Sooners Advance to NCAA Finals

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NCAA Qualifier

Team Scores
	OU	Nebraska	Ohio State	Illinois	Navy	William & Mary
FX	68.665	70.599	69.497	69.498	68.298	66.132
PH	63.631	67.631	62.266	63.631	63.099	50.765
SR	68.932	66.798	64.765	67.332	64.565	64.565
VT	71.999	71.530	70.898	70.997	70.165	66.565
PB	66.265	65.133	63.832	65.298	60.765	60.698
HB	66.698	66.932	63.698	63.965	64.098	62.531
Final	406.190	408.623	394.956	400.721	390.990	371.256

Individual Titles
Event	Gymnast	Score
FX	Jesse Tyndall (Ohio State)	14.766
PH	Ian Skirkey (Illinois)	14.066
SR	Spencer Goodell (OU)	14.033
VT	Michael Fletcher (Illinois)	14.800
PB	Michael Fletcher (Illinois)	13.866
HB	Jesse Tyndall (Ohio State)	14.033
AA	Jesse Tyndall (Ohio State)	81.665

MINNEAPOLIS — With a second place finish in the first session of the NCAA Qualifying meet, No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team advanced to the NCAA Finals to be held Saturday, April 17. The Sooners finished with a score of 406.190 and competed against No. 4 Nebraska (408.623), No. 5 Ohio State (394.956), No. 8 Illinois (400.721), No. 9 Navy (390.990) and No. 12 William & Mary (371.256).

The Sooners won three events as a team and placed in the top five on four events.

"I think we were just a little bit slow out of the gate in terms of energy, anxiety, and nervousness" said OU head coach Mark Williams. "But as the meet went on, we made a little more mistakes than we normally have. The object is to be one of the three teams to qualify and we did that, so we're fine and will come back and go at it again tomorrow."

The Sooners started the meet on floor and put up a 68.665. Senior Gage Dyer led the team with a score of 14.733, which put him in second place overall.

In the second rotation, the team posted a total of 63.631 on pommel horse. Freshman Zach Nunez put up a 13.333 to lead the team and was closely followed by Junior Vitaliy Guimaraes with a 13.233.

The team tallied a 68.932 on still rings in the third rotation of the day, giving them the event title. Spencer Goodell set a new career-best score of 14.033, which also crowned him with the event title. Senior Matt Wenske and Guimaraes followed in second and third overall with respective scores of 13.900 and 13.766.

In the fourth rotation, the Sooners produced a 71.999 on vault, good for the highest team score of the day for the Sooners and another team event title. Dyer led the team with a 14.600, which put him in fifth overall. Sophomore Josh Corona and Junior Morgan Seyler both produced 14.500s to help the team win the event.

OU moved to parallel bars for the fifth rotation of the day. The team tallied a 66.265, giving the Sooners their third event title. Tying for second overall, Goodell scored a 13.600. Guimaraes and Wenske tied each other for fourth with a score of 13.533.

The Sooners closed the meet with a 66.698 on high bar and were paced by sophomore Cesar Gracia. The sophomore put up a 13.600 and was closely followed by Nunez with a 13.466, good for a career high score.

The Sooners will compete in the NCAA Finals Saturday, April 17 at 7 p.m. CT in Minneapolis, Minn. They will be joined by Nebraska, Illinois and the three best-scoring teams from the second session of the NCAA Qualifying meet tonight at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Josh Corona

Gage Dyer

Spencer Goodell

Cesar Gracia

Vitaliy Guimaraes

Zach Nunez

Morgan Seyler

Matt Wenske

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