Just when you think the University of Oklahoma couldn’t get any more awesome, five Sooners are in London right now to compete on the Men’s USA Olympic gymnastics team. We are so very proud of our boys!

Jon Horton, OU letter winner from Houston, attended OU from 2005 to 2008. London will mark Jon’s second Olympic appearance. During his time at OU, he was the 2008 Nissen Emery Award winner and a six-time NCAA individual champion.

Jake Dalton is currently a junior at OU via Reno, Nevada.  “I think it’s very special for our program,” Dalton said. “It says a lot about what we have accomplished here, thanks to amazing coaches, facilities and all the support. I am very honored to go over there (London) and represent Team USA and OU. It’s pretty amazing for all of us to be going. It’s going to be fun.”

Chris Brooks, a native of Houston, Texas, who attended OU from 2006 to 2009, is making his first Olympic appearance as an alternate. Brooks is an accomplished gymnast. When he competed for OU, his team won the 2006 and 2008 national titles and he was a seven-time All-American as well.

Steven Legendre, from Port Jefferson, New York, is another alternate and first-timer to the Olympics. Legendre was a student at our great university from 2008 to 2011 where he was the 2011 Nissen Emery Award winner and a 12-time All-American. He also helped his team win the 2008 National Championship and has six individual national titles.

Alex Naddour is the third alternate for the Olympic team and London is his Olympic debut as well. He is from Gilbert, Arizona and attended OU from 2010 to 2011. As a Sooner, he was a five-time All-American and the 2010 and 2011 National Champion on pommel horse.

Even OU’s very own Gymnastics Head Coach Mark Williams, who has coached all five gymnasts at Oklahoma, is in London for his fourth Olympic Games as a coach. Williams says, “I think it’s pretty incredible that we are talking about a select group of eight athletes and five of them are from the University of Oklahoma program. It’s an amazing accomplishment to have such representation. I am proud of these guys and the work they’ve put forth and to display it on the biggest stage in the world should be very exciting.”

We could not be any more excited for these fine young men and look forward to watching them lead our country to victory.

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We wish them luck and, of course, Boomer Sooner!