Completed Event: Men's Gymnastics versus Ohio State on February 7, 2026 , Win , 328.650, to, 317.700
Final
Men's Gymnastics
328.650
vs Ohio State
317.700
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Men's Gymnastics Season in Review
May 07, 2008 | Men's Gymnastics
May 7, 2008
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NORMAN, Okla. -- In one of the most dramatic endings in NCAA Championship history, the second-ranked Oklahoma men's gymnastics team toppled No. 1 Stanford on the Cardinal's home floor to claim the 2008 national title. It was the Sooners' fifth championship in the last seven years and the eighth in program history, giving the gymnastics squad the most national titles of any OU athletics program.
Senior Jonathan Horton reinforced his status as the most decorated gymnast in OU history, becoming the Sooners' sixth Nissen-Emery Award winner and claiming an individual national title on rings while finishing second in the all-around. Horton earned All-America status on three events (AA, SR, PB) to bring his career total to 18, a program record. His six career individual championships are also tops in OU history.
Proving that the future of the OU program is extremely bright, freshman Steven Legendre also won individual national championships on floor exercise and vault, earning All-America honors on both events as well as on high bar. Legendre became just the fourth Sooner to earn multiple NCAA titles in a season and the first freshman to win national crowns on at least two events.
In total, Oklahoma gymnasts earned 11 All-America honors in 2008, the second-highest total in the nation. In addition to Horton and Legendre, juniors Russell Czeschin (FX), Chris Brooks (PB, HB) and Jason Laughton (PH) and sophomore Reed Pitts (FX) received national distinction.
Following the NCAA Championships, OU head coach Mark Williams was named National Coach of the Year for the fifth time, while assistants Daniel Furney and Rustam Sharipov earned National Co-Assistant Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three seasons.
The Sooners also claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title in 2008, their ninth conference championship in 10 years and fourth consecutive. Williams was named the conference's Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his nine seasons as OU head coach, sharing the 2008 honor with Cal's Barry Weiner. Horton was the MPSF all-around champion for the third time, while also winning the rings crown and earning his third MPSF Gymnast of the Year Award.
Horton also excelled on the international scene as a member of the U.S. Senior National Team. At the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, he finished fourth in the all-around and became just the fourth American men's gymnast to record a top-four all-around finish at the World Championships. Horton's performance helped the U.S. to a fourth-place team finish and an automatic berth in the 2008 Olympic Games.
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