After collectively putting together one of the best seasons in OU gymnastics history, the OU men’s and women’s teams came up short this weekend at the NCAA Championships.

The women took third place, and the men finished in second over the weekend in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, respectively.

Both programs entered the championships with high expectations. The women were the No. 3 seed going into the Super Six, and the men were the top-ranked team in the nation.

The men tallied their third-best score of the season, but Stanford outperformed the Sooners, 363.450-361.600.

“We didn’t finish on top of the podium, but we fought like champions,” senior Steven Legendre said. “I am so proud of the way this team came around at the end of the year, as a team and in gymnastics.”

Legendre won the Nissen-Emery Award — essentially the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics — Thursday and finished fourth in the all-around competition Friday.

Sophomore Alex Naddour cracked the top three in all-around, and Oklahoma qualified five gymnasts for the individual-event finals Saturday.

OU made the most of the individual round by adding three individual national titles, raising OU to fourth all-time (35).

Sophomore Jacob Dalton brought home titles on floor and vault, and Naddour won the pommel horse.

The men also brought home 12 All-American honors.

The women notched their second-best postseason score in school history (197.250), but perennial powerhouses Alabama (197.650) and UCLA (197.375) bested the Sooners.

Oklahoma was the team to beat going into the final rotation. OU and Nebraska were the first two teams to complete the competition with the Sooners sitting in first place. Alabama and UCLA needed near-perfect scores of more than 49.300 on their last events to jump Oklahoma, and the top two seeds delivered to shock the Sooners at the end.

Four Sooner gymnasts qualified for Sunday’s individual-event finals, the most earned in a postseason under coach K.J. Kindler.

Freshman Madison Mooring led the way for the Sooners in the individual finals with a second-place finish on vault (9.8313).

Mooring made a huge impact for the team this year. She was the first freshman in the NCAA to score a 9.95 or better on beam, and she also was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice on her way to three event titles throughout the season.

Though both teams had tremendous success this year, they both came up just short of the ultimate goal — team championships.

The men lose five seniors, but the women only lose two. Both teams still have the majority of their lineups returning next year for what promises to be another set of runs at national titles.