OU Gymnastics: Oklahoma Lands Eight All-Americans
By OU Media Relations
FORT WORTH – In addition to advancing to the NCAA finals, eight members of the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team combined for 10 All-America honors at during Thursday night’s NCAA semifinals.
NCAA Championships All-Americans are based on individual finishes in each semifinal session, with first-team honors going to gymnasts who finished in the top four of their semifinal and second-team recognition to those who finished in positions five through eight.
Super senior Olivia Trautman and sophomore Jordan Bowers each tallied a pair of All-America honors.
Trautman was recognized as a first-team selection on both vault (NCAA champion) and beam. The Champlin, MN, native now has 12 career All-America honors (10 NCAA, two regular season).
For the second year in a row, Bowers was named a first-team honoree on floor by finishing in second place. She also picked up her first All-America honor in the all-around (second-team). Bowers tallied three All-America honors in her freshman season, earning a first-team nod on floor and second-team recognition on vault and bars.
Audrey Davis, Katherine LeVasseur, Danielle Sievers, Ragan Smith, Allie Stern and Faith Torrez all claimed All-America honors on Thursday, as well. LeVasseur and Stern both earned first-team honors on vault, with LeVasseur picking up her first championship All-America honor on the event and Stern with her third overall.
Torrez earned her second career All-America recognition and first championship honor on floor in her freshman season. Davis earned her fourth NCAA All-America honor (second-team in the all-around) and seventh overall (four NCAA, three regular season).
Smith earned second-team honors on bars and now has nine career All-America honors (four NCAA, five regular season). She has picked up championship All-America honors on bars, beam and floor. Sievers picked up her third championship All-America honor and fourth overall with a second-team selection on floor.
The Sooners will be back in action on Saturday at 3 p.m. for the NCAA finals. No. 1 OU will face No. 2 Florida, No. 5 Utah and No. 6 LSU for a chance to bring home its sixth national championship. The meet will be televised by ABC for the third straight year. Streams of each individual event and a quad box to watch all four events at once will be available on ESPN+.