OU Women win the national gymnastics semifinal, and compete for the natty, Saturday at noon

[Plainosooner]

They trailed Utah after the first rotation, after a less than stellar performance on Vault, but they took the lead with a solid Bars rotation, the second of four, and beat Utah by .4. Both teams advance to the finals. Minnesota and Alabama finished 3rd and 4th, ending their seasons. The other quad semifinal is tonight. Florida and Michigan are expected to advance.

The PDF of the meet results:

Women's Championship Score Sheet 04 14 2022 Sessio - University of Oklahoma

Women's Championship Score Sheet 04 14 2022 Sessio

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[Plainosooner]

The Soonersports.com story:

See You Saturday: Sooners Advance to NCAA Finals - University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma 198.1125 Utah 197.7125 Minnesota 197.1125 Arkansas 197.1000 Team Scores Vault Bars Beam Floor OU 49.3500 49.5750 49.5125 49.675 UTAH 49.4250 49.2125...

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[Scottsdale.Sooner]

At this very moment, Michigan, defending National Champs are in 4th position out of 4 after 3 rotations. Auburn and Florida are showing strong. OU looks very good going into Saturday. Commentary provided by my wife! She knows gymnastics.

 

[Scottsdale.Sooner]

OU, Utah, Florida and Auburn it will be.

 

[8085sooner]

They came back from a slow start to win another championship.


Way to go girls, you really showed heart and determination.

 

[Scottsdale.Sooner]

Poor start on the floor and an excellent series on the vault put them in the lead. They showed heart and spirit.

 

[Plainosooner]

Florida trailed by .2 heading into the last rotation, and they were on Floor, their strongest event. Trinity Thomas, their star. scored a 10 on Floor Thursday and repeated on Saturday. She was strategically next to last in their rotation, so the crowd reaction could have impact on opponents, especially Regan Smith on Beam, the trickiest event. The Florida crowd was screaming for a ten, about the time, Regan started on Beam and exploded in noise when the 10.0 was announced.

Smith, whose heel, barely scraping out of bounds on Floor, might have cost OU the meet. Instead, she nailed her Beam performace, scoring a 10 on two of six judges cards. It sealed the national title for the Sooners.