Oklahoma University: Oklahoma’s top-ranked women’s gymnastics team is set for its first trip to the state of Texas in 2024.
Oklahoma’s top-ranked women’s gymnastics team is set for its first trip to the state of Texas in 2024 as they head south of the Red River for the annual Metroplex Challenge. The No. 1 Sooners will face No. 2 California, No. 16 Arkansas and No. 29 Washington in the game on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7:15 p.m. whistle
This will be the fifth of six quad competitions and the third podium finish for Oklahoma. Held inside the Fort Worth Convention Center, the Sooners have won five consecutive Metroplex Challenge championships since 2019.
What You Need to Know
Last Friday night, the Sooners posted a season-high 198.450, tied for the program’s fifth-best score, defeating BYU (196.250), Utah State (195.000) and Texas Women’s (194.575) and improving to 15-0 In the season. . do. And 3-0 in Big 12 action. The Sooners used a 49.750 on floor, tied for the second-best floor score in program history, to reach their third score of 198 or higher this season.
Junior Jordan Bowers took the overall win after an incredible night, which included two perfect scores, as he recorded a score of 39.750. Senior Katherine Levasseur topped 39.700 for the first time in the all-around with a personal record of 39.725. Sophomore Faith Torrez scored a 39.575 and senior Audrey Davis scored a 39.500 all-around, her fifth score of 39.500 or better this season. OU took the event title that night, with Bowers and Levasseur sharing the vault title with a time of 9.975 seconds. On bars, Bowers took the title with a 9.975. Torrez and Ragan Smith shared the beam title at 9.95 seconds and Levasseur took the floor title at 9.975.
Did That Thing For Dave
This weekend marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Dave Richardson, the late husband of athletic trainer Jane Richardson. Dave died on February 19, 2019, after a long battle with colon cancer. Since that season, the Sooners have worn blue ribbons in their hair and blue ribbon stickers on their backs to honor Dave. The Sooners won the 2019 national championship and dedicated their season to Dave with the hashtag #DIFD – Do It for Dave.
Road warrior
When the Sooners hit the road this weekend, they will embark on their fifth trip of the season during the first seven weeks of competition. OU has had incredible success on the road in 2024, outscoring Norman with an 11-0 record. The Sooners have also defeated several top-10 teams twice, including the No. 2 team at Lloyd Noble Center. After starting the year with four road trips in five weeks, the Sooners will have just two more meetings in 2024. OU will head to TWU for a quad meet with Clemson and Penn on March 3 and travel to Arkansas for a dual meet on March 10th. With the Razorbacks.
Wells has been chosen as the best newcomer this week in the Big 12.
For the first time this season, an Oklahoma Sooner has been named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, as Keira Wells earned the honor, the conference announced Tuesday. Wells helped lead the Sooners to a season-high 198.450 in the quad meet against conference foe BYU, Texas Women’s and Utah State. She played a key role in leading the Sooners to their second-highest score on vault this season with a 49.550 and an impressive 49.525 on beam.
On vault, Wells set a personal record with a 9.925 on the Yurchenko 1.5 of hers. This was the first time this season that a freshman scored a 9.9 or higher in the event. Wells was one of only three athletes to score a 9.9 or better on the apparatus that night. On beam, she scored 9,875 points at the No. 2 spot, a score that would be crucial to the Sooners being able to post 9,800 points at the leadoff spot.
Beyond The 198
Oklahoma has earned a total of 66 scores of 198 or higher in program history, including 58 since 2016. Of those 66 scores, only 25 were earned at home, and 41 were earned in road or neutral-site contests. Twenty of these scores were earned in regional or national competitions, including a 198.3875 at the 2023 NCAA Championships, which is tied for the highest NCAA final score in history. In 2023, the Sooners posted a new program record with a 198.575 against West Virginia on February 24, 2023. Also in 2023, the Sooners posted an NCAA record with 10 scores over 198, which they achieved in 2018 and 2022. In the season, the Sooners are one of six schools to reach 198 points this season and one of two (LSU)
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