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Fuzzy Benas at 2024 U.S. Championships
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Eight Sooners Set to Compete at U.S. Championships

August 06, 2025 | Men's Gymnastics

NEW ORLEANS – A total of eight University of Oklahoma gymnasts will compete at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, which run Thursday through Saturday at the Smoothie King Center.
 
Redshirt senior Fuzzy Benas, senior Kelton Christiansen and redshirt freshmen Nick Cruz and Alex Deubler, as well as incoming freshmen Sasha Bogonosiuk and Nathan Roman, will compete in the senior men's competition. Incoming freshmen Alex Noel and Jackson Rendon will compete in Thursday's junior session with a chance to qualify for the senior session on Saturday.
 
The men's competition begins with the junior session at 1:30 p.m. CT Thursday on the USA Gymnastics YouTube channel. The men's senior session one at 7 p.m. CT Thursday will be streamed live on Peacock (and replayed on CNBC at 12:30 p.m. CT Saturday).
 
The senior men's day two competition begins at 5:30 p.m. CT Saturday and will be streamed live on Peacock.
 
Click here for complete information about the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
 
A total of 47 men are registered to compete in Thursday's senior men's day one. An additional seven athletes, ages 18-19, will compete as seniors but will be part of the junior men's rotation earlier in the day, bringing the total number of competing senior men to 54. The top 42 scoring senior athletes will advance to Saturday's senior men's competition via a combination of all-around rankings, points program rankings, and achieving a top-two D score on an event from Day 1. For more information about the competition, format and the complete schedule, click here.
 
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