okla.

PERSONAL • Full name is Michael Taylor Squires.• Born in Oklahoma City, Okla. • Son of Ron and Kristen Squires.• Has a younger brother, Andrew.• Majoring in petroleum engineering.

MICHAEL SQUIRES

SEASON REVIEW

68 2012 Oklahoma Men’s Gymnastics Media Guide Boomer Sooner Season Outlook Staff The Sooners Season Review History Boomer Sooner Season Outlook Staff The Sooners Season Review History SoonerSports.com | The Official Home of OU Athletics



• • • • • • The University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics squad saw yet another successful season under head coach Mark Williams. The Sooners went undefeated in the regular season (12-0 overall, 5-0 MPSF) before taking second place in both the MPSF Conference Championship and the NCAA Championships.

Oklahoma’s flawless regular season marked the fourth time the Sooners have finished the regular season unde-feated under Williams (2011, 2009, 2006, 2004).

In addition to clinching their 11th-straight top-three finish at the NCAA Championships, the Sooners racked up numerous individual awards and honors, including national titles in three of the six events.

Sooner standout Jake Dalton claimed a pair of NCAA titleson floor and vault. His national title on floor marks the

sixth-straight year that an OU gymnast has claimed the top spot in the event. Dalton, now a junior, also took home four All-American honors on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar.

Alex Naddour added to the Sooners’ success by earning an NCAA individual title on pommel horse for his second-straight season. He is the first Sooner in program history to repeat in the event and the first in the nation to repeat since Tim McNeil in 2007 and 2008.

Graduating gymnast Steven Legendre ended his historic career at Oklahoma by being named to college gymnas-tics highest honor, the Nissen-Emery Award. The coveted award, considered the Heisman Trophy of men’s gymnas-tics, is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding college gymnast.

Over the years, Oklahoma has produced seven Nissen-Emery Award winners, the most of any program in the country.

In addition to its three individual titles, Oklahoma led the nation with 12 All-America honors, bringing the program’s total count to a whopping 219.

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2011 SEASON NOTES

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ANOTHER TOP-FOUR FINISH UNDER WILLIAMSWith the second-place finish in the 2011 NCAA Championships, the University of Okla-homa men’s gymnastics team became the only collegiate men’s gymnastics program to finish in the top four every year at the NCAA Championships since 2000, all under head coach Mark Williams.

Since their fourth-place finish in 2000, the Sooners have finished no lower than third in their quest for the national title, marking 11 straight top-three finishes.

YEAR .........FIRST ................ SECOND .............. THIRD............. FOURTH2011 ..........Stanford ................OKLAHOMA ........... Illinois .................California2010 ............ Michigan ...............Stanford .................. OKLAHOMA ...... Illinois 2009 ............ Stanford ................Michigan ................. OKLAHOMA .......California2008 ............ OKLAHOMA ..........Stanford .................. Illinois .................Penn State2007 ............ Penn State .............OKLAHOMA ......... Stanford..............Michigan2006 ............ OKLAHOMA ..........Illinois ..................... Stanford..............Penn State2005 ............ OKLAHOMA ..........Ohio State ............... Illinois .................Penn State2004 ............ Penn State .............OKLAHOMA............ Illinois .................Ohio State2003 ............ OKLAHOMA ..........Ohio State ............... Penn State ..........Michigan2002 ............ OKLAHOMA ..........Ohio State ............... California ............Michigan2001 ............ Ohio State ..............OKLAHOMA............ California ............Michigan2000 ............ Penn State .............Michigan ................. Iowa ...................OKLAHOMA

UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASONOklahoma finished the regular season undefeated for the fourth time under Williams. The Sooners have finished the regular season undefeated four times in the past seven years (2011, 2009, 2006, 2004). Of the Sooners 12 victories, 10 came against top-10 opponents.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOMEThe Sooners were 5-0 at the Howard McCasland Field House in 2011, scoring an average of 357.563 and defeating their opponents by a whopping average of 10.140.Oklahoma has won 19 straight meets at Howard McCasland Field House since its last home loss in 2007 to Ohio State.

12 ALL-AMERICA HONORSThe Sooners boasted 12 All-America honors in the 2011 season, the most of any school. Steven Legendre (All-Around, Floor, High Bar), Jake Dalton (Floor, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar), Troy Nitzky (Rings), Alex Naddour (All-Around, Pommel Horse, Vault) and Bobby Shortle (Floor) were awarded the honors after placing in the top eight at the NCAA Championships. Oklahoma claims 219 All-Americans in the program’s history, 80 of which have come under Williams (since 2000).

35 INDIVIDUAL TITLESWith Jake Dalton’s national titles on floor and vault and Alex Naddour taking first on pommel horse, the Sooners now boast 35 individual NCAA titles, the fourth most of any collegiate men’s gymnastics program.

1. Illinois ........................................522. Penn State ..................................513. Nebraska ....................................424. OKLAHOMA .........................355. California ....................................29 UCLA ...........................................28 Michigan ....................................288. Ohio State ...................................269. USC .............................................24 Stanford .....................................2411. Iowa State ..................................18 Michigan St. ...............................1813. New Mexico ................................1714. Southern Illinois .........................15 Minnesota ..................................15

16. Iowa ..........................................1217. Arizona State ..............................10 Indiana State ..............................1019. Illinois-Chicago.............................9 Navy .............................................921. Florida State .................................722. Army ............................................6 Cal State-Los Angeles ...................6 Kent State .....................................6 Syracuse .......................................6

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LEGENDRE EARNS GYMNASTICS’ TOP HONORSteven Legendre closed out his Sooner career by claiming the 2011 Nissen-Emery Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding senior collegiate gymnast.

Legendre became the seventh Sooner to garner collegiate gymnastics’ top honor. OU’s seven honorees lead the nation, with Legendre’s award breaking a tie between Oklahoma and Penn State for the top spot. Previous Nissen winners from OU include Jonathan Horton (2008), Daniel Furney (2003), Todd Bishop (1999), Dan Fink (1998), Jarrod Hanks (1991) and Bart Conner (1981).

A two-time team captain during his Sooner career, Legendre stands as one of the most decorated gymnast in OU program history. The 2009 NCAA all-around champion, Legendre owns Oklahoma records for career NCAA individual titles at six, a mark previ-ously held by Olympic silver and bronze medalist Jonathan Horton. Legendre is also a 12-time All-American.

In his four years in Norman, Legendre has helped lead the Sooners to the 2008 National Championship as well as three other top-three finishes.

The Port Jefferson, N.Y., native has helped OU win two conference titles in 2008 and 2010 during his career, while collecting four individual titles (floor, 2008; vault, 2009; floor, 2010; floor, 2011).

Legendre, a U.S. Senior National Team member, has been a world finalist on floor in the last three World Gymnastics Championships.

DALTON AND LEGENDRE REWRITE RECORD BOOKThe Sooner season was filled with record breaking performances by individual gym-nasts and team scores. The program record for team vault score (previously 64.650) was broken three times with a 64.900 against Penn State and Illinois, a 65.200 at the NCAA Qualifier, and a 65.350 at the MPSF Championships.

The individual record on vault of 16.500, previously set by Steven Legendre in 2009, was topped twice by Legendre and five times by Jake Dalton in the 2011 season. Dalton’s 16.800 at the NCAA Team Qualifier is the current program record. On the floor exercise, Dalton and Legendre broke the old record of 16.100 (also set by Legendre in 2009) four times a piece. The record score now stands at 16.250, a total that the Sooner duo reached a combined three times this past season.

CONFERENCE DOMINANCEAfter an undefeated regular season, Oklahoma lost its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship since 2009 with a second-place finish in the Cadet West Gymnasium on the campus of United States Air Force Academy.

Despite falling short to Stanford, the Sooners notched their 13th-straight top-two finish at the MPFS Championships. OU has won 11 out of the last 13 MPSF Champion-ships.

Three Sooners (Alex Naddour, Jacob Dalton and Steven Legendre) added five individual MPSF conference titles to increase the program total to 37 titles.

UNMATCHED ON FLOORThe Sooners were a dominating force in the floor exercise, an event that they won in every regular and post-season meet of 2011. Oklahoma’s consistent excellence in the event was led by NCAA National Champion Jake Dalton and graduating senior Steven Legendre.

As a team, the Sooners won 11 event titles on floor in 2011, building off of their 10 titles in the event in 2010. Oklahoma’s lone loss on floor in 2010 came in the NCAA Team Finals to Michigan. The Sooners’ have not been topped in floor exercise during the regular season since March 7, 2009, marking 18-straight titles in the event.

1999 ............. OKLAHOMA 2000 ............. OKLAHOMA 2001 ............. OKLAHOMA 2002 ............. OKLAHOMA 2003 ............. OKLAHOMA 2004 ................ California 2005 ............. OKLAHOMA

2006 ............. OKLAHOMA 2007 ............. OKLAHOMA 2008 ............. OKLAHOMA 2009 ................. Stanford2010 ............. OKLAHOMA 2011 ................. Stanford


2011 TEAM AND EVENT TITLES


Jake Dalton (25)Floor (8): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 15.700 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 15.050 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 16.200 March 12 at Michigan 15.350 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 16.250 April 2 MPSF Championships 15.900 April 14 NCAA Team Qualifier 16.250 April 16 NCAA Event Finals 16.200Vault (6): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 16.550 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 16.550 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 16.700 April 2 MPSF Championships 16.650 April 14 NCAA Team Qualifier 16.800 April 16 NCAA Event Finals 16.200Parallel Bars (5): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 15.350 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 15.100 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 15.400 April 2 MPSF Championships 15.600 April 14 NCAA Team Qualifier 15.650All-Around (3): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 88.500 Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 90.750 April 2 MPSF Championships 90.900High Bar (2): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 15.350 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 16.550Rings (1): March 12 at Michigan 15.100

Steven Legendre (17)Floor (6): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 16.250 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 16.200 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 16.200 March 5 vs. California 15.950 April 2 MPSF Championships 15.900 April 15 NCAA Team Finals 16.200 All-Around (5): Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 92.200 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 90.400 March 5 vs. California 90.400 March 12 at Michigan 89.250 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 91.250High Bar (3): Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 15.000 March 5 vs. California 15.650 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 15.350 Vault (3): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 16.400 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 16.700 March 12 at Michigan 16.050 Alex Naddour (7)Pommel Horse (6): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 15.250 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 15.400 March 5 vs. California 15.750 March 12 at Michigan 15.650 April 2 MPSF Championships 15.000 April 16 NCAA Event Finals 16.200All-Around (1): Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 83.250

Ian Jackson (2)Rings (1): Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 15.200Vault (1): March 5 vs. California 16.100 Troy Nitzky (1)Rings (1): Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 15.350

Chris Stehl (1)Parallel Bars (1): Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 14.050

Floor (11): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 58.600 Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 61.850 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 56.750 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 60.600 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 62.100 March 5 vs. California 60.450 March 12 at Michigan 59.100 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 62.850 April 2 MPSF Championships 62.050 April 14 NCAA Team Qualifier 62.800 April 15 NCAA Team Finals 62.900 Parallel Bars (7): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 57.400 Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 56.400 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 55.150 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 59.500 Feb. 19 at Stanford & California 59.000 March 12 at Michigan 59.450 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 59.150

Vault (7): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 63.750 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 63.700 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 64.500 March 12 at Michigan 63.100 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 64.900 April 2 MPSF Championships 65.350 April 14 NCAA Team Qualifier 65.200

High Bar (6): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 55.600 Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 58.550 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 56.000 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 58.700 March 5 vs. California 59.250 March 19 vs. Penn State & Illinois 59.300

Pommel Horse (4): Jan. 22 vs. Ohio State 57.550 Feb. 13 at Nebraska & UIC 57.900 March 5 vs. California 59.250 March 12 at Michigan 58.600

Rings (4): Jan. 15 Rocky Mountain Open 60.250 Jan. 29 vs. Minnesota 59.100 March 5 vs. California 60.650 March 12 at Michigan 58.600

2011 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES 2011 TEAM EVENT TITLES


2011 SEASON RESULTS


at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 16, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 58.600 ...............53.500 ...............57.600 .............. 63.800 ............... 57.400 ...............55.600 ..............346.500

Nebraska ..................................................... 54.400 ................... 54.600 ................... 53.600 ................... 62.100 ................... 54.800 ................... 55.000 ................. 334.500 Air Force ...................................................... 55.000 ................... 52.400 ................... 53.900 ................... 62.300 ................... 52.700 ................... 51.000 ................. 327.300 Arizona State ............................................... 52.700 ................... 48.800 ................... 50.600 ................... 60.200 ................... 50.000 ................... 49.900 ................. 312.200

Ohio State (Jan. 22, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 61.850 ...............57.550 ...............60.250 .............. 63.750 ............... 56.400 ...............58.550 ............. 358.350Ohio State ................................................... 57.400 ................... 54.600 ................... 57.600 ................... 61.700 ................... 51.900 ....................57.150..................340.350

Minnesota (Jan. 29, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 56.750 ...............53.950 ...............59.100 .............. 63.700 ............... 55.150 ...............56.000 ............. 344.650Minnesota ................................................... 55.750 ................... 54.500 ................... 56.900 ................... 61.800 ................... 54.300 ................... 53.500 ................. 336.750 at Nebraska & UIC (Feb. 13, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB TotalOKLAHOMA ....................................... 60.600 ...............57.900 ...............59.400 .............. 64.500 ............... 59.500 ...............58.700 ............. 360.600Nebraska ..................................................... 59.100 ................... 57.100 ................... 57.800 ................... 62.700 ................... 55.800 ................... 57.200 ................. 349.700Illinois-Chicago ........................................... 57.800 ................... 54.600 ................... 52.800 ................... 60.100 ................... 54.600 ................... 52.600 ................. 332.500 at Stanford (Feb. 19, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 62.100 ...............58.100 ...............58.900 .............. 63.400 ............... 59.000 ...............56.000 ............. 357.500Stanford ...................................................... 60.600 ................... 53.600 ................... 60.000 ................... 64.000 ................... 57.500 ................... 56.300 ................. 352.000California ..................................................... 59.900 ................... 58.300 ................... 56.100 ................... 63.500 ................... 58.500 ................... 55.400 ................. 351.700

California (March 5, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 60.450 ...............59.250 ...............60.650 .............. 63.300 ............... 57.400 ...............59.800 ............. 360.850California ..................................................... 58.550 ................... 58.450 ................... 59.650 ................... 63.600 ................... 59.100 ................... 58.400 ................. 357.750

at Michigan (March 12, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 59.100 ...............58.600 ...............59.350 .............. 63.100 ............... 59.450 ...............58.150 ............. 357.750Michigan ..................................................... 58.100 ................... 57.300 ................... 58.700 ................... 62.650 ................... 59.400 ................... 59.250 ................. 355.400

Penn State & Illinois (March 19, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ....................................... 62.850 ...............58.950 ...............61.250 .............. 64.900 ............... 59.150 ...............59.300 ............. 366.400Illinois ......................................................... 60.800 ................... 59.000 ................... 59.250 ................... 63.550 ................... 58.450 ................... 58.050 ................. 359.100Penn State ................................................... 59.300 ................... 56.850 ................... 61.400 ................... 63.150 ................... 56.750 ................... 59.300 ................. 356.750

at MPSF Championships (April 2, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total Stanford ...................................................... 61.000 ................... 56.500 ................... 62.100 ................... 64.200 ................... 58.350 ................... 60.100 ................. 362.250OKLAHOMA ....................................... 62.050 ...............56.150 ...............60.350 .............. 65.350 ............... 59.700 ...............57.100 ............. 360.700California ..................................................... 58.900 ................... 57.900 ................... 59.050 ................... 62.550 ................... 60.500 ................... 57.150 ................. 356.050Nebraska ..................................................... 56.800 ................... 54.550 ................... 56.750 ................... 63.200 ................... 58.200 .................... 57.00 .................. 346.500Air Force ...................................................... 57.750 ................... 53.800 ................... 57.550 ................... 62.300 ................... 57.550 ................... 55.850 ................. 344.800

at NCAA Team Qualifier (April 14, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total OKLAHOMA ...............................................62.800 ...............57.500 ...............60.400 .............. 65.200 ............... 60.500 ...............57.100 ............. 363.500Illinois ......................................................... 59.900 ................... 59.050 ................... 59.400 ................... 62.300 ................... 60.550 ................... 54.800 ................. 356.000Penn State ................................................... 59.150 ................... 55.250 ................... 62.300 ................... 62.850 ................... 58.650 ................... 57.800 ................. 356.000Minnesota ................................................... 58.450 ................... 53.150 ................... 57.900 ................... 62.850 ................... 58.700 ................... 55.800 ................. 346.850Illinois-Chicago ........................................... 56.550 ................... 53.600 ................... 56.600 ................... 60.450 ................... 58.300 ................... 54.500 ................. 340.000Air Force ...................................................... 57.500 ................... 52.750 ................... 57.150 ................... 61.650 ................... 56.350 ................... 55.300 ................. 339.700

at NCAA Team Finals (April 15, 2011) FX PH SR V PB HB Total Stanford ...................................................... 62.450 ................... 56.500 ................... 60.700 ................... 64.550 ................... 59.950 ................... 59.300 ................. 363.450OKLAHOMA ....................................... 62.900 ...............57.300 ...............60.650 .............. 64.000 ............... 59.000 ...............57.750 ............. 361.600Illinois ......................................................... 61.050 ................... 57.500 ................... 60.100 ................... 63.200 ................... 60.000 ................... 58.300 ................. 360.150California ..................................................... 60.300 ................... 58.900 ................... 59.550 ................... 63.000 ................... 58.750 ................... 58.200 ................. 358.700Michigan ..................................................... 60.550 ................... 56.100 ................... 59.700 ................... 63.500 ................... 58.500 ................... 57.850 ................. 356.200Penn State ................................................... 59.350 ................... 56.400 ................... 61.700 ................... 62.150 ................... 57.900 ................... 58.200 ................. 355.700


TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL HIGHS AND LOWS


TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS High Low Team Score 366.400 vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) 344.650 vs. Minnesota (1/29) Floor 62.900 at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) 56.750 vs. Minnesota (1/29) Pommel Horse 58.950 vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) 53.500 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/16) Rings 61.250 vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) 57.600 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/16) Vault 65.350 at MPSF Championships (4/2) 63.100 at Michigan (3/12) Parallel Bars 60.500 at NCAA Team Qualifier (4/14) 55.150 vs. Minnesota (1/29) High Bar 59.800 vs. California (3/5) 55.600 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/16) Margin of Victory 28.100 over UIC at Nebraska & UIC (2/13) 2.350 over Michigan (3/12) Margin of Defeat 1.850 to Stanford at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) 1.550 to Stanford at MPSF Championships (4/2)

All-Around92.200 Steven Legendre at Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago (2/13)91.250 Steven Legendre vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19)90.900 Jake Dalton at MPSF Championships (4/2)90.750 Jake Dalton vs. Ohio State (1/22)90.400 Alex Naddour vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) Steven Legendre vs. California (3/5)90.000 Alex Naddour at MPSF Championships (4/2)

Floor Exercise16.250 Jake Dalton at NCAA Team Qualifier (4/4) Jake Dalton vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) Steven Legendre vs. Ohio State (1/22)16.200 Jake Dalton at NCAA Event Finals (4/16) Steven Legendre at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Steven Legendre at Stanford & California (2/19) Jake Dalton at Stanford & California (2/19) Steven Legendre at Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago (2/13)

Pommel Horse15.750 Alex Naddour vs. California (3/5)15.650 Alex Naddour at Michigan (3/12)15.550 Alex Naddour at NCAA Event Finals (4/16) Alex Naddour vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19)15.400 Alex Naddour at Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago (2/13)

Still Rings15.700 Troy Nitzky vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19)15.500 Chris Stehl vs. California (3/5)15.450 Troy Nitzky at NCAA Team Qualifier (4/14)15.400 Steven Legendre vs. Ohio State (1/22)15.350 Jake Dalton at NCAA Team Finals (4/15) Troy Nitzky vs. Minnesota (1/29)

Vault16.800 Jake Dalton at NCAA Team Qualifier (4/14)16.700 Jake Dalton vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) Jake Dalton vs. Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago (2/13)16.650 Jake Dalton at MPSF Championships (4/2)16.550 Jake Dalton at NCAA Event Finals (4/16) Steven Legendre at MPSF Championships (4/2) Jake Dalton vs. Minnesota (1/29) Jake Dalton vs. Ohio State (1/22)

Parallel Bars15.650 Jake Dalton at NCAA Team Qualifier (4/14)15.600 Jake Dalton at MPSF Championships15.400 Jake Dalton at Stanford & California (2/19)15.350 Jake Dalton vs. Ohio State (1/22)15.300 Jake Dalton vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) Jake Dalton at Michigan (3/12)

High Bar15.650 Steven Legendre vs. California (3/5)15.350 Steven Legendre vs. Penn State & Illinois (3/19) Jake Dalton vs. Ohio State (1/22)15.300 Alex Naddour vs. California (3/5)15.050 Jake Dalton at NCAA Event Finals (4/16)15.000 Steven Legendre at Nebraska & Illinois-Chicago (2/13)

INDIVIDUAL HIGHS


2011 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS


340.350OKLAHOMANEBRASKA

346.500334.500

Jan. 15 ● Cadet West Gymnasium ● Colorado Springs, Colo.

AIR FORCE 327.300ARIZONA STATE 311.600

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Sophomore Jacob Dalton claimed the fourth all-around title of his career with a score of 88.500, as the No. 3 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team won its 12th straight Rocky Mountain Open title, Saturday, Jan. 15.

OU (346.500) opened the 2011 season with wins over No. 9 Nebraska (334.500), No. 13 Air Force (327.300) and Arizona State (311.600). A team comprised of athletes from the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs scored a 350.750 but was ineligible for awards in the collegiate division.

“We did not have our full team for this meet, so we did what I expected us to do,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “We got through without any major setbacks or any injuries to the team and that is good but we have a lot of work to do from here on out.”

The Sooners claimed five of the six team event titles on the night with wins on floor (57.300), rings (57.600), vault (63.800), parallel bars (57.400) and high bar (55.600). It marks the fifth time Oklahoma claimed at least six events at the Rocky Mountain Open.

The meet was highlighted by two Sooners that posted RMO record highs with Legendre’s 16.400 on vault and Dalton’s 15.100 on parallel bars.

Two different Sooners took home three of the six individual event titles, with Legendre claiming vault (16.400) and sophomore Jacob Dalton claiming floor (15.700) and parallel bars (15.100). This continues OU’s streak of claiming at least half of the event titles since 2002.

OHIO STATE OKLAHOMA 358.350

Jan. 22 ● McCasland Fieldhouse ● Norman, Okla.

Floor Exercise - 58.6001. Jake Dalton 15.700T3. Steven Legendre 14.8006. Raymond White 14.400T12. Jeremy Adams 13.70015. Chad Crumley 13.500 16. Chris Stehl 13.400

Pommel Horse - 53.500T7. Jeremy Adams 13.6009. Steven Legendre 13.400T11. Anthony Naddour 13.30012. Raymond White 13.200T16. Jake Dalton 12.700T17. Troy Nitzky 12.700

Still Rings - 57.6003. Jake Dalton 14.700T5. Troy Nitzky 14.6007. Steven Legendre 14.400T9. Ian Jackson 13.900T15. Chris Stehl 13.300T18. C.J. Grimes 12.800

All-Around1. Jake Dalton 88.500 5. Steven Legendre 86.100

Vault - 63.8001. Steven Legendre 16.4005. Raymond White 15.8006. Presten Ellsworth 15.800T7. Jake Dalton 15.8008. Ian Jackson 15.7009. Jeremy Adams 15.700

Parallel Bars - 57.4003. Jake Dalton 15.1007. Steven Legendre 14.2008. Chris Stehl 14.1009. Jeremy Adams 14.000T10. Presten Ellsworth 13.90014. Troy Nitzky 13.600

High Bar - 55.6003. Jake Dalton 14.500T4. Ian Jackson 14.30011. Chris Stehl 13.70014. Jeremy Adams 13.100T19. Steven Legendre 12.900T21. Presten Elsworth 12.500

NORMAN, Okla. – The fourth-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team easily defeated No. 8 Ohio State in Saturday’s “Cleveland Elementary Night” in front of 1,065 fans at the McCasland Field House.

The Sooners (4-0 overall, 2-0 MPSF) posted their highest score of the season (358.350) and improved to 4-0 with the victory over the Buckeyes (340.350). OU has won three straight regular-season meets against Ohio State dating back to 2007.

“I liked the energy in the building and from the team. We always love Cleveland night because it is always one of our best meets of the season,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams.

OU claimed all six team event titles for the first time this season with wins on floor (61.850), pommel horse (57.550), rings (60.250), vault (63.750), parallel bars (56.400) and high bar (58.550).

Leading the Sooners was sophomore Jacob Dalton with a vault score of 16.550, a program record. The sophomore also posted the night’s top all-around score (90.750) and highest tally on parallel bars with a 15.350.

“It went pretty good because we had a tough week last weekend,” said Dalton. “Everyone went back into the gym and worked hard and I think that paid off this weekend. I think that this is a good start to the rest of the season.”

Fellow U.S. National Team member, senior Steven Legendre was the second Sooner to claim a program record on floor after he broke his own school record with a 16.250.

“There was vast improvement from last weekend, so I am much happier than the start of the season,” added Williams. “I saw energy and fight in this team that makes me believe that we can win the national championship.”

Floor Exercise - 61.8501. Steven Legendre 16.2502. Jake Dalton 15.7503. Alex Naddour 15.4505. Presten Ellsworth 14.4009. Raymond White 13.90012. Michael Heredia 12.300

Pommel Horse - 57.550T1. Alex Naddour 15.2503. Steven Legendre 14.3504. Troy Nitzky 14.0505. Anthony Naddour 13.9006. Raymond White 13.500T10. Jake Dalton 12.850

Still Rings - 60.2502. Steven Legendre 15.4003. Troy Nitzky 15.2504. Jake Dalton 14.9005. Alex Naddour 14.7007. Anthony Naddour 14.2509. Ian Jackson 13.800

All-Around1. Jake Dalton 90.750 3. Alex Naddour 87.900

Vault - 63.7501. Jake Dalton 16.5502. Steven Legendre 16.000T4. Ian Jackson 15.600T4. Raymond White 15.600T7. Presten Ellsworth 15.350T7. Alex Naddour 15.350

Parallel Bars - 56.4001. Jake Dalton 15.3502. Chris Stehl 14.3004. Alex Naddour 13.4505. Troy Nitzky 13.3006. Presten Ellsworth 13.2007. Steven Legendre 13.050

High Bar - 58.5501. Jake Dalton 15.3503. Ian Jackson 14.8005. Steven Legendre 14.5007. Presten Ellsworth 13.9008. Alex Naddour 13.70010. Chad Crumley 13.300

2. Steven Legendre 89.550 4. Presten Ellsworth 84.100




MINNESOTAOKLAHOMA

336.750344.650

Jan. 29 ● McCasland FieldHouse ● Norman, Okla.

NORMAN, Okla. – The fourth-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team remained undefeated in 2011 on Saturday after defeating No. 7 Minnesota and Team Texas at the McCasland Field House.

A season-best 1,098 fans watched OU (5-0 overall, 2-0 MPSF) post a 344.650 en route to the victory over the Gophers (336.750) and Team Texas (293.400).

“I am pleased with the crowd support and it’s great to hear them respond to good gymnastics,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “Steve caught three high bar release moves in a row, the crowd cheered and that gets really fun.”

The Sooners claimed five of the six team events on floor (56.750), rings (59.100), vault (63.700), parallel bars (55.150) and high bar (56.000). The Sooners have only lost two event titles this season, both on pommel horse (Saturday and at the Rocky Mountain Open).

Sophomore Alex Naddour claimed his first all-around title of the season with a score of 83.250.

The Sooners posted top scores on five of the six individual events with three different gymnasts winning titles.

Sophomore Jacob Dalton won three events on floor (15.050), vault (16.550) and high bar (14.450). For the second straight week, Dalton tied the program record on vault with a score of 16.550. The U.S. Senior National Team member previously recorded OU’s top score last week against then-No. 8 Ohio State.

Sophomore Chris Stehl claimed his first career individual title on parallel bars with a 14.050, while redshirt sophomore Troy Nitzky finished with the night’s top score on rings (15.350).

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The fourth-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team remained undefeated against No. 9 Nebraska and No. 13 Illinois-Chicago on Feb. 13. The Sooners (6-0 overall, 3-0 MPSF) posted its highest team total of the season (360.600) en route to their victory over the Huskers (349.700) and Flames (332.500).

OU swept each of the team events on floor (60.600), pommel horse (57.900), rings (59.400), vault (64.500), parallel bars (59.500) and high bar (58.700). The Sooners last swept each of the event titles against Ohio State on Jan 22.

“We had a pretty good last half of the week in practice. I had a feeling we could come in and put things together well,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “I am looking forward to next weekend when we go up against No. 1 Stanford.”

The Sooners recorded season highs on pommel horse, high bar, parallel bars and vault while sophomore Steven Legendre won his first all-around title of the season with a score of 92.200.

Legendre, a six-time NCAA National Champion, also claimed three individual event titles, including a program-record 16.700 on vault. Legendre also won on floor (16.200) and high bar (15.000).

Oklahoma swept each of the events for the first time this year with four different gym-nasts claiming titles. In addition to Legendre’s three event victories, senior Ian Jackson tied for first on rings (15.200), sophomore Alex Naddour claimed the pommel horse (15.400) and sophomore Jacob Dalton won on parallel bars (15.100).

360.600352.000352.000

OKLAHOMAILLINOIS-CHICAGO

NEBRASKA

Feb. 13 ● Devaney Center ● Lincoln, Neb.

Floor Exercise - 56.7501. Jake Dalton 15.050T2. Alex Naddour 14.300T5. Chad Crumley 13.7508. Bobby Shortle 13.650T9. Patrick Piscitelli 13.50012. Raymond White 13.200

Pommel Horse - 53.9502. Troy Nitzky 13.8505. Chris Stehl 13.5506. Raymond White 13.350T7. Jeremy Adams 13.20010. Anthony Naddour 12.70012. Alex Naddour 12.200

Still Rings - 59.1001. Troy Nitzky 15.3502. Ian Jackson 14.7503. Chris Stehl 14.6004. Anthony Naddour 14.4006. C.J. Grimes 14.300T10. Anthony Naddour 13.800

All-Around1. Alex Naddour 83.250

Vault - 63.7001. Jake Dalton 16.5502. Steven Legendre 16.2504. Ian Jackson 15.5005. Raymond White 15.4008. Alex Naddour 15.3009. Presten Ellsworth 15.150

Parallel Bars - 55.1501. Chris Stehl 14.0502. Jeremy Adams 13.8503. Alex Naddour 13.750T6. Presten Ellsworth 13.50010. Troy Nitzky 12.850T11. Steven Legendre 12.200

High Bar - 56.0001. Jake Dalton 14.4502. Steven Legendre 14.000T3. Alex Naddour 13.9005. Chris Stehl 13.6508. Jeremy Adams 13.05010. Ian Jackson 12.100

Floor Exercise - 60.6001. Steven Legendre 16.200T3. Patrick Piscitelli 15.000T3. Jeremy Adams 15.000T9. Bobby Shortle 14.40014. Chris Stehl 14.00017. Michael Heredia 13.600

Pommel Horse - 57.9001. Alex Naddour 15.4003. Steven Legendre 14.6005. Chris Stehl 14.2008. Troy Nitzky 13.700T13. Anthony Naddour 13.200T13. Jeremy Adams 13.200

Still Rings - 59.400T1. Ian Jackson 15.2003. Troy Nitzky 14.9004. Steven Legendre 14.8006. Chris Stehl 14.500T7. Alex Naddour 14.30010. Anthony Naddour 13.900

All-Around1. Steven Legendre 92.200 3. Chris Stehl 85.200

Vault - 64.5001. Steven Legendre 16.7002. Jake Dalton 16.300T3. Ian Jackson 15.900T6. Bobby Shortle 15.600T8. Jeremy Adams 15.500T14. Chris Stehl 14.800

Parallel Bars - 59.5001. Jake Dalton 15.100T2. Alex Naddour 14.900T2. Steven Legendre 14.9004. Chris Stehl 14.600T9. Troy Nitzky 13.900T13. Jeremy Adams 13.500

High Bar - 58.7001. Steven Legendre 15.0002. Jake Dalton 14.900T4. Ian Jackson 14.400T4. Alex Naddour 14.400T12. Chris Stehl 13.10018. Jeremy Adams 11.800




OKLAHOMACALIFORNIA

357.500351.700

Feb. 19 ● Burnham Pavilion ● Palo Alto, Calif.

PALO ALTO , Calif. – The top-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team recorded its eighth win over a top-10 opponent and kept its undefeated streak alive in dominating fashion against No. 4 Stanford and No. 5 Cal at the Burnham Pavillion on the campus of the Stanford University.

OU ended the night with a team score of 357.500 to the Cardinal’s 352.000, while the Golden Bears placed third with a 351.700 tally. The Sooners are now 2-0 against op-ponents ranked in the top-five this season.

“I thought that we came out well prepared for this, knowing that there were going to be great teams at the event,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “It was fun to match up against this competition, because Stanford and Cal are going to be teams that we meet in the future.”

Leading the Sooners was sophomore Jacob Dalton, who finished second in the all-around with a score of 88.200. The U. S. National Team member took home individual event titles on floor and parallel bars with career high scores of 15.400 and 16.200, respectively.

Dalton shared the floor individual event title with senior Steven Legendre. Legendre, a six-time NCAA national Champion, claimed his 62nd title of his career with a 16.200. Oklahoma claimed two of the six team event titles on the day with wins on floor (62.100) and parallel bars (59.000). The Sooners scored their highest scores of the season on floor and pommel.

CALIFORNIAOKLAHOMA

357.750360.850

March 5 ● McCasland Fieldhouse ● Norman, Okla.

NORMAN, Okla. -- The top-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team remained undefeated in 2011 on Saturday after defeating No. 4 California at the McCasland Field House. OU claimed the victory without the services of sophomore Jacob Dalton, due to his selection to the list of competitors at the 2011 American Cup.

OU (9-0 overall, 6-0 MPSF) posted its highest score of the season (360.850) and improved to 9-0 with the victory over the Cal (357.750). The Sooners are now 3-0 against top-five opponents this season with their second straight victory over the Golden Bears.

“The guys did a great job tonight. We got it going early and sustained the energy throughout the meet,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “We did a lot of great routines and the guys stepped up in the absence of Jake.”

OU claimed four of the six team events on floor (60.450), pommel horse (59.250), rings (60.650) and high bar (59.800). Oklahoma posted its highest scores of the season on pommel horse, rings and high bar.

Three Sooners took four individual titles on the night with Steven Legendre posting the top score on floor and high bar, Alex Naddour on pommel horse and Ian Jackson on vault.

Leading the Sooners was senior Steven Legendre with his fourth floor title of the season and 28th of his career with a score of 15.950. The Port Jefferson, N.Y., native also claimed his second all-around title of the season with a score of 90.400, while posting a career high on pommel horse (14.950) and high bar (15.650).

Floor Exercise - 62.100T1. Steven Legendre 16.200T1. Jake Dalton 16.200T7. Alex Naddour 15.100T9. Patrick Piscitelli 14.600T11. Chris Stehl 14.50017. Raymond White 13.200

Pommel Horse - 58.1002. Alex Naddour 14.9003. Jeremy Adams 14.7005. Raymond White 14.500T7. Steven Legendre 14.00010. Chris Stehl 13.90012. Troy Nitzky 13.600

Still Rings - 58.900T3. Troy Nitzky 15.3005. Steven Legendre 14.9006. Ian Jackson 14.600T11. Jake Dalton 14.10013. Alex Naddour 14.00014. Chris Stehl 13.900

All-Around2. Jake Dalton 88.2004. Alex Naddour 87.900

Vault - 63.400T3. Steven Legendre 16.1005. Jake Dalton 16.000T8. Alex Naddour 15.700T10. Bobby Shortle 15.60015. Raymond White 15.00016. Ian Jackson 14.400

Parallel Bars - 59.0001. Jake Dalton 15.400T4. Alex Naddour 14.7006. Presten Ellsworth 14.600T8. Chris Stehl 14.300T12. Bobby Shortle 14.10016. Steven Legendre 11.800

High Bar - 56.0002. Jake Dalton 14.6006. Steven Legendre 14.2008. Ian Jackson 13.700T9. Alex Naddour 13.50011. Chris Stehl 13.400T12. Patrick Piscitelli 13.000

3. Steven Legendre 87.200 5. Chris Stehl 84.500

STANFORD 357.500

Floor Exercise - 60.4501. Steven Legendre 15.9502. Patrick Piscitelli 15.1003. Bobby Shortle 15.0007. Jeremy Adams 14.400T8. Michael Heredia 14.30010. Raymond White 14.100

Pommel Horse - 59.250T1. Alex Naddour 15.7503. Steven Legendre 14.9506. Chris Stehl 14.400T7. Raymond White 14.150T7. Troy Nitzky 14.15011. Jeremy Adams 13.450

Still Rings - 60.6502. Chris Stehl 15.5003. Ian Jackson 15.4004. Anthony Naddour 15.050T6. Alex Naddour 14.7008. Steven Legendre 14.6509. Troy Nitzky 14.500

All-Around1. Steven Legendre 90.400

Vault - 63.300T1. Ian Jackson 16.100T5. Raymond White 15.850T5. Steven Legendre 15.8507. Presten Ellsworth 15.50010. Jeremy Adams 15.40012. Bobby Shortle 15.050

Parallel Bars - 57.400T3. Jeremy Adams 14.500T3. Alex Naddour 14.5007. Chris Stehl 14.2508. Presten Ellsworth 14.1509. Steven Legendre 13.35010. Bobby Shortle 13.100

High Bar - 59.8001. Steven Legendre 15.6502. Alex Naddour 15.300T5. Patrick Piscitelli 14.4507. Presten Ellsworth 14.4008. Chris Stehl 14.25012. Ian Jackson 12.400




OKLAHOMAMICHIGAN

357.750355.400

March 12 ● Cliff Keen Arena ● Ann Arbor, Mich.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Senior Steven Legendre claimed the all-around with a score of 89.250, as the second-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team defeated sixth-ranked Michigan on the road Saturday.

OU moved to 10-0 on the season after it scored a 357.750 to beat the defending NCAA National Champions (355.400) in their first meeting of the regular season.

“It was a pretty impressive day. I felt like the guys came in well prepared and they did a great job,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “I feel like we are really on track heading into the postseason.”

The win marks the second straight victory over the Wolverines at Cliff Keen Arena. OU won five out of six events each of the team event on floor (59.400), pommel horse (58.600), rings (59.350), vault (63.100) and parallel bars (59.450).

Highlighting the meet for Oklahoma was Legendre winning his second straight all-around, which was the 12th of his career. Legendre also claimed an individual event title on vault with a score of 16.050.

Sophomore Alex Naddour also took his fourth pommel horse title of the season with a score of 15.650.

Sophomore Jacob Dalton, fresh off his American Cup third-place finish, posted top scores on floor (15.350), rings (15.100) to take two individual titles.

Altogether, the Sooners claimed five out of the six individual event titles on the night.

NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 2 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team capped off another undefeated regular season with a pair of wins over No. 4 Illinois and No. 5 Penn State at the Howard McCasland Field House on Saturday,

The Sooners (12-0 overall, 5-0 MPSF) posted the highest score in the NCAA this season (366.400) en route to its victory over the Nittany Lions (356.750) and the Fighting Illini (359.100).

“It was a pretty special night sending off the seniors and we just put it all together tonight,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “We were rocking and rolling all the way through -- it was awesome.”

Oklahoma finished the regular season undefeated for the fourth time under Williams. The Sooners have finished the regular season undefeated four times in the past seven years (2011, 2009, 2006, 2004).

In addition, the Sooners are 19-0 at Howard McCasland Field House since its last home loss in 2007 to Ohio State.

“The 366.400 is the highest anybody has scored in the NCAA. We are going to try and keep this going all the way to conference championships and NCAA’s,” added Williams.

Highlighting the meet was Jacob Dalton, who tied an individual program record on vault with a 16.700, previously held by senior Steven Legendre. OU also broke a team program record on vault with a 64.900, previously set against Penn State in 2009 (64.650).

357.500352.000366.400

PENN STATEILLINOISOKLAHOMA

March 19 ● McCasland Fieldhouse ● Norman, Okla.

Floor Exercise - 59.1001. Jake Dalton 15.350T5. Raymond White 14.600T5. Steven Legendre 14.6007. Alex Naddour 14.5508. Bobby Shortle 14.4009. Patrick Piscitelli 14.200

Pommel Horse - 58.6001. Alex Naddour 15.6503. Jeremy Adams 14.6005. Troy Nitzky 14.2006. Steven Legendre 14.1507. Anthony Naddour 13.80010. Chris Stehl 13.450

Still Rings - 59.3501. Jake Dalton 15.1003. Chris Stehl 14.800T4. Ian Jackson 14.7506. Steven Legendre 14.7007. Anthony Naddour 14.550T8. Troy Nitzky 14.500

All-Around1. Steven Legendre 89.250

Vault - 63.1001. Steven Legendre 16.0502. Jake Dalton 15.900T5. Bobby Shortle 15.650T7. Jeremy Adams 15.500T7. Ian Jackson 15.50011. Raymond White 15.300

Parallel Bars - 59.4502. Jake Dalton 15.3003. Alex Naddour 14.9004. Steven Legendre 14.8007. Chris Stehl 14.4509. Presten Ellsworth 14.25011. Jeremy Adams 12.500

High Bar - 58.1503. Steven Legendre 14.9505. Ian Jackson 14.7006. Jake Dalton 14.3507. Alex Naddour 14.1509. Patrick Piscitelli 13.50010. Presten Ellsworth 13.150

Floor Exercise - 62.8501. Jake Dalton 16.2502. Steven Legendre 15.8504. Bobby Shortle 15.4005. Patrick Piscitelli 15.3509. Raymond White 15.100T10. Alex Naddour 15.000

Pommel Horse - 58.9502. Alex Naddour 15.5505. Anthony Naddour 14.6007. Troy Nitzky 14.4508. Steven Legendre 14.35010. Raymond White 14.200T17. Jeremy Adams 13.100

Still Rings - 61.2502. Troy Nitzky 15.7004. Ian Jackson 15.3505. Steven Legendre 15.150T7. Jacob Dalton 15.05011. Anthony Naddour 14.90015. C.J. Grimes 14.300

All-Around1. Steven Legendre 91.2504. Jake Dalton 89.950

Vault - 64.9001. Jake Dalton 16.7003. Patrick Piscitelli 16.2004. Alex Naddour 16.050T5. Steven Legendre 15.950T9. Ian Jackson 15.85012. Bobby Shortle 15.650

Parallel Bars - 59.1502. Jake Dalton 15.3003. Chris Stehl 14.7505. Steven Legendre 14.6007. Presten Ellsworth 14.5008. Alex Naddour 14.400T15. Patrick Piscitelli 13.400

High Bar - 59.300T1. Steven Legendre 15.350T4. Alex Naddour 14.800T7. Jeremy Adams 14.700T10. Ian Jackson 14.450T12. Chris Stehl 14.40016. Jake Dalton 13.550

3. Alex Naddour 90.400




STANFORDOKLAHOMA

362.250360.700

April 2 ● Cadet West Gymnasium ● Columbus, Ohio.

CALIFORNIA 356.050NEBRASKA 346.500

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The top-ranked University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team was unable to claim its second-straight Mountain Pacific Sports Federation confer-ence championship on Saturday, April 2 with a second-place finish in the Cadet West Gymnasium on the campus of United States Air Force Academy.

OU finished second with a score of 360.700, while No. 2 Stanford won the meet with a 362.250 and No. 3 Cal finished third at 355.950. No. 11 Nebraska and No. 8 Air Force rounded out the scoring with a 346.500 and 344.800, respectively.

The Sooners have won 10 out of the last 11 MPSF Championships, including 2010.

Despite scoring the third best tally of the season, the Sooners dropped to 15-1 (MPSF, 10-1) on the year.

OU won two out of the six team events on floor (62.050) and vault (65.350). The win on vault broke a program record, previously set this season against Penn State and Illinois (64.900).

Three Sooners (Alex Naddour, Jacob Dalton and Steven Legendre) added five individual MPSF conference titles to increase the program total to 37 titles.

OKLAHOMAPENN STATE

363.500356.000

April 14 ● St. John Arena ● Columbus, Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The top-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team advanced to the NCAA Championship team finals for the 12th consecutive season after posting a 363.500 in Thursday’s qualifying session on the campus of Ohio State. OU placed first in the session amongst the six teams, finishing ahead of No. 4 Illinois (356.000) and No. 5 Penn State (356.000).

The 363.500 posted by the team marks the highest qualifying score in OU program history. The Sooners have advanced to the team finals in every season under head coach Mark Williams.

“We did what we wanted to do. I am surprised we finished with the high score that we did,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “It was well deserved and I was really happy with our effort today.”

OU claimed three of the six team events on floor (62.800), vault (65.200) and parallel bars (60.500).

Leading Oklahoma was sophomore Jacob Dalton, who posted half of the top individual event scores (floor, parallel bars and vault). The Reno, Nev., native posted career highs on parallel bars (15.650) and vault (16.800) and tied a career high on floor (16.250). Dalton’s 16.800 on vault is an OU program and NCAA record, which he previously broke against Penn State and Illinois (16.700).

AIR FORCE 344.800

ILLINOIS 356.000MINNESOTA 346.850ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 340.000AIR FORCE 339.700

Floor Exercise - 62.050T1. Jake Dalton 15.900T1. Steven Legendre 15.9005. Alex Naddour 15.250T8. Patrick Piscitelli 15.00010. Bobby Shortle 14.95015. Raymond White 14.500

Pommel Horse - 56.1501. Alex Naddour 15.0008. Raymond White 14.050T12. Steven Legendre 13.80020. Anthony Naddour 13.300T21. Jeremy Adams 13.250T23. Troy Nitzky 13.100

Still Rings - 60.350T5. Troy Nitzky 15.3007. Ian Jackson 15.1509. Anthony Naddour 15.000T10. Jake Dalton 14.90014. Alex Naddour 14.700T19. Steven Legendre 14.300

All-Around1. Jake Dalton 90.900 4. Steven Legendre 87.950

Vault - 65.3501. Jake Dalton 16.6502. Steven Legendre 16.5504. Alex Naddour 16.1005. Patrick Piscitelli 16.050T10. Ian Jackson 15.85023. Bobby Shortle 15.400

Parallel Bars - 59.7001. Jake Dalton 15.600T8. Alex Naddour 14.850T11. Patrick Piscitelli 14.700T14. Steven Legendre 14.55016. Presten Ellsworth 14.45018. Chris Stehl 14.350

High Bar - 57.1004. Jake Dalton 14.750T13. Jeremey Adams 14.20016. Alex Naddour 14.10017. Patrick Piscitelli 14.050T20. Chris Stehl 13.80027. Ian Jackson 13.050

2. Alex Naddour 90.000

Floor Exercise - 62.8001. Jake Dalton 16.2502. Steven Legendre 16.0504. Bobby Shortle 15.3506. Patrick Piscitelli 15.150T15. Raymond White 14.650T20. Michael Heredia 14.450

Pommel Horse - 57.5003. Alex Naddour 14.7504. Troy Nitzky 14.4505. Jeremy Adams 14.30012. Steven Legendre 14.000T15. Anthony Naddour 13.85018. Raymond White 13.600

Still Rings - 60.400T3. Troy Nitzky 15.4507. Ian Jackson 15.1508. Anthony Naddour 15.100T14. CJ Grimes 14.700T36. Presten Ellsworth 13.700T39. Chris Stehl 13.500

Vault - 65.2001. Jake Dalton 16.8002. Alex Naddour 16.2503. Steven Legendre 16.1506. Ian Jackson 16.00012. Michael Heredia 15.700T28. Patrick Piscitelli 15.050

Parallel Bars - 60.5001. Jake Dalton 15.6504. Steven Legendre 15.150T5. Alex Naddour 15.050T17. Chris Stehl 14.650T20. Presten Ellsworth 14.650T23. Patrick Piscitelli 14.550

High Bar - 57.1002. Jake Dalton 14.6505. Ian Jackson 14.350T6. Alex Naddour 14.250T18. Patrick Piscitelli 13.85025. Chris Stehl 13.50039. Chad Crumley 11.950




COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team tallied 361.600 points to finish second at the 2011 NCAA Championship at St. John Arena on the campus of Ohio State. Stanford (363.450) claimed the National Championship.

“We couldn’t fight off Stanford and they are very deserving of the title,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “I am very fortunate that my team had a great display of gymnas-tics. I am very proud of the season that we put together.”

Senior Steven Legendre, the 2011 Nissen-Emery Award winner, finished fourth in the all-around with a score of 89.700 as a total of five OU gymnasts qualified for a combined five individual event finals scheduled for Saturday.

Legendre (All-Around, Floor, High Bar), Jacob Dalton (Floor, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar), Troy Nitzky (Rings), Alex Naddour (All-Around, Pommel Horse, Vault) and Bobby Shortle (Floor) will compete tomorrow in the individual championships and be crowned All-Americans in the respected events.

“The meet is not done until we are done with individual finals,” continued Williams. “I am looking forward to some great gymnastics tomorrow and we have some guys that will be fighting for some individual national titles.”

Floor Exercise - 62.9001. Steven Legendre 16.2002. Jake Dalton 16.0007. Bobby Shortle 15.500T14. Patrick Piscitelli 15.200T16. Alex Naddour 15.10024. Raymond White 14.950

Pommel Horse - 57.300T7. Alex Naddour 14.55011. Troy Nitzky 14.40017. Anthony Naddour 14.20018. Jeremy Adams 14.150T21. Raymond White 14.00033. Steven Legendre 13.450

Still Rings - 60.6507. Jake Dalton 15.350T8. Troy Nitzky 15.300T15. Anthony Naddour 15.000T15. Ian Jackson 15.000T24. Steven Legendre 14.800T38. Alex Naddour 14.400

All-Around3. Alex Naddour 89.750T11. Jake Dalton 87.200

Vault - 64.000T4. Alex Naddour 16.250T9. Jake Dalton 16.00014. Steven Legendre 15.900T15. Patrick Piscitelli 15.850T20. Bobby Shortle 15.750T41. Ian Jackson 15.100

Parallel Bars - 59.000T6. Jake Dalton 15.100T9. Alex Naddour 15.000T18. Steven Legendre 14.55028. Chris Stehl 14.350T31. Presten Ellsworth 14.25042. Patrick Piscitelli 13.500

High Bar - 57.750T5. Jake Dalton 14.900T7. Steven Legendre 14.800T18. Alex Naddour 14.450T38. Patrick Piscitelli 13.60043. Jeremy Adams 13.150T44. Ian Jackson 12.900

4. Steven Legendre 89.700

STANFORDOKLAHOMA

363.450361.600

April 15 ● St. John Arena ● Columbus, Ohio

ILLINOIS 360.150CALIFORNIA 358.700

INDIVIDUAL RESULTSApril 16 ● St. John Arena ● Columbus, Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On the final night of the 2011 National Championships, Oklahoma added a trio of individual National Championships. Sophomore Jacob Dalton claimed the title on floor and vault and sophomore Alex Naddour claimed the title on pommel at the St. John Arena on the campus of Ohio State.

Oklahoma ranks fourth all time in individual NCAA championships with a total of 35 titles.

“Everyone was fantastic and I can’t say enough about the conditioning of our athletes,” said OU Head Coach Mark Williams. “To go through three days of competition and bring home 12 All-America titles, three individual titles and a second-place team finish, it has been a great season with a great group of guys.”

Dalton’s national title on floor makes it the sixth straight year the Sooners have claimed the title. Jonathan Horton won the title in 2006 and 2007, while Legendre claimed the title from 2008-2010. Dalton is the first Sooner to win multiple national titles since Legendre in 2009 (AA, FX, V).

“I wanted to come in today and keep fighting to represent my school,” said Dalton. “That is all I wanted to do today and it worked out well.”

Along with the two national titles, Dalton claimed four All-American honors on floor (16.200), vault (16.550), parallel bars (14.900) and high bar (15.050). The sophomore now has seven All-America honors to his name.

Collecting an NCAA individual title for the second straight year as a co-champion was Alex Naddour with a score of 15.550 on pommel horse. He is the first Sooner in program history to repeat on the apparatus and the first in the nation to repeat since Tim McNeill (2006-2008).

The Sooners led the night with three individual national titles and 12 All-America honors. Gymnasts who finished in the top eight on their event were awarded All-America status.

Steven Legendre, the 2011 Nissen-Emery Award winner, was also named an All-Amer-ican on floor and high bar with scores of 16.000 and 14.800, respectively. It is the 11th career All-America honor of his career.

Bobby Shortle also claimed All-America honors by posting a score of 15.300 on floor. It is the first time that the senior has claimed the honor since 2009.

In his first individual finals, redshirt sophomore Troy Nitzky earned All-America honor with a score of 15.200.

MICHIGAN 356.200PENN STATE 355.700

Floor Exercise 1. Jake Dalton 16.2002. Steven Legendre 16.0007. Bobby Shortle 15.300

Pommel Horse T1. Alex Naddour 15.550

Still Rings T6. Troy Nitzky 15.20010. Jake Dalton 14.850

Vault 1. Jake Dalton 16.5508. Alex Naddour 15.250

Parallel Bars 2. Jake Dalton 14.900

High Bar 4. Jake Dalton 15.050T6. Steven Legendre 14.800



Steven LegendreNissen-Emery Award

MPSF Co-Gymnast of the YearAll-American (AA, FX, HB)

MPSF Conference Champion (FX)MPSF All-Academic Team

Bobby ShortleAll-American (FX)

Patrick PiscitelliMPSF All-Academic Team

Jake DaltonNCAA National Champion (FX, V)

All-American (FX, V, PB, HB)MPSF Conference Champion

(AA, FX, V, PB)MPSF Gymnast of the Week

(Jan. 25, Feb. 9)

Troy NitzkyAll-American (SR)

Alex NaddourNCAA National Champion (PH)

All-American (AA, PH, V)MPSF Conference Champion (PH)

Ian JacksonMPSF All-Academic Team

HISTORY


Two years after the first student started at the University of Oklahoma, David C. Hall, a former Brown University gymnast, came to the campus to teach physical educa-tion. Hall would become Oklahoma’s first gymnastics coach. Few formal records remain, but Hall’s program lasted 15 years. Sooner yearbooks from 1902-1917 fea-ture faded pictures of young men who were members of Hall’s “Gymnasium Squads.”

In 1965 Ken Farris, then an associate athletics director, journeyed to the NCAA National Championships in hopes of re-establishing gymnastics at Oklahoma. Soon after, Russ Porterfield, a former University of Iowa gymnast, was hired as the Sooners’ first competitive gymnastics coach.

Porterfield’s program sprung from beginnings almost as humble as Hall’s efforts in the early 1900s. Later,

Porterfield would admit he had to beg students to try out for OU’s first season in 1966 and the squad finished last in its Big Eight debut. But Porterfield persisted, and in 1971 the Sooners notched their first winning season. When he departed in 1973, Porterfield had given OU its first national champion, Odess Lovin, who won floor titles in 1972 and ’73.

Porterfield’s successor was Illinois native Paul Ziert, a successful high school coach. Ziert turned Oklahoma gymnastics into one of the nation’s most respected pro-grams. His early teams were led by Illinois State transfer Greg Buwick, a two-time conference floor champ. Buwick would stay on at OU as Ziert’s assistant and eventually become the Sooners’ third head coach.

In 1977, just four years after Ziert took over, Oklahoma had its first national title, tying Indiana State for the

national crown. (The 1977 finish remains the only tie in NCAA team championship history.) The Sooners also claimed their first national all-around champion when 1976 Olympian Bart Conner earned the first of two NCAA titles. Ziert’s Sooners repeated as champions in 1978, while all-around honors were claimed by Conner for the second straight year. Though he sat out the 1980 season with injury, Conner came back in 1981 and became the first Oklahoma gymnast to claim the Nissen Emery Award.

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In 1980 Conner and teammate Mike Wilson (alternate) earned spots on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but couldn’t compete because of the U.S. boycott. Conner got his third shot at the Games in 1984, where he earned two gold medals.

That same year, Buwick took over the reins as head coach, leading his team to the first of many conference championships.

In 1991, Buwick added the program’s third national title. Under Buwick’s leadership, OU also produced three Nissen Award winners: Jarrod Hanks (1991), Dan Fink (1998), Todd Bishop (1999).

In 2000, Mark Williams, who served as Buwick’s assistant for 12 seasons, took over as head coach, leading his team to the conference title and a fourth-place NCAA

finish.Williams won his second consecutive conference Coach of the Year honor in 2001 and led the Sooners to a second-place finish nationally.

The 2002 season was about redemption as the Sooners claimed the fourth national title in the program’s history. With most of the team intact from 2002, OU repeated as champi-ons in 2003, going undefeated at 26-0. Daniel Furney, OU’s fifth honoree, won the Nissen Emery Award as Oklahoma recorded its fifth NCAA national championship. In 2004, OU’s run of national championships ended with a second-place finish. The 2004 season saw the men’s gymnastics program extend a winning streak to 52 straight before it ended at the 2004 MPSF Championships. Still, the Sooners broke the school record for most consecutive wins by an athletic team, topping the old mark held by the football team, which won 47 straight from 1953-1957.

In 2005, the Sooners got back to what has been a constant under Williams, winning their sixth national title behind a school-record 13 All-Americans. The 2006 campaign was an even greater success as Williams’ squad completed a perfect 31-0 season by capturing back-to-back NCAA titles for the third time in OU history. Sophomore Jonathan Horton claimed the all-around title and the 2006 team broke the previous season’s school record with 14 All-Americans. The Sooners finished as the national runner-up in 2007, while Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons earned the NCAA all-around championship, giving OU back-to-back NCAA champions. The duo were the first teammates to win consecutive all-around crowns since Ohio State’s Jamie Natalie and Raj Bhavsar in 2001-2002. Horton made history of his own at the 2007 NCAA Championships, claiming individual titles on high bar and floor exercise and earning All-America honors in the all-around and on floor, high bar, vault and rings. With five career NCAA titles as just a junior, Horton broke the school record (3), held by Conner, and also broke Conner’s OU mark for career All-America awards with 15.

The Sooners finished with an eighth national title and ninth MPSF conference champion-ship in 2008. OU claimed 11 All-America honors while Horton won a national title (rings) and Steven Legendre claimed two titles (floor, vault). Horton became OU’s latest Nissen winner in 2008. With six winners, OU has produced more Nissen Award winners than any other university and is the only school to claim back-to-back honorees. In 2009, Legendre won the all-around, floor exercise and vault National Championships, while the Sooners claimed 11 All-America for the second consecutive year. Oklahoma fin-ished third at the NCAA Championships and second at the MPSf conference championship.

The 2010 campaign saw Steven Legendre took one step closer to breaking Jonathan Horton’s OU program record six national titles by capturing one more individual National Championship on floor. Legendre’s third National Championship on floor marks the fifth straight year the Sooners have claimed the title. Horton won the title on the same event in 2006 and 2007. Also collecting an NCAA Individual Championship in his freshman year was Alex Naddour on pommel horse. The last time Oklahoma claimed the individual title on pommel horse was Josh Landis in 2003. Oklahoma also claimed its 10th conference title out of the last 12 years in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship.

The Sooners recorded an undefeated regular season in 2011 before taking second place at both the MPSF Championship and the NCAA Team Finals. Naddour picked up his second-straight title on the pommel horse while Jake Dalton won individual national titles on floor and vault.

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EIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

1977 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHEAD COACH - PAUL ZIERT

THE SOONERS: Garry Beasley, Paul Black, Bart Conner, George Howell, Craig Martin, Leslie Moore, Steve Rutledge, Bernard Van Wie,Mike Wilson

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY):Four years into the Paul Ziert era, OU won its first national title. The Sooners (7-1) tied Indiana State for the national crown. It remains the only tie in NCAA team championship history.

1978 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHEAD COACH - PAUL ZIERT

THE SOONERS: Garry Beasley, Paul Black, Bart Conner, George Howell, Dale Kerr, Jeff Martin, Leslie Moore, Steve Rutledge, Mike Wilson

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON):Head Coach Paul Ziert and the Sooners won their second straight national title with a 10-1 season. OU was led by All-American Bart Conner who won his second straight all-around title.

1991 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHEAD COACH - GREG BUWICK

THE SOONERS: Ricky Armstrong, Laurence Chavez, Brian Halstead, Jarrod Hanks, Marcus Jordan, Jeff Lutz, Tom Meadows, Vince Pagano, Orson Sykes, Ric Sweezy, Greg Zeiders

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY PENN STATE UNIVERSITY):Head coach Greg Buwick produced OU’s third national title and his first of three Nissen Award winners with Jarrod Hanks in 1991. Buwick’s Sooners went 15-1 and also won the Big Eight title.

2002 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHEAD COACH - MARK WILLIAMS

THE SOONERS: Everette Bierker, Shannon Carrion, Brett Covey, Daniel Furney, Michael Gehart, Josh Gore, David Henderson, Ryan Hillyer, David Johnston, Josh Landis, Jim Lovelady, Heath Mueller, John Payton, Quinn Rowell, Jock Stevens, Brian Trause

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA):OU won its fourth national championship on its home floor after suffering just one defeat in the 2002 season. The Sooners, guided by Mark Williams, went 28-1 one year after finishing as NCAA runners-up.


EIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS


THE SOONERS: Shannon Carrion, Brett Covey, Daniel Furney, Michael Gehart, Josh Gore, David Henderson, Jamie Henderson, Josh Landis, Heath Mueller, James Myers, Curtis O’Rorke, Quinn Rowell, Jock Stevens, Brian Trause

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY):The Sooners won their second straight title in 2003 under Mark Williams with a perfect 26-0 record. Daniel Furney (Nissen Award winner) was the all-around and parallel bars champion. Josh Landis won titles on the floor and pommel horse.


THE SOONERS: Mubarak Abdullah-Simmons, Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons, David Iammatteo, Brian Carr, Kyle Fernandez, Michael Gehart, Josh Gore, Jacob Messina, Joseph Weaver, David Henderson, Jonathan Horton, Jamie Henderson, James Myers, Brian Trause

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY):The Sooners won their third title in four years under Mark Williams, finishing 21-2 on the season and leading the nation with 13 All-America honors. David Henderson was the still rings champion and Jonathan Horton brought home five All-America honors.


THE SOONERS: Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons, Wesley Aderhold, Chris Brooks, Brian Carr, Garrett Carr, Russell Czeschin, Jamie Henderson, Jonathan Horton, Jason Laughton, Kyle McNamara, Jacob Messina, James Myers, Reed Pitts, Joseph Weaver

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA):OU won its fourth NCAA crown in five years while compiling a perfect 31-0 record. Jonathan Horton captured the all-around, as well as individual titles on the parallel bars and high bar. The Sooners again led the nation in All-America honors, setting a school record with 14 honorees.


THE SOONERS: Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons, Chris Brooks, Garrett Carr, Russell Czeschin, Corey English, C.J. Grimes, Jonathan Horton, Ian Jackson, Jason Laughton, Steven Legendre, Kyle McNamara, Jacob Messina, Reed Pitts, Bobby Shortle, Joseph Weaver

THE CHAMPIONSHIP (HOSTED BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY):The Sooners won their fifth title in the last seven seasons while finishing the season 28-1. Senior Jonathan Horton won the still rings title while freshmen Steven Legendre captured the floor and vault titles. The Sooners rounded out the 2008 season with 11 All-America honors, second highest in the nation.


JONATHAN HORTONStill Rings ....................... 2008Floor Exercise .................2007High Bar .........................2007All-Around .....................2006Floor Exercise .................2006Still Rings .......................2006

DAVID HENDERSONStill Rings .......................2005

JOSH LANDISPommel Horse ................2003Floor Exercise .................2003

DANIEL FURNEYAll-Around .....................2003Parallel Bars ...................2003

TODD BISHOPHigh Bar .........................1999High Bar .........................1998

DAN FINKStill Rings .......................1998

JEREMY KILLENFloor Exercise .................1997

MARK OATESVault ..............................1983

BART CONNERFloor Exercise .................1979All-Around .....................1978All-Around .....................1977

LESLIE MOOREVault ............................. 1979

MIKE WILSONFloor Exercise .................1979

GREG GOODHUEVault ............................. 1974

ODESS LOVINFloor Exercise .................1973 Floor Exercise .................1972

TAQIY ABDULLAH- SIMMONS

All-Around .....................2007

STEVEN LEGENDREFloor Exercise ................. 2010All-Around ..................... 2009Floor Exercise ................. 2009Vault .............................. 2009Floor Exercise .................2008Vault ..............................2008

ALEX NADDOURPommel Horse ................ 2011Pommel Horse ................ 2010

JAKE DALTONFloor Exercise ................. 2011Vault .............................. 2011

35 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES


RUSS PORTERFIELD ERA1968 (1)Tom Sexton (PB)

1972 (1)Odess Lovin (FX)

1973 (1)Odess Lovin (FX)

PAUL ZIERT ERA1974 (2)Rich Bova (HB)Greg Goodhue (V)

1976 (1)Greg Buwick (FX)

1977 (3)Bart Conner (AA)Mike Wilson (AA, PB)

1978 (5)Bart Conner (AA, SR, PB, HB) Mike Wilson (AA)

1979 (7)Bart Conner (AA, FX, PB, HB)Leslie Moore (V)Mike Wilson (AA, FX)

1980 (2)Leslie Moore (FX)Peter Stout (PB)

1981 (5)Bart Conner (AA, FX, SR, PB, HB)

1983 (1)Mark Oates (V)

GREG BUWICK ERA1984 (2)Mark Oates (FX)Scott Wilbanks (V)

1985 (2)Mark Oates (V)Mark Rice (FX)

1986 (3)Mark Rice (FX, SR)Tom Vaughn (HB)

1987 (5)Mark Rice (AA, FX, PB)Carlo Sabino (PB)Tom Vaugh (HB)

1988 (1)Jeff Lutz (V)

1989 (1)Brian Halstead (V) 1990 (3)Jim Endres (V)Brian Halstead (V)Jarrod Hanks (FX) 1991 (10)Brian Halstead (V, HB)Jarrod Hanks (AA, FX, SR, HB)Jeff Lutz (AA, SR, PB, HB)

1992 (1)Tom Meadows (FX)

1993 (2)Marcus Jordan (AA, HB)

1994 (3)Jeremy Killen (FX)Daniel Stover (FX, V)

1995 (6) Aaron Basham (AA)Casey Bryan (HB)Jeremy Killen (AA, FX, V)Daniel Stover (FX)

1996 (4)Casey Bryan (AA, PH)Jeremy Killen (FX, V)

1997 (10)Todd Bishop (PB)Casey Bryan (AA, FX, PH, V)Dan Fink (AA, SR)Andy Howard (FX)Jeremy Killen (FX)Garon Rowland (PB)

1998 (7)Todd Bishop (PH, PB, HB)Dan Fink (AA, SR)Andy Howard (FX, V)

1999 (4)Todd Bishop (PH, PB, HB)Steve Van Etten (FX)

MARK WILLIAMS ERA2000 (5)David Johnston (SR)Josh Landis (PH)Brendan O’Neil (FX, PB)Steve Van Etten (HB)

2001 (10)Brett Covey (SR)Daniel Furney (PH, PB)Ryan Hillyer (HB)Josh Landis (PH, FX)Brendan O’Neil (FX)Steve Van Etten (PH, HB, FX) 2002 (9)Everette Bierker (PB, HB)Shannon Carrion (SR)Daniel Furney (V, HB, AA)David Henderson (SR)Quinn Rowell (HB)Jock Stevens (V)

2003 (11)Daniel Furney (AA, V, PB, HB)Josh Landis (FX, PH, PB)Brett Covey (SR)Jamie Henderson (SR)Heath Mueller (PB)Jock Stevens (V)

2004 (8)Josh Gore (PB) David Henderson (AA, SR) Jamie Henderson (SR) Heath Mueller (AA) Quinn Rowell (HB) Jock Stevens (FX) Brian Trause (PB)

2005 (13)Josh Gore (PH, PB)David Henderson (SR, V)Jamie Henderson (SR)Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (AA, PB)Jonathan Horton (AA, FX, V, SR, HB)Jacob Messina (FX)

2006 (14)Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (AA, V, PB)Chris Brooks (HB)Brian Carr (PH)Jamie Henderson (PH, SR)Jonathan Horton (AA, FX, SR, PB, HB)Reed Pitts (FX, V)

2007 (11)Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (AA, V, SR, HB)Chris Brooks (HB)Russell Czeschin (FX)Jonathan Horton (AA, FX, V, SR, HB) 2008 (11)Chris Brooks (PB, HB)Russell Czeschin (FX)Jonathan Horton (AA, SR, PB) Jason Laughton (PH) Steven Legendre (FX, V, HB) Reed Pitts (FX)

2009 (11)Chris Brooks (AA, FX, V)Russell Czeschin (FX, V)Steven Legendre (AA, FX, V)Kyle McNamara (HB)Jacob Messina (PH)Bobby Shortle (FX) 2010 (11)Steven Legendre (AA, FX, V) Alex Naddour (AA, PH) Corey English (PH, PB) Jacob Dalton (AA, FX, V) Jeremy Adams (PH)

2011 (12)Jake Dalton (FX, V, PB, HB)Steven Legendre (AA, FX, HB)Alex Naddour (AA, PH, V)Troy Nitzky (SR)Bobby Shortle (FX)

219 ALL-AMERICA HONORS


1968Rich Carr (Trampoline)Tom Sexton (HB)

1972Odess Lovin (FX)

1973Odess Lovin (FX)

1974Rich Bova (HB)

1975Greg Buwick (FX)

1976Greg Buwick (FX)Mike Wilson (PB)

1977Paul Black (PH, PB)Bart Conner (AA)

1978Gary Beasley (PH)Bart Conner (AA)

1979Bart Conner (AA, PB, HB)Leslie Moore (FX)

1980Peter Stout (PH)

1981Mark Biespiel (FX)Bart Conner (AA, PB)Peter Stout (HB)

1982Mike Sims (PB)

1984Rob Mahurin (PB)Scott Wilbanks (FX)Mike Rice (SR)Mike Sims (PH, HB)

1985Mark Oates (PB)

1986Mike Rice (AA, PB, PH)Carlo Sabino (FX)Mark Steves (V)

1987Mike Rice (AA, FX)Carlo Sabino (PH)Mark Steves (HB) 1988Mark Steves (FX, HB)Jeff Lutz (V)

1989Brian Halstead (V, HB)

1990Jarrod Hanks (SR)

1991Ricky Armstrong (HB)Brian Halstead (PB)Jeff Lutz (SR)

1992Tom Meadows (SR)Orson Sykes (V)

1993Aaron Basham (HB)Marcus Jordan (HB)Tom Meadows (SR)Daniel Stover (FX, V)

1994Aaron Basham (HB)Daniel Stover (FX, V)

1995Dan Fink (SR)

1996Casey Bryan (AA)Dan Fink (SR)Jeremy Killen (V)Kyle Johnson (FX)

1997Jeremy Killen (FX, V)

1998Todd Bishop (PB)Dan Fink (SR)

1999Todd Bishop (PH, PB, HB)Brendan O’Neil (FX)

2000Everette Bierker (PB)Daniel Furney (PH)Robby Rome (HB)

2001Brendan O’Neil (FX)Steve Van Etten (V)Brett Covey (SR)

2002Everette Bierker (HB)Brett Covey (SR)Josh Landis (PH)Jock Stevens (FX)

2003Daniel Furney (AA)Josh Landis (PH)Jock Stevens (V)

2004Josh Gore (PB) Quinn Rowell (HB) 2005David Henderson (V)Jamie Henderson (PH)Jonathan Horton (AA, SR)

2006Chris Brooks (HB)Jonathan Horton (FX, SR) 2007Jonathan Horton (AA, FX, SR, HB) 2008Jonathan Horton (AA, SR) Steven Legendre (FX) 2009 Steven Legendre (V) 2010Ian Jackson (V) Steven Legendre (FX)

2011Jake Dalton (AA, FX, V, PB) Steven Legendre (FX)Alex Naddour (PH)

YEAR SCORE1977 .......................................................427.5501978 .......................................................434.9001979 .......................................................443.2001981 .......................................................551.6501984 .......................................................279.6501987 .......................................................285.2001991 .......................................................283.8001996 ..............................................................N/A

YEAR SCORE1999 .......................................................228.7752000 .......................................................230.6752001 .......................................................217.7252002 .......................................................219.2252003 .......................................................223.5002005 .......................................................225.6502006 .......................................................219.1752007 .......................................................217.9502008 .......................................................359.1502010 .......................................................358.350

18 CONFERENCE TITLES

107 Individual Conference Titles


1987 NCAA Coach of the Year ...............................Greg Buwick2000 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2001 West Region NCAA Coach of the Year ...........Mark Williams2001 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2002 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2002 National Coach of the Year ...........................Mark Williams2003 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2003 National Coach of the Year ...........................Mark Williams2005 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams

2005 National Coach of the Year ...........................Mark Williams2006 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2006 National Coach of the Year ...........................Mark Williams2006 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year ...............Mark Williams2007 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2008 MPSF Coach of the Year ...............................Mark Williams2008 National Coach of the Year ...........................Mark Williams2009 USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year ...............Mark Williams

1966-1973 Record: 40-45 (.471)

RUSS

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH1966 1-6 Fifth (Big Eight) N/A1967 2-10 Fifth (Big Eight) N/A1968 6-7 Third (Big Eight) N/A1969 9-3 Second (Big Eight) N/A1970 4-6 Fourth (Big Eight) N/A1971 7-4 Second (Big Eight) N/A1972 7-4 Second (Big Eight) N/A1973 4-5 Third (Big Eight) N/A

PORTERFIELD

1974-1983 Record: 62-28 (.702)

PAUL

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH1974 7-3 Second (Big Eight) N/A1975 5-4 Third (Big Eight) N/A1976 6-5 Third (Big Eight) N/A1977 7-1 First (Big Eight) First 1978 10-1 First (Big Eight) First1979 4-2 First (Big Eight) Second 1980 10-3 Third (Big Eight) Fourth 1981 4-2 First (Big Eight) Second1982 5-4 Third (Big Eight) N/A1983 8-3 Third (Big Eight) Seventh

ZIERT

1984-1999 Record: 224-74-1 (.749)

GREG

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH1984 9-3 First (Big Eight) Seventh 1985 8-4 Second (Big Eight) Eighth1986 10-3 Second (Big Eight) Fourth1987 14-1 First (Big Eight) Fourth1988 13-2 Second (Big Eight) Eighth1989 1-2 Third (Big Eight) N/A1990 8-4 Second (Big Eight) Sixth1991 15-1 First (Big Eight) First1992 8-4 Second (Big Eight) Fifth (Regionals)1993 18-7 Second (Big Eight) Fourth1994 13-3 Second (Big Eight) Fourth1995 9-9 Second (Big Eight) Fourth1996 15-11 First (Big Eight) Fifth1997 21-5 Second (MPSF) Second1998 39-8 Fifth (MPSF) Fourth1999 23-7-1 First (MPSF) N/A

BUWICK

2000-Present Record: 294-27 (.916)

MARK

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH2000 15-4 First (MPSF) Fourth2001 24-2 First (MPSF) Second2002 28-1 First (MPSF) First2003 26-0 First (MPSF) First2004 24-4 Second (MPSF) Second2005 21-2 First (MPSF) First2006 31-0 First (MPSF) First2007 26-4 First (MPSF) Second2008 28-1 First (MPSF) First2009 23-3 Second (MPSF) Third2010 24-4 First (MPSF) Third2011 24-2 Second (MPSF) Second

WILLIAMS

Coaching Honors

ALL-TIME COACHES


NOTE: According to university records, the following student-athletes earned varsity gymnastics letters during the years indicated. Corrections and additions are welcome and should be addressed to the Oklahoma Athletics Communications Office.

AJeremy Adams .................................................2010-11Mubarak Abdullah-Simmons ..........................2004-05Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons ................................2005-08Wesley Aderhold .............................................2006-07Jose Aguero .....................................................1980-81Ricky Armstrong ..............................................1990-92David Arnoth ........................................................ 1972Robert Atchison ................................................... 1972

BMatt Bailey ......................................................1982-84Forrest Barker ....................................................... 1966Aaron Basham .................................................1992-95Jody Bayless ....................................................1978-80Garry Beasley ..................................................1975-78Everette Bierker ...........................................1999-2002Matthew Biespiel ............................................1979-81Todd Bishop ....................................................1996-99Paul Black .......................................................1976-79Greg Bond .......................................................1984-85Richard Bova ...................................................1972-75Tim Brassfield .................................................1974-75Chris Brooks ....................................................2006-09Casey Bryan .....................................................1994-96Dale Burrow ....................................................1975-76Greg Buwick ....................................................1975-76

CMike Cahill ......................................................1969-71Michael Caldwell .............................................1970-71Russell Campbell .................................................. 1967John Capozzoli ................................................1972-74Brian Carr ........................................................2004-07Garrett Carr .....................................................2006-07Richard Carr.......................................................... 1968Shannon Carrion .............................................2000-03Laurence Chavez..............................................1991-93Bruce Cole ............................................................ 1968Bart Conner ........................................... 1977-79, 1981Brett Covey ......................................................2000-03Skip Crawley......................................................... 1986William Crews .................................................1966-67Wayne Crockett ...............................................1970-72Chad Crumley ..............................2009-PresentRussell Czeschin ..............................................2006-09

DJacob Dalton ................................2010-PresentDouglas Datillo ..................................................... 1968J.J. Davis ............................................................... 1993Mike Doke ............................................................ 1984T.J. Dortch .......................................................1992-93Chad Duncan ...................................................1995-97

EDale Eby ............................................................... 1976Andrew Eddington ..........................................1996-97Jim Endres .......................................................1988-90Corey English ...................................................2007-10

FMark Farbin .......................................................... 1974Kyle Fernandez ................................................2004-05Dan Fink ..........................................................1995-98David Finning ....................................................... 2009Mark Folger .....................................................1981-82Benjamin Fox ..................................................1980-83Brian Funkhouser ................................................. 1987Daniel Furney ..................................................2000-03

GMichael Gehart ...............................................2002-05Mike Glover .......................................................... 1967Charley Goicoechea .........................................1998-99Greg Goodhue .................................................1973-74Josh Gore.........................................................2002-05Mischa Gorkuscha ................................................ 1960Stuart Gray ........................................................... 1985

HBrian Halstead .................................................1988-91Kent Hamilton .................................................1989-90Anthony Hampton ............................................... 1980Jarrod Hanks ...................................................1988-91Gabe Hansen ...............................................1999-2001Pat Harbour .......................................................... 1969David Henderson .............................................2002-05Jamie Henderson ............................................2003-06Michael Henry .................................................1973-74Anibal Hernandez ...........................................1982-83Matt Hervey ....................................................1986-88Ryan Hillyer .................................................1999-2002Jerry Hinkle .....................................................1973-75Jonathan Horton .............................................2005-08Andy Howard ..................................................1997-98George Howell.................................................1975-78

IDavid Iammatteo ......................................... 2001, 200

JIan Jackson ......................................................2007-11James Johannesen ..................................... 1968, 1970Larry Johns ........................................................... 1993Bradley Johnson ..............................................1979-81Kyle Johnson ........................................................ 1996Matthew Johnson ................................................ 1987David Johnston ...........................................1999-2002Alan Jones .......................................................1966-67Jeff Jones ........................................................1990-91Kevin Jordan ...................................................1985-88Marcus Jordan .................................................1990-93Tim Jordan ......................................................1984-87

KDarren Keller ........................................................ 1984Jay Kemp .........................................................1982-85Scott Kerns ........................................................... 1974Dale Kerr .............................................................. 1978Jeremy Killen...................................................1994-97Josh Kramb .....................................................1993-96Gregory Krippel ...............................................1971-74

LLarry Lain ............................................................. 1975Josh Landis ......................................................2000-03Jason Laughton ...............................................2006-08Steven Legendre .............................................2008-11Roger Letourneau ...........................................1972-73Kevin Lindsey ....................................................... 1971Fulton Loebel ..................................................1971-74Michael Lofland ................................................... 1975Carey Loomis ........................................................ 1976Odess Lovin .................................................1970-1973Jeff Lutz................................................. 1987-88, 1991Huy Ly .........................................................1997-2000

MJohn Maddox ....................................................... 1966Robert Mahurin ...............................................1981-84Craig Martin ......................................................... 1977Daniel Martin ..................................................1984-85Jeff Martin ......................................................1978-81Michael Maxie ...................................................... 1968Jeff McGuire ......................................................... 1973Kyle McNamara ...............................................2006-09Tom Meadows .................................................1991-93Jacob Messina ..............................2005-06, 2008-2009Michael Mihalco ..............................................1971-73Martin Miller ...................................................1976-77Robert Miller ........................................................ 1975Leslie Moore ....................................................1977-80Jake Moran ......................................................1998-99Heath Mueller .................................................2001-04James Myers ......................................... 2003, 2005-06

LETTERWINNERS


OMark Oates ......................................................1982-85Patrick O’Brien ................................................1971-74Brendan O’Neil ............................................1998-2002Curtis O’Rorke ...................................................... 2003Richard Orna ........................................................ 1969

PVince Pagano ..................................................1990-93John Payton ................................................1999-2002Patrick Piscitelli ...........................2009-PresentReed Pitts .......................................... 2006, 2008Donald Pollard ..................................................... 1975

RRichard Ranier ...................................................... 1970Ramon Repp ........................................................ 1968Roy Rettberg .............................................. 1968, 1970Mike Rice ............................................... 1983, 1985-87Dave Riehl .......................................................1984-85Robby Rome ................................................1997-2000Quinn Rowell ..................................................2001-04Garon Rowland ...............................................1995-97Gavin Rowland ................................................1996-99Anton Rupert ..................................................1975-75Stephen Rutledge ...........................................1977-80

SCarlo Sabino .......................................... 1985-87, 1989Matt Shoen .....................................................1996-99Dave Schultz......................................................... 1986Bernard Schwalbe ................................................ 1966Tom Sexton .....................................................1967-68Mark Seyler .....................................................1992-95Bobby Shortle .................................................2008-11Mike Sims ........................................................1981-84Joe Smith ........................................................1967-68Brad Snowden ...................................................... 1985Donald Steinbach ................................................. 1975Chris Stehl ...................................2010-PresentJock Stevens ....................................................2001-04Mark Steves .....................................................1985-88Peter Stout ......................................................1980-81Daniel Stover ...................................................1992-95Ric Swezey ................................................. 1991, 1993Orson Sykes .....................................................1991-92

TJon Thibadeaux ...............................................1996-97Alan Thomas ........................................................ 1987Michael Torrez .................................................1970-71Brian Trause ....................................................2001-05

VSteve Van Etten ...........................................1998-2001Bernard Van Wie ..............................................1976-77Thomas Vaughan.............................................1986-89

WMonty Waldron ...............................................1987-90Eric Weaver ......................................................1992-95Joseph Weaver ................................................2005-07Ronald Webb ...................................................1970-71Ed Wentzheimer ..........................................1997-2000Terry Wheelock ..................................................... 1983Lee White ............................................................. 1984Scott Wilbanks ................................................1982-84Scot Wilce ........................................................1979-81Mike Wilson ....................................................1976-79Kelly Woner .....................................................1990-91David Wright ....................................1979-80, 1982-83

YTommy Yuen....................................................1970-73

ZGreg Zeiders ....................................................1990-91Dain Zinn.........................................................1966-68

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TEAM: 2006-2011

NOTE: Records set under current FIG Code scoring system updated prior to the 2006 gymnastics season.

EVENT SCORE DATE(S) SETFloor Exercise ................................ 63.000 .................................................. 02.27.10Pommel Horse............................... 59.250 .................................................. 03.21.09Still Rings ...................................... 62.100 .................................................. 03.15.08Vault ............................................. 65.350 .................................................. 04.02.11Parallel Bars .................................. 61.200 .................................................. 03.15.08High Bar ........................................ 60.000 .................................................. 03.21.09Total ............................................. 366.850 ................................................. 03.21.09

TEAM: 2001-2005

NOTE: Records set under Federation de Internationale Gymnastics (FIG) Code scor-ing system in place from 2001-2005.

EVENT RECORD DATE(S) SETTotal ..................................................... 225.675 .........................................04.08.05Floor Exercise ........................................ 37.575 ..........................................03.25.05Pommel Horse ....................................... 38.500 ..........................................01.20.02 Still Rings .............................................. 38.700 ..........................................03.28.03Vault ..................................................... 37.750 ..........................................03.13.04 Parallel Bars .......................................... 37.400 ..........................................01.28.05High Bar ................................................ 38.325 ..........................................03.25.05

INDIVIDUAL: 2001-2005

NOTE: Records set under Federation de Internationale Gymnastics (FIG) Code scoring system in place from 2001-2005.

EVENT RECORD RECORD HOLDER (YEAR)All-Around ............................. 56.475 .................................Jonathan Horton (2005) Floor Exercise .......................... 9.825 ..................................Jonathan Horton (2005)Pommel Horse ......................... 9.725 .......................................... Josh Landis (2003) Josh Gore (2005)Still Rings ................................ 9.900 .......................................... Brett Covey (2002)Vault ....................................... 9.700 ........................................ Jock Stevens (2002) Daniel Furney (2003) Parallel Bars ............................ 9.675 .....................Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (2005) High Bar .................................. 9.850 ....................................... Quinn Rowell (2004)

INDIVIDUAL: 2006-2011

NOTE: Records set under current FIG Code scoring system updated prior to the 2006 gymnastics season. EVENT SCORE ................................GYMNAST (DATE SET)All-Around ................................ 92.450 ................................ Jonathan Horton (03.15.08)Floor Exercise ............................ 16.250 .........................................Jake Dalton (03.19.11)Pommel Horse ........................... 15.750 ......................................Alex Naddour (03.05.11)Still Rings .................................. 16.125 ................................ Jonathan Horton (04.19.08)Vault ......................................... 16.800 .........................................Jake Dalton (04.14.11) Parallel Bars .............................. 15.650 ................................ Jonathan Horton (03.15.08)High Bar .................................... 15.650 .................................Steven Legendre (03.05.11)

TEAM: THROUGH 2000

NOTE: Records set under College Code scoring system in place through 2000.

EVENT SCORE YEARTotal ......................................... 232.725 ................................................................... 1997Floor Exercise ............................ 39.625 .................................................................... 2000Pommel Horse ........................... 39.050 .................................................................... 2000Still Rings .................................. 38.800 .................................................................... 2000Vault ......................................... 38.850 .................................................................... 1997Parallel Bars .............................. 39.050 .................................................................... 1997High Bar .................................... 39.000 .................................................................... 2000

INDIVIDUAL: THROUGH 2000

NOTE: Records set under College Code scoring system in place through 2000. EVENT RECORD RECORD HOLDER (YEAR)All-Around ................................. 58.60 ...............................................Casey Bryan (1997)Floor Exercise.............................. 9.95 ........................................... Brendan O’Neil (2000) Shannon Carrion (2000)Pommel Horse ............................. 9.95 ............................................. Daniel Furney (2000) Josh Landis (2000)Still Rings .................................... 9.90 ......................................................Jeff Lutz (1991) Jarrod Hanks (1991) Dan Fink (1998) David Johnston (2000)Vault ........................................... 9.90 ................................................. Mark Oates (1983)Parallel Bars ................................ 9.90 ......................................................Jeff Lutz (1991) Todd Bishop (1999) High Bar ...................................... 10.0 ................................................Todd Bishop (1999)

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