Huskers Crack Top-10 in National Team Rankings

The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team earned its highest ranking of the season as it broke into the nation’s top-10 this week at No. 9 with a three-score average of 207.00.  The Huskers moved up three places in this week’s GymInfo rankings as a result of the 208.65 team score Nebraska notched against Oklahoma on March 5 in Lincoln.

 

Nebraska has risen as high as 10th this season and fallen as low as 14th.  The Huskers were ranked 10th in the preseason coaches poll.

 

In addition to the increased team standing, several Huskers improved in the individual rankings.  Sophomore Stephen T?trault moved from 13th to 12th on the pommel horse and from 16th to 14th in the all-around and junior Jason Wassung improved from 16th to 14th on the pommel horse and from 9th to 7th in the all-around. 

 

Senior Nick Moore, who won his second consecutive vaulting title against the Sooners on March 5 with a career-high score of 9.45, moved five spots from No. 12 to No. 7 on the vault with a three-score average of 9.367.  Moore had previously never been nationally ranked on any event.

 

Senior Derric Wood made the week’s largest leap, moving from 15th to 8th in the nation’s high bar rankings, while freshman T.J. Schmidt made his debut on the GymInfo list at No. 19 on the parallel bars.

 

The Huskers are back on the road this weekend as they take on the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners at the LloydNobleCenter in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, March 11 at 7 p.m.  The venue is the same that will host the 2006 NCAA men’s gymnastics championships in April.