2010 OU Men's Gymnastics Guide

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TWO OLYMPIANS, TWO NISSEN AWARDS, EIGHT CONFERENCE TITLES, 103 ALL-AMERICANS, 17 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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The 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 10 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.

Mark Williams | Head Coach | Men’s Gymnastics

2010 OFFICIAL TEAM GUIDE

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<< TABLE OF CONTENTS >>

Corey English..........................................44

Ian Jackson.............................................45

Steven Legendre ....................................46

Anthony Naddour ..................................47

Patrick Piscitelli ......................................48

Bobby Shortle ........................................49

C.J. Grimes .............................................50

Troy Nitzky .............................................50

David Finning .........................................51

Ben Mayer ..............................................51

Chad Crumley .........................................52

Jake Dalton ............................................52

Chris Stehl ..............................................53

Alex Naddour .........................................53

Team Poll ...............................................54

Season In Review ...................................56

Highlights ..............................................57

Scrapbook ..............................................58

Meet Results ..........................................60

MPSF Championship ..............................61

NCAA Championship ..............................62

Program History .....................................64

Coaching History ....................................65

National Championships ........................66

Nissen Emery Award ..............................70

Record Book ...........................................72

Individual National Champions ..............74

All-Americans ........................................76

Conference Champions...........................77

Letterwinners ........................................78

International Success .............................80

Table of Contents .....................................2

Quick Facts ...............................................3

On Campus ...............................................4

Student Life .............................................5

Excellence ................................................8

OU Tradition ...........................................10

Sooner Spirit ..........................................12

Media Spotlight .....................................14

Sports Medicine .....................................15

Norman/OKC/Tulsa .................................16

Gymnastics Facilities ..............................18

Maps & Directions ..................................20

SoonerSports.com ..................................21

Community Service ................................22

Outlook/Event Breakdown .....................24

Rosters ...................................................26

Schedule ................................................27

Spectator’s Guide to Gymnastics ............28

Athletics Communications .....................29

Opponents .............................................30

Head Coach Mark Williams .....................32

Asst. Coach Rustam Sharipov .................36

Asst. Coach Daniel Furney ......................37

Gymnastics Support Staff .......................38

President David L. Boren ........................39

VP/AD Joe Castiglione ............................40

Athletics Administration ........................41

Head Coaches .........................................42

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Location ................................................................................................................... Norman, Okla.

Enrollment ...........................................................................................................................30,092

Founded ..................................................................................................................................1890

President .................................................................................................................. David L. Boren

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/AD ........................................................ Joe Castiglione

Nickname ........................................................................................................................... Sooners

Colors ...................................................................................................................Crimson & Cream

Conference ...................................................................Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF)

Arena(s) ............................................................................ Howard McCasland Field House (2,300)

Lloyd Noble Center (12,000)

OU All-Time Record ..............................................................................................544-168-1 (.764)

TEAM INFORMATION

2009 Overall Record ...................................................................................................... 23-3 (.884)

High Score ..........................................................................................................................366.850

MPSF Finish ......................................................................................................................... Second

NCAA Finish .............................................................................................................................Third

Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................................................................................... 7/5

All-Americans Returning/Lost ................................................................................................... 2/5

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach .............................................................................................................. Mark Williams

Year ............................................................................................................................. 11th Season

Alma Mater ............................................................................................................ Nebraska, 1980

Record at OU ............................................................................................................. 246-21 (.921)

Career Record ............................................................................................................ 246-21 (.921)

Assistant Coach (Alma Mater) ........................................... Rustam Sharipov (Kharkov State, 1997)

Year ............................................................................................................................. Fifth Season

Assistant Coach (Alma Mater) ......................................................Daniel Furney (Oklahoma, 2004)

Year ............................................................................................................................. Fifth Season

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

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

Men’s Gymnastics Contact ............................................................................................Matt Wilson

Office # ................................................................................................................... (405) 325-8231

Fax #....................................................................................................................... (405) 325-7623

Cell # ...................................................................................................................... (405) 831-3344

E-mail ............................................................................................................. [email protected]

Web site ................................................................................................... www.SoonerSports.com

Mailing address ..............................................180 West Brooks St., Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019

GUIDE INFORMATION

Guide Design ........................................................................Matt Wilson, Craig Moran, Brian Dude

Writers ......................................................................................................Matt Wilson, Brian Dude

Cover Design ............................................................... Scott Matthews, Director of Graphic Design

Interior Layout ..........................................................................................Matt Wilson, Brian Dude

Editorial Assistance ........................................ Craig Moran, Assistant Director of Communications,

and Debbie Copp, Director of Publications

Photography .........................................................Shevaun Williams and Associates, Jerry Laizure,

Jackson Laizure, Lisa Hall, Mark Selders, Steve Lange, Xifan Liu,

Max Morse, Nihal Mahawedge, Ty Russell, Kyle Terada, Eric Miller,

NCAA Gymnastics and OU Athletics Communications files

2010 Media Guide .......................................... The 2010 University of Oklahoma Men’s Gymnastics

Media Guide was designed and produced by the

Oklahoma Athletics Department in Norman, Okla.,

using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop.

Distribution ................................................A total of 500 copies of the 2010 OU Men’s Gymnastics

Media Guide were printed by Transcript Press and distributed at

no cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma.

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The University of Oklahoma is an equal

opportunity institution (December 2009).

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



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National Merit Scholars enrolled per capita.

Princeton Review ranks OU among the best in the nation in terms of academic

excellence and cost for students.

in state history.

exchange agreements with universities around the world. The University has 174 student

exchange agreements with universities in 66 countries. More than 1,500 students from

almost 100 countries are enrolled on OU’s Norman campus.

nationwide in the total number of Rhodes Scholars.

science winners, with 12 in the past four years.

English composition courses at no more than 19 students as well as all Honors courses.

among public universities in the United States. Almost 2,900 students participate in small

Honors seminar classes.

universities to achieve the ranking two years in a row.

students in just four years.

endowments have been donated or pledged.

The University of Oklahoma is truly a great university. It is becoming a pacesetter for

public higher education in the United States. We must no longer keep the university’s

excellence a secret! It’s time for us to let others know about the strengths of our university

and our determination to make it even better.

University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren

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.

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and has increased from 100 to 539, the number of endowed faculty positions in the past 13

years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence.

and pledges since 1994, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the

growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships.

doubled, and OU continues to set new records for funding for externally sponsored research.

grants and contracts. Funding from the National Institutes of Health – considered to be the

National Weather Center.

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.

including OU’s Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, the single most important

gift of art ever given to a U.S. public university; the Adkins Collection, among the most

important private collections in the nation of works by the Taos artists as well as Native

American works of art; the former U.S. State Department Embassy art collection; and the

Dorothy Dunn collection of Native American art.

and photographs, including a rare multivolume portfolio on the Indians of the United States

and Alaska by Edward S. Curtis.

only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. 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.

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.

Location .................................................Norman, Okla.

Founded ................................................................1890

President ................................................David L. Boren

Total enrollment.................................................30,092

Norman campus Programs .................................26,219

Health Sciences Center Programs .........................3,757

OU-Tulsa Programs ...............................................1,374

Norman On-campus Students ............................23,126

College of Law On-campus Students .................. 514

HSC On-campus Students ................................... 2,688

Continuing Education (Outreach) .........................2,878

Liberal Studies (Outreach) .......................................978

HSC Off-campus Students .......................................321

Minority Student Enrollment ...............................6,621

International Student Enrollment ........................1,526

Average Composite ACT Score for

Entering Freshmen .................................................25.6

Norman Campus Full-Time Faculty .......................1,368

Instructional Faculty ............................................1,136

Researchers .............................................................196

Deans and Associate Deans .......................................36

Norman Campus Part-Time Faculty .........................289

Instructional Faculty ...............................................257

Researchers ...............................................................32

Norman Campus Graduate Assistants ...................1,671

Graduate Teaching Assistants ..................................898

Graduate Research Assistants ..................................773

Norman Campus Employees ...............................11,641

Full-time Staff ......................................................4,137

Part-time Employees............................................4,176

Part-time Staff ........................................................804

Part-time Student Employees ............................ 3,170

Temporary Employees ...............................................20

HSC Campus

Full-time Faculty ....................................................999

Part-time Faculty ....................................................281

Full-time Staff ......................................................3,268

Part-time Staff ........................................................261

Residents ................................................................661

Student Employees .................................................387

Part-time Student Assistants ....................................73

University of Oklahoma

Prospective Student Services

550 Parrington Oval

Norman, OK 73019-3032

Phone ..................................................(405) 325-2151

Toll Free ................................................(800) 234-6868

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University Web Site ..................................www.ou.edu

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In 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.

“It is appropriate that this center be named after Prentice Gautt,” OU President David L.

Boren said. “His personal values and character, along with his leadership as associate

commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, continue to bring pride to his alma mater.

His personal example of quiet courage, grace under pressure, and dedication to the

university helped open the doors of opportunity for countless number of African-

American and minority student-athletes who have followed him into collegiate

athletics.”

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.

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.

Whether 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.

In 1956, Prentice Gautt became the first African-American football player to play for the

University of Oklahoma.

Under the tutelage of legendary coach Bud Wilkinson, Gautt starred at running back,

becoming a two-time All-Big Eight player and the 1959 Orange Bowl MVP. He also earned

Academic All-America honors as a senior.

After playing professionally, Gautt coached football at Missouri while earning his Ph.D. in

philosophy.

He then started a career in athletics administration as an associate comissioner with the Big

Eight Conference and as a special assistant to the comissioner of the Big 12 Conference.

Gautt, who died in March 2005, received posthumously the 2005 Outstanding Contributor

to Amateur Football Award given by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of

Fame.

This 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.

PRENTICE GAUTT 1938-2005

To 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.

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If 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.

In 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.

If 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. In

addition, it offers personal and group tutoring sessions to assist with math assignments.

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Because 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.

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<< UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS >>

The 2009 Sooner baseball team advanced to the program’s fourth regional final in the last five years under head coach Sunny Golloway. OU received the nation’s No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, a program first, and finished the campaign with a 43-20 mark, the second most wins since the Sooners won the 1994 National Championship. While OU’s 32nd appearance in the NCAA Tournament fell short, the Sooners had plenty to celebrate throughout the season as they finished second in the Big 12 standings (a half game behind Texas).

If Jeff Capel or anyone else had lingering questions regarding Blake Griffin’s abilities heading into 2008-09, the sophomore forward answered them emphatically by leading the Sooners to a 30-6 record – their fifth 30-win season in history– and to within an eyelash of the Final Four (they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina in the Elite Eight). OU’s 13-3 record in Big 12 Conference play tied as its best in the 13-year history of the league, and a 25-1 start to the season resulted in a three-week No. 2 national ranking in February – the program’s highest perch in 19 years. All Griffin did to help OU’s cause was author one of the most impressive single seasons in recent college hoops memory and win every national player of the year honor.

Women’s basketball had one of its most successful seasons in history, culminating at the program’s second Final Four appearance in St. Louis in April 2009. Led by senior Courtney Paris, the first ever four-time All-American designated by the Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Sooners matched a program record with 32 wins, including a record 20-game winning streak, and earned their sixth Big 12 regular-season title -- the third for OU in four seasons.

The women’s cross country program was represented at the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in the last six years as sophomore Kelly Waters advanced to the title meet in Terre Haute, Ind. Waters finished 93rd at the meet, 16th among sophomores and ninth among Big 12 runners. Waters advanced to the meet after garnering All-Region honors with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Waters also grabbed all-conference honors by finishing fifth at the Big 12 Championships. Classmate Jessica Engel finished 18th at the conference meet. The men’s season was highlighted by a second-place finish at the Arkansas/Missouri Southern dual.

Oklahoma won its sixth Big 12 Football Championship and became the first program to win the crown in three consecutive seasons, after becoming the first to win back-to-back titles a year ago. The Sooners led the nation with 54 points per game and became the first program to score 60 or more points in five straight games en route to totaling 700-plus on the year, an NCAA record in the modern era. Oklahoma made its 10th straight bowl appearance, its sixth in the BCS and fourth in the championship game. Quarterback Sam Bradford became OU’s fifth Heisman Trophy winner and joined offensive guard Duke Robinson as consensus All-Americans. Oklahoma won 11 or more games for the eighth time in Bob Stoops’ 10 seasons.

Paced by Kendall Dye’s magnificent senior campaign, the women’s golf team captured four top-five finishes in its 10 regular season tournaments. A successful October saw the Sooners take fifth place at the 13-team Windy City Collegiate Championships and third place at the 17-team Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” Invitational with a season-low 903 (+39).

The OU men’s golf team recorded three top-five finishes during the season, including a win at the Macdonald Cup on Oct. 5 in New Haven, Conn. That title was OU’s first tournament victory since the 2006 Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma defeated 13 other squads and inclement weather in its eight-shot triumph for the tournament crown. It was the fourth tournament title for the Sooners in Jim Ragan’s final season at the helm. Ragan resigned in June and was replaced by Ryan Hybl, most recently an assistant coach for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Head Coach Mark Williams and the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team completed another championship year, finishing undefeated in the regular season and adding three national individual titles to its history. Steven Legendre proved ready to follow in Jonathan Horton’s footstep’s by capturing three individual national championships. The sophomore claimed the national all-around title and two individual titles on floor and vault to move past Bart Conner (three titles) in the OU record books. Legendre’s five national titles in his two-year

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gymnastics squad. The Sooners won their second straight Big 12 title in 2009, marking the

program’s eighth overall conference championship. Head coach K.J. Kindler has guided the

Sooners to Big 12 titles in two of her first three seasons. Oklahoma advanced to its sixth

consecutive NCAA Championship, joining Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU and Utah as the

only schools to advance to the event each year since 2004. Individually, Haley DeProspero

(beam), Megan Ferguson (bars and beam) and Ashley Jackson (bars) became OU’s latest

conference event champions as Oklahoma clinched event titles on beam and floor at the

Big 12 Championship.

Junior forward Whitney Palmer put together the best individual season in program

history in 2009 with a program-record 15 goals scored. Her record-setting campaign was

recognized with selections to the NSCAA All-District second team and All-Big 12 first team,

both OU firsts since 2005.The Sooners started the season undefeated after four games, but

were forced to start as many as seven freshmen in the final 15 contests after losing several

starters to injuries, including two for the season. Despite the setbacks, OU doubled its win

total from a year ago with a 7-10-2 record under second-year head coach Nicole Nelson,

and finished 10th in the Big 12 with a 2-7-1 mark.

The OU softball team wrapped up the year 40-16 overall and 14-4 in Big 12 play. The

Sooners won their fourth Big 12 regular season title and hosted an NCAA Regional for the

second consecutive year. Junior Amber Flores was named Big 12 Player of the Year and

head coach Patty Gasso earned her fourth Big 12 Coach of the Year honor. Flores was a

first team All-America selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and senior

Samantha Ricketts was named to the second team.

The women’s tennis team finished its first season under head coach David Mullins with

a 9-14 overall record and a 3-9 Big 12 record. The Sooners faced a challenging schedule,

playing 15 of their 23 matches on the road with nine matches against nationally ranked

opponents.

The men’s tennis team (12-10, 1-5 Big 12) began the spring season at No. 71 nationally

and had three players ranked in the ITA top 75. OU ended the spring season with a national

ranking of 44th as the Sooners faced one of the toughest schedules in the nation, one that

included duals against 15 teams in the ITA top 75.

The fourth year under head coach Martin Smith marked a continued growth for the Soon-

ers as OU added 13 All-Americans and one NCAA champion in 2009. On the conference

front, the men and women combined to earn four Big 12 titles. The Sooners reached the

double-digit mark in All-America honors for the third consecutive year with eight coming

at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and five at the NCAA Indoor Championships. One of

the All-Americans, freshman Will Claye, claimed the program’s 13th NCAA title with a win

in the triple jump while another, Ti’Anca Mock, recorded a sweep of the Big 12 Conference

titles, claiming indoor and outdoor titles in the long jump. Another freshman, Luke Bryant,

earned the Big 12 title in the discus.

The University of Oklahoma wrestling squad tallied its most victories in seven seasons in

head coach Jack Spates’ 16th season at the helm as the 2009 squad finished with a 16-4

overall record. It marked the 14th straight season that Spates had led the Sooners to at

least 10 wins. In OU’s second dual of the season against Oklahoma City, the Sooner head

coach picked up his 200th win overall in Norman.

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playing 15 of their 23 matches on the road with nine matches against nationally ranked

opponents.

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The 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 includ-ing 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 2008-09, the Sooner football team competed in its sixth BCS bowl in just seven years and, in 2008, the men’s gymnastics team earned its fifth national title in seven seasons. In 2002, the Sooner men’s and women’s basketball teams carved their spot in history by advancing to the NCAA Final Four -- only the third time in NCAA history a school accomplished the feat with both teams in the same year. The OU women added another first in 2005-06, becoming the first team men’s or women’s, in Big 12 history to go 16-0 in league play.

Even more remarkable, during the 2001-02 season, the OU football and men’s and women’s basketball teams combined for 74 wins -- the most ever for those three sports by a Division I school in a single season. Oklahoma went 11-2 in football, 31-5 in men’s basketball and 32-4 in women’s basketball. The University of Oklahoma now stands alone in college sports’ 30-30-10 club, created exclusively by OU.

Oklahoma’s student-athletes continue to lead in the classroom and their actions in the com-munity 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:

programs to win seven or more national championships. And OU is the only Division I football program ever to record 47 straight victories.

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.

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.

years. Last season OU produced its 32nd winning season in the last 33 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span.

bowl championships, 148 All-Americans and had 339 players drafted by the NFL, including 37 first-round selections and three No. 1 picks: Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Billy Sims (1980) and Brian Bosworth (1987—supplemental).

national championships. OU has produced 252 All-Americans and its 65 individual national champions ranks third all-time.

league opponents, and was one of only four teams nationally to run the table against their league in 2005-06.

and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkin-son in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001.

All-Americans, eight individual conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship.

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steals in a contest with 13. He accomplished the feat twice in games against Centenary on Dec. 12, 1987, and Loyola-Marymount on Dec. 17, 1988.

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

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.

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.

two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games.

Tennessee in the championship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the double-elimination tournament without a defeat.

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.

program’s history in 2002. She was the WNBA’s third overall draft pick by the Washington Mystics. In addition to leading OU to the 2002 national championship game, Dales was a two-time consensus All-American, two-time Big 12 Player of the Year, four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, and two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American.

gymnastics) and Danny McFarlane (track and field) represented Oklahoma at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

becoming the first American golfer since Tiger Woods to win twice in one year on the PGA

played a crucial role in winning the cup with a crushing defeat of Sergio Garcia.

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The University of Oklahoma has a long and storied history. The rich tradition has given birth to some of the most recognized pageantry in all of college athletics. Here is a look at the origin of

some of the elements that create the wonderful atmosphere so unique to OU:

In the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet, the only woman on the faculty, was asked to chair

a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided the colors should

be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform

before the student body.

The student body approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants, banners,

badges and decorations of every description appeared on the streets, in the windows, at

chapel, in classrooms, and all public places; however, local merchants could not supply the

demand.

Even though the school colors have evolved to red and white over the years, you can ask

any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce “Crimson

and Cream.”

On game days, a sea of crimson rolls through OU’s home venues and all Sooners are urged

to wear the official colors to show the rest of the country what school spirit and Sooner

Pride is all about.

College sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as tied-in to a

state’s history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known as Sooners

and those who claim that they are Sooners say it with pride.

The Oklahoma Territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the globe,

seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their claim. One of

the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same

time, on the boom of a cannon. All settlers who started then were labeled as “Boomers” and

the ones who went too soon were called “Sooners.”

OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the

current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived its name from a

pep club called “The Sooner Rooters.” The success of University of Oklahoma athletic teams

over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.

One of the most recognizable college fight songs in the country, Boomer Sooner

immediately evokes enthusiasm from OU fans and sends chills down the spines of those

who dare to oppose them.

In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a Norman

jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University’s Boola

Boola but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was made to it from North

Carolina’s I’m a Tarheel Born and the two combined to form the university’s fight song today.

Though the tune was first made known by Yale, the everlasting success of Sooner squads

has taken the melody of Boomer Sooner to national popularity.

<< THERE’S ONLY ONE OKLAHOMA >>

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a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided the colors should

be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform

before the student body.

The student body approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants, banners,

badges and decorations of every description appeared on the streets, in the windows, at

chapel, in classrooms, and all public places; however, local merchants could not supply the

demand.

Even though the school colors have evolved to red and white over the years, you can ask

any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce “Crimson

and Cream.”

On game days, a sea of crimson rolls through OU’s home venues and all Sooners are urged

to wear the official colors to show the rest of the country what school spirit and Sooner

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The Sooner Schooner is a Conestoga, or covered wagon, reminiscent of the mode of travel

used by pioneers who settled Oklahoma. The Schooner is powered by matching white ponies

named Boomer and Sooner, and it ventures onto Owen Field in a triumphant victory ride

after OU scores. Although the Schooner was introduced in 1964, it did not become the official

mascot until 1980. The Schooner is well-recognized by college athletics fans across the

country and makes regular appearances at university functions.

During OU football and baseball games from 1915-1928, Mex the Dog wore a red sweater

with a letter “O” on the side. Mex died of old age on April 30, 1928, and he was so popular

among students and faculty that the university closed for his funeral and procession on May

2, 1928.

In the fall of 2005, the OU Athletics Department introduced costumed mascots. The new

characters will act as an extension of the Sooner Schooner and its horses to be enjoyed by

fans -- especially children -- at all OU athletics contests. The costumes feature traditional

collegiate gear as part of their regular uniform, but will don team uniforms for football

and men’s and women’s basketball. They were voted “Most Collegiate” by the Universal

Cheerleading Association (UCA).

The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band has been supporting Sooner Spirit for nearly a

century. Unlike many other college bands, which began as military drill units, the Pride of

Oklahoma had its beginnings as a pep band.

In the early years of the 1900s, both townspeople of Norman and students of OU participated

in a band that played for football games. Professor John Merrill started the first band in

1901, which was composed mostly of townspeople and disbanded after each football

season. Lloyd Curtis, a cornetist, founded the first continuous student band in 1904.

Today, the 300-member Pride of Oklahoma has members representing virtually every

college and major on campus. The Pride of Oklahoma stands for excellence in musicianship,

academics, school spirit, and commitment to our role in the surrounding community.

Boomer Sooner rings out at the end of each rehearsal, and that song is the defining element

of the University of Oklahoma. Maybe that is why Sooner fans love the band so much. Not

much can compare to the first “go-go” at a football game when the Pride of Oklahoma

marches the interlocking OU down the field playing Boomer Sooner.

The OU Chant is a loyalty song that is sung before every home football game, before and

after every men’s and women’s basketball game and at the end of many athletic and

university functions.

Every fan who wears the official colors, each current student and student-athlete and all

OU alumni are encouraged to stand and raise one finger in the air during the playing of

the Chant -- a symbolic gesture that shows those who do not know what it means to be a

Sooner, the greatness of the university and the unity between all Sooners.

The Chant was written in 1936 by Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey, who directed the OU girl’s glee

club from 1936 to 1938 and was voted Outstanding Faculty Woman in 1937.

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Join heart and song

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Of campus beautiful by day and night

Of colors proudly gleaming Red and White

‘Neath a western sky

OU’s chant will never die.

Live on University!

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Oklahoma 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.

2009 season with a streak of 85 consecutive televised games and has been shown

coverage of 28 games, including 17 nationally televised contests.

season, including national coverage for 16 contests.

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ball games in 2009, including five on Fox Sports Net’s national coverage.

coverage thanks to consistent top-10 rankings through the years. The nation focused its eyes on Norman in April 2006 when the Sooners hosted the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics National Championships at Lloyd Noble Center, while the women were shown nationally bringing home the 2008 and 2009 Big 12 Championship crowns.

games shown live across the nation.

and apparel purchased by fans. OU ranks 11th in the nation in sales of licensed merchandise.

Sports Illustrated 12 times. Sooner football is one of the most popular subjects for SI with 33 cover appearances. (UPDATE)

broadcast on site from 21 of Oklahoma’s games.

last year, making the official Web site of the Oklahoma Athletics Department one of the top collegiate sites in the nation.

top media 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.

<< EVERYBODY’S WATCHING >>

A total team effort is the key to OU’s efficiency in preventing, treating and rehabilitating

injuries sustained by student-athletes. These measures keep Sooner athletes at their

highest level of performance as they compete for championships.

“Sports medicine is a team effort,” says Anderson. “The stated goal of athletic training

at Oklahoma is, first of all, care for the student-athletes, thereby granting our sports a

competitive advantage and ultimately greater esteem for the entire program.

“To that end we are blessed with a full complement of self-sacrificing medical

professionals working on a regular basis with our athletic training staff.”

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<< INSIDE THE HENRY J. FREEDE, M.D. SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER. >>

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The Oklahoma Athletics Department feels a strong responsibility to help its athletes reach

and maintain their optimum health and achieve conditioning goals. For this reason, OU

has developed excellent training and conditioning programs to lessen the possibility of

injuries. However, should injuries occur, the department is committed to a comprehensive

rehabilitation program.

Complete athletically-related medical services are provided to Oklahoma student-

athletes by team physicians and OU’s certified athletic trainers. The University of

Oklahoma obtains the services of the best medical consultants available.

The base of operation for the Sooners’ medical care is the state-of-the-art Henry J.

Freede, M.D. Sports Medicine Center in the Barry Switzer Center.

Head athletic trainer Scott Anderson says the addition to the Barry Switzer Center has

allowed the university to upgrade to a new edition of rehabilitation equipment that can

best benefit the student-athletes.

From simple therobands to taping tables, the facility offers everything a school can

have or hope to have. The Sooner training room is equipped to perform isokinetic joint

evaluation for preventive medicine and for post-injury rehabilitation. The therapy room is

supplied with the latest modalities on the market.

“The addition of space is the greatest benefit,” says Anderson. “This space allows for

dedicated rehabilitation and consultation to the athletes. An option with the facility is

the water rehabilitation area. The athlete stands in a pool of water that is adjusted to his

or her own physical needs. Cameras are then placed where physicians can monitor the

progress made by the athlete on his or her road to recovery.”

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Norman 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.

In 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.

Cultural activities are unlimited in Norman, making it the ideal backdrop for

the University of Oklahoma. As home to people of all ethnic and educational

backgrounds, the city has something to offer everyone. Norman is home to a

variety of enriching events and attractions, including the Sooner Theater, which

hosts a series of entertaining theatrical performances produced by locally-based

talent and touring companies.

The city also showcases local and regional artists in its annual May Fair. In

addition, through the university’s School of Drama, School of Dance and the School

of Music, stage productions are offered year round.

The Medieval Fair has become a springtime tradition in Norman as people from

around the country converge on the city for one weekend each April to partake in a

fascinating look back in time. Each year, an area park is transformed into a festival

of sights, sounds and tastes straight from the Middle Ages. Knights joust, jesters

entertain and story tellers spin tales of a magical time in history.

art facility designed to display a collection of historical and natural science items

that trace the southwest’s development since prehistoric times, opened in May

2000. History buffs will also enjoy the Cleveland Country Historical House which

holds exhibits relating to the development of this area of the state.

For art enthusiasts, the Fred Jones Jr. Memorial Art Center houses permanent

collections, nationally and world-renowned traveling exhibits as well as a yearly

student art show. The museum has recently added the Weitzenhoffer Collection of

French Impressionist paintings -- the single most important gift of art ever given

to a U.S. public university.

Maintaining a progressive approach to the future while remembering its history,

Norman continues to be a well-balanced community, proud to be the home of the

University of Oklahoma.

MoneyWith top education from young to adult, a stable economy, over 1,400 restaurants and 100 golf

courses within a 15-minute commute, the country’s most affordable real estate and great sports

entertainment, citizens are finding food, fun and fortune in Norman.

Ranked Sixth in CNN/Money Magazine’s 100 Best Places to Live

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Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home of two

semi-professional sports teams and the host of the NCAA Women College Softball

World Series and Big 12 Softball Championship. The Oklahoma RedHawks, 1996

American Association champions (then named the Oklahoma City 89ers), are the

Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team plays in the 13,066-seat

AT&T Bricktown Ballpark, one of the plushest venues in all of minor league sports.

The ballpark served as host to a 2004 NCAA baseball regional and the 2005 Big 12

Baseball Championship.

Hockey mania runs rampant with the recent success of the Central Hockey League’s

Oklahoma City Blazers. The Blazers won the CHL crown in 1996 and are yearly one

of the league’s best teams. In addition, the city has hosted numerous PGA and

Senior PGA Tour events.

After rave reviews for its support of the NBA’s Hornets, which were displaced from

New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina prior to the 2005-06 season the NBA awarded

the city with its own franchise. The Oklahoma City Thunder completed their first

season in 2008.

Tulsa, the state’s second largest city, is located 100 miles to the northeast of Norman in the

heart of Oklahoma’s Green Country. Ask people to describe Tulsa, and you’ll likely get many

different answers. It was a city forever changed by the discovery of oil in 1901. It is home to art

deco treasures and nationally renowned museums. Its African-American heritage left its mark,

in both the business and music worlds. And it’s a city of nostalgia and special memories for

countless Americans due to its location on historic Route 66.

Tulsa is a cosmopolitan town that appeals to both young families and retirees. National

touring exhibitions can be seen at the Philbrook Museum of Art, which was recently featured

on the television program America’s Castles. For great western art, check out the Gilcrease

Museum, and music legends are commemorated at Oklahoma’s Jazz Hall of Fame. Other unique

attractions worth a stop include the Elsing Museum, Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures,

Dolls & Toys, Tulsa Air and Space Center and the Fenster Museum of Jewish Art.

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Located in the heart of campus just north of Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium,

the Howard McCasland Field House provides a first-class training and competition venue for

the OU volleyball and wrestling teams.

renovation of a resanded and repainted floor with four efficient 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.

Originally constructed in 1928, the Field House was once the home of the men’s basketball

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).

<< OU BUILT AN EIGHT-YEAR UNDEFEATED STREAK AT THE MCCASLAND FIELD HOUSE FROM 2000-2007. >>

<< HOWARD MCCASLAND FIELD HOUSE >> << HISTORY >>

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New 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.

“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,” said OU men’s gymnastics head coach Mark Williams.

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.

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From Will Rogers Airport (Oklahoma City):

Travel west on Interstate 44. Stay in lane to where I-240 begins. Exit

right on to I-35 South (4A). Exit off the State Highway 9 interchange

(108B). Travel east approximately two miles until reaching the Jenkins

Avenue interchange and turn left. Travel northbound until first traffic

light, which is Imhoff Street. Make a left turn on Imhoff. Lloyd Noble

Center will be on the left and the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center will

be on the right. To reach the Howard McCasland Field House, continue

north on Jenkins past Lindsey Street. The Field House is located just

North of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

From Dallas-Ft. Worth Area:

Travel north on Interstate 35. Exit off the State Highway 9 interchange

(108B). Travel east approximately two miles until reaching the Jenkins

Avenue interchange and turn left. Travel northbound until first traffic

light, which is Imhoff Street. Make a left turn on Imhoff. Lloyd Noble

Center will be on the left and the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center will

be on the right. To reach the Howard McCasland Field House, continue

north on Jenkins past Lindsey Street. The Field House is located just

North of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Return to OKC Airport:

Drive I-35 north from Norman to I-240 west. Follow I-240 west to I-44

(I-240 automatically merges with I-44 just west of May Avenue). Take

Exit 116B, Airport Road, exit on the left. Follow Airport Road west to

Meridian Ave. Take the Meridian Avenue southbound exit and follow

Meridian south approximately one mile to the airport.

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OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS ON THE WEB

Oklahoma’s official athletics site, SoonerSports.com, ranked in the top five across the board

in CBS College Sports’ rankings of the 213 school and conference sites in its network for the

past year.

The University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with its multimedia rights partner, Sooner

Sports Properties, signed on in 2009 to become the partner in CBS College Sports Network,

the industry leader for online networks. It operates Oklahoma’s official athletics Web site,

providing Sooner fans with the most in-depth coverage and interactive content of Oklahoma

sports that has ever been available.

The new and improved Web site, SoonerSports.com, launched on July 1, 2007.

The OU Athletics Department and CBS College Sports Network committed considerable

research, planning and design resources in developing the new SoonerSports.com. OU is

recognized as a leader in intercollegiate athletics and its official site follows in that tradition.

For many, the site serves as the front door to the Sooner experience. SoonerSports.com also

provides an integral link between OU student-athletes, their families, coaches, Oklahoma

students, fans, prospective student-athletes, alumni, media, donors, corporate partners, the

University and peer institutions in the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA.

The site strengthens Oklahoma’s commitment in bringing its fans the most extensive

coverage of the Sooners direct from Norman. By utilizing the latest technology, including

webcasts, podcasts, RSS feeds, wireless services and more, OU presents fans with

unprecedented opportunities to access official Sooner news, features and multimedia.

In addition to Oklahoma All-Access, CBS College Sports Network launched a custom Web site

with a variety of online features including an e-commerce store, photo galleries and CBS

College Sports Network’s exclusive GameTrackerTM technology, which allows fans to follow

live simulated game action, details and full play-by-play of their favorite Sooner sports.

SoonerSports.com will also receive CBS College Sports Network’s industry-leading online and

new media solutions, including access to new distribution platforms such as CBS2Go mobile

and podcasting.

Sooner Sports Properties is a division of Learfield Sports, which administers multimedia

rights for nearly 35 collegiate institutions and associations including fellow Big 12 members

Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas A&M. The Dallas-based company

also secures marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches Association (BCA) and provides

exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the country.

Additionally, Team Services, LLC, a Learfield Sports company, specializes in venue naming

rights, marketing research and sales consultation.

CBS College Sports Network is the leading digital and cable programming company

dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other

company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CBS College Sports

TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men’s and women’s college

sports; sportsline.com/cbscollegesports and its network of more than 215 official athletic

sites; CBS College Sports Network All Access, broadband services providing live audio and

video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight

entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at www.

sportsline.com/cbscollegesports

SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM

The OU Athletics Department provides an innovative service for media covering the Sooners.

Log on to SoonerSportsMedia.com and download high-resolution action photos, mug shots,

official OU logos, online credentials and more. Visit the site to request an account for access.


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

Bringing the gymnasts into the classroom to help out the teachers in any way and having the students meet and get to know the gymnasts is what the program was specifically designed for. 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 gymnastics 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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FORMER GYMNAST CHRIS BROOKS “We like to come back and give to the community and be a positive role model for kids these days. I can tell, coming in once a week spending an hour with the kids, they can’t wait till we come back. They always ask the teacher when we are going to come back.”

GYMNAST STEVEN LEGENDRE“I really enjoy coming here because they make an impact on my life. They make me happy whenever I come on Friday mornings, so hopefully I can make an impact on them as well.”

HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS

“It is a special thing to have Jon recognized by Cleveland. He has been to

Cleveland a number of times before and to feel like they were a part of his

journey to the Olympic Games is pretty special.”

FORMER GYMNAST JONATHAN HORTON

“To come back to this has just been fantastic. It has been an amazing feeling

to know that all these kids are inspired and motivated. It is overwhelming to

know that so many people in the world look up to you just because you went

to the Olympics and you don’t realize it until you are back.”

<< SOONERS IN THE COMMUNITY >>

<< WHAT THE SOONERS THINK >>

2010 SEASON PREVIEW




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<< SOONERS’ 2010 SEASON PREVIEW >> Win the conference and national championships -- This is the repeated motto for OU men’s gymnastics under head coach Mark Williams. For the last 10 years, the phase has become reality and created a decade of dominance for the Oklahoma program. In the last 10 years, Williams has guided the Sooners to an incredible 246-21 (.921) mark that includes five NCAA titles and eight MPSF championships in 10 seasons. Oklahoma has won five of the last eight NCAA titles and finished no lower than third since 2001. With the return of 2009 all-around, floor and vault National Champion Steven Legendre and floor All-American Bobby Shortle, the Sooners will be in line to repeat the championship success. The 2009 season marked the end of collegiate careers for gymnasts Reed Pitts, Russell Czeschin, Jacob Messina, Chris Brooks, Kyle McNamara, and Jason Laughton, a group that guided Oklahoma to 11 All-America honors last year. OU looks to reload for another championship run with the additions of freshmen Jake Dalton, Chris Stehl and Alex Naddour. Dalton highlights the group after competing with the U.S. Senior National Team at the 2009 World Championships. Each of the freshmen can compete in the all-around and gives added depth to all six events. The coaches around the country took notice of the Sooners’ returners and incoming freshmen as OU was voted third in the preseason poll.

The Sooners will participate in nine regular season meets, and face five opponents that com-peted at the 2009 NCAA Championships. OU will also host three home meets at the Howard McCasland Field House, highlighted by matchups with Minnesota and Nebraska.

In the month of March, the Sooners will face two rivals from the Big Ten Conference on the road, beginning with a trip to Ohio State on March 13. After the matchup with the Buckeyes, Oklahoma will travel to Penn State (March 20) for a showdown with the Nittany Lions.

Since 2000, the Sooners, Nittany Lions and Buckeyes have combined to win nine NCAA titles. OU leads the pack with five national championships while Penn State has claimed three (2000, 2004, 2007) and Ohio State won the 2001 championship.

The 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the Howard McCasland Field House on April 3. In 2009, the Sooners claimed one team event title on vault, led by Legendre’s first-place finish on vault. OU will be seeking its 10th conference title out of the last 12 years. The Sooners won the conference title the last time it was held at OU in 2005.

The United States Military Academy at West Point will host the 2010 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships, April 15-17, at the Christl Arena.

PARALLEL BARSFinal 2009 Event Rank: 3Average Score: 58.560

Top Returning Scores: 14.680 Legendre14.500 English

POMMEL HORSEFinal 2009 Event Rank: 5Average Score: 57.040

Top Returning Scores:14.810 English 13.280 Legendre

FLOOR EXERCISEFinal 2009 Event Rank: 2Average Score: 61.040

Top Returning Scores: 15.560 Legendre14.960 Shortle

STILL RINGSFinal 2009 Event Rank: 3Average Score: 60.000

Top Returning Scores: 15.010 Legendre14.450 Piscitelli

VAULTFinal 2009 Event Rank: 1Average Score: 64.200

Top Returning Scores: 16.360 Legendre15.870 Shortle

HIGH BARFinal 2009 Event Rank: 3Average Score: 58.010

Top Returning Scores: 14.340 Legendre8.310 Piscitelli

The Sooners return 2009 NCAA floor National Champion Steven Legendre and All-American Bobby Shortle to the team in 2010. With Chris Brooks and Russell Czeschin gone from last year’s squad, OU looks to freshman Jake Dalton and others to step up and fill the void on a event that is perennially strong for the Sooners.

Luckily for Oklahoma two of the top scorers for the team are returning in 2010. Legendre and senior Corey English will solidify a event that lost Jake Messina, Kyle McNamara and Brooks to graduation. Freshmen Alex Naddour and Dalton will add depth to a depleted event.

OU freshman Naddour was heralded as one of the best recruits on the event and along with his brother, Anthony, OU will have quality depth on the apparatus. Oklahoma will also have English to rely on for consistent scores. Look for Legen-dre and walk-on Jeremy Adams to contribute on the event.

OU will again be a dominant force on the apparatus with the event National Champion, Legendre, returning. Add Dalton, who competed on the event at the 2009 World Championships, Shortle, and Alex Naddour to the mix and the Sooners have reloaded. OU will also look for sophomore Pat Piscitelli for quality depth on the apparatus.

Just like years before, the Sooners will have depth on the event with Legendre, Piscitelli, and Anthony Naddour. Oklahoma will also call upon Ian Jackson, who was injured last year, to help strengthen the score on the apparatus. The Sooners look to have this event as one of their strong spots with experienced gymnasts returning.

OU lost three scorers from last year’s squad in Brooks, Messina, and Kyle McNamara on high bar. Once again the Sooners will look to talented freshmen Dalton and Alex Naddour to help bolster the lineup. Oklahoma also will receive help from the added experience from Piscitelli and Adams.

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TEXAS (2)

Ben Mayer

Chris Stehl

LOUISIANA (1)

Corey English

PENNSYLVANIA (2)

Ian Jackson

Troy Nitzky

NEVADA (1)

Jake Dalton

ARIZONA (1)

Alex Naddour

Anthony Naddour

ILLINOIS (1)

Chad Crumley

KANSAS (1)

C.J. Grimes

OHIO (1)

Bobby Shortle

NORTH CAROLINA (2)

Patrick Piscitelli

NEW YORK (1)

Steven Legendre

OKLAHOMA (1)

David Finning

<< 2010 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER >>

<< WHERE THEY COME FROM >>

<< 2009 SIGNING CLASS >>

Alex Naddour

Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz.

High School: Highland | Club: Arizona Flairs

Jake Dalton

Hometown: Reno, Nev.,

High School: Spanish Srings | Club: Gym NV

Chris Stehl

Hometown: Houston, Texas

High School: William B. Travis | Club: Cypress Academy

SENIORSEnglish

JUNIORS(RS) Grimes (RS) Jackson(Anthony) Naddour LegendreShortle

SOPHOMORESCrumleyFinningPiscitelli

FRESHMEN(RS) Mayer(RS) Nitzky Jake Dalton (Alex) NaddourChris Sethl

<< BY CLASS >>

NAME CLASS HEIGHT HOMETOWN / CLUB PRONUNCIATION

Chad Crumley So. 5-11 Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson HS) (Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center) CRUHM-lee

Jacob Dalton Fr. 6-3 Reno, Nev. (Spanish Srings HS) (Gym NV) shuh-SHEEN

Corey English Sr. 5-7 Covington, La. (St. Paul’s HS) (Mandeville Sports Complex)

David Finning So. 5-4 Claremore, Okla. (Cy Falls HS) (Cypress Academy)

C.J. Grimes RS-Jr. 5-5 Ulysses, Kan. (Ulysses HS) (Littlestar Gymnastics)

Ian Jackson RS-Jr. 5-6 Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin HS) (Artistic Sports Academy Plus)

Steven Legendre Jr. 5-6 Port Jefferson, N.Y. (Spring Creek Academy) (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) la-ZHAHN-druh

Benjamin Mayer RS-Fr. 5-10 Houston, Texas (Home School) (Cypress Academy) MAY-er

Alex Naddour Fr. 5-7 Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) (Arizona Flairs) Na-DOOR

Anthony Naddour Jr. 5-11 Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) (Arizona Flairs) Na-DOOR

Troy Nitzky RS-Fr. 5-6 Southampton, Pa. (William Tennent HS) (Temple Boys Gymnastics)

Patrick Piscitelli So. 5-11 Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic HS) (G & J Speedway) PISK-uh-telly

Bobby Shortle Jr. 5-2 Brunswick, Ohio (Brunswick HS) (Gym World) SHORT-uhl

Chris Stehl Fr. 5-5 Houston, Texas (William B. Travis HS) (Cypress Academy)

Head Coach Mark Williams 11th Season Nebraska, 1980

Assistant Coach Rustam Sharipov Fifth Season Kharkov State, 1997 roos-TOM SHARE-ee-pahv

Assistant Coach Daniel Furney Fifth Season Oklahoma, 2004

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<< 2010 SCHEDULE >>

<< 2010 NCAA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS >>

West Point’s Christl Arena will be the host for the

68th National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics

Championships. It is the second time in 10 years

that the meet will be held at the U.S. Military

Academy.

The last time Oklahoma visited West Point for the

NCAA Championships(2005), the Sooners won their

third title in four years under Mark Williams. OU

finishing 21-2 on the season and led the nation with

13 All-America honors. David Henderson was the

still rings champion and Jonathan Horton brought

home five All-America honors.

<< UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT >>

<< 2010 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION CONFERANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS >>

<< UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA >>

The 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Championships will be hosted by Oklahoma at the

Howard McCasland Field House on April 3. In 2009,

the Sooners claimed one team event title on vault,

while junior Steven Legendre finished first on vault.

OU will be seeking its 10th conference title in the

last 12 years. The Sooners won the conference title

the last time it was held at OU in 2005.

DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE START TIME

Saturday Jan. 16 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. 7 p.m.

Saturday Jan. 23 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 2 p.m.

Saturday Jan. 30 TEXAS NORMAN 7 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 4 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. 7 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 13 NEBRASKA NORMAN 7 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 20 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 2 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 27 MINNESOTA NORMAN 7 p.m.

Sunday March 7 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m.

Saturday March 13 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 2 p.m.

Saturday March 20 Penn State State College, Penn. 4 p.m.

Saturday April 3 MPSF Championship NORMAN 7 p.m.

Thursday April 15 NCAA Qualifiers West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m.

Friday April 16 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m.

Saturday April 17 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m.

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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 (Federation 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 maximum 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 new scoring system, this now 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:

OVERVIEW OF SCORING SYSTEM

POMMEL HORSE

STILL RINGS

VAULT

PARALLEL BARS

HIGH BAR

FLOOR EXERCISE

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 is one of the hardest events in gymnastics, requiring strength, balance and

flexibility. The gymnast continuously does circles, flairs or scissors while performing require-

ments and finishes with a dismount.

Pound for pound, rings is one of the hardest events in any 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 holding strength moves, swinging to

strength moves, swing skills, kip skills and a dismount.

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 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 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 requirements 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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Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Mossman

Men’s Gymnastics Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Wilson

Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(405) 325-8413

Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(405) 831-3344

E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.SoonerSports.com

Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OU Athletics Communications

180 W. Brooks

Suite 2525

Norman, OK 73019

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Executive Director .....................................................................................................Al Beaird

Gymnastics Contact ......................................................................................... Darren Preston

Office Phone................................................................................................... (530) 669-7600

E-mail ...............................................................................................dpreston@mpsports.org

Web Site ................................................................................................... www.mpsports.org

Mailing Address ...............................................................Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

800 S. Broadway

Suite 102

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Kenny Mossman

Senior Associate AD/ Communications (Football)

Mike Houck

Associate Director (Men’s Basketball)

Jared Thompson

Associate Director (Women’s Basketball)

Craig Moran

Assistant Director (Baseball, Women’s Soccer)

David Bassity

Assistant Director (Cross Country, Track and Field)

Cassie Gage

Assistant Director (Softball, Volleyball)

Phillip Rogers

Graduate Assistant (Men’s Golf, Women’s Gymnastics)

Mitch Heckart

Graduate Assistant (Wrestling)

Matt Wilson

Student Assistant (Men’s Gymnastics)

MPSF MEDIA RELATIONS

MPSF SCHOOLS MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS

Air Force Contact...............................................................................................................Valerie PerkinPhone .............................................................................................................(719) 333-8286Fax ..................................................................................................................(719) 333-3798E-mail ............................................................................................. [email protected]

California Contact.................................................................................................. Anna Oleson-WheelerPhone .............................................................................................................(510) 643-5846Fax ..................................................................................................................(719) 333-3798E-mail ..............................................................................................aowheeler@berkeley.edu

Nebraska Contact.............................................................................................................. Jess SchwagerPhone .............................................................................................................(402) 472-2263Fax ..................................................................................................................(402) 472-2005E-mail ...............................................................................................jschwager@huskers.com

Stanford Contact................................................................................................................... Julie RyderPhone .............................................................................................................(650) 725-2958Fax ..................................................................................................................(650) 725-2957E-mail ............................................................................................... [email protected]

Media credentials for University of Oklahoma home meets at the Howard McCasland Field

House or Lloyd Noble Center should be requested at least one day prior to the event. All

requests should be directed to Matt Wilson in the OU Athletics Communications Office at

(405) 325-8231 or by e-mail to [email protected].

CREDENTIALS

Post-meet interviews will take place on the main floor of the McCasland Field House or

Lloyd Noble Center after head coach Mark Williams dismisses his athletes. Official score

sheets will be available at the scorer’s table.

Non-event interviews with University of Oklahoma gymnasts and coaches must be arranged

through Matt Wilson in the OU Athletics Office. All requests should be made at least 24

hours in advance of the desired interview time.

INTERVIEW POLICIES

PRACTICE POLICY

Practices are held at the Sam Viersen Center, directly north and across the street (Imhoff)

from the Lloyd Noble Center. Practices are normally open to the public. However,

media who wish to attend must obtain clearance from Matt Wilson in the Athletics

Communications Office prior to the start of practice. Practice generally runs from 1:30-5

p.m. The best time to conduct interviews is immediately following practice.



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MICHIGAN

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University Information

Location ............................ Iowa City, Iowa

Founded ............................................ 1847

Enrollment ..................................... 30,561

Nickname .................................. Hawkeyes

Colors .................................Black and Gold

Facility................... Field House Main Floor

President ................................ Sally Mason

Athletics Director ..................... Gary Barta

Team Information

2008 Record .......................................2-20

Big Ten Finish ....................................Sixth

NCAA Finish ................................. Eleventh

Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............11/2

All-Americans Returning/Lost ..............0/3

Head Coach ...............................Tom Dunn

Alma Mater .............................. Penn State

Record at Iowa ......................... 211-127-2

(32 years)

Media Relations

Contact................................ Jenni Stumpff

Phone .............................. (319) 335-9411

Fax ................................... (319) 335-9417

E-mail ......... [email protected]

Web Site ..............hawkeyesports.cstv.com


Location .......................Minneapolis, Minn.

Founded ............................................. 1851

Enrollment ...................................... 50,883

Nickname .......................... Golden Gophers

Colors .............................. Maroon and Gold

Facility.................................Sports Pavilion

President ..........................Robert Bruininks

Athletics Director ......................Joel Maturi

Team Information

2009 Record ......................................17-16

Big Ten Finish ...................................Fourth

NCAA Finish ......................................Eighth

Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............15/2

All-Americans Returning/Lost ...............3/2

Head Coach ...............................Mike Burns

Alma Mater ......................Penn State, 1981

Record at Minnesota .........................36-36

(6 years)

Media Relations

Contact....................................Andy Seeley

Phone ............................... (612) 626-0299

Fax .................................... (612) 625-0539

E-mail ........................... [email protected]

Web Site ........................GopherSports.com


Location ..........................Ann Arbor, Mich.

Founded ............................................ 1817

Enrollment ..................................... 38,820

Nickname ..................................... Cardinal

Colors ................................Maize and Blue

Facility................................... Crisler Arena

President ......................Mary Sue Coleman

Athletics Director ..................... Bill Martin

Team Information

2009 Record ................................... 22-7-1

MPSF Finish ..................................... T-First

NCAA Finish ....................................Second


All-Americans Returning/Lost ............10/1

Head Coach ............................. Kurt Golder

Alma Mater .......................Michigan, 1977

Record at Michigan .................. 223-162-1

Media Relations

Contact...............................Scott Bregman

Phone ............................. (734) 763-4423

Fax ................................... (734) 647-1188

E-mail ................... [email protected]

Web Site .................... www.mgoblue.com


Location .................................Lincoln, Neb.

Founded ............................................. 1896

Enrollment ...................................... 24,000

Nickname ................................Cornhuskers

Colors .............................Scarlet and Cream

Facility..............Bob Devaney Sports Center

President ..................James B. Milliken, J.D.

Athletics Director ...................Tom Osborne

Team Information

2009 Record ..........................................4-7

MPSF Finish ......................................Fourth

NCAA Finish ....................................... Ninth

Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............11/4

All-Americans Returning/Lost ...............0/1

Head Coach ........................ Chuck Chmelka

Alma Mater ........................Nebraska, 1982

Record at Nebraska ........................... 0-0-0

(First year)

Media Relations

Contact............................ Jessica Schwager

Phone ............................... (402) 472-2263

Fax .................................... (402) 472-2005

E-mail ................... [email protected]

Web Site ................................. Huskers.com

PENN STATE


Location ......................University Park, Pa.

Founded ............................................ 1855

Enrollment ..................................... 44,112

Nickname ............................. Nittany Lions

Colors ................................Blue and White

Facility.................................... Jeffrey Field

President .....................Dr. Graham Spanier

Athletics Director ........... Timothy J. Curley

Team Information

2009 Record .......................................9-11

Big 10 Finish.......................................Fifth

NCAA Finish .................................. Seventh

Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............9/4


Head Coach ..........................Fandy Jepson

Alma Mater .................... Penn State, 1982

Record at Penn State ......................277-61

(19 years)

Media Relations

Contact............................. John Regenfuss

Phone .............................. (814) 865-1757

Fax ................................... (814) 863-3165

E-mail .............................. [email protected]

Web Site ........................ GoPSUsports.com

OHIO STATE


Location ........................... Columbus, Ohio

Founded ............................................ 1870

Enrollment ..................................... 52,568

Nickname ....................................Buckeyes

Colors .............................. Scarlet and Gray

Facility.................................St. John Arena

President ........................... Dr. Gordon Gee

Athletics Director ................ Eugene Smith

Team Information

2009 Record .......................................9-16

Big 10 Finish....................................... First

NCAA Finish .................................. Seventh

Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............9/4


Head Coach .............................Miles Avery

Alma Mater ..........................Temple, 1985

Record at Ohio State ................... 232-92-1

(12 years)

Media Relations

Contact...................................Emily Meyer

Phone .............................. (614) 292-1389

Fax ................................... (614) 292-8547

E-mail [email protected]

Web Site .............. OhioStateBuckeyes.com


Location ................... USAF Academy, Colo.

Founded ............................................ 1954

Enrollment ....................................... 4,400

Nickname ...................................... Falcons

Colors .................................Blue and Silver

Facility..................Cadet West Gymnasium

Superintendent ...Lt. Gen Michael C. Gould

Athletics Director ............... Dr. Hans Mueh

Team Information

2009 Record .......................................9-23

MPSF Finish ........................................Fifth

NCAA Finish ........................................15th



Head Coach ..............................Kip Simons

Alma Mater ...............................Ohio State

Record at Air Force.................... 400-250-2

(10 years)

Media Relations

Contact............................... Valerie Perkins

Phone .............................. (719) 333-8286

Fax ................................... (719) 333-3798

E-mail ............. [email protected]

Web Site ................GoAirForceFalcons.com

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11th Year at OU: 246-21 | Alma Mater: Nebraska, 1980

Five National Championships

Eight Conference Championships

Five-Time National Coach of the Year

Eight-Time MPSF Coach of the Year

<< HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS >>

<< SOONERS UNDER WILLIAMS >>

<< WILLIAMS BY THE NUMBERS >>

Year Record Conference (Finish) Postseason (Finish) 2000 15-4 MPSF (First) NCAA (Fourth)2001 24-2 MPSF (First) NCAA (Second)2002 28-1 MPSF (First) NCAA (First)2003 26-0 MPSF (First) NCAA (First)2004 24-4 MPSF (Second) NCAA (Second)2005 21-2 MPSF (First) NCAA (First)2006 31-0 MPSF (First) NCAA (First) 2007 26-4 MPSF (First) NCAA (Second)2008 28-1 MPSF (First) NCAA (First)2009 23-3 MPSF (Second) NCAA (Third)TOTAL 246-21 .921 WINNING PERCENTAGE

.921The winning percentage since head coach Mark Williams has been at the University of Oklahoma. Williams has won an average of 24 matches each of his 10 years at the university.

1Since Mark Williams has been at Oklahoma, the Sooners have finished in the top three of the last nine NCAA Championships.

2The number of Olympic gymnasts who have come from Oklahoma since Williams has been coaching at Oklahoma.

17The number of individual national titles won under the direction of Williams.

30The number of individual conference championships awarded under Williams.

103The number of All-Americans that have been produced while Williams has been at Oklahoma.

100The number of wins that Williams collected by 2004. Williams reached the plateau quicker than any coach in NCAA history.

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 eight 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 246-21 (.925) in

11 seasons.

In addition to the five national titles, the Sooners have recorded three national

runner-up finishes under Williams and other gaudy numbers that include 17

individual national champions, 103 All-America honors, eight conference team

championships, 30 individual conference titles and two Nissen Emery Award winners

(Jonathan Horton in 2008 and Daniel Furney in 2003), presented annually to the

nation’s top senior gymnast.

In 2009, Steven 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 was around the world later that year with Williams, Horton, Legendre

and freshman Jake Dalton representing the USA at the 2009 World Championships

in London.

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 the

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.

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.

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history after defeating then-No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

2003

Champions: Furney (AA), Landis (PH), Stevens (V)

national titles in his first four years as a head coach.

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<< WILLIAMS CAREER NOTES >> 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,

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.

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

a member of the 2000 Olympic Selection Committee. He also served as a personal coach on the

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<< THE WILLIAMS FAMILY >> << THE WILLIAMS FILE >> Education

Coaching Experience

Career Coaching Highlights

Coaching AccomplishmentsAthletes on U.S. Olympic Team

Three athletes on World Championship Teams Athlete on Pan American Championship 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

Coached on seven NCAA National Championship Teams (1981, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008)

Athletic Accolades (Nebraska)

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

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

and 1995 World Championships, as well as the 1987 Junior International, 1991-92 DTB Cups, 1991 World University

As a gymnast, assistant coach or head coach, Williams has been a part of eight NCAA Championship teams. A high

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 Cornhuskers to another title in 1981 as a graduate assistant coach. Ten years later, Wil-

liams 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 excitement of being part of

a great team is indescribable. There are very few opportunities for gymnasts 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 education, plus the support and camaraderie of a team, make NCAA gymnastics something special.”

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.

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Williams’ success doesn’t stop at the NCAA level. He

has earned the respect of the gymnastics nation by

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Q: Are there any differences that you see in this season’s team that you didn’t

see the previous season?

A: “It is a younger team. I have seen a little more eagerness out of this group than we

did last year, which was a little bit more senior-oriented group and they had already been

through a couple of National Championships already. I don’t know if this team has a sense

yet of what this all is going to be about, especially the new guys. We are coming off a little

bit of a disappointing season due to the finish last year. I think there is more of a sense of

urgency in the preseason right now to get better with higher start values, to be in better

shape, and I am looking forward to it. I feel there is an energy about this team that is hope-

fully is going to take us far.”

Q: How well do you think Steven Legendre and Jake Dalton will benefit this

season after coming off the 2009 World Championships?

A: “I think that Steve has been in that situation before, because in the past couple of

years he has had one international meet before the NCAA season started. He has been kick

started this way the last two years and I think this will be the same for him. For Jake, it is an

opportunity for him to maintain routine shape with the meet he had in Japan and the World

Championships and those kinds of experiences are invaluable for the preparation for the

NCAA season. They have a little down time after those competitions but they will quickly get

started again for the NCAA season. Hopefully, they will both get better and better because

of it.”

Q: Does the number of away meets in the 2010 season help prepare for the

MPSF and NCAA Championships?

A: “Sometimes you learn more about your team when you’re competing away than you

are at home. It is certainly nice to be at home, have that sense of familiarity and the comfort

of competing with your fans. When you go on the road and because the NCAA Champion-

ships are not at home, it is a good thing to be tested that way.”

Q: On the history of Oklahoma and the NCAA Championships at United States

Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

A: “The last time we were there we put together, surprisingly at that time to us, a

championship meet. It came down to the last guy on the last event and it was pretty exciting

knocking out Ohio State with Jonathan Horton finishing on vault. I would like to bring those

types of performances back this year as we go out there and put ourselves in position for

another championship.”

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Head Coach Mark Williams

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<< ASSISTANT COACH RUSTAM SHARIPOV >>

One of the main reasons for the sustained excellence of the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team has been head

experience of three Olympic medals, including two golds, to Norman.

In his first year as an OU assistant, the Ukraine native was named National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year as he helped lead the

Sooners to the 2006 National Championship. In 2008, Sharipov and the Sooners duplicated that feat with the program’s eighth

National title.

After retiring from competitive gymnastics in 2000, Sharipov moved to the United States and began his coaching career at the

members Sean Townsend and Todd Thornton. In 2004, he was the head coach for the U.S. Team that won the gold medal at

the Junior Pacific Alliance Competition and in 2002 was the coach of the U.S. Team that took gold at the Junior Pan American

As a gymnast, Sharipov burst on the scene in 1989 as the Soviet junior national champion and, shortly afterward, brought home

the all-around championship at the 1990 U.S. Olympic Cup. Sharipov put on a show at the 1992 European Championships, win-

ning the high bar and taking second on the parallel bars. He also took first on the parallel bars at the CIS Championships and

Medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Sharipov did not slow down in ’93, taking first in the all-around at both the Nikon International and the International Cham-

Sharipov was a member of the third-place team and was the runner-up on the parallel bars.

In 1995, after winning championships on the parallel bars at the French International and the Cottbus International along with

winning gold on high bar and parallel bars. He followed that up in 1996 with perhaps the best year of his career, taking first on

the parallel bars at the European Championships before adding the championship on the apparatus at the World Champion-

ships.

parallel bars and was a member of the bronze-medal Ukrainian team.

A 1997 graduate of Kharkov State in Ukraine, Sharipov was awarded the title of Master of Sport in 1992. The honor represents

the highest athletic level that one can reach in the former Soviet Union. Sharipov, and his wife, Amber, have three daughters,

Ksenia, 6, Maya, 4 and Isabella, 2. nd Isabella, 2.

Fifth Year at OU | Alma Mater: Kharkov State, 1997

2008 National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year


Education

Coaching Experience

Coaching Accomplishments

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<< ASSISTANT COACH DANIEL FURNEY >> Fifth Year at OU | Alma Mater: Oklahoma, 2004



Keeping it in the family has been a familiar theme throughout the coaching ranks and that trend is represented by the men’s

gymnastics team at the University of Oklahoma. Former OU gymnast and 2003 Nissen Emery award winner Daniel Furney

begins his fifth season as an assistant coach at his alma mater.

Whether as a student-athlete or assistant coach, the Sooners have enjoyed four national championship runs with Furney

on campus. The four-year letterwinner led OU to the 2002 and 2003 NCAA titles and then duplicated that accomplishment

National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2008.

“As the national all-around champion and Nissen Emery award winner in 2003, Daniel had one of the most prestigious

careers in this program’s history,” said head coach Mark WIlliams. “Since he’s had that experience here as a student-athlete,

he is able to impart a lot of knowledge to our current student-athletes.”

“I feel extremely privileged to be a member of the coaching staff of the best program in the nation,” said Furney. “I enjoy not

just being a coach, but being a mentor for these young men, both athletically and academically. It’s a great honor to be able

to have the opportunity to build upon the tradition that I was a part of at OU as a student-athlete.”

One of the most decorated gymnasts in the program’s history, Furney was named the school’s fifth Nissen Emery winner

prior to the 2003 NCAA Championships. That was just the start of a successful championship weekend for the then-senior.

Besides helping the Sooners to their second straight national championship and a perfect 26-0 record, Furney was the NCAA

all-around champion with a score of 56.100. The all-around wasn’t the only event that Furney picked up a NCAA individual

championship on as he won the title on the parallel bars a day later.

Furney’s nine career All-America honors is tied for second most in OU history with Bart Conner. His most successful year

was in 2003 when he earned four All-America honors (all-around, vault, parallel bars, high bar). In 2002, Furney picked up

All-America honors on the vault, high bar and all-around and in 2001 on the pommel horse and p-bars.

Furney also picked up two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation individual conference championships in the all-around in

2003 and on the pommel horse, also in 2003. In addition, he was a member of the three conference championships teams

at OU.

A former U.S. Senior National Team member (2001-02), Furney shares OU’s vault record of 9.7 with Jock Stevens.

Furney graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2004 with a degree in communications. He then received his master’s

from OU in higher education administration with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletics in May of 2005.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Furney was married on Aug. 20, 2005, to the former Emily Land.

Education

Coaching Experience

Coaching Accomplishments

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Jamie Henderson was a four-year letterman at Oklahoma from 2003 to 2006 and a five-time All-American on the pommel horse and still rings for the Sooners.

The Crosby, Texas, native was a member of three NCAA National Championship teams in 2006, 2005, and 2003 and served as a team captain his senior year.

After completing his bachelor’s degree in fine arts, Henderson returns as the team gaduate manager.

Henderson is working on a master’s degree in fine arts, focusing on sculpture.

Jennifer Cappuzzo,

MA, ATCAssistant Athletic Trainer

Dr. David Holden, a board certified orthopedic surgeon from the McBride Clinic in Oklahoma City, returns for his 10th year with the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program. A graduate of Duke University and the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Holden serves as a clinical instructor at the University of Oklahoma Medical School and is a member of various professional organizations includ-ing the AMA, OSMA, OCMA, American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery.

Holden served as the U.S. athletes’ 2000 Swim Team Physician for the

Olympics in 1994 and 1995. Holden occasionally travels with the team to competitions and makes bi-weekly visits to the training facility to medically evaluate student-athletes.

Dr. David Holden

Team Physician

Jennifer Cappuzzo enters her third year as an athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma. Cappuzzo earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Virginia

medicine health care from The University of Alabama where she served as the athletic trainer for the softball team.

She has served as the athletic trainer for the women’s soccer and women’s basketball teams at St. Mary’s College of California and with the 2005 and 2006 national championship women’s gymnastics team at the University of

At OU, Cappuzzo, a Hamburg, N.Y. native, is responsible for the daily care, treatment, rehab and prevention of injuries for the men’s and women’s gym-nastics programs.

Josh Agee

Athletic Trainer, ATCAssistant Athletic Trainer

Jamie Henderson

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Debbie Copp

Director of PublicationsAssistant Athletic Trainer

Lindy Roberts

Director of Event Management

(Sport Administrator)

Danny Haynor

Event ManagementAssistant Athletic Trainer

Scott Matthews

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Lori Kemmet

MarketingAssistant Athletic Trainer

Carol Ludvigson

Academic AdvisorAssistant Athletic Trainer

Lisa CavanaughAssistant Athle

Meet Directorer

Danny Davis

Director of Event OperationsAssistant Athletic Trainer

A Certified Athletic Trainer, Josh Agee came to the University of Oklahoma in

in his first year with the men’s gymnastics program.

While earning his undergraduate degree, he worked with the Central Missouri athletic department as a athletic trainer for football and basketball.

During 2007, he worked as in intern trainer for the Seattle Supersonics.

He is currently working towards his master’s degree in Intercollegiate Athletics Administration.

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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 long-

time support of education, and for his distinguished political ca-

reer 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

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

was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma

ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of fund-

ing for higher education.

One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality

education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excel-

lence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation recognizes

outstanding public school students and teachers and helps

establish private local foundations to help give academic endow-

ment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the

author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which pro-

vides 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 progressive 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 education 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 Finance 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 efforts 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 cam-

paign finance reform and for legislation discouraging adminis-

tration 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, including members of Congress, can

receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special 1992-93

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which pro-

duced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive

by streamlining congressional bureaucracy, 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 Uni-

versity 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 Ameri-

can Association of University Professors 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 his-

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

Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for

freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplin-

Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence

50 retired full professors back to the University to teach fresh-

men.

The number of new facilities started or completed on the cam-

pus 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.

Among the largest of the recent projects are the $18.7 million

renovation and expansion of historic Holmberg Hall, home of

Health Sciences Center has a new Student Union, and the new

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.

campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was

twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history. 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 more than

quadrupled and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to

more than 107,000 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, 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

Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.

David L. Boren

13th President at Oklahoma

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Principle Centered Leader …Visionary ... Passionate Advocate for Student-Athletes ... Establishes Standards of Excellence & Cultural Values ... Builder of Championship Programs

The success of the University of Oklahoma Athletics Depart-

ment is known throughout the world of intercollegiate

athletics. The last decade may stand as one of the most

successful in school history and leading that effort is Joe

Castiglione, the Sooner AD since 1998.

Castiglione’s Sooner team has worked to create a place where

competitive dreams come true and academic goals are

reached with regularity. Excellence is the norm at OU, and

the Sooners’ sports programs, student-athletes, coaches and

staff are committed to that standard.

For Castiglione, though, it’s not just about the champion-

ships 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 achievement 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”

With the support of OU President David L. Boren and OU’s

creating a climate that creates lofty goals, high standards

and a commitment to ethical behavior that is second to

none.

Since arriving at OU in 1998 after an outstanding career at

Missouri, Castiglione has seen the Sooners finish in the top

30 of the Learfield Director’s Cup in nine of the last 11 years.

Through his insistence that daily and long-term decisions be

made in a financially responsible manner, the department

has closed the books in the black in each of the last 11 years.

In 2009, the department increased its direct support of the

academic mission of the University by increasing its annual

commitment to $4 million dollars. Through direct and

indirect support, OU Athletics, under Castiglione’s leadership,

provides more than $7 million to OU Academics.

The 11th director of athletics in University of Oklahoma

history, Castiglione is quick to give full credit to the student-

athletes and coaches, the staff, OU President David L. Boren,

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cess 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 Athletic Director of the Year in May

2009 by the Sports Business Journal.

That award was one of several earned by Castiglione and

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 achieve-

ments 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 Market-

ing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received

for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football

Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors

Year in 2000.

The achievement that may bring him the most pride, though,

came in May 2007 when he completed his master’s of educa-

tion 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 a

In his tenure, OU has celebrated seven national team

record numbers of graduating student-athletes and record-

construction of new facilities.

Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department’s

Sooner Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003

with more than $125 million raised. The figure has grown to

almost $200 million since then as funds continue to be raised

for facility improvements and scholarship endowments. The

largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history includes

projects that impact each of OU’s nearly 500 student-athletes

and has become a national model for intercollegiate athlet-

ics.

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 programs, hiring outstanding coaches,

implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspir-

ing 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

He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at

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tor of communications and marketing.

His commitment to the success of student-athletes has gone

beyond the Norman campus and he has served at national

and conference level. He chairs the NCAA’s Football Academic

Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Board

of Directors. He served two terms as chair of the Big 12 Board

of Athletics Directors and is a past president of both the Divi-

sion I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served

Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past

member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification

Committee. He recently served on the NCAA Diversity Leader-

ship Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division

Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees, he is a highly

requested speaker at annual conventions and continuing

education institutes.

A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione is married to the

former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of

and Jonathan Edmund.

Joe Castiglione

12th Year at Oklahoma

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Matt Roberts

Assistant A.D. Development

Luther Lee

Assistant A.D. Business

Gloria Nevarez

Jason Leonard

Executive Director of Compliance

Larry Naifeh

Executive Associate Director of Athletics

Joe Washington

Special Assistant to the Athletics Director,

Executive Director, Varsity O Association

Connie Dillon

Merv Johnson

Special Assistant to the Athletics Director

Billy Ray Johnson

Associate A.D. Ticket Operations

Dr. Nicki Moore

Greg Phillips

Kenny Mossman

Senior Associate A.D. Communications

Dr. Gerald Gurney

Senior Associate A.D. Academics and Student Life

ATHLETIC PHONE DIRECTORY

Unless otherwise noted, numbers are

(405) 325 + four-digit extension

............ 8265

Administration .............................8200

Baseball .......................................8354

Basketball, Men’s .........................4732

Basketball, Women’s ....................8322

.......................8440

Compliance .................................8561

24 Hour Hotline ...................... 6479

........8000

Toll Free ................. (866) 766-6372

Equipment ...................................8379

.....................8235

Facilities .......................................8290

Football ........................................2345

.............................8223

....................................8342

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Marketing ................................... 7811

...........................8231

Medical Training ...........................8332

O-Club ..........................................8224

Publications .................................8367

Soccer ..........................................8296

Softball ........................................8361

SoonerSports.com ........................4274

Sooner Sports Properties ..............2148

SoonerVision ................................8261

Spirit ............................................8366

..............8330

Tennis, Men’s ................................8362

Tennis, Women’s ...........................8325

Ticket Office .................................2424

Toll Free ................ (800) 456-4668

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Volleyball .....................................8364

Wrestling .....................................8209

Charlie Taylor

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Bob Stoops

Football - 11th year

Sherri Coale

Women’s Basketball - 14th year

Sunny Golloway

Baseball - Sixth year

Ryan Hybl

Martin Smith

Jeff Capel

Men’s Basketball - Fourth year

Jack Spates

Wrestling - 17th year

David Mullins

Women’s Tennis - Second year

Patty Gasso

Softball - 16th year

K.J. Kindler

Veronique Drouin

Leanne Craine

Nicole Nelson

Soccer - Third year

John Roddick

Men’s Tennis - First year

Santiago Restrepo

Volleyball - Seventh year

Mark Williams

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2009 NCAA Championships: Posted a score of 14.250 on pommel horse to finish tied for 25th on the event in the team finals.

2009: Won pommel horse with a 14.900 and tied for third on parallel bars (14.600) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Placed

sixth on pommel horse in Nebraska win ... Won pommel horse (14.500) and finished second on parallel bars (14.650) against

Texas club team ... Came in second on pommel horse (14.750) and tied for third on parallel bars (14.100) in win against Iowa

... Posted a 14.850 on parallel bars in home win against Nebraska ... Placed second on pommel horse with a score of 14.500 in

win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Tied for second place on parallel bars with a score of 14.750 in win over Ohio State ... Set a

career high on parallel bars with a score of 14.950 to finish third on the event in a win against Penn State ... Finished third with

a career-high score on pommel horse (14.950) at the MPSF Championship.

2008 NCAA Championships: Recorded OU’s third highest score on pommel horse (14.100) in team finals.

2008: Tied for seventh on horse (13.950) at MPSF Championship ... Tied for fourth on pommel horse (14.200) at Penn State

... Finished third on pommel horse (14.300) in win over Minnesota ... Recorded a 14.600 on pommel horse at Pacific Coast

Classic ... Claimed first event title of his OU career with a 14.000 on pommel horse at Iowa ... Also scored a season-high 14.500

on parallel bars in win over Hawkeyes ... Tied for third on pommels (13.550) in Michigan win ... Placed third on pommel horse

(14.000) against Nebraska and Air Force.

2007: Posted a 8.6 on horse in Iowa win ... Third on p-bars (8.75) and fifth on pommel horse (8.05) versus Texas and Wash-

ington ...Tied for fifth on p-bars with a career-high 8.75 versus Nebraska and Air Force ... Recorded the team’s second highest

score on pommel horse (8.25) in his first collegiate competition at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Advanced to the event finals on

pommel horse where he tied for fourth place.

Club/High School: Attended St. Paul’s High School in Covington, La. ... Coached by Alex Shostak at MGA ... Competed at the

Junior National Championships in 2006.

Personal: Full name is Corey Michael English ... Born in Covington, La. ... Son of Wayne and Sandra English ... Played football

and soccer in high school ... Also recruited by Iowa ... Majoring in buisness management and marketing.

Senior | 5-7 | Hometown: Covington, La.

Club: MGA | High School: St. Paul’s

Events: PH, PB

CAREER HIGHSPommel Horse ......................................14.900

Parallel Bars .........................................14.950

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

(14.100) in 2008 NCAA team finals.

14.000 on pommel horse at Iowa in 2008.

(Garrett Carr is the other). Carr and English were both

coached by Alex Shostak at the club level.

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2009: Won rings with a score of 15.300 and finished third on vault (15.650) and parallel bars (14.600) at the Rocky Mountain

Open ... Missed the remainder of the season due to a torn Achilles tendon at Rocky Mountain Open, granted medical hardship to

preserve year of eligibility.

2008 NCAA Championships: Scored a 14.900 on rings in team finals to help OU clinch the national title.

2008: Scored a career-high 15.250 on floor at Penn State ... Finished third on rings with a career-best 15.300 in win over Min-

nesota ... Tied for fourth on vault (15.750) at Pacific Coast Classic ... Second on rings with a 15.150 in win at Iowa ... Placed 29th

on high bar (27.450) and 32nd on pommel horse (24.200) at Winter Cup Challenge ... Won the all-around (85.400) and vault

(15.900) titles in home win against Nebraska ... Also earned top-five finishes on pommel horse (13.700), rings (14.400) and

high bar (13.900) against the Huskers ... Tied for second on vault with a 15.850 against Michigan.

2007 NCAA Championships: Tied for 11th on rings in the team finals with a career-best 9.55 ... Scored a career-high 8.3 on

horse in qualifier.

2007: Scored a career-best 9.4 on floor at MPSF Championship ... Fourth on floor (9.2) against Iowa ... Also tied for fourth on

rings (9.3) and vault (9.0) against the Hawkeyes ... Set career high on rings (9.4) against No. 4 Ohio State ... MPSF Gymnast of

the Week for Feb. 19 ... Won all-around (49.55), rings (9.05) and vault (8.85) titles against Texas and Washington ... Runner-up

on rings (9.05) and tied for fourth on vault (8.8) at Nebraska ... Second on vault (9.05) and tied for fifth on rings (9.3) at No. 1

Michigan ... Shared the high bar title with teammate Brian Carr (8.75) against Air Force and Nebraska ... Tied for second on rings

(8.95) and third on vault (9.0) against Falcons and Huskers ... Recorded OU’s second highest score on vault (8.65) at the Rocky

Mountain Open ... Finished second on rings and third on high bar in the RMO event finals.

Club/High School: Attended Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pa. ... Coached by Barry Mattern at ASAP ... Finished

13th at the 2004 Junior Nationals ... Took the vault title at the 2002 and 2006 Juniors ... Earned a high score of 9.95 on vault.

Personal: Born in Harrisburg, Pa... Son of Derek Jackson and Teresa Sims ... Full name is Ian Christopher Jackson ... Has an older

sister, Jessyca, an older brother, Derek, and younger brother, Kyle ... Derek plays lacrosse and runs track at Howard University and

Jessyca runs track at Syracuse ... Also recruited by Penn State, Ohio State, Iowa and Illinois ... Major human relations.

Junior | 5-6 | Hometown: Harrisburg, Pa.

Club: ASAP | High School: Central Dauphin

Events: All-Around

CAREER HIGHSAll-Around ...........................................85.400

Floor .....................................................15.250

Pommel ...............................................13.700

Still Rings .............................................15.300

Vault ....................................................15.900

Parallel Bars .........................................13.100

High Bar ...............................................13.900

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

finals to help OU clinch the national title.

(15.900) titles in home win against Nebraska in

2007.

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2009 NCAA Championships: Won the NCAA all-around National Championship with a score of 90.500 ... Also captured individual

NCAA titles on floor and vault with scores of 15.625 and 16.325, respectively, ... Earned All-America status on floor, vault, and AA,

which gives him a career total of six ... Five individual titles puts him past Bart Conner (3) and second all-time behind Jonathan

Horton (6) ... Legendre’s three individual titles were the most amount won by a gymnast in 2009.

2009: Won floor (15.350), vault (15.900), parallel bars ( 14.950), high bar (14.700 and the all-around (89.400) at the Rocky

Mountain Open ... Also won rings ( 14.900) and vault (16.300) event titles against Nebraska ... Placed first in floor (15.500) and

parallel bars (15.200) in Texas club team win ... Finished seventh in all-around at the Winter Cup ... Earned a spot on U.S. Senior

National Team ... Won floor (15.650) and high bar (15.150) with a career high on high bar in win against Iowa ... Claimed four

indidual titles to win all-around while posting OU record 16.500 on vault and breaking three career marks on vault, parallel bars

and all-around in home win against Nebraska ... Named National Gymnast of the week March 4 by the CGA ... Claimed vault event

title with a score of 16.200 in win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Claimed event titles on parallel bars (14.900) and high bar

(14.800) in win over Ohio State ... Set a career high on pommel horse (14.550) and all-around (92.250), while claiming event title

on floor, vault, parallel bars and all-around in a win against Penn State ... Won vault event title with a score of 16.450 at the MPSF

Championship.

2008 NCAA Championships: First freshman in OU history to win two NCAA event titles, earning national crowns with career

bests on floor (16.100) and vault (16.400) ... Also set career highs on rings (14.300) and high bar (14.900) during the competition

... The fourth gymnast in program history to claim multiple national titles in one season ... Earned All-America honors on floor

(16.100), vault (16.400) and high bar (14.650) ... Finished first on floor on all three days of NCAA competition (15.950, 16.000,

16.100).

2008: Claimed MPSF floor exercise title with a 15.800 ... Also set personal best with a 15.150 on p-bars and tied for third on vault

(16.100) at MPSF Championship ... Finished sixth floor exercise title (15.800) at Penn State ... Also tied for first on vault (16.050) in

win against the Nittany Lions ... Claimed floor exercise crown with a personal- and program-record 15.800 in win over Minnesota

... Also finished second on vault (16.300) and was fourth on p-bars with a career-high 15.100 against the Golden Gophers ... Took

floor title (15.650) at Pacific Coast Classic ... Also placed second on vault (16.050) at PCC ... Won vault title (16.100) and was second

on floor (15.350) in win at Iowa ... Placed third on floor (30.750) and 13th on vault (31.300) and earned top-25 finishes on p-bars

(28.150) and high bar (27.200) at Winter Cup Challenge ... Led vault standings after season-high 16.400 in Winter Cup prelims ...

Tied for third on floor (14.750) in home win against Nebraska ... MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 28 ... Claimed third straight

all-around (85.850) and floor exercise (15.250) titles in Michigan win ... All-around (87.650) and floor exercise (15.450) champion

against Nebraska and Air Force ... Placed third on parallel bars (14.600) and high bar (14.900) and fourth on pommel horse

(13.700) against the Huskers and Falcons ... MPSF Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 15 ... Won the all-around (84.950) and floor exer-

cise (15.400) in his first collegiate competition at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Also placed second on parallel bars (14.350), third

on vault (15.400), and fifth on high bar (13.050) at the RMO ... Competed in the 2008 VISA Championships, finishing third on floor

... Competed in first U.S. Senior National Team compitition at the Toyota Cup in Toyota City, Japan ... Won a bronze medal on vault.

Club/High School: Attended Spring Creek Academy in Plano, Texas, and Port Jefferson HS in Port Jefferson, N.Y. ... Also competed

on the wrestling team at Port Jefferson ... Coached by Yuri Kartsev at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy ... Finished second on

vault and seventh on floor in the senior division at the 2007 Visa U.S. Championships ... Took first on vault and second on parallel

bars in the junior division and was third on vault in the senior division at the 2006 Visa Championships ... Finished eighth in the

all-around at the 2005 Junior National Championships.

Personal: Full name is Steven Michael Legendre ... Born in Port Jefferson, N.Y. ... Son of Raymond and Lisa Legendre ... Also

recruited by Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio State ... Sister, Jessica, former OU softball player ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Junior | 5-6 | Hometown: Port Jefferson, N. Y.

Club: World Olympic Gymnastics

High School: Spring Creek Academy | Events: All-Around

<< STEVEN LEGENDRE >>

CAREER HIGHSAll-Around ............................................ 90.500

Floor Exercise ........................................ 16.100

Pommel Horse ....................................... 13.700

Still Rings .............................................. 14.300

Vault ..................................................... 16.400

Parallel Bars .......................................... 15.150

High Bar ................................................ 14.900

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

gymnasts to compete at the 2009 World

Championships.

National Championships. Earned All-America status

on floor, vault, and AA, which gives him a career

total of six.

two NCAA titles. Legendre is the fourth Sooner to

win multiple titles in one season.

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Junior | 5-11 | Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz.

Club: USA Flairs | High School: Highland High School

Events: FX, PH, SR,

2009 NCAA Championships: Competed on pommel horse (14.150) and still rings (14.800) in the team finals.

2009: Finished third on floor (13.650), pommel horse (14.150) and rings (14.450) in first action of the season as a Sooner ...

Came in third on pommel horse with a career-high score of 14.300 in win over Iowa ... Broke career high with a score of 14.350

to finish second on pommel horse in home win against Nebraska ... Finished fifth on rings (15.150), setting career high in win

over Ohio State ... Set a career high on rings with a score of 15.150, tying for third on the event in a win over Penn State ...

Finished ninth on pommel horse (14.150) at the MPSF Championship.

Club/High School: Attended Highland High School in Gilbert, Ariz. ... Coached by Mike Naddour and Paris Bland at USA Flairs...

Placed second at Collegiate National Championships two year in a row ...Four-time U.S.A.G. All-American.

Personal: Full name Anthony Michael Naddour ... Born in Gilbert, Ariz. ... Son of Mike Naddour and Sandy Ray-Burnett ... Has

one younger brother, Alex, on the Sooner gymnastics team, a younger stepbrother Justin and younger stepsister Bailey ... Major-

ing in business.

<< ANTHONY NADDOUR >>

CAREER HIGHSAll-Around ............................................... N/A

Floor Exercise ...................................... 13.650

Pommel Horse ..................................... 14.350

Still Rings ............................................ 15.150

Vault ........................................................ N/A

Parallel Bars ............................................. N/A

High Bar ................................................... N/A

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

tying for third on the event in a win over Penn State.

second on pommel horse in home win against

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2009 NCAA Championships: Competed on floor (11.500) and rings (14.550) in the team finals.

2009: Tied for second on rings (15.150) and finished third on floor (14.650) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Placed sec-

ond on floor (14.650) and fourth on high bar (14.400) in win at Nebraska ... Placed third on high bar (13.200) and fourth

on rings (13.950) against Texas club team ... Set career high on rings with a 14.400 and tied for fourth on parallel bars

(14.050) in win over Iowa ... Broke career highs on floor (14.750) and rings (14.600) in home win against Nebraska ...

Broke career high on floor with a score of 14.800 in win over Ohio State ... Tied for ninth on rings with a score of 14.600

in a win over Penn State ... Set career high on floor with a score of 15.100 to finish eighth at the MPSF Championship.

Club/High School: Attended Charlotte Catholic High School ... 12-time state champion in all-around ... Three-time regional

champion in all-around ... 2008 North Carolina athlete of the year ... North Carolina senior award in 2008 ... Received North

Carolina Region Eight Ten-O Award in 2008.

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... Also recruited by Penn State, Iowa, and Michigan ... Major undecided.

Sophomore | 5-11 | Hometown: Charlotte, N. C.

Club: G & J Speedway | High School: Charlotte Catholic

Events: SR, PB, FX, V, HB

CAREER HIGHSPommel Horse ......................................14.600

Parallel Bars .........................................14.500

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

the team finals at NCAA Championships.

finish eighth at the MPSF Championship.

win over Ohio State

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2009 NCAA Championships: Earned first career All-America honor with a 15.375 on floor at the event finals ... Tied for fourth

on floor in the team finals, setting a career high with a 15.550 ... Tied for 26th on vault with an 15.600 in the team finals.

2009: Finished second on vault (15.700) and fourth on floor (14.400) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Won floor (14.900) in win

against Nebraska ... Posted a 16.000 on vault, finishing second, and came in second on floor (14.850) in win over Iowa ... Tied

career high with a 16.000 to finish third on vault in home win against Nebraska ... Placed fourth with a vault score of 16.050

in win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Broke career high on high bar with a score of 14.050 in win over Ohio State. Set a career

high on vault with a score of 16.100, placing third on the event in a win over Penn State ... Tied for ninth on vault (15.800) at

the MPSF Championship.

2008 NCAA Championships: Recorded his second highest vault score of the season (15.900) in team finals to tie for 12th

place.

2008: Tied for fifth on vault (15.450) at Penn State ... Second on vault with a season-high 16.000 in win at Iowa ... Placed sec-

ond on floor (15.300) and vault (15.850) in home win against Nebraska ... Tied for second on vault (15.850) in Michigan win ...

Won the vault title (15.900) and was second on floor (15.400) against Nebraska and Air Force ... Tied for fourth on floor (14.150)

and was fifth on vault (15.250) in his first collegiate competition at the Rocky Mountain Open.

Club/High School: Trained at Gym World ... Coached by Chris Tollen ... Attended Brunswick High School ... Five-time Junior

Olympic National qualifier ... Advanced to J.O. floor exercise finals twice and was a vault semifinalist.

Personal: Born in Brunswick, Ohio ... Son of Jim and Betsy Shortle ... Has an older sister, Megan ... Also recruited by Michigan ...

Majoring in Multidisciplinary Studies.

Junior | 5-2 | Hometown: Brunswick, Ohio

Club: Gym World | High School: Brunswick

Events: FX, V, HB

CAREER HIGHSFloor Exercise ........................................15.550

Vault .....................................................16.050

High Bar ................................................14.050

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

on floor at the event finals.

on floor (15.400) against Nebraska and Air Force

in 2008.

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RS-Freshman | 5-6 | Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.

Club: Temple Boys Gymnastics | High School: William Tennent

Events: FX, PH, SR, V, PB

2009: Did not compete in first two meets and missed season due to injury. Used redshirt to preserve year of eligibility.

Club/High School: Attended William Tennent High School ... Third in all-around at Maccabiah Games... Junior Olympic National

qualifier from 2006-2009.

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... Also recruited by Penn State, Iowa, and Illinois ... Majoring in business.

<< TROY NITZKY >>

2009: Did not compete due to injury.

2008: Did not compete due to injury.

Club/High School: Trained at Littlestar Gymnastics ... Coached by his mother, Lynn Grimes ... Attended Ulysses High School ...

Also played high school baseball.

Personal: Full name is Clayton James Grimes ... Born in Ulysses, Kan. ... Son of James and Lynn Grimes ... Has an older sister, Stacy,

and two younger brothers, Jared and Tanner ... Majoring in health and exercise science.

RS-Junior | 5-5 | Hometown: Ulysses, Kan.

Club: Littlestar Gymnastics | High School: Ulysses

Events: SR

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RS-Freshman | 5-11 | Hometown: Houston, Texas

Club: Cypress Academy | High School: Home School

Events: PH, PB, V, HB

2009: Missed entire 2009 season due to injury. Used redshirt to preserve year of eligibility.

Club/High School: Trained at Cypress Academy ... Coached by former OU gymnast Tom Meadows and Colby Vancleave at Cypress

Academy ... National qualifier ... Four-time regional team member ... Third on high bar at 2008 Junior Nationals ... 2006 and 2008

state high bar champion.

Personal: Full name Benjamin Allen Mayer ... Born in Houston, Texas ... Son of Kurt and Gillian Mayer ... Has two older siblings,

brother Ian and sister Jamie ... Also recruited by Navy ... Majoring in health and exercise science.

<< BEN MAYER >>

2009 NCAA Championships: Tied career high on floor (14.550) in qualifying round.

2009: Finished fourth on floor (13.600) and high bar (13.100) against Texas club team ... Came in third on high bar with a

career-high score of 14.000 in win over Iowa ... Broke career high on floor with a 14.100 in home win against Nebraska ... Broke

career high on floor with a score of 14.550 in win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Set a career high on high bar with a score of

14.500 in a win over Penn State.

Club/High School: Attended Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas ... Coached by former OU Gymnasts Tom Meadows at

Cypress Academy of Gymnastics ... Finished 27th at 2008 Junior Olympic Nationals ... Won Bart Conner Spirit Award.

Personal: Full name is David Joseph Finning ... Born in Claremore, Okla. ... Son of Scott and Deborah Finning ... Has two siblings,

brother Edley and sister Jessica ... Also recruited by Air Force and Army ... Majoring in health and exercise science.

Sophomore | 5-4 | Hometown: Claremore, Okla.

Club: Cypress Academy | High School: Cypress Falls

Events: All-Around

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Club/High School: Trained at Gym Nevada ... Coached by Andrew Pileggi ... Attended Spanish Springs High School ... U.S. Junior

National Team member for three years ... U.S. Senior National Team member for one year ... Finished second at J.O. Nationals in 2008

and 2009 ... Was one of three current and former Sooner gymnasts to compete at the 2009 World Championships.

Personal: Born in Reno, Nev. ... Son of Tim and Denise Dalton ... Has one older sister, Jessi... Also recruited by Penn State, Cal,

Stanford, UIC, Michigan ... Major undecided.

Freshman | 5-5 | Hometown: Reno, Nev.

Club: Club NV | High School: Spanish Springs

Events: All-Around

<< JAKE DALTON >>

Sophomore | 5-11 | Hometown: Long Grove, Ill.

Club: Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center | High School: Stevenson

Events: PH, HB

2009: Tied for sixth on floor (13.250) in win against Texas club team ... Broke career high on rings with a 13.150 in home win

against Nebraska.

Club/High School: Trained at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center ... Coached by Kelly Crumley and Don Osborn ... 2007 National

Champions (Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center)... Six-time Junior Olympic National qualifier... Scholastics All-American.

Personal: Full name is Chad Thomas Crumley... Born in Long Grove, Ill. ... Son of Kelly and Teri Crumley... Has younger sister,

Taylor ... Also recruited by Michigan, UC Berkeley, Illinois, and Minnesota ... Major undecided.

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Freshman | 5-7 | Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz.

Club: Arizona Flairs | High School: Highland

Events: All-Around

Club/High School: Trained at Arizona Flairs ... Coached by Mike Naddour ... Attended Highland High School ... Finished first in

all-around and pommel horse, second on floor and second on high bar at the 2009 J.O. Nationals.

Personal: Born in Gilbert, Ariz. ... Son of Mike and Sandy Naddour ... Has one older brother Anthony, on the Sooner gymnastics

team, a younger stepbrother Justin and younger stepsister Bailey... Also recruited by Penn State, Cal, Stanford, Nebraska... Business

major.

<< ALEX NADDOUR >>

Freshman | 5-5 | Hometown: Houston, Texas

Club: Cypress Academy | High School: William B. Travis

Events: All-Around

Club/High School: Trained at Cypress Academy ... Coached by Tom Meadows ... Attended William B. Travis High School ... 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: Born in Syosset, N.Y. ... Son of Robert and Susan Stehl ... Has one older brother Robbie, a younger brothers Michael and

Nicholas, and a younger sister Summer... Also recruited by Ohio State and Minnesota... Health and exercise science major.

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When they’re not busy winning NCAA and conference

championships or racking up All-America honors like they’re

going out of style, the guys on the OU men’s gymnastics

squad are a pretty interesting bunch. Ever wonder who’s got

the best dance moves, who you wouldn’t want to challenge

to a game of pickup basketball, or who you definitely don’t

want to ride shotgun with?

Nobody knows the guys on the team better than the guys

on the team, so the Sooners took a poll to reveal some

fun facts you may not have known about your favorite OU

gymnasts.

Team members responded to some “best” or most “likely”

questions and were not allowed to vote for themselves in

any category. Many of the responses were to be expected,

while others might just surprise you.

Either way, the poll gives Sooner fans a better picture of

what the guys are like, both on and off the competition

floor.

Best Dressed: Chad (7)

Smartest in the Classroom: CJ (5)

Biggest Comedian: Ian (4)

Best Singer: Ben (8)

Best Dancer: Ben (6)

Best with the Ladies: Alex (7)

Likely to be a Millionaire: Troy (9)

Hardest Worker: Grimes (6), Jake (5)

Best Athlete (besides gymnastics): Ian (10)

Cheapest: David (15)

Biggest Eaters: Bobby, Steve (5)

Loudest: Bobby (14)

Funniest: Ian (8)

Biggest Trash Talker: Steve (13)

Most Manners: Pat (7), CJ (6)

Best Impersonator: Corey (11)

First to get married: Corey (6), Anthony, Steve (5)

Most Respected: Steve (9)

Best Athlete in the gym: Steve (11)

<< TEAM POLL: TOP VOTE GETTERS (VOTES) >>

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Head Coach Mark Williams and the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team completed another banner year, finishing undefeated in the regular season and adding three national crowns to its history.

Steven Legendre proved ready to follow in Jonathan Horton’s footsteps by capturing three individual National Championships. The sophomore claimed the national all-around crown and added titles on floor and vault to move past Bart Conner (three titles) in the OU record books. Legendre’s five career national titles places him one behind Horton’s school record.

The Sooners tallied 361.200 points to finish third at the 2009 NCAA Championship in Min-nesota. Stanford (362.800) claimed the title, as Michigan (361.500) finished second, and California (361.150) fourth.

Following the 2008 Sooners, who won the program’s eighth title, the 2009 team finished with 11 All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Collecting All-America honors for OU in 2009 were seniors Chris Brooks (AA, FX, V), Russell Czeschin (FX, V), Kyle McNamara (HB), and Jacob Messina (PH) and sophomores Bobby Shortle (FX), and Legen-dre (AA, FX, V).

Oklahoma finished second (358.350) in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship for the first time since 2004. The team had won 10 out of the last 11 years and the four previous MPSF Championships. The Sooners claimed one team event title on vault (64.350) with Legendre finishing first on the apparatus (16.450) and senior co-captain Brooks finished second in the all-around with a score of 90.050.

Also in 2009, OU added to its international résumé by placing three members on the U. S. Senior National Team with senior Brooks, sophomore Legendre, and former OU gymnasts Jonathan Horton. No current NCAA Division I men’s gymnastics program has more members on the Senior National Team than Oklahoma and it is the most National Team members that the Sooners have had since 1994 (4).

The 2009 season also marked the end of collegiate careers for gymnasts Reed Pitts, Russell Czeschin, Jacob Messina, Chris Brooks, Kyle McNamara, and Jason Laughton. This group of seniors earned 19 All-America honors while at Oklahoma.

<< 2009 SEASON REVIEW >>

<< 2009 MILESTONES >> << COREY ENGLISH FINISHED THE 2009 SEASON WITH TWO EVENT TITLES ON POMMEL HORSE >>

ADDING TO THE COLLECTIONOU’s number of All-America honors stands at 196 after last year’s team collected 11. The Sooners have collected 10 or more All-American honors nine times in history of the pro-gram. Oklahoma has produced 103 All-Americans, with 22 in the past two seasons, under Williams.

INDIVIDUAL TITLES IN 2009The Sooners claimed 50 total individual titles in the 2009 season and swept individual event titles three times (Rocky Mountain Open and against Nebraska and Texas). Twenty eight of the titles came from sophomore Steven Legendre, which shattered his 12 total event titles from 2008.

Nine gymnasts Legendre (28), Brooks (10), Messina (4), English (2), Czeschin (2), Jackson (1), Shortle (1), McNamara (1) Laughton (1) claimed event titles during the 2009 season.

AWARDS FOR SOONERS IN 2009Russell Czeschin was named second team Academic All-American. He also received the Chick-Fil-A Community of Champions Award for his work at Cleveland Elementary.

Jake Messina was among 24 Big 12 student-athletes selected to receive a 2008-09 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship.

Five members of the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team were selected to the Academic All-MPSF team. OU has placed at least five gymnasts on the academic squad in each of the past five seasons.

Senior Jacob Messina, an environmental science major, earned his fourth consecutive con-ference honor, while Chris Brooks (management) and Russell Czeschin (health and exercise science) earned their third straight MPSF awards.

Garnering their first Academic All-MPSF distinctions were sophomore Steven Legendre (mechanical engineering) and senior Jason Laughton (management).

<< 2009 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS >>

MOVING ON UPOklahoma now ranks fourth all-time in individual NCAA Championships (30) passing conference foe California (28) and UCLA (28).

SOONERS BREAK NCAA SCORING RECORD AGAINOklahoma posted a NCAA scoring record with a 366.850 on March 21 against then-No. 8 Penn State on senior night. OU broke its own record (364.600) which happened to be recorded on senior night in 2008. The Sooners swept all event titles by scoring team event highs on March 21 on floor (62.150), pommel horse (59.250), rings (60.850), vault (64.650), parallel bars (59.950) and high bar (60.000).

SOONERS FINISH UNDEFEATED FOR THIRD TIMEOklahoma went undefeated with a 12-0 record in the regular season for the third time under Williams. The Sooners have finished undefeated three times in the past 10 years (2003, 2006, 2009).

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES UNDER WILLIAMSUnder Williams, six University of Oklahoma gymnasts have been responsible for 17 NCAA

individual National Championships. The Sooners have a total of 30 title winners in the

history of the program.

SWEEPING THE COMPETITIONOklahoma swept event titles a total of six times last season (Rocky Mountain Open, Nebraska, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn State). Five out of the six teams that OU swept were

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STEVEN LEGENDRE (28)

Floor Exercise (7): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.350, 1/10/09; vs. Texas, 15.500, 1/31/09;

vs. Iowa, 15.650, 2/21/09; vs. Nebraska, 15.800, 2/28/09; vs. Penn State, 16.000, 3/21/09;

NCAA Qualifier, 15.900, 4/16/09; NCAA Team Finals, 16.000, 4/17/09

Vault (8): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.900, 1/10/09; vs. Nebraska, 16.300, 1/18/09;

vs. Nebraska, 16.500, 2/28/09; vs Stanford/Minnesota, 16.200, 3/7/09;

vs. Penn State, 16.400, 3/21/09; MPSF Championship, 16.450, 4/4/09;

NCAA Qualifier, 16.350, 4/16/09; NCAA Team Finals, 16.300, 4/17/09

Parallel Bars (5): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.950, 1/10/09; vs. Texas, 15.200, 1/31/09;

vs. Nebraska, 15.150, 2/28/09; vs. Ohio State, 14.900, 3/14/09; vs. Penn State, 15.100,

3/21/09

High Bar (3): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.700, 1/10/09; vs. Iowa, 15.150, 2/21/09;

vs. Ohio State, 14.800, 3/14/09

Still Rings (2): vs. Nebraska, 14.900, 1/18/09; vs. Nebraska, 15.150, 2/28/09

All-Around (3): Rocky Mountain Open, 89.400, 1/10/09; vs. Penn State, 92.250, 3/21/09;

NCAA Team Finals, 90.500, 4/17/09

JACOB MESSINA (4)

Pommel Horse (1): vs. Iowa, 14.800, 2/21/09

Parallel Bars (1): vs. Iowa, 14.900, 2/21/09

High Bar (1): vs. Nebraska, 14.650, 2/28/09

Rings (1): vs. Penn State, 15.450, 3/21/09

COREY ENGLISH (2)

Pommel Horse (2): Rocky Mountain Open, 14.900, 1/10/09; vs. Texas, 14.500, 1/31/09

IAN JACKSON (1)

Still Rings (1): Rocky Mountain Open, 15.300, 1/10/09

RUSSELL CZESCHIN (2)

Vault (1): vs. Iowa, 16.100, 2/21/09

Floor (1): vs. Ohio State, 15.700, 3/14/09

BOBBY SHORTLE (1)

Floor Exercise (1): vs. Nebraska, 14.900, 1/18/09

CHRIS BROOKS (10)

Vault (2): vs. Texas, 16.450, 1/31/09; vs. Ohio State, 16.150, 3/14/09

Parallel Bars (1): vs. Nebraska, 15.300, 1/18/09

Still Rings (1): vs. Iowa, 14.800, 2/21/09

High Bar (4): vs. Nebraska, 15.050, 1/18/09; vs. Texas, 15.100, 1/31/09;

vs Stanford/Minnesota, 15.100, 3/7/09; vs. Penn State, 15.550, 3/21/09

All-Around (2): vs. Nebraska, 89.200, 1/18/09; vs Stanford/Minnesota, 90.200, 3/7/09;

vs. Ohio State, 88.700, 3/14/09

KYLE MCNAMARA (1)

Still Rinsgs (1): vs. Texas, 14.900, 1/31/09

JASON LAUGHTON (1)

Pommel Horse (1): vs. Nebraska, 15.800, 2/28/09

<< 2009 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES >>FLOOR (9)

Rocky Mountain Open, 59.300, 1/10/09; vs. Nebraska, 58.600, 1/18/09;

vs. Texas, 57.650, 1/31/09; vs. Iowa, 60.650, 2/21/09; vs Nebraska, 59.750, 2/28/09;

vs. Ohio State, 61.800, 3/14/09; vs. Penn State, 62.150, 3/21/09; NCAA Qualifier, 62.050,

4/16/09; NCAA Team Finals, 62.750, 4/17/09

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STILL RINGS (7)




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vs Stanford/Minnesota, 64.200, 3/7/09; vs. Ohio State, 63.150, 3/14/09; vs. Penn State,

64.650, 3/21/09; MPSF Championship, 64.350, 4/4/09; NCAA Qualifier, 64.250, 4/16/09;

NCAA Team Finals, 64.050, 4/17/09

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HIGH BAR (8)




4/16/09

<< 2009 TEAM EVENT TITLES >>

EVENT SCORE LAST TIME

Floor Exercise ....................................... 62.750 ................................................. April 17, 2009

Pommel Horse...................................... 59.250 ............................................... March 21, 2009

Still Rings ............................................. 60.850 ............................................... March 21, 2009

Vault .................................................... 64.650 ............................................... March 21, 2009

Parallel Bars ......................................... 59.950 ............................................... March 21, 2009

High Bar ............................................... 60.000 ............................................... March 21, 2009

Total .................................................... 366.850 .............................................. March 21, 2009

<< 2009 TEAM EVENT HIGHS >>

EVENT SCORE GYMNAST

All-Around ........................................... 92.250 .........................................................Legendre

Floor Exercise ....................................... 16.000 .........................................................Legendre

Pommel Horse...................................... 15.000 ........................................................ Laughton

Still Rings ............................................. 15.450 ...........................................................Messina

Vault .................................................... 16.450 ............................................ Brooks, Legendre

Parallel Bars ......................................... 15.300 .............................................................Brooks

High Bar ............................................... 15.550 .............................................................Brooks

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After three in 2009, Steven Legendre’s five career

national titles places him one behind Jonathan

Horton’s total. Legendre claimed the national all-

around crown and titles on floor and vault to move

past Bart Conner (three titles) in the OU record books.

In 2008, Legendre started his title run by claiming the

floor and vault NCAA Titles, becoming just the fourth

OU gymnast to win multiple titles in a season.

Along with his five NCAA Titles, Legendre has won

six All- America honors on floor, vault, high bar and

all-around.

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NANCE - 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 NATIONAL TITL

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careers for gymnasts Reed Pitts, Russell Czeschin,

Jacob Messina, Chris Brooks, Kyle McNamara, and Jason

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at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan. 10, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 59.300 ......................56.800 ..................... 60.750 ..................... 62.650 ......................58.600 ..................... 56.900 ....................355.000

No. 10 Nebraska ...................................................52.600 ...................... 56.000 .......................57.700 ....................... 59.500 ...................... 55.150 .......................51.450 .....................332.400

No. 13 Air Force ....................................................51.550 ...................... 52.000 .......................55.850 ....................... 57.250 ...................... 53.000 .......................48.250 .....................317.900

Arizona State........................................................51.550 ...................... 49.000 .......................54.700 ....................... 58.100 ...................... 51.100 .......................48.500 .....................312.950

Washington .........................................................51.800 ...................... 44.800 .......................52.400 ....................... 55.800 ...................... 51.050 .......................47.350 .....................303.200

at Nebraska (Jan. 18, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA .............................................. 58.600 ......................55.750 ..................... 58.600 ..................... 63.600 ......................59.300 ..................... 58.450 ....................354.300

No. 10 Nebraska ...................................................55.550 ...................... 54.600 .......................56.750 ....................... 61.350 ...................... 55.850 .......................53.500 .....................337.600

Texas (Jan. 31, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 1 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 57.650 ..................56.650 ................. 57.850 .................. 63.550 ..................58.000 ................. 55.350 ................ 349.050

Texas ....................................................................52.100 ...................... 46.100 .......................51.400 ....................... 58.350 ...................... 51.650 .......................45.350 .....................304.950

Iowa (Feb. 21, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 1 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 60.650 ..................57.050 ................. 58.550 .................. 64.000 ..................57.600 ................. 56.400 ................ 354.250

No. 9 Iowa ............................................................57.850 ...................... 52.500 .......................55.150 ....................... 61.850 ...................... 54.950 .......................53.700 .....................336.000

Nebraska (Feb. 28, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 59.750 ..................57.750 ................. 59.650 .................. 64.500 ..................59.100 ................. 57.550 ................ 358.300

No. 9 Nebraska .....................................................56.650 ...................... 53.250 .......................58.450 ....................... 62.200 ...................... 55.600 .......................56.250 .....................342.400

Minnesota (March 7, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 61.200 ..................57.150 ................. 59.050 .................. 64.200 ..................58.050 ................. 58.200 ................ 357.850

No. 1 Stanford ......................................................61.850 ...................... 56.150 .......................57.400 ....................... 63.000 ...................... 59.000 .......................59.000 .....................356.400

No. 7 Minnesota ...................................................60.200 ...................... 54.500 .......................56.450 ....................... 62.850 ...................... 58.400 .......................55.550 .....................347.950

Ohio State (March 14, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 61.800 ..................55.850 ................. 59.700 .................. 63.150 ..................58.850 ................. 58.100 ................ 357.450

No. 6 Ohio State ...................................................59.700 ...................... 56.500 .......................60.850 ....................... 61.600 ...................... 57.950 .......................56.550 .....................353.150

Penn State (March 21, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 1 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 62.150 ..................59.250 ................. 60.850 .................. 64.650 ..................59.950 ................. 60.000 ................ 366.850

No. 8 Penn State ...................................................60.450 ...................... 55.650 .......................59.400 ....................... 63.350 ...................... 57.650 .......................59.800 .....................356.300

at MPSF Championship (April 4, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 1 Stanford ......................................................61.800 ...................... 58.750 .......................61.500 ....................... 64.100 ...................... 58.500 .......................59.100 .....................363.750

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 61.450 ..................56.750 ................. 60.250 .................. 64.350 ..................57.900 ................. 57.650 ................ 358.350

No. 3 California.....................................................60.100 ...................... 53.600 .......................59.700 ....................... 62.050 ...................... 60.200 .......................56.900 .....................352.550

No. 9 Nebraska .....................................................57.800 ...................... 55.650 .......................59.350 ....................... 60.850 ...................... 54.300 .......................53.900 .....................341.850

No. 15 Air Force ....................................................55.900 ...................... 53.650 .......................56.800 ....................... 60.600 ...................... 51.100 .......................52.100 .....................330.150

at NCAA Qualifier II (April16, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 62.050 ..................57.700 ................. 59.650 .................. 64.250 ..................57.800 ................. 59.500 ................ 360.950

No. 3 Illinois .........................................................60.950 ...................... 59.950 .......................59.300 ....................... 62.900 ...................... 57.350 .......................58.850 .....................359.300

No. 6 Ohio State ...................................................59.650 ...................... 57.550 .......................61.350 ....................... 63.250 ...................... 56.600 .......................55.900 .....................354.300

No. 7 Minnesota ...................................................59.700 ...................... 57.700 .......................58.600 ....................... 63.100 ...................... 55.650 .......................56.300 .....................351.050

No. 10 UIC ............................................................56.250 ...................... 53.300 .......................57.700 ....................... 59.850 ...................... 55.100 .......................55.450 .....................337.650

No. 11 Iowa ..........................................................59.100 ...................... 53.350 .......................56.600 ....................... 62.350 ...................... 52.600 .......................53.350 .....................337.350

at NCAA Team Finals (April 17, 2009) FX PH SR V PB HB Total

No. 1 Stanford ......................................................61.300 ...................... 58.450 .......................61.800 ....................... 63.250 ...................... 59.300 .......................58.700 .....................362.800

No. 4 Michigan .....................................................61.200 ...................... 59.150 .......................60.750 ....................... 62.900 ...................... 58.250 .......................59.250 .....................361.500

No. 2 OKLAHOMA ...................................... 62.750 ..................57.750 ................. 59.950 .................. 64.050 ..................58.250 ................. 58.450 ................ 361.200

No. 5 California.....................................................60.250 ...................... 59.700 .......................60.650 ....................... 63.150 ...................... 59.050 .......................58.350 .....................361.150

No. 3 Illinois .........................................................61.100 ...................... 59.350 .......................60.050 ....................... 62.850 ...................... 56.700 .......................59.250 .....................359.300

No. 6 Ohio State ...................................................60.050 ...................... 58.350 .......................61.000 ....................... 62.550 ...................... 56.650 .......................57.350 .....................355.950


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TEAM RESULTS SCORE1. Stanford 363.7502. Oklahoma 358.3503. California 352.5504. Nebraska 341.8505. Air Force 330.150

ALL-AROUND RESULTS SCORE1. Sho Nakamori, Stanford 91.852. Chris Brooks, Oklahoma 90.053. Kyle Bunthuwong, California 89.00

FLOOR EXERCISE SCORE1. Josh Dixon, Stanford 15.902. Steven Legendre, Oklahoma 15.853. Chris Brooks, Oklahoma 15.65

POMMEL HORSE SCORE1. Sho Nakamori, Stanford 15.252. T.J. Schmidt, Nebraska 15.053. Corey English, Oklahoma 14.95

STILL RINGS SCORE1. Bryant Hadden, Stanford 15.652. Tim Gentry, Stanford 15.453. Jacob Messina, Oklahoma 15.35

VAULT SCORE1. Steven Legendre, Oklahoma 16.452. Josh Dixon, Stanford 16.403. Chris Brooks, Oklahoma 16.15

PARALLEL BARS SCORE1. Sho Nakamori, Stanford 15.402. Kyle Bunthuwong, California 15.303. Glen Ishino, California 15.20

HIGH BAR SCORE1. Sho Nakamori, Stanford 15.00T1. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford 15.003. Josh Dixon, Stanford 14.85

YEAR SCORE RESULT

1999 ................... 228.775 .............................................MPSF Champion

2000 .................. 230.675 .............................................MPSF Champion

2001 .................. 217.725 .............................................MPSF Champion

2002 .................. 219.225 .............................................MPSF Champion

2003 .................. 223.500 .............................................MPSF Champion

2004 .................. 219.600 ............................................ MPSF Runner-up

2005 .................. 225.650 .............................................MPSF Champion

2006 .................. 217.680 .............................................MPSF Champion

2007 ................... 217.950 .............................................MPSF Champion

2008 ................... 359.150 .............................................MPSF Champion

2009 ................... 358.350 ............................................ MPSF Runner-up

<< MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS >> << OU INDIVIDUAL MPSF TITLE >>

<< OU IN THE MPSF >>

YEAR ................. GYMNAST ............................. EVENT(S)

1997 ...................... Jeremy Killen ................................ FX, V

1998 ...................... Todd Bishop.................................. PB

1998 ...................... Dan Fink ....................................... SR

1999 ...................... Todd Bishop.................................. PH, PB, HB

1999 ...................... Brendan O’Neil ............................. FX

2000 ...................... Everette Bierker ............................ PB

2000 ...................... Daniel Furney ............................... PH

2000 ...................... Robby Rome ................................. HB

2001 ...................... Brendan O’Neil ............................. FX

2001 ...................... Steve Van Etten ............................ V

2001 ...................... Brett Covey ................................... SR

2002 ...................... Everette Bierker ............................ HB

2002 ...................... Brett Covey ................................... SR

2002 ...................... Josh Landis ................................... PH

2002 ...................... Jock Stevens ................................. FX

2003 ...................... Daniel Furney ............................... AA

2003 ...................... Josh Landis ................................... PH

2003 ...................... Jock Stevens ................................. V

2004 ...................... Josh Gore ...................................... PB

2004 ...................... Quinn Rowell ................................ HB

2005 ...................... David Henderson .......................... V

2005 ...................... Jamie Henderson ......................... PH

2005 ...................... Jonathan Horton .......................... AA, SR

2006 ...................... Chris Brooks ................................. HB

2006 ...................... Jonathan Horton .......................... SR, FX

2007 ...................... Jonathan Horton .......................... AA, HB, SR, FX

2008 ...................... Steven Legendre .......................... FX

2008 ...................... Jonathan Horton .......................... AA, SR

2009 ...................... Steven Legendre .......................... V

The 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships will be hosted by the University of

Oklahoma, April 3, at the McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla.

Sophomore Steven Legendre finished first on vault with a 16.450 to help the Sooners claim

their single team event title on vault (64.350). Oklahoma finished second at the 2009 MPSF

Championship. It was the first time since 2004 that OU didn’t win the conference crown.

OU will be after its 10th title in the last 12 years in 2010. The last time the Sooners hosted the

MPSF event. They won the program’s sixth conference crown.



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<< 2009 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS >> << ALL-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS >>TEAM STANDINGS1. Stanford ................................362.8002. Michigan ...............................361.5003. Oklahoma ..................... 361.2004. California ...............................361.1505. Illinois ...................................359.3006. Ohio State .............................355.950

ALL-AROUND1. Steven Legendre, OU ...............90.5002. Glen Ishino, California .............90.0003. Paul Ruggeri, Illinois ...............89.5004. Kyson Bunthuwong, California 89.9005. Kyle Bunthuwong, California ..88.700

FLOOR EXERCISE1. Steven Legendre, OU .......16.0002. Chris Cameron, Michigan .........15.650T2. Chris Brooks, OU ............15.6504. Sho Nakamori, Stanford .........15.550T4. Russell Czeschin, OU .......15.550T4. Bobby Shortle, OU .........15.550T4. Pual Ruggeri, Illinois .....15.550

POMMEL HORSE 1. Daniel Ribeiro, Illinois ..............15.5002. Ty Echard, Ohio State ...............15.4003. Chris Cameron, Michigan .........15.3004. Kyson Bunthuwong, California 15.2005. Steven Spencer, Ohio State ......14.950T5. Jacob Messina, OU .................14.950

STILL RINGS1. Evan Roth, California ..............15.550T1. Bryant Hadden, Stanford .......15.5503. Nicholas Noone, Stanford ........15.450T3. Tim Gentry, Stanford ..............15.4505. Phillip Goldberg, Michigan ......15.400

VAULT1. Geoff Reins, Minnesota............16.300 T1. Steven Legendre, OU ......16.3003. Evan Roth, California ...............16.1004. Russell Czeschin, OU ........16.0505. Chris Brooks, OU ..............16.000

PARALLEL BARS1. Sho Nakamori, Stanford ..........15.2002. Chris Cameron, Michigan ........14.950T2. Glen Ishino, California ............14.9504. Paul Ruggeri, Illinois ...............14.9005. Kyle McNamara, OU ........14.800

HIGH BAR1. Paul Ruggeri, Illinois ...............15.7502. Thomas Kelly, Michigan ...........15.4503. Glen Ishino, California..............15.0004. Chris Lung, Illinois ...................14.850T4. Alex Buscaglia, Stanford ........14.800

<< CHRIS BROOKS FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH SIX ALL-AMERICAN HONORS ON FOUR EVENTS. >>

1933 ...................................................................................Chicago

1939 .....................................................................................Illinois

1940 .....................................................................................Illinois

1941 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1942 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1948 ...............................................................................Penn State

1949 .................................................................................... Temple

1950 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1951 ............................................................................ Florida State

1952 ............................................................................ Florida State

1953 ...............................................................................Penn State

1954 ...............................................................................Penn State

1955 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1956 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1957 ...............................................................................Penn State

1958 ............................................................ Michigan State/Illinois

1959 ...............................................................................Penn State

1960 ...............................................................................Penn State

1961 ...............................................................................Penn State

1962 ................................................................. Southern California

1963 ................................................................................. Michigan

1964 ...................................................................... Southern Illinois

1965 ...............................................................................Penn State



1968 .................................................................................California

1969 .................................................................... Iowa (Michigan*)

1970 ............................................................. Michigan (Michigan*)

1971 ............................................................................... Iowa State


1973 ............................................................................... Iowa State

1974 ............................................................................... Iowa State

1975 .................................................................................California

1976 ...............................................................................Penn State

1977 ....................................................Indiana State/OKLAHOMA

1978 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

1979 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1980 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1981 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1982 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1983 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1984 ................................................................................Ohio State

1986 ...........................................................................Arizona State

1987 ....................................................................................... UCLA

1988 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1989 ..................................................................................... Illinois

1990 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1991 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

1992 .................................................................................. Stanford

1993 .................................................................................. Stanford

1994 ................................................................................. Nebraska

1995 .................................................................................. Stanford

1996 ................................................................................Ohio State

1997 .................................................................................California

1998 ................................................................................. Michigan

2000 ...............................................................................Penn State

2001 ................................................................................Ohio State

2002 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

2003 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

2004 ...............................................................................Penn State

2005 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

2006 .......................................................................... OKLAHOMA

2007 ...............................................................................Penn State

2008 ............................................................. OKLAHOMA

2009 .................................................................................. Stanford

* trampoline champion

TRADITION


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 champions

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 championship 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 finished third

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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 education. Hall

would become Oklahoma’s first gymnastics coach. Few formal records remain, but Hall’s

program lasted 15 years. Sooner yearbooks from 1902-1917 feature 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 competi-

tive 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 programs. 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.

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.

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<< THE SOONER TEAM FINISHED THIRD AT THE 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. >>

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RUSS PORTERFIELD | 1966-1973 RECORD: 40-45 (.471)

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH1966 ............................................... 1-6 ...................................................................Fifth (Big Eight) ..........................................................................N/A 1967 ............................................... 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

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) ........................................................................NCAA (First) 1978 ............................................... 10-1 .................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (First)1979 ............................................... 4-2 ...................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (Second) 1980 ............................................... 10-3 .................................................................Third (Big Eight) ..........................................................................NCAA (Fourth) 1981 ............................................... 4-2 ...................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (Second)1982 .............................................. 5-4 ...................................................................Third (Big Eight) ..........................................................................N/A1983 ............................................... 8-3 ...................................................................Third (Big Eight) ..........................................................................NCAA (Seventh)

PAUL ZIERT | 1974-1983 RECORD: 66-28 (.702)

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH1984 ............................................... 9-3 ...................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (Seventh) 1985 ............................................... 8-4 ...................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Eighth)1986 ............................................... 10-3 .................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1987 ............................................... 14-1 .................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1988 ............................................... 13-2 .................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Eighth)1989 ............................................... 1-2 ...................................................................Third (Big Eight) ..........................................................................N/A1990 ............................................... 8-4 ...................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Sixth)1991 ............................................... 15-1 .................................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (First)1992 ............................................... 8-4 ...................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................Regionals (Fifth)1993 ............................................... 18-7 .................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1994 ............................................... 13-3 .................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1995 ............................................... 9-9 ...................................................................Second (Big Eight) ......................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1996 ............................................... 15-11 ...............................................................First (Big Eight) ........................................................................NCAA (Fifth)1997 ............................................... 21-5 .................................................................Second (MPSF) ............................................................................NCAA (Second)1998 ............................................... 39-8 .................................................................Fifth (MPSF) ................................................................................NCAA (Fourth)1999 ............................................... 23-7-1 .............................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................N/A

GREG BUWICK | 1984-1999 RECORD: 224-74-1 (.749)

YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH NCAA FINISH2000 ............................................... 15-4 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (Fourth)2001 ............................................... 24-2 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (Second)2002 ............................................... 28-1 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (First)2003 ............................................... 26-0 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (First)2004 ............................................... 24-4 .................................................................Second (MPSF) ............................................................................NCAA (Second)2005 ............................................... 21-2 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (First)2006 ............................................... 31-0 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (First)2007 ............................................... 26-4 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (Second)2008 ............................................... 28-1 .................................................................First (MPSF) ..............................................................................NCAA (First)2009 ......................................23-3 ..................................................... Second (MPSF) .............................................................. NCAA (Third)

MARK WILLIAMS | 2000-PRESENT RECORD: 246-21 (.921)

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YEAR ...........FIRST ...................SECOND .................THIRD ................FOURTH

2009 .............. Stanford ................... Michigan .................... OKLAHOMA .......... California

2008 .............. OKLAHOMA ............. Stanford ..................... Illinois ................... Penn State

2007 .............. Penn State ................ OKLAHOMA .............Stanford ................ Michigan

2006 .............. OKLAHOMA ............. Illinois ........................ Stanford ................ Penn State

2005 .............. OKLAHOMA ............. Ohio State ................... Illinois ................... Penn State

2004 .............. Penn State ................ OKLAHOMA ............... Illinois ................... Ohio State

2003 .............. OKLAHOMA ............. Ohio State ................... Penn State ............. Michigan

2002 .............. OKLAHOMA ............. Ohio State ................... California ............... Michigan

2001 .............. Ohio State ................ OKLAHOMA ............... California ............... Michigan

2000 .............. Penn State ................ Michigan .................... Iowa ...................... OKLAHOMA

Penn State (12)

Illinois (9)

OKLAHOMA (8)

Nebraska (8)

*Southern Illinois (4), California (4), Stanford (4)

*Iowa State (3), Michigan (3), Ohio State (3)

*Florida State (2), * UCLA (2)

* indicates school no longer sponsors a men’s gymnastics program

Since 2000, The University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics program is the only collegiate

men’s gymnastics program to finish in the top four every year at the NCAA Champion-

ships.

Since their fourth-place finish in 2000, the Sooners have finished no lower than third in

their quest for the national title.

Since the creation of collegiate men’s gymnastics (1953), only seven schools that still

sponsor the sports have won consecutive national championships.

Oklahoma is the only men’s gymnastics program to have won two straight or more on

three separate occasions.

Penn State and Nebraska are the only schools to win three or more straight titles. After

winning back-to-back titles in 1953 and 1954, Penn State won three in a row from 1959

to 1961. Nebraska ran an impressive string of four straight titles from 1979-1982. OU’s

eight national championships ties Nebraska for third all-time behind Penn State (12) and

Illinois (9).

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)

OKLAHOMA (1977-1978, 2002-2003, 2005-06)

* indicates school no longer sponsors a men’s gymnastics program

<< OU’S EIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TIES FOR THIRD

ALL-TIME BEHIND PENN STATE (12), AND ILLINOIS (9). >>

<< CONSECUTIVE NCAA TITLES >>

<< TOTAL NATIONAL TITLES >>

<< 2003 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM >>



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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

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 eight NCAA team crowns,

(2008), (2006), (2005), (2003), and (2002), all under current head coach Mark Williams.

With eight national championships, the men’s gymnastics team owns the most titles of

any OU athletics program, breaking a tie with the football and wrestling squads with

the 2008 win.

The Sooners return the 2009 NCAA all-around, floor and vault National Champion

Steven Legendre and vault All-American Bobby Shortle. Legendre has already claimed

five national titles and looks to surpass Jonathan Horton’s career total of six titles.

Under head coach Mark Willimas, the Sooners have staked their claim as the nation’s

premier program of the last decade. Since 2000, OU has garnered an amazing nine

Moutain Pacific Sports Federation confernce championships and produced 103

All-America honors and 17 individual NCAA titles to go along with five national

championships.

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.

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.


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

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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

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.


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

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HOSTED BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

The Sooners won their third title in four years under Mark Williams, finish-

ing 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.


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

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.




HEAD COACH PAUL ZIERT

Garry Beasley, Paul Black, Bart Conner, George Howell, Dale Kerr,

Jeff Martin, Leslie Moore, Steve Rutledge, Mike Wilson

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HEAD COACH GREG BUWICK

Ricky Armstrong, Laurence Chavez, Brian Halstead, Jarrod Hanks,

Marcus Jordan, Jeff Lutz, Tom Meadows, Vince Pagano, Orson Sykes,

Ric Sweezy, Greg Zeiders

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.

EIGHT-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPS - 2008 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003 |2002 | 1991 | 1978 | 1977

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.

HEAD COACH PAUL ZIERT

Garry Beasley, Paul Black, Bart Conner, George Howell,

Craig Martin, Leslie Moore, Steve Rutledge, Bernard Van Wie,

Mike Wilson

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

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Considered the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics, the Nissen-Emery Award, 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 has claimed a nation-

leading six Nissen honorees: Bart Conner (1981), Jarrod Hanks (1991), Dan Fink (1998), Todd

Bishop (1999), Daniel Furney (2003) and Jonathan Horton (2008). Oklahoma is the only

program in NCAA history to win back-to-back Nissen awards.

“Winning the Nissen-Emery Award was a great honor. My teammates and coaches really pushed me to be my best and I wouldn’t be where I am without their help.”

- Jonathan Horton

In 2008, Horton became the sixth Sooner to capture the honor. 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. A champion in

defeat as well as in victory.”

Conner, Oklahoma’s first Nissen-Emery Award winner, received the honor in 1981. Conner

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. Hanks also served as an Oklahoma assistant coach from 1996-99.

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 international,

Olympic-style competition for Jewish athletes. A 1998 Sooner co-captain, Fink made the

President’s Honor Roll in seven semesters, the Dean’s Honor Roll in two semesters and was a

nine-time Sooner Scholar. He was also honored with the Big 12 Conference Medal Award and

was named OU’s “Outstanding 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.

“We have had some tremendous senior leadership in the past, starting with Bart Conner...this is just a testament of what our program has accomplished.”

- OU Head Coach Mark Williams

<< JONATHAN HORTON 2008 >>

<< THE NISSEN EMERY AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING SENIOR GYMNAST EACH

YEAR PRIOR TO THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. >>

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OKLAHOMA .................................................................................................... 6

Penn State ............................................................................................................................6

Ohio State ............................................................................................................................4

S. Connecticut State .............................................................................................................4

Minnesota ............................................................................................................................3

Nebraska ..............................................................................................................................3

Stanford ...............................................................................................................................3

Illinois ..................................................................................................................................2

Michigan State .....................................................................................................................2

UCLA ....................................................................................................................................2


Year Winner School

2009 Casey Sandy ............................................................................................Penn State

2008 Jonathan Horton ................................................................. Oklahoma

2007 Matt Cohen ..............................................................................................Penn State

2006 Justin Spring ................................................................................................. Illinois

2005 Guillermo Alvarez ....................................................................................Minnesota

2004 Dan Gill ....................................................................................................... Stanford

2003 Daniel Furney ...................................................................... Oklahoma

2002 Justin Toman .............................................................................................Michigan

2001 Jamie Natalie........................................................................................... Ohio State

2000 Jeff LaVallee ......................................................................................Massachusetts

1999 Todd Bishop. ........................................................................ Oklahoma

1998 Dan Fink .............................................................................. Oklahoma

1997 Blaine Wilson........................................................................................... Ohio State

1996 Darren Elg ........................................................................................ Brigham Young

1995 Josh Stein ................................................................................................... Stanford

1994 Kip Simons .............................................................................................. Ohio State

1993 John Roethlisberger ................................................................................Minnesota

1992 Scott Keswick .................................................................................................. UCLA

1991 Jarrod Hanks ....................................................................... Oklahoma

1990 Mike Racanelli ......................................................................................... Ohio State

1989 David Zeddies ................................................................................................ Illinois

1988 Tom Schlesinger ........................................................................................Nebraska

1987 Michael Maxwell .....................................................................................Penn State

1986 Wes Suter ..................................................................................................Nebraska

1985 Matt Arnot ............................................................................................ New Mexico

1984 Roy Palassou ..................................................................................... San Jose State

1983 Peter Vidmar .................................................................................................... UCLA

1982 Jim Hartung ..............................................................................................Nebraska

1981 Bart Conner ......................................................................... Oklahoma

1980 Mario McCutcheon ........................................................................... So. Conn. State

1979 Kurt Thomas ........................................................................................Indiana State

1978 Tim LaFleur ..............................................................................................Minnesota

1977 Peter Kormann ................................................................................. So. Conn. State

1976 Gene Whelan ...........................................................................................Penn State

1975 Jay Whelan ....................................................................................... So. Conn. State

1974 Steve Hug ................................................................................................... Stanford

1973 John Crosby ...................................................................................... So. Conn. State

1972 Tom Lindner ...................................................................................Southern Illinois

1971 Brent Simmons ........................................................................................ Iowa State

1970 Pete Difurio .................................................................................................. Temple

1969 Robert Emery ..........................................................................................Penn State

1968 Dave Thor ......................................................................................... Michigan State

1967 Steve Cohen .............................................................................................Penn State

1966 James Curzi ...................................................................................... Michigan State

<< DANIEL FURNEY 2003 >>

<< TODD BISHOP 1999 >>

<< DAN FINK 1998 >>

<< JARROD HANKS 1991 >>

<< BART CONNER 1981 >>

<< AWARD WINNERS BY TEAM >>

<< ALL-TIME AWARD WINNERS >>



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NOTE: Records set under current FIG Code scoring system updated prior to the 2006

gymnastics season.

EVENT SCORE DATE(S) SET

Floor Exercise ....................................... 62.750 .............................................04.17.09

Pommel Horse...................................... 59.250 .............................................03.21.09

Still Rings ............................................. 62.100 .............................................03.15.08

Vault .................................................... 64.650 .............................................03.21.09

Parallel Bars ......................................... 61.200 .............................................03.15.08

High Bar ............................................... 60.000 .............................................03.21.09

Total .................................................... 366.850 ............................................03.21.09

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 ....................................16.100.......................................... Steven Legendre (04.19.08)

Pommel Horse...................................15.000............................................Jason Laughton (02.28.09)

Still Rings ..........................................16.125..........................................Jonathan Horton (04.19.08)

Vault .................................................16.500.......................................... Steven Legendre (02.28.09)

Parallel Bars ......................................15.650..........................................Jonathan Horton (03.15.08)

High Bar ............................................15.550................................................. Chris Brooks (03.21.08)

<< TEAM: 2006-2009 >> << INDIVIDUAL: 2006-2009 >>

<< JONATHAN HORTON IS THE RECORD HOLDER FOR ALL-AROUND, RINGS AND PARALLEL BARS. >>

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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)

NOTE: Records set under College Code scoring system in place through 2000.

EVENT SCORE YEAR

Total ..................................................232.725 ................................................................1997

Floor Exercise .....................................39.625 .................................................................2000

Pommel Horse ....................................39.050 .................................................................2000

Still Rings ...........................................38.800 .................................................................2000

Vault ..................................................38.850 .................................................................1997

Parallel Bars .......................................39.050 .................................................................1997

High Bar .............................................39.000 .................................................................2000

NOTE: Records set under Federation de Internationale Gymnastics (FIG) Code scoring system

in place from 2001-2005.

EVENT RECORD DATE(S) SET

Total .............................................................225.675 ............................................... 04.08.05

Floor Exercise ................................................37.575 ................................................ 03.25.05

Pommel Horse ...............................................38.500 ................................................ 01.20.02

Still Rings ......................................................38.700 ................................................ 03.28.03

04.08.05

Vault .............................................................37.750 ................................................ 03.13.04

Parallel Bars ..................................................37.400 ................................................ 01.28.05

High Bar ........................................................38.325 ................................................ 03.25.05

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)

<< JOSH LANDIS OWNS TWO OU POMMEL HORSE RECORDS. >>

<< TEAM: 2001-2005 >> << TEAM: THROUGH 2000 >>

<< INDIVIDUAL: 2001-2005 >> << INDIVIDUAL: THROUGH 2000 >>



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JONATHAN HORTONStill Rings ....................... 2008

Floor Exercise .................2007

High Bar .........................2007

All-Around .....................2006

Floor Exercise .................2006

Still Rings .......................2006

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

JOSH LANDISPommel Horse ................2003

Floor Exercise .................2003

DANIEL FURNEYAll-Around .....................2003

Parallel Bars ...................2003

TODD BISHOPHigh Bar .........................1999

High Bar .........................1998

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

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

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

BART CONNERFloor Exercise .................1979

All-Around .....................1978

All-Around .....................1977

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

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

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

ODESS LOVINFloor Exercise .................1973

Floor Exercise .................1972

1. Penn State ....................................... 51

2. Illinois .............................................. 46

3. Nebraska .......................................... 42

4. OKLAHOMA .............................. 30

5. California ......................................... 28

UCLA ................................................ 28

7. Michigan .......................................... 26

8. Ohio State ........................................ 24

USC .................................................. 24

10. Stanford ........................................... 22

11. Iowa State ........................................ 18

Michigan St. ..................................... 18

13. New Mexico ..................................... 17

14. Southern Illinois .............................. 15

15. Minnesota........................................ 15

16. Iowa ................................................ 12

17. Arizona State ................................... 10

18. Indiana State ................................... 10

19. Illinois-Chicago .................................. 9

20. Navy .................................................. 9

21. Florida State ...................................... 7

22. Army .................................................. 6

23. Cal State-Los Angeles......................... 6

24. Kent State .......................................... 6

25. Syracuse............................................. 6

*Totals include co-championships

TAQIY ABDULLAH-

SIMMONSAll-Around .....................2007

<< WHERE OU RANKS >>

STEVEN LEGENDREAll-Around ..................... 2009

Floor Exercise ................. 2009

Vault .............................. 2009

Floor Exercise .................2008

Vault ..............................2008

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Under head coach Mark Williams, six University of Oklahoma gymnasts have been responsible for 17

NCAA individual national championships.

Daniel Furney, Josh Landis, David Henderson, Jonathan Horton, Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons and Steven

Legendre have all won titles under Williams, with Horton claiming six, Legendre with five and Furney

and Landis taking two each.

Furney and Landis’ titles came in 2003 when the Oklahoma team picked up the program’s fifth national

title. Landis took the NCAA title on the pommel horse and the floor exercise, while Furney was the

nation’s top gymnast in the all-around and on the parallel bars.

Henderson was the program’s 18th individual national champion when he took the title of the nation’s

top gymnast on the still rings one day after helping to lead the Sooners to the program’s sixth national

title in 2005.

Horton won three titles (all-around, floor exercise and still rings) in 2006, tying Bart Conner’s OU record

for individual titles in a career with three. He broke the record the next season, defending his NCAA floor

exercise crown and taking his first career NCAA high bar title before adding a rings crown as a senior in

2008.

Joining Horton on the podium at the 2007 NCAA Championships was Abdullah-SImmons, who was

crowned all-around champion. The Philadelphia, Pa., native became the first African-American to win

the all-around and gave OU back-to-back all-around champions for the first time since Conner won

consecutive crowns in 1977 and 1978.

In winning the floor exercise and vault titles at the 2008 NCAA Championships, Legendre became the

first freshman in program history to win multiple event crowns.

In 2009, Legendre won the all-around, floor and vault NCAA National Championship and is one title

away from tying Horton’s record of six titles.

2003 NCAA Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse Champion

2005 NCAA Still Rings Champion

2008 NCAA Still Rings Champion

2007 NCAA Floor Exercise and High Bar Champion

2006 NCAA All-Around, Still Rings and Floor Exercise Champion

2003 NCAA All-Around and Parallel Bars Champion

2009 NCAA All-Around, Floor Exercise, and Vault Champion

2008 NCAA Floor Exercise and Vault Champion

<< JONATHAN HORTON >> << STEVEN LEGENDRE >>

<< TAQIY ABDULLAH-SIMMONS >> << DANIEL FURNEY >>

<< JOSH LANDIS >> << DAVID HENDERSON >>

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Tom Sexton (PB)

1972 (1)

Odess Lovin (FX)

1973 (1)

Odess Lovin (FX)

1974 (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)

1984 (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)


Steve Van Etten (FX)

2000 (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)


Heath Mueller (AA)

Quinn Rowell (HB)

Jock Stevens (FX)

Brian Trause (PB)

2005 (13)

Josh Gore (PH, PB)

David Henderson (SR, V)


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)

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1968

Rich Carr (Trampoline)

Tom Sexton (HB)

1972

Odess Lovin (FX)

1973

Odess Lovin (FX)

1974

Rich Bova (HB)

1975

Greg Buwick (FX)

1976

Greg Buwick (FX)

Mike Wilson (PB)

1977

Paul Black (PH, PB)

Bart Conner (AA)

1978

Gary Beasley (PH)

Bart Conner (AA)

1979

Bart Conner (AA, PB, HB)

Leslie Moore (FX)

1980

Peter Stout (PH)

1981

Mark Biespiel (FX)

Bart Conner (AA, PB)

Peter Stout (HB)

1982

Mike Sims (PB)

1984

Rob Mahurin (PB)

Scott Wilbanks (FX)

Mike Rice (SR)

Mike Sims (PH, HB)

1985

Mark Oates (PB)

1986

Mike Rice (AA, PB, PH)

Carlo Sabino (FX)

Mark Steves (V)

1987

Mike Rice (AA, FX)

Carlo Sabino (PH)

Mark Steves (HB)

1988

Mark Steves (FX, HB)

Jeff Lutz (V)

1989

Brian Halstead (V, HB)

1990

Jarrod Hanks (SR)

1991

Ricky Armstrong (HB)

Brian Halstead (PB)

Jeff Lutz (SR)

1992

Tom Meadows (SR)

Orson Sykes (V)

1993

Aaron Basham (HB)

Marcus Jordan (HB)

Tom Meadows (SR)


1994

Aaron Basham (HB)


1995

Dan Fink (SR)

1996

Casey Bryan (AA)

Dan Fink (SR)

Jeremy Killen (V)

Kyle Johnson (FX)

1997

Jeremy Killen (FX, V)

1998

Todd Bishop (PB)

Dan Fink (SR)

1999



2000

Everette Bierker (PB)

Daniel Furney (PH)

Robby Rome (HB)

2001


Steve Van Etten (V)

Brett Covey (SR)

2002

Everette Bierker (HB)

Brett Covey (SR)

Josh Landis (PH)

Jock Stevens (FX)

2003

Daniel Furney (AA)

Josh Landis (PH)

Jock Stevens (V)

2004

Josh Gore (PB)

Quinn Rowell (HB)

2005

David Henderson (V)

Jamie Henderson (PH)

Jonathan Horton (AA, SR)

2006

Chris Brooks (HB)

Jonathan Horton (FX, SR)

2007

Jonathan Horton (AA, FX, SR, HB)

2008

Jonathan Horton (AA, SR)

Steven Legendre (FX)

2009

Steven Legendre (V)

YEAR SCORE

1977 ............................................................... 427.550

1978 ............................................................... 434.900

1979 ............................................................... 443.200

1981 ............................................................... 551.650

1984 ............................................................... 279.650

1987 ............................................................... 285.200

1991 ............................................................... 283.800

1996 .................................................................... N/A*

YEAR SCORE

1999 ............................................................... 228.775

2000 ............................................................... 230.675

2001 ............................................................... 217.725

2002 ............................................................... 219.225

2003 ............................................................... 223.500

2005 ............................................................... 225.650

2006 ............................................................... 219.175

2007 ............................................................... 217.950

2008 ............................................................... 359.150

<< TEAM CONFERENCE TITLES (17) >>

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NOTE: According to university records, the following student-ath-

letes earned varsity gymnastics letters during the years indicated.

Corrections and additions are welcome and should be addressed to

the Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations Office.

AMubarak Abdullah-Simmons ................................... 2004-05

Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons ......................................... 2005-08

Wesley Aderhold ...................................................... 2006-07

Jose Aguero .............................................................. 1980-81

Ricky Armstrong ....................................................... 1990-92

David Arnoth ..................................................................1972

Robert Atchison .............................................................1972

BMatt Bailey ............................................................... 1982-84

Forrest Barker .................................................................1966

Aaron Basham .......................................................... 1992-95

Jody Bayless ............................................................. 1978-80

Garry Beasley ........................................................... 1975-78

Everette Bierker .................................................... 1999-2002

Matthew Biespiel ..................................................... 1979-81

Todd Bishop ............................................................. 1996-99

Paul Black................................................................. 1976-79

Greg Bond ................................................................ 1984-85

Richard Bova ............................................................ 1972-75

Tim Brassfield........................................................... 1974-75

Chris Brooks ....................................................2006-09

Casey Bryan .............................................................. 1994-96

Dale Burrow ............................................................. 1975-76

Greg Buwick ............................................................. 1975-76

CMike Cahill ............................................................... 1969-71

Michael Caldwell ...................................................... 1970-71

Russell Campbell ............................................................1967

John Capozzoli ......................................................... 1972-74

Brian Carr ................................................................. 2004-07

Garrett Carr ....................................................2006-07

Richard Carr....................................................................1968

Shannon Carrion ...................................................... 2000-03

Laurence Chavez....................................................... 1991-93

Bruce Cole ......................................................................1968

Bart Conner .....................................................1977-79, 1981

Brett Covey ............................................................... 2000-03

Skip Crawley...................................................................1986

William Crews .......................................................... 1966-67

Wayne Crockett ........................................................ 1970-72

Chad Crumley .................................................. 2009

Russell Czeschin ....................................................... 2006-09

DDouglas Datillo ...............................................................1968

J.J. Davis .........................................................................1993

Mike Doke ......................................................................1984

T.J. Dortch ................................................................ 1992-93

Chad Duncan ............................................................ 1995-97

EDale Eby .........................................................................1976

Andrew Eddington ................................................... 1996-97

Jim Endres ................................................................ 1988-90

Corey English ........................................................ 2007-09

FMark Farbin ....................................................................1974

Kyle Fernandez ......................................................... 2004-05

Dan Fink ................................................................... 1995-98

David Finning .................................................. 2009

Mark Folger .............................................................. 1981-82

Benjamin Fox ........................................................... 1980-83

Brian Funkhouser ...........................................................1987

Daniel Furney ........................................................... 2000-03

GMichael Gehart......................................................... 2002-05

Mike Glover ....................................................................1967

Charley Goicoechea .................................................. 1998-99

Greg Goodhue .......................................................... 1973-74

Josh Gore.................................................................. 2002-05

Mischa Gorkuscha ..........................................................1960

Stuart Gray .....................................................................1985

HBrian Halstead .......................................................... 1988-91

Kent Hamilton .......................................................... 1989-90

Anthony Hampton .........................................................1980

Jarrod Hanks ............................................................ 1988-91

Gabe Hansen ........................................................ 1999-2001

Pat Harbour ....................................................................1969

David Henderson ...................................................... 2002-05

Jamie Henderson ..................................................... 2003-06

Michael Henry .......................................................... 1973-74

Anibal Hernandez .................................................... 1982-83

Matt Hervey ............................................................. 1986-88

Ryan Hillyer .......................................................... 1999-2002

Jerry Hinkle .............................................................. 1973-75

Jonathan Horton ...................................................... 2005-08

Andy Howard ........................................................... 1997-98

George Howell.......................................................... 1975-78

IDavid Iammatteo .................................................2001, 2005

JIan Jackson ........................................................... 2007-09

James Johannesen ...............................................1968, 1970

Larry Johns .....................................................................1993

Bradley Johnson ....................................................... 1979-81

Kyle Johnson ..................................................................1996

Matthew Johnson ..........................................................1987

David Johnston .................................................... 1999-2002

Alan Jones ................................................................ 1966-67

Jeff Jones ................................................................. 1990-91

Kevin Jordan ............................................................ 1985-88

Marcus Jordan .......................................................... 1990-93

Tim Jordan ............................................................... 1984-87

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KDarren Keller ..................................................................1984

Jay Kemp .................................................................. 1982-85

Scott Kerns .....................................................................1974

Dale Kerr ........................................................................1978

Jeremy Killen............................................................ 1994-97

Josh Kramb .............................................................. 1993-96

Gregory Krippel ........................................................ 1971-74

LLarry Lain .......................................................................1975

Josh Landis ............................................................... 2000-03

Jason Laughton ...............................................2006-08

Steven Legendre ..............................................2008-2009

Roger Letourneau .................................................... 1972-73

Kevin Lindsey .................................................................1971

Fulton Loebel ........................................................... 1971-74

Michael Lofland .............................................................1975

Carey Loomis ..................................................................1976

Odess Lovin .......................................................... 1970-1973

Jeff Lutz...........................................................1987-88, 1991

Huy Ly ...................................................................1997-2000

MJohn Maddox..................................................................1966

Robert Mahurin ........................................................ 1981-84

Craig Martin ...................................................................1977

Daniel Martin ........................................................... 1984-85

Jeff Martin ............................................................... 1978-81

Michael Maxie ................................................................1968

Jeff McGuire ...................................................................1973

Kyle McNamara ...............................................2006-09

Tom Meadows .......................................................... 1991-93

Jacob Messina .................................2005-06, 2008-2009

Michael Mihalco ....................................................... 1971-73

Martin Miller ............................................................ 1976-77

Robert Miller ..................................................................1975

Leslie Moore ............................................................. 1977-80

Jake Moran ............................................................... 1998-99

Heath Mueller .......................................................... 2001-04

James Myers....................................................2003, 2005-06

OMark Oates ............................................................... 1982-85

Patrick O’Brien ......................................................... 1971-74

Brendan O’Neil ..................................................... 1998-2002

Curtis O’Rorke ................................................................2003

Richard Orna ..................................................................1969

PVince Pagano ........................................................... 1990-93

John Payton ......................................................... 1999-2002

Patrick Piscitelli ............................................... 2009

Reed Pitts .................................................. 2006, 2008

Donald Pollard ...............................................................1975

RRichard Ranier ................................................................1970

Ramon Repp ..................................................................1968

Roy Rettberg ........................................................1968, 1970

Mike Rice .........................................................1983, 1985-87

Dave Riehl ................................................................ 1984-85

Robby Rome ......................................................... 1997-2000

Quinn Rowell ........................................................... 2001-04

Garon Rowland ........................................................ 1995-97

Gavin Rowland ......................................................... 1996-99

Anton Rupert ........................................................... 1975-75

Stephen Rutledge .................................................... 1977-80

SCarlo Sabino ....................................................1985-87, 1989

Matt Shoen .............................................................. 1996-99

Dave Schultz...................................................................1986

Bernard Schwalbe ..........................................................1966

Tom Sexton .............................................................. 1967-68

Mark Seyler .............................................................. 1992-95

Bobby Shortle ..................................................2008-2009

Mike Sims ................................................................. 1981-84

Joe Smith ................................................................. 1967-68

Brad Snowden ................................................................1985

Donald Steinbach ...........................................................1975

Jock Stevens ............................................................. 2001-04

Mark Steves .............................................................. 1985-88

Peter Stout ............................................................... 1980-81

Daniel Stover ............................................................ 1992-95

Ric Swezey ...........................................................1991, 1993

Orson Sykes .............................................................. 1991-92

TJon Thibadeaux ........................................................ 1996-97

Alan Thomas ..................................................................1987

Michael Torrez .......................................................... 1970-71

Brian Trause ............................................................. 2001-05

VSteve Van Etten .................................................... 1998-2001

Bernard Van Wie ....................................................... 1976-77

Thomas Vaughan...................................................... 1986-89

WMonty Waldron ........................................................ 1987-90

Eric Weaver ............................................................... 1992-95

Joseph Weaver ......................................................... 2005-07

Ronald Webb ............................................................ 1970-71

Ed Wentzheimer ................................................... 1997-2000

Terry Wheelock ...............................................................1983

Lee White .......................................................................1984

Scott Wilbanks ......................................................... 1982-84

Scot Wilce ................................................................. 1979-81

Mike Wilson ............................................................. 1976-79

Kelly Woner .............................................................. 1990-91

David Wright ............................................. 1979-80, 1982-83

YTommy Yuen............................................................. 1970-73

ZGreg Zeiders ............................................................. 1990-91

Dain Zinn.................................................................. 1966-68

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Guard Young - 2004*

Bart Conner - 1976, 1980, 1984

Jonathan Horton - 2008

Mike Wilson - 1980

Jake Dalton - 2009

Steven Legendre - 2009

Jonathan Horton - 2006, 2007

Jarrod Hanks - 1991

Guard Young - 2001, 2002*

Casey Bryan - 1994

Jonathan Horton - 2003

Jeff Lutz - 1991

Mike Rice - 1987

Heath Mueller - 2003

Jeff Lutz - 1991

Mike Rice - 1987

Jamie Henderson - 2005

Jonathon Horton - 2005

Guard Young - 2001*

Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons

Chris Brooks

Casey Bryan

Bart Conner

Jake Dalton

Daniel Furney

Jarrod Hanks

Jamie Henderson

Matt Hervey

* participated as an OU assistant coach

<< JONATHAN HORTON >>

<< BART CONNER >>

<< 2008 OLYMPICS SILVER & BRONZE MEDALIST >>

<< ‘76, ‘80, ‘84 OLYMPICS TWO-TIME GOLD MEDALIST >>

Jonathon Horton

Jeremy Killen

Steven Legendre

Jeff Lutz

Tom Meadows

Mark Oates

Mike Rice

Mike Wilson

Guard Young*

<< SOONERS AT THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS >><< (L-R) MARK WILLIAMS, STEVEN LEGENDRE, JONATHAN HORTON,

JAKE DALTON AND TOM MEADOWS >>

<< GUARD YOUNG >> << 2004 OLYMPICS SILVER MEDALIST >>

<< OLYMPIANS >>

<< WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEMBERS >>

<< PAN-AM GAMES >>

<< WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES >>

<< PAN-AM GAMES PARTICIPANTS >>

<< U.S. SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS >>

LLIST >>

<< GUARD YOUNG >><< 2004 OLYMPICS SILVER MEDALIST >>

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