NORMAN – It wasn’t just won an advance for the No. 1 Oklahoma women’s gymnastics crew but won in dominating style because the Sooners rolled to 198.300 in Session II of the NCAA Athens Regional. OU will be joined within the regional on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT through California, Georgia, and Kentucky.
The Sooners set regional software data on bars (forty-nine .650) and ground (49.625) to assist them to the first-class nearby rating in OU history. “I was happy within which their heads were today,” head educator K.J. Kindler stated. “We need some greater of that. We need to get a few rests and come again here and do the identical thing tomorrow.”Oklahoma swept the man or woman occasion titles and the all-around. Senior Brenna Dowell took home the all-around identity with a 39.550, an excellent rating for both sessions. Senior Nicole Lehrmann and junior Maggie Nichols shared the identity on the vault with matching 9.95s. Nichols also took domestic the bars to identify with a 9.975. Sophomore Carly Woodard earned the beam title with a 9.925, and freshman Olivia Trautman took the home floor with a nine.975.
“I suppose we had suitable energy tonight,” Lehrmann stated. “We must learn that when we no longer feel that strength, to make it manifest. We felt appropriate in warmups. Warmups weren’t perfect, but they didn’t want to be. Everyone had appropriate power and appropriate attitudes – nobody was weird inside the head. We need to locate that power and journey it.”
The Sooners fired on all cylinders inside the first rotation to submit a 49.525 on vault, their 1/3-fine mark in software history at local opposition. Lehrmann started matters off strong for the Sooners by matching her profession-high with a caught Yurchenko 1. Five. “I suppose I’ve honestly grown lots,” Lehrmann stated. “Doing a 1.5 is honestly cool, and I experience I’ve gotten loads extra confident being later in lineups and being the starter on vault is a huge duty.”
Nichols returned to the vault lineup for the first time, considering that February 15 also published a 1.5 on a first-rate stuck 1.5. Trautman brought a nine.9, her sixth score of nine. Nine or better this season on the occasion. Junior Jade Degouveia added a nine.875 in the No. 3 spots, and Dowell anchored 9.850. “Vault became exceptional,” Kindler stated. “Nico started us off together with her first-class vault of the season. That’s the way to start regionals. We had exceptional landings. Maggie got, here again, to the vault for the first time this season and stuck it. You couldn’t ask for better than that. A forty-nine .525 is a tremendous manner to start.”
OU changed into lighting out on bars, posting five rankings of nine. nine or better on the path to a 49.650 at the occasion. Webb set the tone early with a top-notch leadoff routine for a 9.9. Senior Alex Marks notched a career-excessive nine. Nine, her 1/3 9. Nine in a row inside the No. 2 spots. Sophomore Karrie Thomas set her career excessive with a brilliant performance for a 9. Ninety-five. Lehrmann delivered a nine.925 inside the No. 5 spots, setting Nichols up for close to perfection as the junior recorded her fourth nine.975 of the season.
“We have extra in us on bars,” Kindler said. “There’s a pair angle we will nonetheless steal. We will do a little extra, but it changed into an outstanding rotation. Kudos to Alex Marks, who has had very limited practice time due to an injury. I am pleased with her stepping up for us at that event.” Keeping the momentum rolling, the Sooners headed to their 1/3 rotation and posted a 49.500. For the third consecutive event, OU notched a leadoff score of 9. Nine or higher, this time coming from Trautman’s leadoff nine.9. Dowell delivered a nine.850 in the No. 2 spots, while Lehrmann wrapped up her night time with a 9.9.
Sophomore beam specialist Carly Woodard was great in the No. 4 spots, earning a 9.925. Webb followed up with a nine.875 within the No. 5 functions, at the same time as Nichols, anchored with a nine.9. “On beam, again, outstanding performances,” Kindler said. “I assume we’ve got more within the tank there, and I suppose we will get a little bit extra out of all of us, and we can be a touch extra best. Good landings, and I became enthusiastic about dismount landings. They weren’t giving anything away.”
The Sooners wrapped up a pinnacle-notch performance with a 49.625 on the ground. Webb led off the rotation with a 9.9, and a 9.85 from sophomore Jordan Draper. Degouveia notched a 9.9 within the No. Three spots, setting up the season debut of sophomore Evy Schoepfer, brought a nine.9 of her personal. Dowell and Trautman yet again ended matters with a bang for Oklahoma. Dowell notched a nine. Ninety-five and Trautman anchored with a 9.975, earning a pair of perfect 10s from the four judges.
“We made a few modifications on the floor with Evy stepping into the lineup for the primary time this season,” Kindler said. “She did an outstanding actor, and I’m virtually happy with her. Our whole ground lineup, character after character, turned into a spot on.”The pinnacle teams from Saturday’s regional very last will advance to the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, April 19-20. Should the Sooners increase, they’ll be in Semifinal II on April 19 at 6 p.m. CT.
