Senior Night was one to remember for No. 1 Oklahoma. Records were shattered left and right as the Sooners soared to a 198.500-198.100 win against No. 3 Florida.
OU’s team score shattered its previous program record of 198.375 set in 2013 and ranks No. 6 all-time on the NCAA team scoring charts. The mark is the highest in the country this season and included program record scores on both beam (49.750) and floor (49.725). …
Brenna Dowell has been one of the big improvements in the Sooner’s lineup this season.
Lauren Hopkins was there:
8:30 pm. OU broke their home attendance by 1000…something like 4000 people here. It was very heavily marketed from what I saw on Twitter, and it looks like lots of frat boys came out to support it which is…awesome.
8:39 pm. Oklahoma wins with a huge 198.5 to Florida’s huge 198.1. Excellence from both programs.
BATON ROUGE – The No. 2 LSU gymnastics team exploded for a program-best 198.375 score to beat No. 16 Minnesota’s 195.450 …
“The whole meet experience tonight was incredible,” LSU head coach D-D Breaux said “We had to make adjustments in lineups tonight, and the ladies handled that responsibility and got the job done. …
… how utterly enjoyable to see the imposing AT&T Stadium filled with leos! This massive building is home to the Dallas Cowboys, and it is the fourth largest stadium in the U.S. National Football League. Tonight, it was home to the top Junior Olympic gymnasts in the country as they competed in the 6th annual Nastia Liukin Cup. …
… Alicia Boren will have left the arena feeling a bit undone. She posted the highest scores on three events tonight, but an 8. 750 after peeling off on her tkatchev on bars took her out of the medals. …
CBS National News–in town doing a story on the Utah gymnastics team and its amazing home meet atmosphere–couldn’t have scripted a better show than what happened tonight in the Huntsman Center. An NCAA gymnastics record crowd of 16,019 was on its feet for much of the night …
As big as the crowd was, the volume was even bigger, especially for routines by the magnificent senior class of Georgia Dabritz, Corrie Lothrop, Becky Tutka and Tory Wilson. …
Both Utah and Michigan put on a show, combining to hit 48-of-48 routines and 26 scores of 9.90 or better. …
“To go 49.50 on the balance beam–that is big for us,” said Marsden. “That puts beam on par with the other three events.” …
USAG will be streaming and archiving every routine on YouTube. Much of that is geo-blocked, only available for those in the USA, but the routines will eventually make their way to YouTube.