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.
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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.
She was originally set to join UGA in the fall as a walk-on. Durante is the daughter of former Georgia head coach, Danna Durante.Didn’t compete for 2.5 years prior to the 2017 season.Top scores at Florida - 9.775 FX, 9.7 VT.and elite gymnasts will be heading in the months and years to come. Find out where over 20 of your favorite J.O. While there might be a lull in competitive gymnastics during the month of June, there’s never a break for NCAA recruiting.
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