OU Soars Past AFA in Home Opener

Saturday, January 22

Norman, Okla.

7 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

401.500

365.650

Air Force

January 22, 2022 | Men's Gymnastics

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¹ Oklahoma

401.500

¹³ Air Force

365.650

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Team Scores
	OU	AFA
FX	68.200	58.950
PH	63.650	57.250
SR	66.550	62.300
VT	71.750	68.050
PB	67.200	60.650
HB	64.150	58.450

High Scores
Event	Gymnast	Score
FX	Spencer Goodell (OU)	14.150
PH	Raydel Gamboa (OU)	13.150
SR	Fuzzy Benas (OU)	13.550
VT	Fuzzy Benas(OU)	14.550
PB	Fuzzy Benas (OU)	14.400
HB	Raydel Gamboa (OU)	13.650

NORMAN —The No. 1 Oklahoma men's gymnastics team cruised past No. 13 Air Force on Saturday night inside McCasland Field House by a score of 401.500 to 365.650.

Oklahoma won all six event titles as a team and collected every individual event title at the meet.

With the victory, Sooners improved the program's win streak in McCasland Field House to 77, a streak dating back to 2007.

"We had a pretty decent crowd after two years of not being able to fill up the Field House, said head coach Mark Williams. "I think the guys got to enjoy the experience of performing in front of a home crowd again. I'm pretty happy with our performance. We had a few mistakes but that's pretty normal for this time of year."

"I'm happy for Raydel (Gamboa), he got to show off his personality tonight. The last two events he did really well. Cailen Walker, it was his first time he's been out in a Sooner uniform and I'm really excited for him to be out there and get to compete, same with Brigham Frentheway. Those guys are young and it's awesome to see how they've responded to what we do as Sooners in the men's gymnastics program. I'm happy, we have things we can fix, but for now, I'm proud of their efforts."

The Sooners rotated in Olympic order on the evening, starting on floor exercise. The squad put up a 68.200 and was paced by senior Spencer Goodell's 14.150, good for the event title. Freshman Emre Dodanli collected an impressive 14.100 in his first routine competing for the Sooners. Senior Alexei Vernyi made his season debut with a 13.600 on the event.

In the second rotation, the team put up a 63.650 on pommel horse. Freshman Raydel Gamboa led the squad with his 13.150 performance, setting a career high and earning him the event title. Redshirt junior Braden Collier put up a 12.800 and both junior Alan Camillus and freshman Fuzzy Benas scored a 12.700 to contribute to the teams total.

OU registered a 66.550 on still rings in the third rotation of the evening. Benas put up the top score on rings with a 13.550. Redshirt junior Evan Perreault followed with a 13.400. Dan Simmons stuck his landing, earning him a 13.250. Freeman contributed a 13.200 and Gamboa set a career-high score of 13.150.

Heading to vault in the fourth rotation, all five Sooners put up 14.000-plus scores to produce the highest event score of the night at 71.750. Benas led the team with an impressive 14.550 and was closely followed by junior Josh Corona's 14.450, good for a season-best score. First to go for the Sooners and in his debut in the Crimson and Cream, freshman Cailen Walker impressed with a 14.450. Simmons and Nunez both put up 14.350's on the event.

On parallel bars, OU registered a 67.200. For his third event title, Fuzzy Benas crushed his career-best with an impressive 14.400, placing him 0.95 ahead of the second place gymnast. Gamboa collected a 13.450 and redshirt junior Cesar Gracia stuck his landing to collect a 13.300. Goodell and Camillus contributed a 13.200 and 12.850, respectively.

High bar was the final event on the night and Gamboa collected his second event title of the night with a big 13.600. Freeman contributed to the team's 64.150 score with his 13.300 performance. Dodanli and Nunez put up respective scores of 12.950 and 12.500.

The Sooners will travel to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford Open next Saturday at 8 p.m. CT

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