OU men’s gymnastics finished second in the NCAA championship, losing 329.825-328.495 to Stanford.
Despite entering the meet undefeated, the Sooners were unable to complete the perfect season. The Sooners entered as the No. 3 seed based on their performance in the regional qualifiers and lost out to top-seeded Stanford, who won its sixth title in the last seven finals. The Sooners finished ahead of Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois and Ohio State.
Inconsistencies
OU had multiple great rotations, but had inconsistent results on others.
The Sooners had three of the best seven scores on vault in the meet, along with three of the top eight on parallel bars. While senior Kelton Christiansen won the individual title on high bar, scoring 14.4, he was the only Sooner gymnast to rank in the top 10 on the event.
In addition, OU’s top gymnast on floor, junior Nico Hamilton, finished only 13th.
Late surge
The Sooners entered the final rotation in fourth but surged late to make it competitive.
They had a strong performance on rings, where junior Tas Hajdu led the team, scoring 13.9. The Sooners closed on vault, the highest scoring event in the meet, where they put up their highest team vault score of the season.
Despite this, it wasn’t enough, as Stanford closed strong on rings and held off the comeback.
Individual champions
While OU did not win the team championship, multiple Sooners won individual event titles.
In addition to Christiansen’s title on high bar, freshman Nathan Roman won the parallel bars title, with the meet’s highest score of 14.8. With OU’s final routine of the meet, junior Tyler Flores tied for the vault title with Stanford’s Junnosuke Iwai.
This was the last collegiate meet for the seniors, Fuzzy Benas, Ignacio Yockers, Christiansen, Leo Koike, Mac Seyler and Brigham Frentheway, all of whom were contributors during the 2026 season. OU will have to build around a new core if they want to win their 13th national championship in 2027.
