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1 OKLAHOMA MEN S GYMNASTICS 12 NATIONAL TITLES u BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS u 51 NCAA CHAMPS u 312 ALL-AMERICANS u 26 CONFERENCE TITLES Jan SCHEDULE Rocky Mountain Open W, , 1st/6 JAN. 19 AIR FORCE/ASU W, , 1st/3 JAN. 26 OHIO STATE W, Feb. 2 at Nebraska/Illinois W, , 1st/3 Feb. 9 at Iowa W, Feb Winter Cup+ FEB. 23 MICHIGAN W, MARCH 9 ILLINOIS W, March 16 at W, March 23 at California/UIC W, , 1st/3 MPSF Championships - Norman, Okla. APRIL 6 MPSF Championships W, , 1st/4 NCAA Preliminaries - Champaign, Ill. April 19 NCAA Preliminaries W, , 1st/6 NCAA Championships - Champaign, Ill. April 20 NCAA Championships All times listed as Central + Las Vegas, Nev. Home meets listed in BOLD CAPS 6 p.m. TICKETS For tickets, call (405) or tollfree (800) 456-GoOU. Tickets can also be purchased at the main ticket office in Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium or at the McCasland Field House on the day of the #NEVER5ETTLE No. 1 OKLAHOMA (19-0, 6-0 MPSF) Head Coach: Mark Williams Record at OU: (.931) NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS THE CHAMPIONSHIP No. 1 Oklahoma (24-0) aims to make history at today s NCAA Championship in Champaign, Ill., at the State Farm Center. The Sooners will compete in the team finals Saturday evening at 6 p.m. CT after qualifying with the top team score in yesterday s preliminaries. OU will face off against No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Penn State and No. 7 Nebraska in the finals, which are set to air live on Big Ten Network. Oklahoma defeated all five of the other teams that qualified for the finals throughout the 2019 regular season, conference championship and Friday s qualifying session. With an unprecedented fifth consecutive national title tonight, the Sooners would stand atop NCAA men s gymnastics history with a record 13 national titles, breaking the tie with Penn State for the most titles and would become just the second team ever to win five straight, joining Nebraska s run from With one more national title, OU head coach Mark Williams would also top the coaching charts with a record 10 titles as head coach. Senior Yul Moldauer, with one more individual national championship, would break a tie to move into sole possession of the most individual national titles in NCAA history. AT Champaign, Ill. April State Farm Center Big Ten Network LONGEST ALL-TIME NCAA WIN STREAKS 1. Miami Men s Tennis ( ) BYU-Hawaii Women s Tennis ( ) OU Men s Gym (2015- ) UConn Women s Basketball ( ) 111 Additionally, with a victory tonight, the 2019 senior class would depart OU having never lost a meet in their tenure in Norman. WINNING STREAK APPROACHING RARE AIR The Sooners have won or finished first in every meet in which they have competed since placing second at the 2014 NCAA Team Finals. In that span, they have racked up 121 victories, the most consecutive wins in program history, including 72 straight at home. The streak is the longest active streak in any Division I NCAA sport and the third-longest winning streak in NCAA history, recently passing the 111 straight victories by the UConn women s basketball team from The top two streaks are 137 by Miami men s tennis ( ) and 130 by BYU-Hawaii women s tennis ( ). MAKE IT EIGHT: MOLDAUER WINS OU S EIGHTH NISSEN-EMERY Senior Yul Moldauer has made his mark on the OU record books and will look to cap his historic collegiate career this evening when the Sooners take the floor for the final time in The reigning NCAA all-around champion was named the 2019 Nissen-Emery Award winner Thursday evening, awarded annually to the top senior male gymnast in the NCAA. Moldauer claimed the top scores on two events in Friday s preliminary, still rings (15.033) and parallel bars (14.733). The Sooner co-captain is a seven-time individual national champion and became just the third men s gymnast ever to win four individual national titles in one year in Last season marked Moldauer s second all-around national title after claiming the crown his freshman season in His seven titles rank first all-time at OU ahead of Steven Legendre (6) and Olympians Jonathan Horton (6) and Jake Dalton (4). His seven individual titles put him in a tie for the most individual crowns in NCAA history and Moldauer will have a chance to move into sole possession of the most titles tonight. MATCHUP AT A GLANCE #1 OU #2 STAN #3 UM #4 UI #5 PSU #7 NU Team High Nat l Qual. Avg

2 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 GENERAL INFORMATION Location... Norman, Okla. Enrollment...31,702 Founded President... James L. Gallogly VP/Athletics Director...Joe Castiglione Nickname...Sooners Colors... Crimson & Cream Conference...MPSF Arena... McCasland Field House Capacity... 2,500 TEAM INFORMATION 2019 Overall Record High Score MPSF Finish...1st NCAA Finish...N/A 2018 All-Americans Returning/ Lost...4/1 COACHING STAFF Head Coach...Mark Williams Year...20th Season Alma Mater... Nebraska, 1980 Record at OU (.931) Career Record...Same Assistant Coach...Chris Brooks Year...1st Season Assistant Coach...Josh Yee Year...1st Season Office Phone...(405) Office Fax... (405) ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Assistant A.D...Mike Houck Men s Gym Contact... Patrick Dunn O...(405) C...(405) patrickjdunn@ou.edu Website... SoonerSports.com Mailing Address West Brooks Street... Suite Norman, OK LAST TIME OUT Top-ranked OU advanced to Saturday s team finals by defeating No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Penn State, No. 8 Iowa, No. 9 Ohio State and No. 12 Army in Friday s pre-qualifying session two. The Sooners put up a team score of to best the rest of their preliminary field, with secondplace Illinois being the closest team to Oklahoma with a tally of OU registered the top team scores on four of six events and Sooner gymnasts claimed three high individual scores. Moldauer claimed the still rings and parallel bars top marks, while freshman Vitaliy Guimaraes claimed the top vault score. TOP RANKS The Sooners hold the best national qualifying average ( ) and claim the top spots on still rings (70.925), vault (73.150) and high bar (69.950). The team also ranks in the top three on the other three events, coming in second on floor exercise (70.925) and parallel bars (69.488) and third on pommel horse (67.500). Individually, Sooner gymnasts hold three of the top-10 national spots on floor exercise. Sophomore and conference champ on the event Dyer ranks first with an NQA of , while Moldauer sits fifth (14.413). Freshman Vitaliy Guimaraes rounds out the top 10 at 10th with an NQA of Moldauer holds fourth on pommel horse with an NQA of after claiming the conference title against the Cardinal, Bears and Falcons with a OU occupies three of the top seven spots in the country on still rings. Moldauer (14.950) moved into first after claiming the conference crown last Saturday with an NCAA-best Fellow seniors Peter Daggett and Jake Maloley sit fifth and seventh, respectively, with NQAs of and On the event that the Sooners average an NCAA-best , vault, OU gymnasts hold four of the top 10 individual spots. Senior Levi Anderson (14.763) ranks third after winning the MPSF title with his NCAA-best performance. Dyer (14.700) sits fourth, while junior Tanner Justus (14.663) and Guimaraes (14.575) come in fifth and ninth, respectively. Moldauer also tops the charts on parallel bars with an impressive NQA of The Nissen- Emery finalist won the conference title on the event with a routine. The Sooners land three in the top five on high bar, led by Anderson (14.500) in the one spot. Dyer (14.363) ranks third, while senior Genki Suzuki comes in fifth with a NQA. OU x TEAM USA Four current or former Sooners currently occupy spots on the U.S. Senior Men s National Team and have been competing around the world as part of their assignments with the team graduates Colin Van Wicklen and Allan Bower recently competed at World Cup events in Azerbaijan and Birmingham, U.K., respectively. Van Wicklen took fifth on VT in Baku, while Bower claimed sixth in the all-around at the Birmingham World Cup. The other two Sooners on the USNT are current seniors Yul Moldauer and Genki Suzuki. Suzuki competed in Calgary, Canada, at the Calgary International Cup as part of Team USA on March 16, claiming silver on HB and bronze on FX in just his second international meet as a member of Team USA. SOONER OLYMPIANS 2016 Chris Brooks Jake Dalton Alex Naddour (Bronze, PH) Mark Williams (Head Coach) 2012 Jake Dalton Jonathan Horton 2008 Jonathan Horton (Silver, HB) 2004 Guard Young 1984 Bart Conner (Gold medalist, PB) Moldauer claimed his third consecutive American Cup allaround crown on March 2 in Greensboro, N.C. Moldauer joined Bart Conner and Jonathan Horton as the only OU gymnasts to win three American Cup titles, and became the first to do so Bart Conner Bart Conner consecutively. Moldauer also claimed his second Winter Cup all-around title in February. OU senior Yul Moldauer (fourth from right) took home collegiate gymnastics highest individual honor, the Nissen-Emery Award, Thursday.

3 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 OKLAHOMA SOONERS NAME HT YEAR HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) CLUB PRONUNCIATION Levi Anderson 5-7 Sr. Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek H.S.) Cypress Gymnastics Academy Peter Daggett 5-4 Sr. East Longmeadow, Mass. (East Longmeadow H.S.) Daggett Gymnastics Gage Dyer 5-7 So. Yukon, Okla. (Homeschool) Bart Conner Spencer Goodell 5-5 Fr. Tigard, Ore. (Tigard H.S.) OMEGA Gymnastics Academy Vitaliy Guimaraes 5-9 Fr. Arvada, Colo. (Two Roads Charter) 5280 Gymnastics Academy Vy-TAL-ee Goo-MAR-ez Eric Holley 5-6 Sr. Salt Lake City, Utah USA Gymnastics World Tanner Justus 5-10 Jr. Cypress, Texas (Cypress H.S) Cypress Gymnastics Academy Grant Kell 5-9 Sr. Georgetown, Texas (Georgetown H.S.) Crenshaw Athletic Club Collyn Kellogg 5-5 R-Jr. Katy, Texas (Seven Lakes H.S.) Houston Gymnastics Academy Jake Maloley 5-6 R-Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (W. Mich. Aviation Academy) Grand Rapids Gymnastics muh-low-lee Yul Moldauer 5-3 Sr. Arvada, Colo. (Golden H.S.) 5280 Gymnastics YOOL MOLE-dow-er Randy Scharnhorst 5-10 R-So. Overland Park, Kan. (St. James Academy) Fuzion Gymnastics Brian Schibler 6-1 R-Sr. Chesterfield, Mo. (Marquette H.S.) Meyer s Gymnastics Shib-ler Morgan Seyler 5-7 Fr. Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound H.S.) Southlake Gymnastics SIGH-ler Genki Suzuki 5-6 Sr. North Wales, Pa. (Wissahickon H.S.) Montgomery County Sports Performance GEN-key Alexei Vernyi 5-4 So. Cypress, Texas (Cy-Fair Senior H.S.) Cypress Gymnastics Academy uh-lex-ee Ver-NEE Matt Wenske 5-6 Jr. Houston, Texas (Jersey Village H.S.) Cypress Gymnastics Academy WHEN-skee Cameron Wright 5-6 R-Sr. Cypress, Texas (Cypress H.S.) Cypress Gymnastics Academy Mark Williams (Head Coach) - 20th Year Chris Brooks (Assistant Coach) - 1st Year Josh Yee (Assistant Coach) - 1st Year PHOTO ROSTER LEVI ANDERSON PETER DAGGETT GAGE DYER SOPHOMORE SPENCER GOODELL FRESHMAN VITALIY GUIMARAES FRESHMAN ERIC HOLLEY TANNER JUSTUS JUNIOR GRANT KELL COLLYN KELLOGG JUNIOR JAKE MALOLEY REDSHIRT YUL MOLDAUER RANDY SCHARNHORST REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE BRIAN SCHIBLER REDSHIRT MORGAN SEYLER FRESHMAN GENKI SUZUKI ALEXEI VERNYI SOPHOMORE MATT WENSKE REDSHIRT JUNIOR CAMERON WRIGHT REDSHIRT

4 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 NATIONAL RANKINGS 2019 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES COACHES POLL - WEEK 14 LEVI ANDERSON (9) ALEXEI VERNYI (1) HB (tie) Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) VT Iowa (Feb. 9) TEAM POINTS (1st place votes) AA Ohio State (Jan. 26) MATT WENSKE (1) 1. Oklahoma 378 (17) HB Ohio State (Jan. 26) VT (tie) (March 16) 2. Stanford 362 (2) HB Iowa (Feb. 9) 3. Michigan 326 VT (tie) Michigan (Feb. 23) 4. Illinois 320 HB Michigan (Feb. 23) 5. Penn State 318 HB Illinois (March 9) 6. Minnesota 285 HB (March 23) 2019 TEAM EVENT TITLES 7. Nebraska 268 VT MPSF Championships (April 6) FLOOR (9) 8. Iowa Ohio State 238 PETER DAGGETT (1) Jan Rocky Mountain Open SR Iowa (Feb. 9) Jan Air Force/Arizona State Jan Ohio State 11. California 192 GAGE DYER (7) Feb Nebraska/Illinois 12. Army 164 VT Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Feb Iowa 13. Air Force 151 HB (tie) Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Feb Michigan 14. Arizona State 134 March Illinois FX Ohio State (Jan. 26) March William & Mary 119 FX (March 16) March HB (March 16) 2019 TEAM STANDINGS (NQA) VT (March 23) POMMEL HORSE (7) TEAM AVG. FX MPSF Championships (April 6) Jan Rocky Mountain Open 1. Oklahoma Jan Air Force/Arizona State VITALIY GUIMARAES (4) Jan Ohio State 2. Stanford FX Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Feb Iowa 3. Michigan FX Iowa (Feb. 9) Feb Michigan 4. Illinois VT (tie) (March 16) March Penn State April MPSF Championships FX (March 23) 6. Minnesota Nebraska TANNER JUSTUS (2) STILL RINGS (10) Jan Rocky Mountain Open 8. Iowa VT Ohio State (Jan. 26) Jan Air Force/Arizona State 9. Ohio State VT Nebraska/Illinois (Feb. 2) Jan Ohio State Feb Nebraska/Illinois 11. California YUL MOLDAUER (25) Feb Iowa 12. Army SR at Rocky Mt. Open (Jan. 12) Feb Michigan 13. Air Force SR Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) March Illinois 14. William & Mary SR Ohio State (Jan. 26) March Arizona State PB Ohio State (Jan. 26) March FX Nebraska/Illinois (Feb. 2) April MPSF Championships PB Nebraska/Illinois (Feb. 2) OKLAHOMA WEEK-BY-WEEK VAULT (10) FX Michigan (Feb. 23) WEEK STANDINGS COACHES Jan Rocky Mountain Open PH Michigan (Feb. 23) Jan Air Force/Arizona State Preseason N/A 1st SR Michigan (Feb. 23) Jan Ohio State Week 2 2nd 1st PB Michigan (Feb. 23) Feb Nebraska/Illinois Week 3 1st 1st AA Michigan (Feb. 23) Feb Iowa Week 4 1st 1st FX Illinois (March 9) Feb Michigan Week 5 1st 1st VT Illinois (March 9) March Illinois March Week 6 1st 1st PB Illinois (March 9) March Week 7 1st 1st AA Illinois (March 9) April MPSF Championships Week 8 1st 1st PH (March 16) Week 9 1st 1st SR (March 16) PARALLEL BARS (7) PB (March 16) Jan Air Force/Arizona State Week 10 2nd 1st SR (March 23) Jan Ohio State Week 11 1st 1st Feb Nebraska/Illinois PH (March 23) Week 12 1st 1st Feb Michigan PB (March 23) Week 13 1st 1st March Illinois AA MPSF Championships (April 6) March Week 14 1st 1st PH MPSF Championships (April 6) March SR MPSF Championships (April 6) WEEKLY AWARDS PB MPSF Championships (April 6) HIGH BAR (9) Jan Rocky Mountain Open NCAA GYMNAST OF THE WEEK DATE GENKI SUZUKI (6) Jan Air Force/Arizona State Genki Suzuki 1/22 PH Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Jan Ohio State Yul Moldauer 2/20 PB Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Feb Nebraska/Illinois Yul Moldauer 2/27 Feb Iowa AA Air Force/Arizona State (Jan. 19) Yul Moldauer 3/6 Feb Michigan HB (tie) Nebraska/Illinois (Feb. 2) March Illinois Yul Moldauer 4/9 PH Iowa (Feb. 9) March PB Iowa (Feb. 9) MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK DATE Genki Suzuki 1/22 Yul Moldauer 2/20 Yul Moldauer 2/27 Tanner Justus 3/12 Gage Dyer 3/19 MPSF CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS EVENT Levi Anderson VT Gage Dyer FX Yul Moldauer AA, PH, SR, PB 2019 SEASON BESTS SEASON BESTS (TEAM) EVENT SCORE MEET FX Illinois (March 9) PH Ohio State (Jan. 26) SR MPSF Championships (April 6) VT MPSF Championships (April 6) PB (March 23) HB Illinois (March 9) TOTAL Illinois (March 9) March SEASON BESTS (INDIVIDUAL) EVENT SCORE GYMNAST/MEET FX Yul Moldauer (Michigan) PH Yul Moldauer () SR Yul Moldauer (MPSFs) VT Levi Anderson (MPSFs) PB Yul Moldauer () HB Anderson (Ohio State), Dyer () AA Yul Moldauer (Michigan)

5 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 5 LEVI ANDERSON (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims Winter Cup Finals MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims PETER DAGGETT (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims GAGE DYER (SO.) DATE MEET Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims SPENCER GOODELL (FR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims California NCAA Prelims

6 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 VITALIY GUIMARAES (FR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims Winter Cup Finals MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims ERIC HOLLEY (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa ILLINOIS California TANNER JUSTUS (JR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois - Iowa Winter Cup Prelims MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims GRANT KELL (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa MICHIGAN California

7 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 COLLYN KELLOGG (R-JR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa California JAKE MALOLEY (R-SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims YUL MOLDAUER (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims Winter Cup Finals MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims RANDY SCHARNHORST (R-SO.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa California

8 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 BRIAN SCHIBLER (R-SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims MORGAN SEYLER (FR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa California GENKI SUZUKI (SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims MICHIGAN ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims ALEXEI VERNYI (SO.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa Winter Cup Prelims MICHIGAN California NCAA Prelims

9 MEET 11 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 MATT WENSKE (JR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU OHIO STATE Neb./Illinois Iowa ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims CAMERON WRIGHT (R-SR.) DATE MEET Rocky Mt. Open AIR FORCE/ASU Neb./Illinois Iowa ILLINOIS California MPSF CHAMPS NCAA Prelims HEAD COACH MARK WILLIAMS 20TH SEASON (.931) CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS Head Coach - Team USA (2016 Olympic Games) USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Inductee Led OU to 9 National Titles 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, Time National Coach of the Year 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 COACHING EXPERIENCE Oklahoma Head Coach (2000-present) Oklahoma Asst. Coach ( ) High School Coach ( ) 14-Time MPSF Coach of the Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, Time USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year 1994, 2006, 2009, 2017, Time USA Olympic Coach 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 (HC) 14-Time World Championships Coach 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018