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Henderson Named to U.S. Team

No. 1 Sooners Pass Final Road Test

March 05, 2006 | Men's Gymnastics

By: Athletics Communications

LINCOLN, Neb. The No.1 University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team passed its final regular-season road test and improved to 15-0 on the year after defeating No. 12 Nebraska 214.65-208.65.  The Sooners won every event except for the pommel horse.  Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons took the all-around title with a score of 52.95.

Individually the Sooners had six different gymnasts collect 15 top-three finishes including a sweep on the still rings with Jamie Henderson (9.7), Abdullah-Simmons (9.35) and Jacob Messina (9.25) taking first, second and third, respectively.  The trio also finished in the top-three on the parallel bars with Abdullah-Simmons taking first with a 9.05 and Henderson and Messina tying Nebraska's T.J. Schmidt for second with an 8.85.  Henderson also claimed titles on the pommel horse (8.95) and the high bar (9.4).

Results | 2006 NCAA Championships in Norman

Freshman Reed Pitts posted a 9.2 on the floor exercise to win his second straight floor title after taking the honor with a 9.7 at last week's Aquafina Pacific Coast Collegiate Classic.  Pitts also tied classmate Russell Czeschin for third on the vault with a 9.25.  Garrett Carr took second with a 9.3 on the apparatus.

OU was without sophomore captain Jonathan Horton who won the 2006 Tyson American Cup Saturday in Philadelphia, Pa.  Horton's all-around score of 92.5 topped Japan's Hisashi Mizutori's 92.25.  The Houston, Texas native also took first on the still rings with a score of 15.6 and second on the floor exercise (15.5) and vault (16.4).

The Sooners will complete their regular-season schedule next Saturday at 7 p.m. when they host Nebraska and Stanford in the Lloyd Noble Center before traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., on March 25 for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships.

No. 1 OU will end the season by hosting the 2006 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships in the Lloyd Noble Center on April 6-8.  For tickets please call the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-4668.

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