Oklahoma Advances to National Championship

The highest-ranked Oklahoma Sooners moved on to the NCAA Championships Thursday with a dominant efficiency within the first semifinals at Dickies Enviornment in Fort Value, TX.

OU recorded a 198.113, comfortably forward of second-place Utah. The Utes scored 197.713, which was good to push them previous Minnesota (197.113) and Alabama (197.100).

OU’s meet started on the vault, and after one rotation, the Sooners sat in second place behind Utah with a 49.3500.

Senior Allie Stern obtained the day going for OU with a team-best 9.9375 on vault.

OU obtained one other quick begin on its second rotation — parallel bars — and pulled forward for good with a robust staff efficiency.

Freshman Danielle Sievers scored a 9.9, adopted by sophomore Katharine LeVasseur’s 9.9375. Senior Olivia Trautman, on bars for the primary time this season, scored a 9.8875. After junior Ragan Smith rang up a 9.8625, freshman Jordan Bowers carded a 9.9, adopted by a team-best 9.95 from sophomore Audrey Davis.

That rotation pushed the Sooners forward of the Utes by .0250, and that lead would maintain up.

On stability beam, Trautman went second and scored a 9.9125 whereas LeVasseur adopted with a 9.9. After Davis went 9.8625, Smith completed with a 9.925, stretching OU’s result in .325 over Utah and a three-round rating of 49.5125 with one occasion left.

The ultimate rotation for Oklahoma was the ground, and the Sooners obtained a 9.9 from sophomore Bell Johnson, a 9.8875 from Woodard and back-to-back 9.9375s from freshmen Danae Fletcher and Sievers.

Oregon State’s Jade Carey, competing as a person, labored into Oklahoma’s rotations and ended up profitable the all-round competitors within the first semifinal with a rating of 39.650.

Within the different semifinal on Thursday evening, No. 2 seed Florida, No. 3 Michigan, No. 7 Auburn and No. 11 Missouri compete, with the highest two groups advancing to fulfill OU and Utah on Saturday at midday. The finals shall be televised by ABC.