Legendre Earns Third MPSF Honor

March 24, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma sophomore Steven Legendre was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week on Tuesday.

The honor was the third of the season for Legendre and the fifth of his career. Legendre captured the floor (16.000), vault (16.400), parallel bars (15.100) and all-around title (92.250) during the Sooner's win over Penn State on Saturday.

Oklahoma posted a NCAA scoring record with a 366.850 on Saturday night, while the Nittany Lions posted a final score of 356.300.

Oklahoma swept all event titles by scoring team event highs on the night on floor (62.150), pommel horse (59.250), rings (60.850), vault (64.650), parallel bars (59.950) and high bar (60.000).

Another win over a top 10 team resulted in another undefeated regular season (12-0) for the top-ranked University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team.

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Oklahoma will take a week off to recuperate before beginning postseason competition at the 2009 MPSF Championships, April 5 in Palo Alto, Calif.

The Sooners are the four-time defending conference champions and have won nine MPSF titles in the last ten years, including eight under Williams.

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