March 18, 2007

NORMAN, OK - The University of Iowa Men's Gymnastics team was defeated Saturday by Oklahoma, 220.500 - 209.800.

On floor exercise, Geoff Reins tied for first place with a 9.5, while Jonathan Buese came in sixth with an 8.75. Bryan Bourland placed sixth on the horizontal bar with a 9.0 and Matt Beiler finished close behind in seventh, scoring a 8.95. On the parallel bars, Jacob Becker placed third with a 9.1. Curtis Kleffman took first place on the pommel horse with a score of 9.15. Beiler was Iowa's highest finisher on the rings, taking third place with a score of 9.4. On rings, Reins came in came in third with a score of 9.05.

Iowa's next competition will be at the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, MN, March 30-31.

Final Team Scores
Team Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar Total
Iowa 35.300 34.300 35.800 34.150 34.950 35.300 209.800
Oklahoma 37.150 35.200 37.600 36.500 36.650 37.400 220.500

All-Around (winner plus Iowa)
1. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 50.650

Floor (winner plus Iowa)
T1. Chris Brooks (Oklahoma) 9.500
T1. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 9.500
6. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 8.750
7. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 8.550
8. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 8.500
10. Jacob Becker (Iowa) 8.200

Pommel Horse (winner plus Iowa)
1. Curtis Kleffman (Iowa) 9.150
T6. Jacob Becker (Iowa) 8.600
8. Drew Ignoto (Iowa) 8.400
10. Joel Snyder (Iowa) 8.150
11. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 7.750
12. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 7.500

Rings (winner plus Iowa)
1. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) 9.750
3. Matt Beiler (Iowa) 9.400
T4. Jacques Bouchard (Iowa) 9.300
8. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 8.900
10. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 8.200

Vault (winner plus Iowa)
1. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) 9.300
3. Geoff Reins (Iowa) 9.050
8. Matt Beiler (Iowa) 8.400
T9. Jacob Becker (Iowa) 8.350
9T. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 8.350
11. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 8.300
12. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 8.050

Parallel Bars (winner plus Iowa)
1. Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma) 9.400
3. Jacob Becker (Iowa) 9.100
6T. Matt Beiler (Iowa) 8.800
6T. Diego Mercado-Austin (Iowa) 8.800
10. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 8.250
11. Dustin Cranmer (Iowa) 8.000

Horizontal Bar (winner plus Iowa)
1. Kyle McNamara (Oklahoma) 9.500
6. Bryan Bourland (Iowa) 9.000
7. Matt Beiler (Iowa) 8.950
9. Jonathan Buese (Iowa) 8.700
10. Tom Buese (Iowa) 8.650
11. Joel Snyder (Iowa) 8.300

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