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Sooners claim fourth straight NCAA men's gymnastics championship

Jeff Patterson
by Jeff Patterson
Published: Sat, April 21, 2018 7:28 PM Updated: Sat, April 21, 2018 9:27 PM

Make it four in a row.

The top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners claimed their fourth consecutive NCAA men's gymnastics championship Saturday night at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

OU posted an overall score of 414.858. Minnesota finished second with a score of 411.923 and was followed by Illinois (411.689), Stanford (408.725), Nebraska (403.589) and Penn State (387.958.

The Sooners scored a 69.798 on the floor routine, 68.566 on the pommel, 67.565 on rings, 72.566 on vault, 69.832 on parallel bars and a 66.531 on the high bars.

OU captured the title with a 13.533 on the high bars by Geneki Suzuki.

Yul Moldauer earned an individual all-around national title with a 87.298. The OU junior also finished first in the vault competition with a 14.900, parallel bars (14.733) and floor (15.166).



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CORRECTS SPELLING TO YUL, INSTEAD OF YUP - Yul Moldauer competes on the rings during the men's final round of the U.S. gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. Moldauer won the all-around title. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

CORRECTS SPELLING TO YUL, INSTEAD OF YUP - Yul Moldauer competes on the rings during the men's final round of the U.S. gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. Moldauer won the all-around title. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson is the sports editor of The Oklahoman. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, he allegedly once told his father on a childhood trip passing through Oklahoma that he would one day live there. He doesn't recall this, but he fulfilled that... Read more ›

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