Completed Event: Men's Gymnastics versus Nebraska on April 18, 2025 , Loss , 323.460, to, 324.694
Final
Men's Gymnastics
323.460
vs Nebraska
324.694
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, April 16
Norman, Okla.
6 P.M. CT
University of Oklahoma
414.555
vs
423.628
Stanford
Sooners Impressive, Finish As National Runners-Up
April 16, 2022 | Men's Gymnastics
| Team Scores | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Stanford | No. 2 Oklahoma | No. 3 Michigan | No. 4 Nebraska | No. 5 Ohio State | No. 6 Illinois | |
| FX | 72.433 | 71.231 | 70.299 | 68.830 | 69.066 | 69.898 |
| PH | 67.999 | 66.298 | 65.998 | 64.997 | 62.732 | 59.165 |
| SR | 71.666 | 67.898 | 68.731 | 66.698 | 67.198 | 68.898 |
| VT | 73.432 | 71.098 | 71.299 | 71.798 | 70.032 | 69.932 |
| PB | 70/732 | 68.165 | 69.932 | 67.699 | 65.666 | 66.265 |
| HB | 67.366 | 69.865 | 68.231 | 66.431 | 64.632 | 64.365 |
| TOTAL | 423.628 | 414.555 | 414.490 | 406.490 | 399.326 | 398.523 |
NORMAN — Hosting the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2015, the Oklahoma men's gymnastics team posted its second-highest score of the season (414.555) to finish as national runner-up in front of a spirited crowd at Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday. Stanford took first place (423.628), Michigan third (414.490), Nebraska fourth (406.490), Ohio State fifth (399.326) and Illinois sixth (398.523).
Oklahoma has finished in the top two in 19 of the past 21 NCAA Championships.
"We had some young guys who had to figure out what we do and I was really pleased with how well and how quickly they adapted to that, and kept the tradition that we have," said OU head coach Mark Williams. "We've had, since I won my first in 2002, we've been first or second 19 out of 21 years. Which when you think about that I can't even believe that. And even tonight I have a hard time believing we did it again. I'm just thrilled for these guys to trust in what we do as a program and that my alumni even come back and help these guys get better."
Eight Sooners secured 15 All-America honors at the Championships, the program's most All-America accolades since 2017.
Freshman Fuzzy Benas (VT, HB, AA), freshman Raydel Gamboa (PB, HB, AA) and senior Vitaliy Guimaraes (FX, PH, AA) finished in the top five of the all-around. Gamboa took third (83.398), Guimaraes fourth (83.364) and Benas fifth (82.399). The three honors put Guimaraes at six career All-America accolades.
Freshman Emre Dodanli collected two All-America honors (FX, VT). Sophomore Zach Nunez (PH), senior Spencer Goodell (FX), junior Jack Freeman (HB) and redshirt junior Cesar Gracia (HB) each secured the first of their careers.
OU started the night on pommel horse, tallying a 66.298. Nunez led OU with a 13.833 to take second on the event. Guimaraes tallied a 13.766 to notch fifth and Gamboa and redshirt junior Braden Collier each scored a 13.033 as the Sooners finished the first rotation in fifth place.
On still rings, junior Alan Camillus led OU with a 13.833. Gamboa also registered a 13.833 but it did not count toward the team's score. Benas tallied a 13.600 and Goodell a 13.566, and the Sooners finished with a 67.898.
In the third rotation, Oklahoma scored a 71.098 on vault to catapult to third place, led by freshmen Benas and Dodanli, who scored a 14.733 apiece (a career high for Dodanli) and tie for fourth on the event. Guimaraes registered a 14.333 and redshirt junior Josh Corona a 14.266.
OU was led by Gamboa on parallel bars with a career-high 14.066, seventh on the event. Guimaraes scored a 13.866 and the Sooners finished the event with a 68.865 to remain in third place
The Sooners narrowly jumped to second place by registering their highest high bar score of the year with a 69.856. Freeman tied for third on the event (14.266), Benas secured fifth (career-high 14.200) , Gracia sixth (career-high 14.033) and Gamboa tied for seventh (14.000).
On the final event, OU posted its second-best floor score of the season (71.231) to fend off Michigan in the final standings. Guimaraes tied for third place with a 14.600 while Dodanli took sixth with a 14.466 and Goodell seventh with a 14.366. Freeman notched a 14.266 and Gamboa a 14.232.
"That's as good as we could do," said Williams. "At the beginning of the season, we knew Stanford was going to be great. It was going to be a difficult task. We gave it a run, and then to beat the rest of the field, I am super thrilled about (finishing) second, as opposed to 2019 when we probably should've won and didn't. This is better."For updates and more information, follow @OU_MGymnastics on Twitter or like Oklahoma Men's Gymnastics on Facebook.
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