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Senior Steve Van Etten of Riverside, Calif. took first place on the hi bar event with a score of 8.950. Van Etten finished within the top eleven in all six events, taking third on pommel horse eighth on vault and fourth on floor. Nebraska's Huskers followed OU with the number of gymnasts taking the top slots. Senior Jason Hardabura of Oakville, Ontario placed third in the hi bar event with a score of 8.550, 8.250 for fourth on the pommel horse, second on vault with a 9.00, and seventh in the floor exercise with a 7.700. Top Air Force Academy finishers in Saturday's events were C2C James Hayes with a 7.250 for the seventh-place slot in the high bar competition and a score of 8.200 in the parallel bars for fifth place; C1C Levi Torkelson with a 7.500 for eighth place in the floor exercise; C3C Justin Jones with a score of 8.550 for an outstanding third-place finish in the floor exercise; team captain C1C Andrew Fisher with a score of 8.250 for fourth place and C2C Scott Lewis with a score of 8.450 for third place on parallel bars.

The Rocky Mountain Open continues Saturday evening with the Air Force women's gymnastics team hosting Brigham Young and the University of Denver. The women's competition begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Cadet Gymnasium's West Gym.

Rocky Mountain Open Men's Competition Event Finals:


Event    Place	Name		 Score		School
Rings:	 1      Brett Covey	 9.350		Oklahoma
	 2	Shannon Carrion	 9.200		Oklahoma
	 3	Jeff Kelly	 8.750		Nebraska
	 4	David Johnston	 8.700		Oklahoma
	 5	Daniel Furney	 8.600		Oklahoma
	 6	Gabe Hansen	 8.550		Oklahoma
	 7*	John Payton	 8.500		Oklahoma
	 7*	Brendan O'Neil	 8.500		Oklahoma

P. Bars: 1	Daniel Furney	 8.750		Oklahoma
         2	David Hansen 	 8.550		Oklahoma
         3	Scott Lewis	 8.450		Air Force
	 4	Andrew Fisher	 8.250		Air Force
	 5*	Brendan O'Neil	 8.200		Oklahoma
	 5*	James Hayes	 8.200		Air Force
	 7*	Gabe Hansen	 7.750		Oklahoma
	 7*	Steve Friedman	 7.750		Nebraska

Floor:	 1	Brendan O'Neil	 9.475		Oklahoma
         2	Jock Stevens	 9.450		Oklahoma
	 3	Justin Jones	 8.550		Air Force
	 4	Steve Van Etten	 8.475		Oklahoma
	 5	David Iamatteo	 8.400		Oklahoma
	 6	Josh Landis	 7.800		Oklahoma
	 7	Jason Hardabura	 7.700		Nebraska
	 8	Levi Torkelson	 7.500		Air Force

Vault:	 1	Jock Stevens	 9.250		Oklahoma
	 2	Jason Hardabura	 9.000		Nebraska
	 3	Steve Friedman	 8.950		Nebraska
	 4*	David Hansen	 8.900		Nebraska
	 4*	Martin Fournier	 8.900		Nebraska
	 6*	David Iamatteo	 8.850		Oklahoma
	 6*	Ryan Sneed	 8.850		Nebraska
	 8	Steve Van Etten	 8.800		Oklahoma

Phorse:   1	Josh Landis	 9.150		Oklahoma
	 2	Daniel Furney	 8.950		Oklahoma
	 3	Steve Van Etten	 8.800		Oklahoma
	 4*	Jason Hardabura	 8.250		Nebraska
	 4*	Gabe Hansen	 8.250		Oklahoma
	 6	Brian Rowe	 7.200		Arizona State
	 7	Ryan Sneed	 5.800		Nebraska
	 8	Martin Fournier	 5.550		Nebraska

Hi Bar:  1	Steve Van Etten	 8.950		Oklahoma
	 2	Gabe Hansen	 8.675		Oklahoma
	 3	Jason Hardabura	 8.550		Nebraska
	 4	Randy Sooter	 8.500		Arizona State
	 5	David Johnston	 8.300		Oklahoma
	 6	Steve Friedman	 8.250		Nebraska
	 7	James Hayes	 7.250		Air Force
	 8	Heath Mueller	 5.750		Oklahoma