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OU Gymnastics Second At Rocky Mountain Open

Sooners Collect 12th Straight Against Huskers

February 20, 2003 | Men's Gymnastics

By: Athletics Communications

Feb. 21, 2003

NORMAN, Okla.- The No. 3-ranked Oklahoma Sooners men's gymnastics team won its 24th consecutive meet over a college opponent by rolling to a 218.875-209.900 win over Nebraska in Norman, Friday. It was OU's 13th straight home victory and its 12th straight against the Cornhuskers.

The score was a season high for Oklahoma, marking the second straight meet that the Sooners had posted a best.

OU head coach Mark Williams rested top all-arounder Daniel Furney, who competed in just three of the six events, and also gave some of his seniors a night of rest in specific events. Despite that, the Sooners outscored the No. 9 Cornhuskers in each rotation.

"The score surprised me not only because we didn't have Daniel in everything, but because we didn't have a particularly good night," Williams said. "Our hit percentage was down from last week. Fortunately, some of our veterans had some of their best performances of the year and that kind of offset things for us."

The big difference came on the pommel horse. Josh Landis scored a 9.675, the best score of the year by a Sooner on that apparatus, to lead his team to 36.025 total. The Huskers countered with just a 33.550.

"Josh's performance on the pommel horse was the key to the for us," Williams said.

Senior Brett Covey posted a 9.8 on the rings, the second-highest score in the nation this year. Covey also has the top mark at 9.85.

Top all around honors went to Nebraska's Steven Friedman at 52.600. NU Mace Patterson was next at 51.550, followed by OU's Curtis O'Rorke at 51.050.

Oklahoma took the top four spots on the high bar with Shannon Carrion's 9.5 leading all of the competitors. Covey's rings score easily outdistanced Friedman's 9.45.

Josh Gore scored a meet high and career best of 9.050 on the floor to lead OU, while Landis' pommel horse score helped OU take the top four spots in the event. Furney's 9.550 on the vault topped all competitors.

"Josh has been out with a tender back so it was good to have him back," Williams said. "He's just real steady and he delivered on the floor for us tonight."

Oklahoma returns to action March 1 at Minnesota.

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