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Saturday, January 18
Columbus, Ohio
4 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

412.200
at
397.600

Ohio State University

Sooners Cruise Past Buckeyes, Sun Devils

January 18, 2020 | Men's Gymnastics

Results OU vs. OSU & ASU

By: Patrick Dunn

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team topped No. 9 Ohio State and No. 12 Arizona State Saturday evening inside the Covelli Center on the campus of Ohio State by a score of 412.200 to 397.600 (OSU) to 380.700 (ASU).  

Event Scores
TOTAL FX PH SR VT PB HB
Oklahoma 412.200 72.150 64.750 66.900 72.500 68.300 67.600
Ohio State 397.600 68.950 64.500 62.800 69.950 65.950 65.450
Arizona State 380.700 65.650 59.500 61.000 69.700 61.600 63.250

NCAA High Scores
Event Gymnast Score
FX Dyer (OU) 15.150
PH Sandro (OU) & Trams (OSU) 13.500
SR Sandro (OU) 13.750
VT Guimaraes (OU) 15.050
PB Dyer (OU) 14.100
HB Watts (ASU) 13.900

The Sooners were led by a trio of gymnasts. Junior Gage Dyer won two events, freshman David Sandro claimed or took a share of two and sophomore Vitaliy Guimaraes brought home one title. Oklahoma won all six team event titles and five of six individual event titles at the meet.

"I thought it was a great competition for us," said OU head coach Mark Williams. "It's always difficult to start on pommel horse and we got through and didn't have any falls. We moved on from there and really had a better meet than last weekend, all the way around. 

"We put up 16 sticks, which is a really big number. Vault was amazing with all the sticks. I'm really pleased with the guys and proud of their effort." - Mark Williams

OU put up the highest point total of the 2020 season with its 412.200 and posted two of the highest individual event scores of the season en route to the victory. Dyer scored a career-high 15.150 on floor exercise while Guimaraes went 15.050 on vault for a career best. Additionally, the Sooners recorded an impressive 16 stuck routines on the night and 17 individual career-high marks. 

Starting on pommel horse in the first rotation, OU tallied a 64.750, led by Sandro's career-best 13.500. Competing in his first competition as a Sooner, freshman Sean Daugherty chipped in a routine of 13.050 to help OU claim it's first event title of the evening. 

In the second rotation on still rings, the Sooners tallied another meet-best with a total of 66.900. Sandro led OU again with a 13.750 performance, his second career-high of the meet. Guimaraes helped out with a career-best 13.550 while senior rings specialist Collyn Kellogg logged a 13.500 in the anchor spot. 

Moving to floor exercise in the third rotation, Oklahoma began to separate itself from the Buckeyes and Sun Devils with a nation-best 72.150 score. Four career bests were notched in the rotation with Dyer putting up a nation-leading 15.150, Guimaraes tying his career high with a 14.750, sophomore Morgan Seyler scoring 14.600 and freshman Jack Freeman tallying a score of 13.850.

OU registered its second of four season highs in the fourth rotation on parallel bars, scoring 68.300. The Sooners were led on the event by Dyer, tying his career best with a 14.100. Freshmen Sandro and Cesar Gracia also put up career bests, with respective scores of 13.800 and 13.700. 

The fifth rotation on high bar was another season high for the Sooners, who tallied 67.600. Dyer placed second overall at the meet with a 13.850 set while Sandro (13.650), redshirt junior Randy Scharnhorst (13.550) and Guimaraes (13.400) all put up career marks to help OU pull ahead after five rounds.

The Sooners final rotation on vault brought the energy inside the Covelli Center. OU stuck four of it's six vaults, resulting in a season-high 72.500 score. Guimaraes recorded a career-best and NCAA-leading score of 15.050 to take the event crown, while four of the five other gymnasts went 14-plus in the rotation. Vernyi notched a 14.400, while Seyler (14.400), redshirt sophomore Mason Menser (14.350) and Freeman (14.300) all hit career marks in the final rotation.

UP NEXT
Oklahoma travels to Palo Alto, Calif., for a top-two matchup against the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal and No. 11 Cal Golden Bears. OU holds the top spot in the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) team standings while the Cardinal hold No. 2. The meet is slated to begin at 5 p.m. CT next Saturday, Jan. 25.

For updates and more information on Oklahoma men's gymnastics, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_MGymnastics) and like Oklahoma Men's Gymnastics on Facebook.

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Gage Dyer

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Jack Freeman

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