Ohio State
Iowa, Oklahoma
No. 6 Ohio State Falls in Tri Meet to Oklahoma, Iowa – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
Feb. 1, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The sixth-ranked Ohio State men’s gymnastics team totaled a team score of 422.600 to finish third in a tri meet with No.1 Oklahoma and No. 9 Iowa Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.
The top-ranked Sooners won all six events as a team on their way to a final score of 440.850. The host Hawkeyes finished with a team score of 428.450.
The Buckeyes’ top team score of the day came on vault, where a second-place routine from freshman Alexander Wilson (14.750) helped the Scarlet and Gray tally a 72.550 aggregate total. Senior Larry Mayer, ranked fourth nationally in the event, tied for fifth with a 14.600, while freshman Seth Delbridge was seventh with a personal-best 14.550.
Ohio State set season-best team totals on rings and floor exercise, scoring 71.850 and 71.500, respectively. Senior Danny Steiner used a season-best 14.950 to take third overall on floor exercise, while senior Drew Moling led the way on rings with a 14.900, finishing sixth overall.
Senior Alex Nork continued his impressive start to the season on pommel horse, placing third with a 14.800. Junior Jake Martin made his season debut with a sixth-place score of 14.300, while freshman Cody Teaney turned in a personal-best 14.200 for seventh place. The team recorded a total of 70.000.
OSU faltered on high bar and parallel bars. Despite a third-place performance on high bar from Martin, the Buckeyes, leading the nation with a two-meet average score of 72.750, turned in a season-low 69.350. Nork led Ohio State on parallel bars with an eighth-place score of 14.250 as the team compiled a season-low 67.350.
Final Standings
1. Oklahoma – 440.850
2. Iowa – 428.450
3. Ohio State – 422.600
Buckeyes Top 3 by Event
Floor Exercise
3. Danny Steiner – 14.950
8. Emeric Quade – 14.550
12. Meyer Williams – 14.250
Pommel Horse
3. Alex Nork – 14.800
6. Jake Martin – 14.300
7. Cody Teaney – 14.200
Rings
6. Drew Moling – 14.900
T-9. Alex Nork – 14.600
13. Cody Teaney -14.200
Vault
T-2. Alexander Wilson – 14.750
T-5. Larry Mayer – 14.600
7. Seth Delbridge – 14.550
Parallel Bars
8. Alex Nork – 14.250
13. Andrew Rickly – 13.700
16. Alexander Wilson – 13.400
High Bar
T-3. Jake Martin – 14.650
12. Seth Delbridge – 14.150
13. Andrew Rickly – 14.000
Up Next
The Buckeyes travel to University Park, Pa., Feb. 6 for a dual-meet with No. 3 Penn State. The meet is slated for a 7 p.m. ET start and will be broadcast by BTN on tape delay Feb. 7 at Noon ET.
