No. 1 OU Falls in Off Night

	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	Total
Stanford	75.800	72.750	75.550	73.800	72.650	74.500	445.150
Oklahoma	76.500	73.100	75.550	73.350	70.350	73.550	442.400
ASU	69.850	66.500	69.150	69.150	65.500	64.800	404.950

Event Winners
Event	Gymnast	Score
FX	Colin Van Wicklen (OU)	15.550
PH	Akash Modi (STAN)	15.150
SR	Michael Squires (OU)	16.100
V	Sean Sentors (STAN)	15.150
PB	Akash Modi (STAN)	15.050
HB	Stanton Rehkemper (OU)	15.350
AA	Allan Bower (OU)	87.800

Oklahoma Team Highs
Event	Gymnast	Score
FX	Colin Van Wicklen	15.550
PH	Michael Reid	15.100
SR	Michael Squires	16.100
V	Colin Van Wicklen	15.000
PB	Michael Reid	14.850
HB	Stanton Rehkemper	15.350

FORT WORTH, Texas -- The No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team was good at the Metroplex Challenge, but on Friday night No. 3 Stanford was a little better.

Despite trailing the Sooners with one rotation remaining, the Cardinal came from behind to defeat OU, 445.150 to 442.400. The loss was OU's first of the season and came just six days after the Sooners defeated Stanford in Norman.

Oklahoma had three event champions - freshman Colin Van Wicklen on floor, junior Michael Squires on still rings and senior Stanton Rehkemper on high bar. Freshman Allan Bower also took the all-around title with an 87.800.

OU began the meet on high bar. A big-time score of 15.350 from Rehkemper paced the Sooners, giving the senior a career high. Junior William Clement tacked on a 14.950 while Danny Berardini added a 14.800.

Next on floor, Van Wicklen scored the second-highest point total of any gymnast in the country so far this year with a 15.550, trailing only teammate Alec Robin's high of 15.600. Senior Raymond White tied his career high in the anchor position with a 15.500.

All told, OU finished with a floor score of 76.500, the nation's second highest score this season after the Sooners' 76.550 they set just six days ago.

After scoring a 72.600 on pommel horse behind junior Michael Reid's 15.100, OU earned a score of 75.550 on still rings. Defending national champion Squires took home top honors with a 16.100.

Up on the Cardinal by almost three points at 372.050 to 369.600 with one rotation remaining, the Sooners had an uncharacteristically rough night on parallel bars. OU finished with a 70.350 as Reid scored 14.850 and junior Sergey Resnick had a 14.750.

Select members of the team will compete at Winter Cup starting Thursday, Feb. 20. The Sooners' next meet will be Senior Day on Sunday, March 9, at 4 p.m. CT against Nebraska in McCasland Field House.

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Players Mentioned

Danny Berardini

Allan Bower

William Clement

Stanton Rehkemper

Michael Reid

Alec Robin

Michael Squires

Colin Van Wicklen

Raymond White

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