Sooner Signee Wins Junior Olympic All-Around Title

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics 2016 signee Matthew Wenske claimed the all-around title at the U.S. Men's Junior Olympic National Championship at Kellog Arena in Battle Creek, Mich., over the weekend.

Wenske took home the title for the 17-year-old age group of level 10 gymnastics in the junior elite division with a two-day total score of 142.450. In addition to his all-around victory, the Cypress Academy gymnast also placed first on rings, vault and parallel bars while adding a second-place finish on high bar and coming in fourth on pommel horse.

With his performance, Wenske qualified for the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships on June 23-26 in St. Louis.

The U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships is one of the national championships of USA Gymnastics, the sport's national governing body in the United States. Many Junior Olympic champions have gone on to make the U.S. National Team and represent the United States in international competition and/or to compete in collegiate gymnastics. All of the members of the men's medal-winning 2004 (silver) and 2008 (bronze) U.S. Olympic Teams, as well as the 2012 Olympic Team, are former Junior Olympic National Championships participants. Past participants include Paul Hamm, 2004 Olympic all-around champion; former Sooners Jonathan Horton, 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver medalist and 2010 World all-around bronze medalist; and Danell Leyva, 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist.

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Sooner Signee Wins Junior Olympic All-Around Title

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