Three Sooners competed in the 2010 Japan Cup, helping the U.S. team to the bronze medal on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.
Japan, led by world champion Kohei Uchimura, won the gold medal at home with a score of 276.100, ahead of Germany which took home the silver with a score of 266.900. The U.S. men’s team finished with a total of 265.400 as sophomore Alex Naddour competed alongside former Sooners Chris Brooks and Jonathan Horton. Naddour, the defending NCAA pommel horse champion, posted a 14.750 to place fourth on the apparatus. Brooks (2006-2009) and Horton (2005-2008) were both four-time letter-winners at OU.
Brooks is the 2010 Winter Cup champion, while Horton is a two-time Olympic medalist and the reigning U.S. all-around champion. He currently trains in his hometown of Houston.
In addition to the three who competed in Tokyo, sophomore Jake Dalton and senior Steven Legendre are also members of the U.S. national team and competed at the 2009 World Championships in London. With five current and former gymnasts on the squad, OU bested its previous record of four members on the national team in 1994.
The national team members are training for the U.S. Championships next month in Hartford, Conn., and the 2010 World Championships, to be held in October in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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