Michael Squires Wins Individual NCAA Championship
April 21, 2013
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Sophomore Michael Squires won the NCAA title on still rings and University of Oklahoma gymnasts earned eight All-American honors Sunday in the final day of the NCAA Gymnastics Championship in State College, Pa. The Sooners placed second nationally in the team competition Saturday.
Squires, a sophomore walk-on from Edmond, Okla., won his first national title and All-American honor for the first time in his career.
As a team, the Sooners were awarded nine All-American honors at the three-day championship. Sophomore Alec Robin was named All-American in the all-around Saturday before honors on vault and high bar Sunday.
In addition to Robin and Squires, Kanji Oyama on floor, Michael Reid on pommel horse, Chris Stehl on rings, Danny Berardini on parallel bars and Ethan Jose on high bar were recognized as All-Americans.
The national title for Squires marks the ninth consecutive season in which at least one OU gymnast has been crowned an NCAA Champion. It is the 38th individual event championship all-time for the Sooners, which ranks fourth in NCAA history. It is Oklahoma's first rings title since Jonathan Horton won the championship in 2008 and the program's fifth still rings title overall.