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Best photos from Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics historic Big 12 championship win

The Oklahoma Sooners had a historic night on the mat and here are the best photos from their Big 12 championship performance.

The Oklahoma Sooners women’s gymnastics squad continues to find new ways to electrify and excite. They set a new all-time mark with a 198.950 in their Big 12 championship win.

Along the way, Jordan Bowers claimed the all-around title with perfect 10s in three events, the vault and uneven bars, and shared the floor title with Faith Torrez, who scored her first career perfect score. Ragan Smith took home the beam title with a perfect score of her own to help the Sooners clinch their third consecutive conference title.

It is the 15th Big 12 title for the Sooners and the 14th won by head coach K.J. Kindler since coming to Norman in 2006.

In a run that’s been as dominant as any across collegiate athletics, the Oklahoma Sooners left a lasting impression. OU took home 10 individual team honors, including Jordan Bowers’ Gymnast of the Year award.

Here’s a look at the some of the best photos from Oklahoma’s historic night.

 

Oklahoma Sooners women’s gymnastics post highest score in the nation

The women’s gymnastics team is on a roll once again as they post the highest score in the nation in back-to-back weeks.

The Oklahoma Sooners boast one of the most dominant teams in the nation regardless of sport. The No. 1 ranked women’s gymnastics team, fresh off their sixth national championship since 2014, is looking for No. 7. They’ve won the last two and are off to a hot start in pursuit of a three-peat.

Last weekend, and for the second week in a row, Oklahoma posted the highest score in the nation to remain the No. 1 team. The Sooners hold an average score of 197.875, more than half a tenth over the next school.

The Sooners are ranked No. 1 on bars (49.538) and beam (49.500). They are also ranked second on vault (49.400) and fourth on floor (49.438). Individually, seven Sooners combined for 14 individual rankings led by Faith Torrez and Jordan Bowers. Torrez is ranked on all four events and the all-around, while Bowers is ranked on a pair of events and in the all-around.

The Sooners will travel to Denver, Colo., for a quad meet against Denver, UCLA and Stanford this upcoming Sunday. The meet is set to begin at 3 p.m. CT before they return home the following Friday, Jan. 26.

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