Trautman won her second consecutive Big 12 vault title and earned her first conference bars crown (scored a 9.950 on each the bars score tied a career high). Trautman and Smith are both tied (with four other Sooners) for the fifth-most career conference titles with four each. "Incredible performance once again, and a champion." "Jordan has been pumping out great all-around efforts week after week and tonight was no different," Kindler said. The Lincoln, Neb., native has earned 20 individual titles this season and now ranks 10th in program history with 40 career titles. Bowers became the first Sooner to win a conference all-around crown since Maggie Nichols in 2018. Sophomore Jordan Bowers picked up her second and third career Big 12 titles, respectively, with a 9.950 on floor and 39.700 in the all-around.
Six Sooners combined for a total of eight Big 12 individual event titles on the evening, claiming at least a share of every event title and the all-around. In addition to the year-end awards, individual conference champions were recognized after the meet. Kindler was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the 12th time since she took over the Sooners program and the 15th time overall. This marks the first time LeVasseur earned an end-of-the-year conference honor. Junior Katherine LeVasseur became the third consecutive Sooner to win the Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year and 10th overall. Freshman Faith Torrez became the 10th OU gymnast to be named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, joining teammates Smith (2020) and senior Olivia Trautman (2019) as current Sooners to have won the award. Team, that's what it's all about."īig 12 yearly awards were announced following the meet. "From Jenna (Dunn in the leadoff spot) and all the way through to Ragan, simply a magical performance. "The beam team was legitimately on fire," Kindler said.
It also marks the 14th Big 12 team championship in program history and 19th conference title overall. The title is the 13th in the tenure of 17th-year OU head coach K.J. OU now owns the nation's best, third-best and fourth-best scores of 2023, and has topped the 198 mark a nation-leading seven times. The 198.400 still represented the Sooners' third-best score (tied) and the nation's fourth-best score of the season, based on totals entering the weekend. OU scored a 198.500 on the night but was penalized one-tenth of a point for being out of order on bars. 1-ranked Oklahoma women's gymnastics team won all four events, posted its best beam score in program history (49.800) behind senior Ragan Smith's perfect 10, and registered the best-ever Big 12 Championship score to claim its 10th conference title in the last 11 seasons with a 198.400 in a victory over No.
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