Oklahoma Sooners

Men's Gymnastics

Jacob Messina
 Jacob Messina
Class:
RS Junior
Hometown:
Matthews, NC
High School:
East Mecklenburg HS
Height:
5-6
Event:
AA
Club:
G&J Speedway

FX
PH
SR
V
PB
HB
AA
Career Highs
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14.200
15.350
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15.000
14.600
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2008 NCAA Championships: Earned his second-highest scores of the season on pommel horse (14.150) and rings (15.300) in Team Finals.

2008: Recorded personal-best 15.000 on p-bars and tied career high on rings (15.350) at MPSF Championship ... Also tied for fourth on horse (14.100) at MPSF Championship ... Set career high on high bar (14.600) at Penn State ... Tied for second on p-bars, tied for third on h-bar and tied for fourth on pommel horse (14.200) in win against the Nittany Lions ... Finished fourth on pommel horse (14.000) and tied for fourth on rings (15.100) in win over Minnesota ... Recorded a season-high 15.350 on rings at Pacific Coast Classic ... Third on rings (15.000) and fourth on p-bars (14.750) in win at Iowa ... Earned top-20 finishes on rings (29.450), pommel horse (27.400) and high bar (27.400) at the Winter Cup Challenge ... Placed third on pommel horse (14.200), rings (14.900) and high bar (14.300) in home win against Nebraska ... Placed third on rings (14.950) in Michigan win ... Second on rings (14.450) and fourth on p-bars (14.550) against Nebraska and Air Force ... Placed second on pommel horse (13.800) and tied for fourth on rings (14.800) at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2007: Won the all-around title (51.0) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Also won the still rings (9.1) and finished second on pommel horse (8.5) and high bar (8.7) at RMO event finals ... Redshirted after tearing his ACL on high bar dismount at RMO.

2006 NCAA Championships: Posted a career-high 9.475 on the high bar in NCAA team prelims.

2006: Finished third on the still rings (8.7) at Rocky Mountain Open ... Took second on the high bar (9.25) against Iowa ... Finished second on the parallel bars (8.85) and third on the still rings (9.25) and high bar (9.1) against Nebraska ... Finished second on the high bar with a career-high 9.35 against Stanford and Nebraska ... Took second on the high bar (9.45) behind teammate Chris Brooks at the MPSF Championships.

2005 NCAA Championships: Set career high on the vault (9.275) during NCAA team prelims ... Set career high on the floor exercise (9.525) in the NCAA team finals ... Finished seventh (9.287) on the floor exercise in NCAA event finals.

2005: Finished fourth (9.15) on pommel horse against Ohio State ... Finished third on the floor (9.3) in win over Minnesota ... Finished third behind two fellow Sooners on the pommel horse (9.15) versus Nebraska on Feb. 20 ... Finished third (52.875) in the all-around in Feb. 20 win over Nebraska ... Finished fourth on the vault (9.25) in win over Nebraska on Feb. 13.

Club/High School: Trained at G & J Speedway Gymnastics ... Coached by Jie Ding ... Member of the Junior National Team in 2001 ... North Carolina State Champion 2000-2004 ... Four-time regional team member ... Named North Carolina's men's gymnastics Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... National academic honoree (2001-2004) ... Attended East Mecklenburg High School.

Personal: Born September 11, 1986, in Yonkers, N.Y. ... Son of Barbara and Sal Messina...Also recruited by Illinois and Iowa ... Majoring in environmental science.

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