University of Oklahoma Athletics

Men's Gymnastics Wins MPSF Championship

March 18, 2000 | Men's Gymnastics

By: Athletics Communications

March 18, 2000

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Oklahoma's second-ranked men's gymnastics team claimed the team title at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships, tallying 230.675 team points, Friday night in Colorado Springs, Colo. California finished second with 230.625 points and was followed by Nebraska (228.225). Eight Sooners qualified for 11 spots in the individual event championships.

In the win, the Sooners scored over 230 points for the third straight week. Freshman Daniel Furney broke the school record on the pommel horse with a 9.90. He also set a career best on vault (9.70). Fellow freshman Shannon Carrion also established a career high on the vault (9.55). Everette Bierker's 9.65 on the parallel bars was tied for highest during the team championships.

Bierker, Furney and junior Brendan O'Neil each qualified for two events in the individual event finals. Bierker qualified on the parallel bars and horizontal bar while Furney advanced on the vault and pommel horse.

O'Neil will compete on the floor exercise and parallel bars. Other Sooners in the individual event finals include Steve Van Etten (floor exercise), Josh Landis (pommel horse), David Johnston (still rings), Carrion (vault) and Robby Rome (horizontal bar).

The Sooners return to action Saturday night for the MPSF individual event finals. Competition begins at 7 p.m. MST.

Team Results (top three only)

TotalFloor Pommel Still VaultParallel Horizontal
ExerciseHorseRingsBarsBar
Oklahoma230.67539.1038.9038.17538.3037.62538.575
California230.62538.62539.3038.4538.3037.5538.40
Nebraska228.22537.5537.9538.67538.0037.97538.975

Oklahoma Individual Results

Floor Exercise

Huy Ly9.10
Josh Landis9.70
Steve Van Etten9.80
Daniel Furney9.70
Brendan O'Neil9.90
Shannon Carrion9.50

Pommel Horse

Huy Ly9.55
Gabe Hansen8.60
Brendan O'Neil8.65
Steve Van Etten9.65
Josh Landis9.80 (ties career high)
Daniel Furney9.90 (school record, career high)

Still Rings

Shannon Carrion9.35
Gabe Hansen9.25
Ed Wentzheimer9.40
John Payton9.55 (ties career high)
Daniel Furney8.80
David Johnston9.875

Vault

Huy Ly9.35
Shannon Carrion9.55 (career high)
David Johnston9.10
Steve Van Etten9.50
Daniel Furney9.70 (career high)
Brendan O'Neil9.55

Parellel Bars

Josh Landis9.25 (ties career high)
Steve Van Etten9.15
Daniel Furney8.70
Gabe Hansen9.20
Everette Bierker9.65
Brendan O'Neil9.525

Horizontal Bar

Steve Van Etten8.40
Everette Bierker9.65 (career high)
Gabe Hansen9.525
Shannon Carrion9.45
Robby Rome9.80
Daniel Furney9.60

All-Around

Daniel Furney56.40

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