Sooners Hold Steady at No. 1 After Season-High Score

NORMAN – After posting a season-high 198.200 in its last meet, the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team improved its National Qualifying Score (NQS) to 197.965 to remain the No. 1 team in the nation for the 10th week in a row.

NQS is based on a team's six best regular season scores, three of which must be away. The overall high score is eliminated, and the five remaining scores are averaged. NQS scores are used to determine seeding for NCAA regional competition.

OKLAHOMA NQS
~~1. 198.200 (H)~~
2. 198.075 (H)
3. 198.050 (A)
4. 197.950 (A)
5. 197.925 (A)
6. 197.825 (H)
NQS: 197.965

Rounding out the top five are LSU (197.825), Florida (197.760), UCLA (197.600) and Utah (197.515).

The Sooners are ranked in the top two on all four events, coming in at No. 1 on bars (49.585) and floor (49.595) and No. 2 on vault (49.445) and beam (49.515).

Six athletes combined for 19 individual rankings, with Faith Torrez and Jordan Bowers holding a top 10 ranking on each event and in the all-around.

Bowers is No. 3 in the all-around (39.675), while also holding the No. 1 spot on floor (9.960). The senior is No. 10 on vault (9.900), No. 4 on bars (9.930) and No. 6 on beam (9.930).

Torrez is No. 4 in the all-around (39.670) and sits atop two events with a No. 1 ranking on vault (9.950) and floor (9.960). Torrez is also No. 8 on bars (9.920) and No. 2 on beam (9.950).

Lily Pederson is ranked on a trio of events and in the all-around. The freshman is No. 13 in the all-around (39.510), No. 14 on vault (9.895) and bars (9.910) and No. 12 on beam (9.910).

Audrey Davis is No. 10 in the all-around (39.920), No. 2 on bars (9.950) and No. 17 on beam (9.900). Addison Fatta and Keira Wells are each ranked on one event with Fatta sitting at No. 20 on beam (9.895) and Wells at No. 19 on vault (9.890).

The Sooners will head to Athens, Ga., for the final SEC road meet of the season as they take on No. 9 Georgia Friday night. The meet is set for a 5:45 p.m. CT start on SEC Network+.