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Five OU Men's Gymnasts Earn All-America Honors

April 01, 2000 | Men's Gymnastics

By: Athletics Communications

April 1, 2000

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Five University of Oklahoma men's gymnasts earned All-America honors at the NCAA Individual Event Championships in Iowa City, Iowa, today. Junior Brendan O'Neil claimed All-America honors in both floor exercise and parallel bars. OU's five All-Americans are the Sooners' most since 1997.

On the floor exercise, O'Neil posted a 9.712 to earn fifth place on the floor exercise and scored a 9.625 for a fourth-place finish on the parallel bars. Freshman Josh Landis became OU's first freshman All-American since 1997, placing sixth on the pommel horse with a 9.55. David Johnston also claimed All-America honors, scoring a 9.65 to place seventh on the still rings. Steve Van Etten earned All-America honors for the second-straight season, this time on the horizontal bar. Last year, he was an All-American on the floor exercise.

Individual Results

Floor Exercise

Jamie Natalie, Ohio State9.90
Cody Casey, Cal.-Santa Barbara9.875
Ted Johnson, Penn State9.825
Kevin Roulston, Michigan9.80
Brendan O'Neil, Oklahoma9.712
Andrew Hampy, California9.687
Brad Kenna, Michigan9.65
Jose Palacios, Penn State9.35

Pommel Horse

Brandon Stefaniak, Penn State9.9125
Don Jackson, Iowa9.9125
Michael Ashe, California9.90
Cody Moore, California9.825
Tal Moscovitz, California9.7625
Josh Landis, Oklahoma9.55
Guard Young, BYU9.4875
Jon Plante, Michigan State9.25

Still Rings

Cortney Bramwell, BYU9.95
Scott Vetere, Michigan9.90
Kenny Keener, Michigan9.825
Chris Lakeman, Penn State9.7625
Jamie Natalie, Ohio State9.725
Dominic Brindle, Penn State9.70
David Johnston, Oklahoma9.65
Kris Zimmerman, Michigan9.2875
Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State9.00

Vault

Guard Young, BYU9.825
Andrew Hampy, California9.7875
Derek Leiter, Nebraska9.7375
Rob Saliski, Penn State9.7125
Asher Lichterman, Nebraska9.7125
Daren Lynch, Ohio State9.70
Mike Evans, Ohio State9.60
Leo Oka, Illinois9.50
Scott Vetere, Michigan9.125
Kevin Roulston, Michigan8.80
Brad Kenna, Michigan8.80

Parellel Bars

Kris Zimmerman, Michigan9.90
Justin Toman, Michigan9.90
Raj Bhavsar, Ohio State9.7625
Jeff LaVallee, Massachusetts9.70
Dustin Jakub, Nebraska9.6625
Brendan O'Neil, Oklahoma9.625
Jamie Natalie, Ohio State9.05
Guard Young, BYU9.05
Scott Vetere, Michigan8.775

Horizontal Bar

Michael Ashe, California9.90
Travis Romagnoli, Illinois9.8375
Brian Hamilton, Iowa9.80
Dominic Brindle, Penn State9.7625
Shane de Freitas, Iowa9.6875
Todd Strada, Iowa9.675
Adam Benas, Penn State9.65
Steve Van Etten, Oklahoma7.575

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