![]() ![]() 025 but it was Utah at the top of the standings. ![]() After two events, Florida led Oklahoma by just. 100 penalties.īut in the second rotation, OU went lights out on the vault, executing six Yurchenko one-and-a-half vaults with Katherine Levasseur and Olivia Trautman notching 9.975 and 9.9625 scores to lift their team to a 49.6625. champion Ragan Smith - went out side the area for a. The Oklahoma Sooners scored just 49.1875 after its final two competitors - Jordan Bowers and 2017 U.S. They moved to rotation two in third, scoring 49.350. On the vault, Florida overcame a slow start with several athletes coming up slightly short on Yurchenko one-and-a-half vault after Trinity Thomas rocked a 9.9875 effort in the fifth spot. Kara Eaker led the way for squad, recording a near perfect 9.9500 after executing a side aerial to layout series and sticking her dismount. Join us inside the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships behind the scenes with Olympic medallists and 2022 title favourites A comeback for the agesĪfter one rotation, Utah led the way after a masterful effort on the balance beam. "If I stopped and circled them up, they would make the moment bigger than they needed to. "If we're in a groove, I'm certainly not going to stop what's happening," Kindler said. It wasn't about, 'Oh no,' it was more about, 'Let's go.'"įrom that point on, Kindler saw her squad in such a groove there was nothing else to say as they moved to the ever precarious balance beam to close out the meet. We're just like, 'Come on, let's go,' kind of firing them up a little bit, but we didn't really need to. "I mean, there wasn't a lot that needed to be said I felt. "'Let's go,'" she said when asked what she told her team after the first rotation. "I saw that and immediately sent it to my senior class and was like, What are we going to do about this?" said Woodard, who decided along with roommates Allie Stern and Emma Lapinta to post the quote as motivation.ĭespite a slow start, they had plenty of motivation with coach Kindler opting for a simple pep talk as they moved to the vault. Instead, senior Carly Woodard took the initiative. The 51-year-old head coach didn't hang the signs, she didn't have to. We walked in, and we looked at that in numerous spots in the locker room to make sure they would see it." Said Kindler, "This is something that really fueled them every day. The prediction, taped up on the refrigerator in OU's practice facility read, "If there is a year to actually safe to predict Oklahoma not winning, this is the year." ![]() Saturday - championship in hand - she expounded saying that the team had been fueled by a preseason prediction. The University of Utah (197.750) finished third, while Auburn University was fourth at 197.350.Īfter winning their national semifinal on Thursday (14 April), Kindler shared how they felt like underdogs coming into this event despite their pedigree and top ranking coming into the event. Oklahoma's 198.200 total held off the University of Florida, which earned a 198.0875. "What fight, what heart, what heart they had to fight back after floor. Kindler afterward during a press conference. I mean, I don't know if you guys have seen anything like that before, but I personally have not," said OU head coach K.J. Shaky landings during their opening rotation on the floor put them at the bottom of the rankings, but that all seemed a distant memory as they hoisted the NCAA trophy three rotations later. The Sooner squad, which finished the regular season ranked No. Oklahoma last took the title in 2019, with the event being canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020, and the University of Michigan taking the crown a year ago. EMU v.The University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team staged a massive comeback to win its fifth NCAA title in less than a decade Saturday (April 16) at the 2022 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Winona Exhibitionġ2:00pm CT – Gustavus Adolphus – Black & Gold MeetĤ:00pm ET – Michigan v. We’re also inching terrifyingly close to the public-displays-of-gymnastics stage of the relationship, so here’s the preseason meet schedule with notes on streaming (that we know of so far) for the few meets you can watch from the safety of your home.Ħ:30pm MT – Arizona State – Maroon & Gold – Web StreamĦ:30pm ET – William & Mary – Green & GoldĦ:30pm CT – La Crosse v. #AGNB #GBRĪ post shared by Nebraska Women's Gymnastics on at 2:42pm PST Take a look at some highlights to hold you over until our next Intrasquad on December 21st! □□. ICYMI: We debuted our 2020 squad on Friday night. ![]()
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