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OU Tops First National Rankings of 2025

January 13, 2025 | Men's Gymnastics

NORMAN – The Oklahoma men's gymnastics team is No. 1 in the national rankings after the first weekend of the 2025 season. Senior Matthew Burgoyne tops the still rings standings with his 13.700 and redshirt freshman Brandon Zepeda-Orth is tied for first on horizontal bar with his 13.500.
 
The Sooners lead the nation with their 318.200 team all-around score set in Sunday's season-opening win over Air Force at McCasland Field House. OU has been ranked No. 1 at some point in every season since 2001.
 
OU set the pace on three events during the initial weekend of competition: floor exercise (54.250), still rings (53.700) and vault (55.850). The Sooners rank second on parallel bars (52.100, behind Ohio State's 52.200), third on horizontal bar (51.650) and sixth on pommel horse (51.650).
 
Senior Brigham Frentheway is tied for second on floor exercise (13.700), redshirt sophomore Leo Koike and redshirt freshman Arthur Ballon are tied for fourth (13.550) and Burgoyne is tied for eighth (13.450).
 
Junior Ignacio Yockers ranks second on pommel horse (14.450). Sophomore Tas Hajdu ranks third on rings (13.600) while Frentheway ranks fourth (13.450). Ballon is second on vault (14.300) and Frentheway is tied for fourth (14.200).
 
Sophomore Tyler Flores ranks fifth on parallel bars (13.350), while Burgoyne and sophomore Colin Flores are tied for ninth (13.000). Frentheway ranks ninth on high bar (13.150).
 
This weekend marked the first meets around the country under new rules in NCAA men's gymnastics. This season, all NCAA men's gymnastics meets feature four-up, four-count competition (four gymnasts compete on each event and all four scores count toward the team score). The 2025 campaign is also the first of the new Olympic quad under FIG's updated code of points, featuring updated skill values. Most routines (except vault) require eight skills, rather than the 10 required previously. The changes result in lower scores for both individual routines and team totals than in recent years.
 
Oklahoma travels to Colorado Springs, Colo., next weekend for the Rocky Mountain Open on Saturday, Jan. 18. The meet is set for a 7 p.m. CT start at the Air Force Academy. The Sooners return to McCasland Field House on Jan. 25 to face Illinois (5:45 p.m. start).
 
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