No. 1 Sooners Travel to MPSF Conference Championship

Saturday, April 3

Colorado Springs, CO

2 PM

University of Oklahoma

MPSF Championships

Photo by: Ty Russell

No. 1 Sooners Travel to MPSF Conference Championship

April 02, 2021 | Men's Gymnastics

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1 Oklahoma

MPSF Championships

Saturday, April 3 / 2 P.M. CT / Colorado Springs, Colo. / Cadet West Gym

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NORMAN – No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team opens postseason competition Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colo. against No. 3 Stanford, No. 11 Cal and No. 13 Air Force at the MPSF Conference Championships at 2 p.m. CT.

NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR POSTSEASON

THE MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP

No. 1 Oklahoma will travel for the 2020-21 MPSF Conference Championships Saturday, hosted by No. 13 Air Force at Cadet West Gym. The meet will be available to watch on the Mountain West Network. In its final regular season meet, No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team beat No. 11 Cal by a score of 404.700-390.600 two weekends ago in Berkeley, Calif.

The Sooners completed the regular season with a 6-0-1 overall record.

SOONERS NO. 1 IN CGA STANDINGS

After week 11 of NCAA men's gymnastics competition, Oklahoma continues to hold the top spot in the College Gymnastics Association (CGA) standings. The No. 1 Sooners defeated No. 11 Cal two weekends ago, 404.700-390.600.

The Sooners hold the top team average (413.867) and hold a top three spot in all six events. The Sooners rank first on floor exercise (71.150), second on still rings (68.300), vault (72.783), parallel bars (68.867) and high bar (67.217) and third on pommel horse (67.383).

Individually, Sooners hold three of the top 10 spots in the all-around rankings, led by junior Spencer Goodell's 81.467, which is good for seventh. Junior Vitaliy Guimaraes holds ninth with an 80.917 and senior Matt Wenske ranks tenth in the nation with his 80.867 all-around NQA.

On floor exercise, Sooners hold two of the top five spots in the CGA standings. Senior Gage Dyer ranks No. 1 with a 14.850, putting him 0.200 ahead of his closet opponent. Junior Morgan Seyler ranks fifth at 14.450.

On still rings, the Sooners put up one in the top 10. Wenske leads the way with his 13.917 average that ranks tenth overall. In eleventh, Guimaraes holds his second top-10 spot in the country on rings with a 13.817 average, and Goodell is not far behind him in 13th with a 13.767.

The Sooners have one in the top-10 on vault. Senior Mason Menser is ranked fourth in the nation with a 14.717. Wenske holds the 12 spot with a 14.650 vault NQA. Dyer holds fourteenth with a 14.617.

Oklahoma put one gymnasts in the top 10 in the parallel bars ranks following week 11. Wenske (14.167) ranks fifth, while sophomore Cesar Gracia (13.950) holds eleventh. Goodell (13.800) follows in thirteenth and sophomore Alan Camillus (13.783) holds fifteenth.

On the last event, high bar, Guimaraes collects his third top-10 spot in the country with a 13.800 average, putting him in the four spot. Sophomore Jack Freeman finds himself ninth with a 13.667.

LAST TIME OUT

OU started on pommel horse and posted a team total of 62.850. Freshman Zach Nunez won the event with a 13.650. He was followed by sophomore Alan Camillus with a 12.750.

In the second rotation, the Sooners put up two career-high scores and one season best on floor exercise. Senior Matt Wenske and redshirt senior Mason Menser set their respective career bests, 14.500 and 13.600. Sophomore Jack Freeman put up a 14.200, good for a season-high score. Senior Gage Dyer's 14.550 also contributed to the team's overall score of 70.700.

The team tallied a 70.850 on vault, good for the highest score of the day on any event. Menser, Seyler and Wenske all put up a 14.250. Redshirt sophomore Josh Corona was close behind with a 14.150.

In the fourth rotation, the Sooners produced a 68.350 on still rings and set multiple career and season-best scores. Wenske led the team with a 14.050, good for a season-best score. Camillus and Seyler set their career-best scores at 13.750 and 13.700, respectively.

OU moved to high bar for the fifth rotation of the day. Freeman secured the event title and tied his career-best score with a 13.800. Nunez's 13.000 also helped bring the Sooners to a 63.300 on the event.

The Sooners closed the meet with a 68.650 on parallel bars and were paced by redshirt sophomore Cesar Gracia. The redshirt sophomore put up a career-best of 14.400, 0.450 better than his previous best score. Wenske tied his season-best score with a 14.150 and Camillus and Goodell both put up a 13.600.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will take a week off from competition before heading to the NCAA Championships, April 15-16 in Minneapolis, Minn. The qualifying session will be held Friday before Team Finals take place Saturday afternoon.

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