Michigan
Oklahoma
Michigan Upsets No. 2 Oklahoma at Cliff Keen Arena
2/15/2020 4:40:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» U-M won five individual events on the day, highlighted by a pair from Paul Juda and Cameron Bock. As a team, U-M won five of seven events.
» The victory over the Sooners is the first dual meet victory over OU in Ann Arbor since the 2007 season.
» Michigan's team score of 416.500 marks the third-highest team score in the country this year.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Score: #3 Michigan 416.500, #2 Oklahoma 408.900
Records: Michigan (9-0), OU (8-2)
Next U-M Event: Thu-Sat., Feb. 20-22 -- at Winter Cup Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.), 1/7 p.m. PST
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The third-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team marked a team score of 416.500 en route to a dominating win vs. No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday (Feb. 15) inside Cliff Keen Arena. The Wolverines' team score is their highest of the season and ranks as the third-highest in the country. The win is the first victory over Oklahoma in a dual meet since the 2007 season.
Both junior Cameron Bock (still rings, parallel bars) and freshman Paul Juda (high bar, all-around) won multiple event titles on the afternoon.
Starting off the day on floor exercise, the Wolverines (9-0)Â scored a 69.400. The team was led Juda's 14.550. Junior James Read also finished fifth for Michigan, scoring a 14.100. U-M led by 4.300 points after the first rotation.
The second rotation saw Michigan score a 67.950 on pommel horse. Leading the Wolverines was senior Mack Lasker who won the event with a 14.05. The Sooners countered with a 71.150 on floor exercise to trim the U-M lead to 1.100 points.
On still rings, Michigan scored a 68.850 behind Bock, who scored a 14.55. For the moment, the Wolverines fell behind in the meet by 1.850 points, as Oklahoma (8-2) excelled on the vault table with a 71.800 score.
Michigan took the lead for good in the fourth rotation, scoring a 70.650 on vault. The Wolverines were paced by junior Nick Guy, who marked a 14.650 to come in second in the event. U-M added to the lead on parallel bars, scoring a 70.750, with Bock marking the event win with a 14.750. The Sooners scored a paltry 65.650 on high bar to counter, and trailed by a 7.100 margin going into the final rotation.
Michigan closed out the victory on high bar with a team score of 68.900 and won the meet by a margin of 7.600. Juda won the event for the Wolverines posting a score of 14.400.
Oklahoma was led by Vitaliy Guimares, who won both floor exercise (14.55) and vault (14.70).
Tweet of the Meet
That was fun.#GoBlue?? pic.twitter.com/8Hvtrj3wJS
— Michigan Gymnastics (@UMichGym) February 15, 2020
Next up, both Bock and Juda will compete in the USA Gymnastics sanctioned Winter Cup Challenge from Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 20-22) at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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