BREAKING NEWS:NCAA Gymnastics Results: Oklahoma Sooners Win “Meet Of The Year”…….

 

The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners Women’s Gymnastics team collected huge wins over three top 10 opponents at Saturday’s Sprouts Collegiate Quad. Posting a 197.950 – the highest score this season – the Sooners defeated the defending National Champion LSU Tigers by .300, followed by the No. 6 Cal Golden Bears and the No. 4 Utah Red Rocks. In a meet many considered the regular season “meet of the year,” the Sooners regained their status as the ‘top dog’ in NCAA Women’s Gymnastics.

Final Results:

1. Oklahoma Sooners: 197.950
2. LSU Tigers: 197.650
3. Cal Bears: 197.275
4. Utah Red Rocks: 196.800

Jordan Bowers’ (OU) also returned to her winning ways, claiming the all-around title in a narrow win over a star-powered three-way tie for second. Bowers edged Philippines Olympian Aleah Finnegan (LSU), superstar freshman Kailin Chio (LSU), and Sooner teammate, three-time National Champion Faith Torrez (OU).

On the individual events, the awards were spread across multiple teams. LSU’s Chio claimed the vault title (9.95) and Finnegan the floor (9.975). National Bars Champion Audrey Davis (OU) shared the bars win with Utah’s Olympic silver medalist, Grace McCallum. On beam, Faith Torrez (OU), the defending National Champion on the event, claimed the title alone.

Though the final results showed a somewhat comfortable win for Oklahoma (.300), the meet was close throughout, with just tenths separating the top three teams going into the final rotation. Here’s how the competition transpired:

Starting on beam is never easy – but Oklahoma made it look the opposite. The Sooners cruised to a 49.525 on the event, corresponding with an individual average above 9.90 per routine. In short, they were on fire. Faith Torrez led the way with her massive acrobatic series, notching a season-high 9.975 for an eventual beam title.

While the Sooners were tackling beam, the LSU Tigers took to one of their signature events: vault. Known for their prowess on the power events (vault and floor), the Tigers showed a whopping six 10.0 start value vaults in their rotation, highlighted by a stuck Yurchenko 1.5 from freshman phenom Kailin Chio. With hits from the rest of the lineup, the Tigers sat just .075 back of OU after one rotation.