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February 14, 2006 | Men's Gymnastics

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla. The University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics program was at the top of the list in the new GymInfo poll released Tuesday.  OU claimed the No. 1 spot with a scoring average of 211.8.  Despite the Sooners recent success, it is the first time for the program to be ranked No. 1 in a regular-season poll since March 7, 2003.

OU began the 2006 season ranked No. 1 in the GymInfo pre-season coaches poll and then slipped to No. 3 after posting a season-low 208.85 at the Rocky Mountain Open.  After defeating the Air Force Academy 210.15-171.65, OU moved up a spot to No. 2 before reaching its current status by defeating then-No. 5 Iowa, 212.0-206.65, last Friday in Iowa City, Iowa.

Rankings | 2006 NCAA Championships in Norman

Prior to meeting the Hawkeyes, the Sooners posted the nation's highest score of 2006, 216.2, in its Jan. 27 win over current-No. 5 Michigan.

Not only did the Sooners claim the top overall spot, but they are also the best team in the nation on the floor exercise, still rings and high bar with averages of 35.95, 36.425 and 36.237, respectively.

Individually, sophomore Jonathan Horton is the nation's top all-around gymnast with an average of 53.55 and senior Jamie Henderson is the nation's best on the still rings with an average of 9.437 on the apparatus.

Currently, the GymInfo rankings are determined by averaging all of a team's scores from the 2006 season.  Beginning next week, the rankings will be tabulated by averaging a team's top three scores of the season.  The rankings will change once more on March 13, when the polls will be determined by the modified three score average which consists of selecting the four highest scores, counting no more than two home meets and dropping the highest score before averaging the three remaining scores.

The changes in rankings come just four days before the Sooners travel to Columbus, Ohio to take on No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday at 7 p.m.

In 2005, the two teams matched up in Norman with then-No. 3 OU defeating then-No. 1 Ohio State 222.825-222.675.

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