Meet One | ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN | Cadet West Gymnasium (Colorado Springs, Colo.) | Jan. 16, 2010 | 7 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 DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME 3 9 14 N/A N/A N/A Jan. 16 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. 7 p.m. Jan. 23 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 2 p.m. Jan. 30 TEXAS NORMAN 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. 7 p.m. Feb. 13 NEBRASKA NORMAN 7 p.m. Feb. 20 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 2 p.m. Feb. 27 MINNESOTA NORMAN 7 p.m. Oklahoma Nebraska Air Force Arizona State* Washington* U.S. Olympic March 7 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m. 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0) 0-0 (0-0) Training Center March 13 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 2 p.m. March 20 Penn State State College, Pa. 4 p.m. April 3 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP NORMAN 7 p.m. * Club Teams April 15 NCAA Qualifiers West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. No. 3 Sooners Open 2010 Campaign at Rocky Mountain Open The No. 3 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team opens the 2010 season Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Rocky Mountain Open in Colorado April 16 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. Springs, Colo. The event, hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy, will start at 7 p.m. (CT) at Cadet West Gymnasium and will include April 17 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. both team and individual awards. All times are Central and subject to change. Competing at the meet is Air Force, fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Nebraska, club teams from Arizona State and Home meets are indicated by ALL CAPS and held at the Howard the University of Washington, and athletes from the U.S. Olympic Training Center. McCasland Field House. Last season, Oklahoma won its 10th straight Rocky Mountain Open, sweeping the team event titles with a score of 355.000. AT A GLANCE: The Sooners also claimed all of the individual titles at the Rocky Mountain Open in 2009 with the help of Steven Legendre winning ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN Date .................Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 event titles on floor, vault, parallel bars, high bar, Corey English winning pommel horse and Ian Jackson winning rings. Competition ........... Team/Event Finals Time .............................7:00 p.m. Central Location ........ Colorado Springs, Colo. Opponent Preview Venue .............Cadet West Gymnasium Air Force is in its 11th season under the leadership of Kip Simons. The Falcons return 11 letterwinners from last year’s squad that Meet Info .........goairforcefalcons.com finished fifth in the MPSF. Live Stats ...........................................None Webcast .............................................None Tickets ........................... 1-800-666-8723 The University of Nebraska is ranked ninth in the preseason poll and returns 11 letterwinners from a team that finished ninth in the NCAA last year. The Cornhuskers are led by head coach Chuck Chmelka, who replaced long-time Nebraska coach Francis Allen. Up Next Watch the Sooners On... Oklahoma will face a familiar Big Ten foe next weekend as it travels to Iowa City, Iowa, on Jan. 23, to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Vault The meet is scheduled for a 2 p.m. (CT) start inside the Field House on the University of Iowa campus. The Sooners have vault National Champion Steven Legendre returning for his junior sea- son and freshman Jake Dalton, who competed on the event at the 2009 World Champion- GYMNASTS TO WATCH ships for the U.S. Senior National Team. Jake Dalton | Freshman | All-Around Member of the USA Senior National Team at the 2009 World Championships in London ... Posted a score of 16.05 on vault at Red/White scrimmage. The official site of OU Athletics supplies Sooner fans worldwide with the latest news and features on Oklahoma athletics direct from Norman. The Steven Legendre | Junior | All-Around site provides the latest press releases, rosters, bios, Member of the USA Senior National Team at the 2009 World Championships in London ... 2009 NCAA schedules, statistics, notes, quotes, athlete blogs, All-Around, Floor and Vault National Champion 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 JAKE 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 | Notes 3 GENERAL INFORMATION 2010 GYMINFO PRESEASON POLL Location ........................................................................................................... Norman, Okla. Enrollment ...................................................................................................................30,092 1. Stanford (8) 11. Illinois-Chicago Founded ..........................................................................................................................1890 2. California (4) 12. Temple President .......................................................................................................... David L. Boren 3. OKLAHOMA (3) 13. William & Mary Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics/AD .................................................Joe Castiglione 4. Michigan (1) 14. Air Force Nickname ................................................................................................................... Sooners 5. Illinois 15. Navy Colors ...........................................................................................................Crimson & Cream 6. Penn State *First place votes in parenthesis Conference ...........................................................Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) 7. Ohio State Arena(s) .....................................................................Howard McCasland Field House (2,300) 8. Minnesota Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) 9. Nebraska OU All-Time Record ......................................................................................544-168-1 (.764) 10. Iowa TEAM INFORMATION A GOOD START 2009 Overall Record .............................................................................................. 23-3 (.884) The past 10 years have been good to the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team at the Rocky High Score ..................................................................................................................366.850 Mountain Open. OU will look to win its 11th straight RMO, Jan. 16 at Air Force. MPSF Finish ..................................................................................................................Second NCAA Finish .....................................................................................................................Third The Sooners currently hold the individual high scores on each event at the RMO since 2008, Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................................................................................7/5 when the new scoring was put in place. (Floor: Steven Legendre, 15.400; Pommel Horse: All-Americans Returning/Lost ............................................................................................2/5 Corey English, 14.900; Rings: Ian Jackson, 15.300; Vault: Legendre, 15.900; Parallel Bars: Legendre, 14.950; High Bar: Legendre, 14.700; All-Around: Legendre, 89.400) COACHING STAFF Head Coach .......................................................................................................Mark Williams Since 2000, Oklahoma has won at least two individual event titles in each compition at the Year ......................................................................................................................11th Season Rocky Mountain Open and has swept the individual titles four times (2001, 2006, 2008, Alma Mater .....................................................................................................Nebraska,