Top-ranked Oklahoma had four event winners and posted the NCAA's highest score of the season, and No. 2 Nebraska placed third in a three-team men's gymnastics meet Saturday in Norman, Oklahoma.
The Sooners had the best team score in four of the events and finished with 418.200 points. Fourth-ranked Stanford was second with 410.900 points and Nebraska had 403.900.
The Huskers broke the school record on vault with a 73.20, which is the top score in the country this season.
The Huskers' Antonio Castro won the pommel horse with a 14.600 score, and Kyle King was first in vault at 15.100, helping Nebraska to 73.200 points to easily top Oklahoma and Stanford in the event scoring. Nebraska's Anton Stephenson (15.000) was second in the vault.
Check out Kyle King’s incredible vault performance against Oklahoma and Stanford. King claimed the title with a 15.10 and led the Huskers in breaking the school and 2018 NCAA record on the event (73.20)! #Huskers #NTheMoment 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/lg66PH3U0c
— Nebraska Men's Gym (@NebraskaMensGym) February 4, 2018
The Huskers also had the best team score in the floor exercise, 69.950, with King (14.300) and Stephenson (14.250) finishing second and third.
Nebraska was second as a team in pommel horse.
Oklahoma's Yul Muldauer won the all-around, parallel bars and floor exercise, and led the Sooners in all six events. Moldauer’s 87.150 all-around score also was the highest mark in the country.
Nebraska will compete against Illinois-Chicago next Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center.
