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Benas Placed Sixth at U.S. Olympic Team Trials
June 29, 2024 | Men's Gymnastics
MINNEAPOLIS — University of Oklahoma gymnastics rising redshirt junior Fuzzy Benas finished sixth with a total all-around score of 166.000 in his debut at U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics at the Target Center. Alumnus Yul Moldauer placed ninth overall with his 165.300 total.
Benas registered an 82.900 in the all-around on Saturday to go with his 83.100 from Thursday. He scored higher in each of his first four events on day two to move up from eighth to sixth. He notched 13.700 on high bar, 14.100 on floor exercise, 13.700 on pommel horse and 13.650 on still rings, then posted a 13.900 on vault and 13.850 on parallel bars.
Overall, Benas placed fourth on high bar (28.300), seventh on floor exercise (28.050), eighth on pommel horse (27.150), 11th on rings (27.100) and parallel bars (28.300) and posted the 10th-highest score on vault (28.050) in the all-around competition.
"Fuzzy had a great trials. He just kept getting better and being sixth at the trials is a tremendous accomplishment, especially considering the year he had prior to this one (with injuries)," Oklahoma head coach Mark Williams said. "I don't think anybody expected Fuzzy Benas to finish sixth all-around at the Olympic Trials after basically being out of gymnastics for a full year. Fuzzy did his job all the way around. That's pretty amazing for where he had been.
"He had a great USA's and trials for his first time around. He didn't miss a set. He was 12 for 12 this weekend and basically 12 for 12 at USA Championships as well. That's a pretty amazing feat. It was great to see him be such a great competitor in this situation."
Moldauer scored 81.600 in the all-around on Saturday, and placed sixth overall on parallel bars (29.250), eighth on rings (27.650), ninth on floor (27.900), and 13th on pommel horse (26.000) and high bar (25.900) and scored seventh-highest on vault in the all-around competition.
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Benas registered an 82.900 in the all-around on Saturday to go with his 83.100 from Thursday. He scored higher in each of his first four events on day two to move up from eighth to sixth. He notched 13.700 on high bar, 14.100 on floor exercise, 13.700 on pommel horse and 13.650 on still rings, then posted a 13.900 on vault and 13.850 on parallel bars.
Overall, Benas placed fourth on high bar (28.300), seventh on floor exercise (28.050), eighth on pommel horse (27.150), 11th on rings (27.100) and parallel bars (28.300) and posted the 10th-highest score on vault (28.050) in the all-around competition.
"Fuzzy had a great trials. He just kept getting better and being sixth at the trials is a tremendous accomplishment, especially considering the year he had prior to this one (with injuries)," Oklahoma head coach Mark Williams said. "I don't think anybody expected Fuzzy Benas to finish sixth all-around at the Olympic Trials after basically being out of gymnastics for a full year. Fuzzy did his job all the way around. That's pretty amazing for where he had been.
"He had a great USA's and trials for his first time around. He didn't miss a set. He was 12 for 12 this weekend and basically 12 for 12 at USA Championships as well. That's a pretty amazing feat. It was great to see him be such a great competitor in this situation."
Moldauer scored 81.600 in the all-around on Saturday, and placed sixth overall on parallel bars (29.250), eighth on rings (27.650), ninth on floor (27.900), and 13th on pommel horse (26.000) and high bar (25.900) and scored seventh-highest on vault in the all-around competition.
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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