The No. 2 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team finished the regular season undefeated Saturday night by taking down No. 4 Illinois and No. 5 Penn State at McCasland Field House.
Finishing the regular season undefeated is nothing new for the Sooners. OU accomplished the feat four times in the past seven years and is on a 19-game home win streak.
But the Sooners outdid themselves Saturday. The team posted a 366.400, the highest score in the NCAA all season.
The Fighting Illini finished in a distant second with a 359.100, and Penn State was last with a 356.750.
Oklahoma won four of the six team event titles Saturday with high scores on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
In fact, the team’s 64.900 on the vault was a new program record, spearheaded by sophomore Jacob Dalton, who tied senior Steven Legendre’s program record with a 16.700 on the apparatus. Dalton also took home the title on the floor.
Legendre took home an event title with his 15.350 on the floor. The senior also won the all-around title with a total score of 91.250 in a very solid night for the senior in his last home meet.
Along with Legendre, Saturday marked the final home meet for seniors C.J. Grimes, Ian Jackson, Anthony Naddour and Bobby Shortle.
However, the most important meets of the season are still ahead for the Sooners.
After a weeklong break, the Sooners kick off the postseason at the 2011 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on April 2 from Colorado Springs, Colo.
If the Sooners win the conference title, it will be the program’s 11th in the last 13 years.
After that, the team gets another break before the NCAA Qualifier on April 14 in Columbus, Ohio.
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