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Norman School Honors Champs

Norman School Honors Champs

April 25, 2008 | Men's Gymnastics

April 25, 2008

NORMAN, Okla. - The national champion Oklahoma men's gymnastics team was honored Friday at an assembly at Norman's Cleveland Elementary School.  A packed gymnasium of over 500 students, teachers, administrators and parents welcomed the team with confetti, pom poms and matching T-shirts.

The Sooners have joined the school in a "Partners in Education" program developed by Cleveland music teacher Regina Bell and OU head coach Mark Williams, a former English teacher.  Members of the men's gymnastics team are assigned to a teacher and make weekly visits to their classroom throughout the year to tutor and mentor the students.

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The squad has also been involved in the school's annual Jog-A-Thon and Family Fun Night Events, even volunteering to sit in a dunk tank.

OU hosts an annual "Cleveland Elementary Night" at a home gymnastics meet.  This season the Sooners welcomed Cleveland students, teachers and parents for their Jan. 26 victory against Michigan at the Howard McCasland Field House.  Two weeks before, the team performed a gymnastics demonstration at a school assembly, showing off their skills on floor exercise, parallel bars, vault and pommel horse.
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