Daniel Furney Launched on Sooner Awards

March 10, 2003

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NORMAN, Okla. - Senior Daniel Furney of the No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team has been added to Sooner Awards.com, which is an offspring of SoonerSports.com. Furney is a candidate for the Heisman of collegiate gymnastics, the Nissen Emery Award. The New Braunfels, Texas, native is also up for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Year award.

Furney had the best meet in NCAA history (FIG Scoring) Friday night when he scored a 56.350 in the all-around to break the current record of Ohio State's Raj Bhavsar (56.200). Furney also broke the OU school record on high bar with a score of 9.700. All totaled the senior co-captain landed three first place finishes and placed in the top three on six of the seven events (including all-around).

Furney has received six weekly awards this season, including two NCAA Gymnast of the Week honors and two weekly MPSF honors. He currently owns four of the seven OU individual event school records.

The Oklahoma men's gymnastics closes out the regular season at Illinois, Saturday, March 15 at 7 p.m. Championship season begins with the MPSF Conference Finals at Nebraska, March 28-29. The NCAA Championships begin April 11, in Philadelphia on the campus of Temple University.

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Daniel Furney Launched on Sooner Awards

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