Guard Young Finishes Second On Vault At 2004 Winter Cup

NO. 4 SOONERS PREPARE FOR NO. 1 OHIO STATE AND NO. 2 CALIFORNIA

NORMAN, Okla. - The 2004 Winter Cup in Las Vegas concluded Saturday night with the event finals and assistant coach Guard Young took second on the vault (9.600) a day after finishing 10th in the all-around with a 53.625.

Young also took seventh on the still rings with a 9.350 and competed on the floor exercise. Young qualified for the three event finals the day before by finishing in the top eight in those events.

Full results from the 2004 Winter Cup can be found by clicking here.

On Friday, senior co-captain Heath Mueller finished 22nd with a 52.175 and also took 10th in the high bar (9.275).

Junior David Henderson was 10th on the vault with a 9.475 and was 30th in the all-around (51.200). Sophomore Jamie Henderson was 28th in the all-around (51.400).

The No. 4 Sooners will return to action on Friday, Feb. 13th, at 7 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio against the current-No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes and No. 2 California Golden Bears.

"This is probably the biggest test we have had in the past year and a half," said Oklahoma head coach Mark Williams. "It is never easy to compete at Ohio State. They are always one of the toughest teams in the nation and that shows because it has either been us or them the past three years winning national titles. They have been right behind us during the past two championship runs. It will be a great competition and we will have to bring our "A" game."

Over the past two years, Ohio State finished second in the NCAA Championships and in 2001 when the Buckeyes won the title, the Sooners were second behind them. The last time they met was in Norman last year when OU defeated the Buckeyes 222.500-218.500.