Fuzzy Benas

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Gymnastics: 2024 U.S. Olymmpic Team Trials - Gymnastics

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Event(s):
All-Around
Height:
5-6
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Richmond, Texas
High School:
William B. Travis HS

	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	AA
Career Highs	14.700	14.150	14.250	15.000	14.800	14.200	85.200
2025 Season Highs	14.200	—	13.200	14.450	14.100	13.850	—

International
Member of the U.S. Senior Men's National Team in 2024 ... named to national team following 2024 Winter Cup and 2024 U.S. Championships … placed sixth at U.S. Olympic Team Trials after finishing 11th at the U.S. Championships ... represented Team USA at DTB Pokal in March 2024, at Memorial Arthur Gander and at Swiss Cup in October 2024.

2025
Has competed in four of nine meets for the Sooners … missed the first five meets of the season due to injury … returned to the lineup on one event Feb. 15 vs. Michigan/Simpson and won the vault title with a stuck 14.350 … won the MPSF parallel bars conference title with a team-season-high 14.100 … earned MPSF All-Conference honors on floor exercise, parallel bars and high bar … has won four event titles (two on vault, two on parallel bars) … set his season high on floor exercise at the MPSF Championship (14.200) … his still rings season high (13.200) came on March 15 at William & Mary/vs. Greenville … set his vault season high (14.450) on March 15 … notched his high bar season high (13.850) at the MPSF Championship … has competed on vault in all four of his meets, on floor exercise and parallel bars in three meets and on rings and high bar in two meets.

2024
Competed in nine out of twelve meets for the Sooners … CGA Gymnast of the Year … an All-American on vault, parallel bars, and the all-around … CGA Regular Season All-American on parallel bars and the all-around … a MPSF All-Conference selection on still rings, vault, and parallel bars, and the all-around … won four individual event titles (all on vault) … ended the regular season by leading the nation in the all-around with his 82.633 NQA, and ranked among the top 20 nationally in four events: PH (14), SR (19), VT (10), PB (5) … has completed the all-around six times (including two rounds at Winter Cup and in the NCAA finals) and boasted an overall average of 83.286 … recorded season and career highs on pommel horse (14.150), parallel bars (14.800), and all-around (85.200) at Rocky Mountain Open (Jan 20) … earned his season and career high on still rings (14.250) at MPSF Champs (April 6) … received his career and season high on horizontal bar (14.200) vs. Cal (Feb 10) … posted his season highs on floor exercise (14.100) at the Rocky Mountain Open (Jan 20) and vault (14.850) vs. Cal (Feb 10).

2023
Missed the majority of the season with an injury … competed against Stanford/William & Mary (Feb 2) notching a 12.600 on floor exercise … competed at the U.S. National Championships In San Jose, Calif., (Aug. 24-26) placing 10^th on pommel horse, 17^th on parallel bars and 23^rd on still rings.

2022
Named CGA Rookie of the Year… Named All-American in the all-around with a fifth-place score of 82.399, on vault with a fourth-place finish of 14.733 and on high bar with a fifth-place score of 14.200… Team-best scores on still rings (14.200), vault (15.000), parallel bars (14.750) and in the all-around (84.700)... Regular season All-American on vault, parallel bars, still rings and the all-around… Competed at Winter Cup, claiming sixth on parallel bars, seventh on high bar, eighth on vault... 12 individual event titles on the season… Awarded CGA Rookie of the Week twice… Awarded CGA Gymnast of the Week after scoring a 83.800 in the all-around in his first collegiate meet… Awarded MPSF Gymnast of the Week twice… Competed in the 2022 Winter Cup and placed sixth on parallel bars, seventh on high bar and eighth on vault.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL

2020 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. (1st-AA, SR; 2nd-VT; 3rd-FX; 5th-PH (Jr. Div.)) ... 2020 Elite Team Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. (1st-Team) ... 2019 Elite Team Cup, Greensboro, N.C. (1st-Team) ... 2019 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. (1st-SR; 4th-AA; 5th-FX, VT(T); 8th-PH (Jr. Div.)) ... 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Boston, Mass. (1st-AA(T), FX, SR; 3rd-VT, HB (15-16)) ... 2018 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Oklahoma City, Okla. (1st-SR; 4th-AA, VT; 5th-PH; 6th-PB, HB(T); 7th-FX (JE L10 Age 15)) ... 2016 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Battle Creek, Mich. (3rd-SR; 4th-AA, VT(T); 5th-FX; 6th-PB; 8th-PH(T) (L8 JE 12)).