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Meet Two | at Iowa | Field House Main Floor (Iowa City, Iowa) | Jan. 23, 2010 | 2 P.M. CT Matthew Wilson, Student Asst. (Men’s Gymnastics) McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-8231 | M: (405) 831-3344 | E: [email protected] ® www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @soonersportscom 8 NATIONAL TITLES | 6 NISSEN-EMERY AWARD WINNERS | 196 ALL-AMERICANS | 30 INDIV. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Oklahoma Schedule| Results DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME | RESULTS 8 At A Glance 4 Jan. 16 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. (W) 347.400 Date: . Saturday, Jan. 23 Last Meeting . W, OU 354.250 Jan. 23 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 2 p.m. Time: . 2 p.m. Central Jan. 30 Texas NORMAN 7 p.m. Location . Iowa City, Iowa Feb. 4 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. 7 p.m. Venue: . Field House Main Floor Feb. 13 Nebraska NORMAN 7 p.m. Meet Info . soonersports.com Feb. 20 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 2 p.m. Live Stats: . .N/A Webcast: . N/A Feb. 27 Minnesota NORMAN 7 p.m. Tickets: . 1-800 IA-HAWKS March 7 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m. Iowa (2-3, 1-3 Big Ten) Oklahoma (4-0, 2-0 MPSF) March 13 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 2 p.m. HAWKEYES SOONERS March 20 Penn State State College, Pa. 4 p.m. April 3 MPSF Championship NORMAN 7 p.m. No. 4 Set to Battle the Hawkeyes One week after winning the Rocky Mountain Open for the 11th straight season, the fourth-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics April 15 NCAA Qualifiers West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. team travels to face No. 8 Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The meet is slated for a 2 p.m. (CT) start on Saturday, Jan. 23. April 16 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. April 17 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. Last season, Oklahoma swept team and individual event titles at the Howard McCasland Field House in Norman to beat the Hawkeyes 354.250 to 336.000. All times are Central and subject to change. Home meets are indicated by ALL CAPS and held at the Howard Freshman Jacob Dalton will look to build an impressive start to the season this weekend after claiming four individual titles on McCasland Field House. vault, parallel bars, high bar and the all-around titles. Junior co-captain Steven Legendre is also poised to improve his second-place Watch the Sooners On... finish in the all-around and vault event at the Rocky Mountain Open. Pommel Horse Opponent Preview Oklahoma claimed the pommel event title The University of Iowa men’s gymnastics team placed fourth at the 40th annual Windy City Invitational Saturday, hosted by the as a team with a score of 56.950 at the Rocky University of Illinois-Chicago. The Hawkeyes scored a team total of 339.600, while Big Ten foe Illinois won the meet with 353.750 Mountain Open. Freshman Alex Naddour total team points. also broke the pommel scoring record with a 15.200 at the RMO. Up Next The Sooners return home for a matchup with the University of Texas club team on Jan. 30. The two teams met last year in Norman with the Sooners winning the meet 349.050 to 304.950. AROUND THE COUNTRY The matchup between the Sooners and Longhorns marks “Cleveland Elementary Night. ” The event is part of a “Partners in Saturday, Jan 23: Education” program developed by Oklahoma Head Coach Mark Williams and Cleveland Elementary music teacher Regina Bell. •Arizona State/Washington at Minnesota, Noon (CT) •Navy, Springfield, Temple, William & Mary, The OU Athletics Marketing Department has some special events planned for “Cleveland Elementary Night”. Several lucky students Brockport at Navy Open, 2 p.m. (CT) will win the opportunity to serve as junior judges, score flashers, march-in leaders, junior PA announcer and award presenters at the meet. One Cleveland student will also perform the national anthem. GYMNASTS TO WATCH Jacob Dalton | Freshman | All-Around Won first All-Around title as a Sooner at Rocky Mountain Open with a score of 87.500 ...Named MPSF Gymnast of the Week for performance at Rocky Mountain Open. The official site of OU Athletics supplies Sooner fans worldwide with the latest news and features on Oklahoma athletics direct from Norman. The Alex Naddour | Freshman | All-Around site provides the latest press releases, rosters, bios, Led Sooners to a pommel horse team event title at Rocky Mountain Open, while breaking the event schedules, statistics, notes, quotes, athlete blogs, record score with a 15.200. photo galleries and audio and video available to both Sooner fans and the media. 2010 Sooners 2 2010 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NAME CLASS HEIGHT HOMETOWN / CLUB PRONUNCIATION Jeremy Adams Fr. 6-2 Newnan, Ga. (Northgate HS) (Gym South) Chad Crumley So. 5-11 Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson HS) (Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center) CRUHM-lee Jacob Dalton Fr. 5-5 Reno, Nev. (Spanish Srings HS) (Gym NV) Corey English Sr. 5-7 Covington, La. (St. Paul’s HS) (Mandeville Sports Complex) David Finning So. 5-4 Claremore, Okla. (Cy Falls HS) (Cypress Academy) C.J. Grimes RS-Jr. 5-5 Ulysses, Kan. (Ulysses HS) (Littlestar Gymnastics) Ian Jackson RS-Jr. 5-6 Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin HS) (Artistic Sports Academy Plus) Steven Legendre Jr. 5-6 Port Jefferson, N.Y. (Spring Creek Academy) (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) la-ZHAHN-druh Benjamin Mayer RS-Fr. 5-10 Houston, Texas (Home School) (Cypress Academy) MAY-er Alex Naddour Fr. 5-7 Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) (Arizona Flairs) Na-DOOR Anthony Naddour Jr. 5-11 Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) (Arizona Flairs) Na-DOOR Troy Nitzky RS-Fr. 5-6 Southampton, Pa. (William Tennent HS) (Temple Boys Gymnastics) Patrick Piscitelli So. 5-11 Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic HS) (G & J Speedway) PISK-uh-telly Bobby Shortle Jr. 5-2 Brunswick, Ohio (Brunswick HS) (Gym World) SHORT-uhl Chris Stehl Fr. 5-5 Houston, Texas (William B. Travis HS) (Cypress Academy) Head Coach Mark Williams 11th Season Nebraska, 1980 Assistant Coach Rustam Sharipov Fifth Season Kharkov State, 1997 roos-TOM SHARE-ee-pahv Assistant Coach Daniel Furney Fifth Season Oklahoma, 2004 JEREMEY ADAMS CHAD CRUMELY JACOB DALTON COREY ENGLISH DAVID FINNING C.J. GRIMES IAN JACKSON STEVEN LEGENDRE BEN MAYER ALEX NADDOUR ANTHONY NADDOUR TROY NITZKY PATRICK PISCITELLI BOBBY SHORTLE CHRIS STEHL General Information | National Rankings 3 GENERAL INFORMATION 2010 GYMINFO POLL -JAN. 18, 2010 Location ........................................................................................................... Norman, Okla. 1. Illinois 10. Minnesota Enrollment ...................................................................................................................30,092 2. Stanford 11. Nebraska Founded ..........................................................................................................................1890 3. Michigan 12. Springfield President .......................................................................................................... David L. Boren 4. OKLAHOMA 13. Illinois-Chicago Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/AD .................................................Joe Castiglione 5. Ohio State 14. Air Force Nickname ................................................................................................................... Sooners 6. Penn State 15. Navy Colors ...........................................................................................................Crimson & Cream 7. California Conference ...........................................................Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) 8. Iowa Arena(s) .....................................................................Howard McCasland Field House (2,300) 9. Temple Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) OU All-Time Record ......................................................................................544-168-1 (.764) NATIONAL TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL EVENT RANKINGS - JAN. 18, 2010 Floor TEAM INFORMATION 1 Stanford ..............................................................................60.900 2009 Overall Record .............................................................................................. 23-3 (.884) 2 Illinois .................................................................................60.200 High Score ..................................................................................................................366.850 3 OKLAHOMA .........................................................................60.000 MPSF Finish ..................................................................................................................Second NCAA Finish .....................................................................................................................Third Pommel Horse Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................................................................................7/5 1 Illinois .................................................................................58.400 All-Americans Returning/Lost ............................................................................................2/5 2 Michigan .............................................................................57.050 3 California .............................................................................56.950 COACHING STAFF - OKLAHOMA .........................................................................56.950 Head Coach .......................................................................................................Mark Williams Year ......................................................................................................................11th Season Still Rings Alma Mater .....................................................................................................Nebraska,