Sooners No. 1 Seed for SEC Championships

NORMAN – After claiming its first SEC regular season title and posting a season-high 198.475 in its last meet, the No. 1 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team earned the No. 1 seed at the SEC Championships by virtue of boasting the highest National Qualifying Score (NQS).

The Sooners NQS of 198.040 leads the nation and OU is one of two schools (LSU) with an NQS over 198. 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. 198.475 (A)~~
1. 198.200 (H)
2. 198.075 (H)
3. 198.050 (A)
4. 197.950 (A)
5. 197.925 (A)
NQS: 198.040

Rounding out the top five are LSU (198.005), Florida (197.860), Utah (197.670) and UCLA (197.600).

LSU and Florida will join the Sooners in the night session as the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively. No. 7 Missouri will be the fourth team in the second session as the No. 4 seed. The afternoon session will feature No. 5 seed Kentucky, No. 6 seed Georgia, No. 7 seed Auburn and No. 8 seed Alabama. Arkansas, as the ninth-ranked team in the SEC, did not qualify to championships.

The Sooners are ranked in the top three on all four events, coming in at No. 1 on bars (49.600), beam (49.565) and floor (49.615) and No. 3 on vault (49.475).

Six athletes combined for 19 individual rankings, with three athletes holding top three rankings on four events.

Jordan Bowers and Faith Torrez are tied for No. 2 in the all-around with an NQS of 39.695. The duo is also tied for No. 1 on floor (9.960). Torrez is No. 2 on vault (9.950), No. 3 on beam (9.960) and No. 14 on bars (9.920), while Bowers is No. 4 on beam (9.940), No. 6 on bars (9.935) and No. 17 on vault (9.900).

Audrey Davis is No. 2 on bars (9.950), while also sitting at No. 12 in the all-around (39.525) and No. 18 on beam (9.905).

Lily Pederson is No. 10 on vault (9.915), No. 14 in the all-around (39.510), No. 14 on bars (9.920) and No. 15 on beam (9.910).

Addison Fatta and Keira Wells are each ranked on one event with Fatta at No. 18 on beam (9.905) and Wells at No. 12 on vault (9.910).

The Sooners will head to their first SEC Championship on Saturday, March 22. As the No. 1 seed, OU will compete in the night session at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

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