HAWKEYES. At A Glance

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1 #1 OKLAHOMA at #9 IOWA Carver Hawkeye Arena February 1, 2015 Noon MEN S GYMNASTICS Robby Hamman, Men s Gymnastics SID McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK O: (405) C: (574) E: robbyhamman@ou.edu Twitter & 2 SUPER 8 NATIONAL SIXES 12 TITLES NCAA 41 CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA CHAMPIONS APPEARANCES 249 ALL-AMERICANS 10 CONFERENCE 21 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES ALL-AMERICANS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2015 SCHEDULE 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open 1st, No. 11 Air Force No. 10 Nebraska No. 14 Arizona State No. 20 SC United /24 at Stanford Quad-Meet 1st, No. 2 Stanford No. 6 California No. 10 Nebraska /1 at No. 9 Iowa Noon No. 6 Ohio State 2/14 No. 5 MICHIGAN 5:30 p.m. 2/27 No. 4 ILLINOIS 7 p.m. 3/8 at No. 7 California Noon 3/14 No. 6 Ohio State 7 p.m. 3/28 MPSF Championships 7 p.m. No. 2 Stanford No. 7 California No. 11 Air Force 7 p.m. 4/10 NCAA Team Finals 7 p.m. 7 p.m. BOLD signifies home meet All times Central NUMBER OF THE WEEK 10 Oklahoma has posted the highest event individual score in 10 of 12 events thus far in 2015, with eight Sooners combining to claim the 10 top scores. After sweeping the first-place finishes at the season-opening Rocky Mountain Open the Crimson and Cream posted the top scores in floor exercise, still rings, vault and high bar. Allan Bower and Mike Squires have each won two event titles through two weeks of competition. FOLLOW THE SOONERS! OU men s gymnastics fans can get up-tothe minute and behind-the-scenes stories, features and photos of the Sooners by following OU at the following places online: Oklahoma Men s OU_MGymnastics No. 1 Oklahoma SOONERS At A Glance Date: February 1, 2015 Time: Noon CT Location: Iowa City, Iowa Venue:....Carver Hawkeye Arena Live Video... Live Results..meetscoresonline.com/ No. 9 Iowa HAWKEYES First Up The Sooners are set to cap off their three season-opening road trips with a jaunt to Iowa City, Iowa this weekend to face two Big Ten programs in the No. 9 Iowa Hawkeyes and No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes. The tri-meet will be OU s first Sunday competition of the season and will start at noon on February 1. Five Things to Know The Sooners are a deep unit in 2015 and has top-level talent at every event, however, the Crimson and Cream s ring specialists have stood out thus far. At No. 2 Stanford last weekend, Oklahoma set a program record for it s team score on the apparatus with a mark of OU has an average score of through two meets, which leads the nation for the event. Oklahoma is led by two-time defending NCAA rings champion Mike Squires, who has posted marks of and already this season. OU heads into its third weekend of competition with a two-week average team score of , good for the best mark in the country. The Sooners followed up its opening score of at the Rocky Mountain Open with a mark of in Palo Alto, Calif. Oklahoma is the only program to register a 440 or higher in each meet in This trend bodes well for OU, as neither Iowa nor Ohio State have registered a score above 432 yet this season. Oklahoma has posted the highest event individual score in 10 of 12 events thus far in 2015, with eight Sooners combining to claim the 10 top scores. After sweeping the first-place finishes at the season-opening Rocky Mountain Open the Crimson and Cream posted the top scores in floor exercise, still rings, vault and high bar. Allan Bower and Mike Squires have each won two event titles through two weeks of competition. After the first two competitions of the season, the Sooners have already faced all three Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foes this season. Oklahoma defeated Air Force at the Rocky Mountain Open to start the year and then claimed victories over Stanford and California a week later at a quad-meet in Palo Alto. The Crimson and Cream have one more meeting with California in Berkley, California on Sunday, March 8, before facing all three teams at the MPSF Conference Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, March 28. Kanji Oyama was OU s gymnast of the meet following the first-place finish on the west coast last weekend. Oyama had a career day, setting personal-best marks on the floor exercise (15.650), still rings (15.250) and parallel bars (14.900). The junior totaled a score of for the all-around to secure second place. On The Web Fans can find live results of Sunday s meet via meetscoreonline.com and live video at ustream.tv/channel/iowamensgymnastics. Live updates and photos from Iowa will be available at on Twitter and at Facebook.com/SoonerGymnasts, the official Facebook page of OU Men s Gymnastics. Next Up Oklahoma will have a weekend off for the first time in the 2015 season, as they prepare for the showdown against defending national champion Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 14 for the Crimson and Cream s home opener at 5:30 p.m.

2 Roster 2 OKLAHOMA SOONERS NAME HT. YEAR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) CLUB PRONUNCIATION Akers, Dylan 5-9 Jr. Houston, Texas (Kingwood HS) Cypress Bakx, Xander 5-9 So. Sebastopol, Calif. (Analy HS) Redwood Empire Zan-der Berardini, Danny 5-8 Jr. Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest HS) Buffalo Grove Burr-arr-dee-nee Bower, Allan 5-8 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Basha HS) Xtreem Clement, William 5-10 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian HS) California Sports Center Dowdy, Todd 5-4 Jr. Superior, Colo. (Monarch HS) Xtreme Altitude Hoang, Thao 5-3 Fr. Berlin, Germany (WSS) Sportclub Berlin Tao hwang Justus, Hunter 5-7 Fr. Cypress, Texas (Cypress HS) Cypress Oyama, Kanji 5-6 So. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Marina HS) SCATS Khan-gee Oh-ya-ma Powarzynski, Alex 5-7 Fr. Menifee, Calif. (Murrieta Mesa HS) SCATS Power-zin-ski Reid, Michael 5-6 Jr. Killeen, Texas (Killeen HS) Crenshaw Resnick, Sergey 5-4 Jr. Houston, Texas (G.W. Carver HS) Houston Sir-gee Rickett, Reese 5-5 Fr. Tomball, Texas (Tomball HS) Cypress Robin, Alec 5-6 Jr. Calabasas, Calif. (Calabasas HS) Victory Rubin, Jacoby 5-3 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Stevenson HS) Buffalo Grove Jah-ko-bee Squires, Michael 5-2 Jr. Edmond, Okla. (Edmond North HS) Oklahoma Gold Van Wicklen, Colin 5-7 Fr. Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia West HS) Cypress Yee, Josh 5-7 So. Mililani, Hawaii (Myron B. Thompson Acad.) Hawaiian Island Twisters COACHING STAFF Mark Williams Head Coach (16th Year) Guard Young Assistant Coach (10th Year) Norimasa Iwai Assistant Coach (4th Year) DYLAN AKERS XANDER BAKX DANNY BERARDINI ALLAN BOWER WILLIAM CLEMENT TODD DOWDY JUNIOR THAO HOANG HUNTER JUSTUS FRESHMAN KANJI OYAMA JUNIOR ALEX POWARZYNSKI MICHAEL REID SERGEY RESNICK JUNIOR REESE RICKETT ALEC ROBIN JACOBY RUBIN MICHAEL SQUIRES COLIN VAN WICKLEN JOSH YEE

3 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 3 Head Coach Mark Williams 16th Season (.912) Accomplishments USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Inductee Led OU to 5 National Championships 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, Time National Coach of the Year 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, Time Region Coach of the Year 2001, 2012, 2013, Time MPSF Coach of the Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, Time USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year 1994, 2006, Time USA Olympic Coach 1996, 2004, 2008, Time World Championships Coach 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Coached 13 World Championships & Olympic Medalists 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 General Information Location...Norman, Okla. Enrollment...30,753 Founded President... David L. Boren VP/Athletics Director... Joe Castiglione Nickname... Sooners Colors... Crimson & Cream Conference...MPSF Arena... McCasland Field House Capacity...2,500 Team Information 2014 Overall Record High Score MPSF Finish...First NCAA Finish... Second All-Americans Returning/Lost... 9/0 Coaching Staff Head Coach... Mark Williams Year...16th Season Alma Mater... Nebraska, 1980 Record at OU (.913) Career Record... Same Assistant Coach...Guard Young Year...10th Season Assistant Coach...Norimasa Iwai Year...4th Season Men s Gym Phone...(405) Men s Gym Fax...(405) SEASON PREVIEW Time for nine. These three words have become the mantra of the 2015 Oklahoma men s gymnastics team. After four years of coming agonizingly close to adding the program s ninth national title to the trophy case with second-place finishes at the NCAA Championships, the team is as hungry as ever to bring the trophy back to Norman. I m optimistic that we will carry on from where we were last year, head coach Mark Williams said. I don t know that there is much dip where we are at in our team potential but we want to feel like we can go that next step because we have been very good for four years in a row and have come very close to winning the national championship. We are hoping that because we have seven seniors those guys will be willing to take that last step from being runners-up to that place where we are clearly the team to beat. We are all healthy and optimistic that this should be a good season. Floor Exercise Oklahoma has traditionally been a powerhouse in the floor exercise event and 2015 is shaping up to be no different. The Sooners return defending national champion Alec Robin in the apparatus along with a number other gymnasts who are considered the nation s elite in the event. Sophomore Colin Van Wicklen and junior Kanji Oyama both qualified for the event final in 2014 and are poised to post high marks for OU this season. Other Sooners to keep an eye on are senior Dylan Akers, junior Todd Dowdy and sophomore Allan Bower. Floor is good for us. Floor has been one of our best events over the last couple of years and it will continue to be this year. Pommel Horse The Sooners nearly took home four of the six individual event titles in 2014, as Michael Reid placed second in the pommel horse in the final. Reid returns to lead Oklahoma in the event this season and is joined by a solid group that should help the team thrive on the apparatus. Bower, Robin and junior Sergey Resnick will all likely play a major role on the pommel horse in As a team pommel horse has been one of our better events and we have a veteran squad this year. I actually don t worry as much about pommel horse as I used to because I think we have addressed the issue of being consistent and we have been a pretty good pommel horse team over the last four or five years. Still Rings Mike Squires has become a household name when it comes to still rings at the NCAA level. The senior has dominated the event over the last two seasons, winning back-to-back NCAA individual event championships in 2013 and Squires will be heavily relied upon for big scores this season, as there are a number of question marks for the event with the rest of the squad. The team will need to get consistency from the remaining four gymnasts in the event to have the season it hopes to have. Gymnasts who may make an impact include Oyama and sophomores Reese Rickett and Thao Hoang. I m a little concerned about the rings from our team s perspective. It s an event we should be better at. We have a lot of guys who can hit ring routines, it s just we have to have a score that is a big score. Vault Like floor exercise and still rings, Oklahoma returns the 2014 NCAA individual national champion in the vault. Robin, the aforementioned floor exercise national title winner, also captured the crown in the vault a season ago and is poised to have another big year in the event this season. The event appears as if it will be one of the Sooners strong suits in 2015, as Van Wicklen, Oyama, Dowdy and Bower are each strong gymnasts in the event and will provide a lot of depth for the squad. I think we have very good potential in the event. We have a lot of guys doing very difficult vaults. We have a strong vault team. We are going to be doing harder vaults this year, which will separate us, but we just have to make sure to land them every time we do them. Parallel Bars Senior Danny Berardini, a three-time All-American on the parallel bars, will be the anchor for the Sooners in his final season in Norman. Berardini can be counted on to post consistent high scores for Oklahoma by coaches and teammates. Oyama and senior Jacoby Rubin are also returnees for the event who figure to play a vital role to the team s success in the event. A gymnast to watch who could be a breakout performer on the parallel bars is Reid, who has been working on a routine that could greatly help the team. I think we have a pretty good parallel bars team. We just have to put it all together and be very consistent in what we are doing. High Bar The final event in the rotation figures to be a tricky one for the Sooners this year, as the squad still has a lot of question marks heading into Oklahoma s best and most reliable performer on the high bar from last season is senior William Clement, who earned All-America status in the event in The senior has a great high bar routine entering his final year that should aid the program in the apparatus. After Clement a number of Sooners who could play a pivotal role in the event include Berardini, Rubin, Van Wicklen and Oyama. High bar has been a bit of a weak event for us the last couple years. I think that s still true. The high bar is a concern. I would say that is an area we have to improve on.

4 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 4 Standings (Jan. 26) Team Avg. Score 1. Oklahoma Penn State Stanford Illinois Michigan California Ohio State Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Air Force Navy Army Springfield College William & Mary Coaches Poll (Jan. 26) Team Points 1. Oklahoma Stanford Penn State Illinois Michigan Ohio State California Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Air Force Army Navy Springfield College William & Mary Temple Arizona State UIC Brockport Washington INDIVIDUAL TITLES Allan Bower (2) Vault (1) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open Parallel Bars (1) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open Michael Squires (2) Still Rings (2) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open /24 at Stanford Danny Berardini (1) High Bar (1) 1/24 at Stanford Kanji Oyama (1) Floor (1) 1/24 at Stanford Michael Reid (1) Pommel Horse (1) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open Jacoby Rubin (1) High Bar (1) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open Colin Van Wicklen (1) Floor (1) 1/17 at Rocky Mountain Open Josh Yee (1) Vault (1) 1/24 at Stanford Oklahoma Week-By-Week Week Stat Rank Coach Poll Preseason N/A 1 1 N/A

5 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes SCORING BREAKDOWN DATE MEET RANK TEAM TOTAL V PB HB Jan. 17 at Rocky Mountain Open 1 Oklahoma Air Force Nebraska Arizona State SC United Jan. 24 at Stanford Quad-Meet 1 Oklahoma Stanford California Nebraska

6 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 6 DYLAN AKERS Senior / Houston, Texas Academic All-MPSF First Team DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford XANDER BAKX Sophomore / Sebastopol, Calif. - Three-time All-American on parallel bars DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain 1/24 at Stanford DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford DANNY BERARDINI Senior / Lake Forest, Ill. - Three-time All-American on parallel bars ALLAN BOWER Sophomore / Chandler, Ariz. - Competed in every meet as a freshman DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford orm

7 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 7 DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford WILLIAM CLEMENT Senior / San Jose, Calif All-American on high bar TODD DOWDY Junior / Superior, Colo. - Competed in six competitions in DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain 1/24 at Stanford THAO HOANG Sophomore / Berlin, Germany - Competed for the German National Team DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford HUNTER JUSTUS Freshman / Cypress, Texas Member of the U.S. Junior National Team DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford

8 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 8 KANJI OYAMA Sophomore / Huntington Beach, Calif MPSF Vault Champion DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford ALEX POWARZYNSKI Sophomore / Menifee, Calif. - Member of the U.S. Junior National Team DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford MICHAEL REID Senior / Killeen, Texas & 2014 All-American on pommel horse DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford SERGEY RESNICK Junior / Houston, Texas MPSF Champion on pommel horse

9 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 9 REESE RICKETT Freshman / Tomball, Texas State and Region 3 champion on rings DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain 1/24 at Stanford ALEC ROBIN Senior / Calabasas, Calif. - Two-time National Champion (floor exercise, vault) JACOBY RUBIN Senior / Chicago, Ill. - Competed in final four meets of 2014 season DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford MICHAEL SQUIRES Senior / Edmond, Okla , 2014 NCAA National Champion on still ring , 2014 MPSF Champion on still rings

10 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 10 COLIN VAN WICKLEN Sophomore / Magnolia, Texas All-American on floor exercise and vault DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford DATE MEET 1/17 at Rocky Mountain /24 at Stanford JOSH YEE Sophomore / Mililani, Hawaii - Competed in five meets in the 2013 season

11 Oklahoma Men s Gymnastics Notes 11 TEAM RECORDS 2013-PRESENT Team Score Stanford 2/8/ MPSF Championships 3/29/ at Ohio State 3/15/14 Iowa 2/1/ Minnesota 2/16/ Rocky Mountain Open 1/11/ Metroplex Challenge 2/15/ NCAA Finals 4/11/ Rocky Mountain Open 1/17/ Metroplex Challenge 1/25/13 Floor Exercise Stanford 2/8/ Metroplex Challenge 2/15/ MPSF Championships 3/29/ NCAA Finals 4/11/ Nebraska 3/9/ Stanford Open 1/20/ Minnesota 2/16/ Rocky Mountain Open 1/11/ NCAA Qualifiers 4/10/ Iowa 2/1/14 Ohio State 3/23/13 Pommel Horse Stanford 2/8/14 Iowa 2/1/ Air Force 2/23/ Air Force 1/18/ at Ohio State 3/15/ NCAA Finals 4/11/ Minnesota 2/16/ Rocy Mountain Open 1/17/ NCAA Qualifiers 4/10/ MPSF Championships 3/29/14 Metroplex Challenge 2/15/14 Still Rings at Stanford 1/24/ Minnesota 2/16/ MPSF Championships 3/29/ Stanford 2/8/ Metroplex Challenge 2/15/ Ohio State 3/23/ NCAA Finals 4/20/13 Rocky Mountain Open 1/17/ Metroplex Challenge 1/25/ at Michigan 3/9/13 Vault MPSF Championships 3/29/14 Nebraska 3/9/ NCAA Finals 4/11/ Stanford 2/8/ at Stanford 1/24/ MPSF Championships 4/6/ at Ohio State 3/15/14 Air Force 1/18/14 NCAA Finals 4/20/ NCAA Qualifers 4/10/14 Parallel Bars Rocky Mountain Open 1/11/ Air Force 2/23/ Nebraska 3/9/ MPSF Championships 3/29/ at Ohio State 3/15/14 Stanford 2/8/ Rocky Mountain Open 1/17/ Iowa 2/1/ at Stanford 1/24/ at Iowa 2/2/13 High Bar Ohio State 3/23/ Iowa 2/1/ Minnesota 2/16/ Metroplex Challenge 2/15/ Rocky Mountain Open 1/17/ Metroplex Challenge 1/25/ NCAA Finals 4/20/ at Michigan 3/9/13 at Nebraska 3/3/ Stanford 2/8/14 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 2008-PRESENT Floor Exercise Jake Dalton NCAA Qualifer 4/14/11 Jake Dalton at Ohio State 1/21/12 Jake Dalton Penn State 3/19/11 Steven Legendre Ohio State 1/22/ Jake Dalton NCAA Indiv. Final 4/16/11 Steven Legendre NCAA Finals 4/15/11 Jake Dalton at Stanford 2/19/11 Steven Legendre at Stanford 2/19/11 Steven Legendre at Nebraska 2/13/ Jake Dalton Iowa 2/25/12 Steven Legendre NCAA Indiv. Final 4/17/10 Steven Legendre Minnesota 2/27/10 Steven Legendre NCAA Indiv. Final 4/19/08 Pommel Horse Alex Naddour California 3/5/ Alex Naddour at Penn State 3/20/ Alex Naddour at Michigan 3/12/ Alex Naddour NCAA Indiv. Final 4/16/11 Alex Naddour Penn State 3/19/ Michael Reid Stanford 2/8/ Alex Naddour NCAA Finals 4/16/ Alex Naddour NCAA Indiv. Final 4/17/ Michael Reid Ohio State 3/23/13 Alex Naddour at Nebraska 2/13/11 Alex Naddour Nebraska 2/13/10 Still Rings Michael Squires MPSF Champ. 3/29/14 Michael Squires Rocky Mountain Open 1/17/ Michael Squires Stanford 2/8/ Jonathan Horton NCAA Indiv. Final 4/19/ Michael Squires Stanford 1/24/15 Michael Squires Metroplex Challenge 2/15/14 Jonathan Horton NCAA Finals 4/18/ Jonathan Horton Minnesota 3/15/ Michael Squires Nebraska 3/9/14 Michael Squires Minnesota 2/16/13 Jonathan Horton MPSF Champ. 4/5/08 Vault Jake Dalton NCAA Qualifier 4/14/ Jake Dalton Penn State 3/19/11 Steven Legendre at Nebraska 2/13/ Jake Dalton MPSF Champ. 4/2/ Jake Dalton NCAA Indiv. Final 4/16/11 Steven Legendre MPSF Champ. 4/2/11 Jake Dalton Minnesota 1/29/11 Jake Dalton Ohio State 1/22/ Steven Legendre Nebraska 2/28/ Steven Legendre MPSF Champ. 4/4/09 Chris Brooks Texas 1/31/09 Parallel Bars Jake Dalton NCAA Qualifier 4/14/11 Jonathan Horton Minnesota 3/15/ Sergey Resnick Nebraska 3/9/14 Sergey Resnick Rocky Mountain 1/11/14 Jake Dalton MPSF Champ. 4/2/ Jake Dalton Stanford 3/3/ Jake Dalton NCAA Finals 4/20/ Danny Berardini Rocky Mountain 1/11/14 Jake Dalton NCAA Qualifier 4/19/12 Jake Dalton at Stanford 2/19/11 High Bar Steven Legendre California 3/5/ Jake Dalton at Ohio State 1/21/12 Chris Brooks Penn State 3/21/ Jonathan Horton at Iowa 2/16/ Jake Dalton NCAA Finals 4/20/ Stanton Rehkemper Metroplex Challenge 2/15/14 Steven Legendre Penn State 3/19/11 Jake Dalton Ohio State 1/22/ William Clement MPSF Champ. 3/29/14 Jake Dalton at Minnesota 3/24/12 Alex Naddour California 3/5/11 Jonathan Horton Minnesota 3/15/08 All-Around Jonathan Horton Minnesota 3/15/ Steven Legendre Penn State 3/21/ Steven Legendre at Nebraska 2/13/ Chris Brooks Penn State 3/21/ Steven Legendre Penn State 3/19/ Jonathan Horton Pacific Coast Classic 2/23/ Jake Dalton NCAA Finals 4/20/ Jake Dalton MPSF Champ. 4/2/ Jake Dalton Ohio State 1/22/11 Steven Legendre Nebraska 2/28/09