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After the first rotation, we are ahead by a narrow margin over Minnesota.

49.600 Oklahoma (Floor)
49.550 Minnesota (Vault)
49.250 Arkansas (Beam)
49.125 California (Bars)

Our first event was floor. Our scores were:

9.950 Ragan Smith
9.950 Jordan Bowers
9.900 Carly Woodard
9.900 Danielle Sievers
9.900 Danae Fletcher
9.875 Bell Johnson

Next up: Vault

Another 49.600 on Vault. 99.200 after two events.

99.200 49.600 Oklahoma (Vault) Four 9.9+
98.825 49.275 Minnesota (Bars) One 9.90+
98.650 49.525 California (Beam) Three 9.9+
98.650 49.400 Arkansas (Floor) Two 9.9+

Our vault scores:

9.975 Olivia Trautman
9.950 Jordan Bowers
9.900 Allie Stern
9.900 Kat LaVasseur
9.875 Danielle Sievers
9.850 Danae Fletcher

Increased our lead slightly in the third rotation. Cal is coming on strong.

148.600 49.400 Oklahoma (Bars) Three 9.9+
148.175 49.525 California (Floor) Five 9.9+
148.075 49.250 Minnesota (Beam) Two 9.9+
147.450 48.800 Arkansas (Vault) No 9.9+ and only 5 vaulters.

Our Bars scores:

9.925 Danielle Sievers
9.900 Jordan Bowers
9.900 Audrey Davis
9.875 Kat LeVasseur
9.800 Karrie Thomas
9.150 Ragan Smith - her first fall of the year

We win. Minnesota also advances to Nationals.

198.250 49.650 Oklahoma (Beam) Four 9.9+
197.725 49.650 Minnesota (Floor) Five 9.9+
197.300 49.125 California (Vault) No 9.9+
196.675 49.225 Arkansas (Bars) One 9.9+

Our Beam scores:

9.975 Ragan Smith
9.950 Olivia Trautman
9.950 Carly Woodard
9.900 Jenna Dunn
9.875 Audrey Davis
9.825 Kat LeVasseur

Team	Total	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
Oklahoma	198.250	49.600	49.400	49.650	49.600
Minnesota	197.725	49.550	49.275	49.250	49.650
California	197.300	49.125	49.125	49.525	49.525
Arkansas	196.675	48.800	49.225	49.250	49.400

The Floor scores were all close. The biggest difference is that we are good on all 4 events. We took first in Vault, Bars, and Beam. We took second to Minnesota on Floor.

On Vault, Olivia Trautman and Maddie Quarles (Minnesota) had 9.975 for first place.
On Bars, Danielle Sievers finished first with a 9.925
On Beam, Ragan Smith won with a 9.975.
On Floor, Mya Hooten (Minnesota) won with a 9.975.

Another good night for the Sooners. I still feel their best is still ahead of them. Just hold serve one more time and then pop the meet of the year.

BTW, Florida popped a 198.775 tonight.

The crowd at LNC was a bit better last evening to cheer on the Sooners to victory. This team is just money. In a very tough sport, you can just count on each of the Sooner performers to execute a routine and get at least a 9.8 and usually 9.9 or better. There was a great amount of energy last night by them and by the fans. The 198+ team scores just keep coming from these young women.

It is a great sport to watch in person. You do not have to know a great deal about the sport to enjoy the routines and the atmosphere. Coach Kindler and the team are one of the very best, if not the best, team in the country. I think last night was their 12th straight Regional Championship. There were four regionals in the nation this weekend. So winning a regional in Gymnastics is like making the D1 Football Playoffs twelve years in a row.

Good luck to the team in Ft. Worth in two weekends on the 14th and 16th of April.

Here is the staff writers article about the Sooners Regional win on Saturday night.

https://soonersports.com/news/2022/4/2/ ... worth.aspx

These young women are great!

Boomer Sooner!