Sooners Take Down No. 3 Michigan; Huskers Upset No. 3 Ohio State

California's Kyle Bunthuwong Earns Gymnast of the Week Honors

	California's Kyle Bunthuwong has been named MPSF Gymnast of the Week.

Feb. 23, 2010

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#2 OKLAHOMA (7-0) stayed unbeaten with an impressive road win over then third-ranked (and now No. 1) Michigan. Freshman Jake Dalton claimed the parallel bars (14.650) en route to an all-around title (87.650). Bobby Shortle placed first on vault (16.100) and Steven Legendre claimed the floor (15.900). The Sooners had team wins on floor (61.050), vault (63.000), and p-bars (57.450). No. 2 Oklahoma competes against No. 6 Minnesota and the Texas Club team in Norman, Saturday (Feb. 27).

#4 STANFORD (6-0) placed second at Oakland's Pacific Coast Classic, though was the top collegiate team with a 354.200 team total, backed by top performances on vault (63.05) and rings (59.55). Stanford finished behind Japan, but ahead of Cal and Iowa, as well as club teams Arizona State and Washington. Tim Gentry hit an event-high on rings (15.45) and was second all-around (88.500). Josh Dixon was fifth all-around. The No. 4 Cardinal host top-ranked Michigan Saturday (Feb. 27).

#9 NEBRASKA (7-3) won a home quad meet over No. 6 Ohio State, No. 11 Illinois-Chicago, and No. 13 Air Force, posting a season-high 348.250 team score. Kyle Shanahan (season-high 86.60) and Andreas Hofer (career-high 86.20) took the top-two all-around spots. Hofer earned titles on vault (15.85) and parallel bars (14.50). Shanahan placed second on floor and high bar. Tony maras won his first title of the year with a 14.95 on rings. Nebraska hit season-high team scores on p-bars (65.40), horse (54.25), high bar (58.85), and floor (58.50). The Huskers are off this week.

#8 CALIFORNIA (1-5) junior Kyle Bunthuwong won another all-around title with a season-high (90.500) as the Bears (349.450) placed behind Stanford and ahead of Iowa at the Pacific Coast Classic. He also won p-bars (15.500) and took second on horse with a season-high (14.800). The Bears set season-bests in five events, including matching a program-record on vault (63.050). Cal is off this week.

#14 AIR FORCE (0-7) earned its highest team score of the season, and eighth highest in Academy history, with a 332.700. The Falcons, placing fourth in Lincoln, NE, to Nebraska, Ohio State, and UIC, hit their season-bests on p-bars (54.800) and high bar (53.700). A near program-high was also recorded on vault (62.200), just .100 off the mark set in the previous meet. Joel Uptmor tied for third on that event with a career-high (15.75). Air Force travels to club team Arizona State Saturday.

BUNTHUWONG MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
California junior Kyle Bunthuwong (El Cerrito, CA) claimed titles all-around (90.5) and on parallel bars (15.5), was 2nd on horse (14.8), and 4th on vault (15.9) and rings (14.8), leading the Bears in Oakland last Saturday. Four performances were career-highs, while his vault helped Cal match its all-time program-best. Nominated: Jake Dalton (OU) ;Joel Uptmor (AFA)