Sooners Host Greenville in Home Opener

Sunday, February 1

2 p.m. CT

University of Oklahoma

Greenville

Photo by: Jonathan Suni

Sooners Host Greenville in Home Opener

January 31, 2026 | Men's Gymnastics

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THE MEET

• No. 1 Oklahoma welcomes No. 10 Greenville to McCasland Field House in its 2026 home opener on Sunday, Feb. 1. The meet is set for a 2 p.m. start. Doors open at 1 p.m. and introductions begin at 1:45 p.m. Admission is free.

PROMOTIONS

• Sunday's meet is Everyday Heroes appreciation day, featuring "touch a truck" outside McCasland Field House on Brooks Mall.

• Giveaways include an OU beanie, free taco coupons and a challenge coin to military members.

• This is a $2 takeover meet, featuring $2 beer, soda and popcorn.

• Fans can participate in a push up contest with ROTC members. There will also be a t-shirt toss , a socks for sticks and an ice cream giveaway for the loudest fan of the meet.

• Admission to all Oklahoma men's gymnastics home meets during the 2026 season is free.

WATCH/FOLLOW

• The meet will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Chad McKee and Matt Wenske on the call.

• Live scoring will be available via Virti.us.

• Information will be available via @OU_MGymnastics on X.

STICKS

• Following Sunday's meet, the Sooners host Ohio State and Air Force on Saturday, Feb. 7 at McCasland Field House. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. CT, with introductions at 5:45 p.m. It is OU's annual Cleveland Night, featuring students and families from Norman's Cleveland Elementary School. Feb. 6-8 is also OU Gymnastics Alumni Weekend when the Sooners will welcome back alumni from both the men's and women's programs.

• Freshman Nathan Roman was named the CGA national Rookie of the Week following his performance in OU's road win at Michigan. Roman claimed the parallel bars title for the second consecutive meet, posting a 13.850 in the anchor position. He also recorded a 13.900 on vault and a 12.300 on floor exercise. The Poway, Calif., product ranks second nationally on parallel bars with a 14.175 season average.

• Senior Kelton Christiansen and fifth-year senior Brigham Frentheway were selected as senior captains for the 2026 season as voted by their teammates.

• Oklahoma returns two bronze medalists from the NCAA Championships in redshirt-senior Fuzzy Benas (all-around) and junior Tas Hajdu (still rings), and two gymnasts who earned All-America honors in Christiansen (high bar) and junior Colin Flores (p-bars). Additionally, Christiansen (high bar), Hajdu (rings), senior Ignacio Yockers (pommel horse) and sophomore Francisco Velez Belendez (rings) earned regular season All-America honors from the CGA.

• The Sooners also return redshirt juniors Leo Koike and Mac Seyler, juniors Tyler Flores and Nico Hamilton and redshirt sophomores Arthur Ballon, Max Bereznev and Brandon Zepeda-Orth. Bereznev, a 2024 vault All-American, missed the 2025 season with an injury.

• OU welcomed several newcomers to the roster, including sophomore Colby Aranda and freshmen Sasha Bogonosiuk, Max Morelos, Alex Noel, Jackson Rendon and Nathan Roman.

• Fuzzy Benas, Sasha Bogonosiuk and Nathan Roman are pre-qualified for 2026 Winter Cup as members of the U.S. Senior Men's National Team. Future Sooners Dante Reive and Hunter Simpson, who signed with OU as members of the 2026 class, are also pre-qualified to compete at Winter Cup, which will be held Feb. 21-22 in Louisville, Ky.

• Mark Williams is in his 27th season as Oklahoma head coach. He has led the Sooners to 617 victories (617-61-1 [.909]), nine national championships and 20 MPSF conference titles since his first season in 2000.

LAST TIME OUT

• Oklahoma is No. 1 in the Week 3 national rankings with an average team score of 322.900 after posting a 321.850 in a road win at Michigan on Saturday afternoon.

• The Sooners rank just ahead of No. 2 Stanford (322.433) while No. 3 Nebraska (315.500), No. 4 Michigan (314.950) and No. 5 Ohio State (314.675) round out the top five. Rankings are based on the average of a team's scores this season.

• OU holds first place on pommel horse (54.400) and high bar (52.750). The Sooners rank second on floor exercise (53.575) and parallel bars (53.925), while sitting third on still rings (53.100) and vault (55.150).

• Freshman Sasha Bogonosiuk ranks fourth on floor exercise (13.925), while redshirt senior Fuzzy Benas is ninth (13.575). Sophomore Colby Aranda sits sixth on pommel horse (14.025) and senior Ignacio Yockers ranks eighth (13.925).

• Sophomore Francisco Velez Belendez ranks seventh on still rings (13.725), while Bogonosiuk is sixth on vault (14.175). Freshman Nathan Roman ranks second on parallel bars (14.175) after back-to-back individual p-bars titles.

• Senior Kelton Christiansen ranks third on high bar (13.975) and redshirt sophomore Brandon Zepeda-Orth sits sixth (13.775). Bogonosiuk also ranks third in the all-around standings (79.650).

NATIONAL RANKINGS NOTES

• Oklahoma is No. 1 in the Week 3 national rankings with an average team score of 322.900 after posting a 321.850 in a road win at Michigan on Saturday afternoon.

• Senior Kelton Christiansen ranks third on high bar (13.975) and redshirt sophomore Brandon Zepeda-Orth sits sixth (13.775). Bogonosiuk also ranks third in the all-around standings (79.650).

HISTORY AND TRADITION

• Oklahoma has won 12 national championships (1977, '78, '91, 2002, '03, '05, '06, '08, '15, '16, '17, '18), tied for most in NCAA history (tied with Penn State), including nine national titles since 2000. The Sooners have finished first or second in 19 of the last 23 NCAA Championships, and has reached 25 consecutive NCAA finals, or every championship held since 2000 (does not count the 2020 championship canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). OU has finished among the top 3 in 23 of the last 24 NCAA Championships held, dating back to the 2001 season.

• Mark Williams has led Oklahoma to nine national titles over the course of his 26 seasons as head coach of the Sooners. OU won an NCAA championship held in Norman three times: 2002, 2006 and 2015.

• The Sooners last won an NCAA championship in 2018 in Chicago, Ill., capping a run of four consecutive national titles (2015-18), then claimed second place in three straight championships: 2019, '21 and '22.