MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS 2013 NCAA RUNNER-UP TEAM THREE TOP-THREE NCAA FINISHES 11 CONFERENCE TITLES 64 ALL-AMERICANS Makayla Hipke, Assistant Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-8372 F: (405) 325-7623 mhipke@ou.edu www.soonersports.com 2013 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS Jan. 10 Georgia W, 197.700-196.500 Jan. 17 Iowa State W, 196.675-193.050 Jan. 25 Arizona 5 p.m. Jan. 31 Florida 6 p.m. Feb. 9 LSU 1:45 p.m. Feb. 15 Metroplex Challenge 7 p.m. Arizona, Kentucky, LSU Feb. 21 Perfect 10 Challenge 6:45 p.m. Alabama, Michigan, West Virginia Feb. 28 Illinois 6:45 p.m. March 7 Arizona State 6:45 p.m. March 9 TWU, Minnesota, Utah State 2 p.m. March 14 Arkansas 7 p.m. Big 12 Championship - Morgantown, W.Va. March 22 Big 12 Championship 2 p.m. NCAA Regional Competition - TBD April 5 NCAA Regionals TBD NCAA Championships - Birmingham, Ala. April 18 NCAA Semifinals TBD April 19 NCAA Super Six Finals TBD April 20 NCAA Individual Event Finals TBD All Times are listed as Central * Big 12 Game Home meets in bold TICKETS For tickets, call (405) 32424 or toll-free (800) 456-GoOU. Tickets can also be purchased at the main ticket office in Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium or at the Lloyd Noble Center on the day of the meet. SOONERS ON THE WEB For the behind-the-scenes information and the latest updates on OU Gymnastics, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: Facebook: facebook.com/oklahomawgymnastics Twitter: @OU_WGymnastics Instagram: @OU_WGymnastics Oklahoma (2-0, 1-0 Big 12) SOONERS MEET THREE #1 OU at #17 ARIZONA Saturday, Jan. 25 5 p.m. CT Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Memorial Center) Live Stats: ArizonaWildcats.com IN THE GYM: FIVE NOTES FOR WEEK THREE 1. WESTWARD BOUND With the experience of two home meets under its belt, the Oklahoma women s gymnastics team will take on a new challenge in its first road contest of the season this weekend. The No. 1 Sooners will take their 2-0 record on the road at No. 17 Arizona on Saturday, Jan. 25 in Tucson, Ariz. Head coach K.J. Kindler s group will gain valuable exposure to a road environment this weekend as the team opens a stretch that will see the Sooners on the road or in neutral gyms four times over five weeks. 2. LEAD THE WAY OU continued to lead the country in this week s national rankings, posting a team average of 197.188 to take the No. 1 spot for the second consecutive week. Although Oklahoma has achieved regular-season No. 1 rankings multiple times since 2010, this week marks the first time that the program has been No. 1 in back-to-back weeks of competition. The Sooners have been setting plenty of No. 1 milestones under Kindler--in 2010, Oklahoma gymnastics became the first women s sport at OU to be ranked No. 1 in the country during the regular season. OU has also been ranked in the top 5 nationally for each of the past 26 regular season rankings. 3. MORE WINS, MORE AWARDS Oklahoma s 2-0 start to the 2014 season has already been accompanied by plenty of recognition at the conference level. The Sooners have earned five of six Big 12 weekly honors so far this season, led by junior Erica Brewer s two Gymnast of the Week awards. Lara Albright joined Rebecca Clark this week as the two Sooner gymnasts to be named Event Specialist of the Week, while freshman Chayse Capps pulled down Newcomer of the Week accolades following her first career collegiate competition vs. Georgia. 4. FAST START Oklahoma s two strong outings this season have been bolstered by a pair of outstanding team performances on vault. The Sooners posted a 49.475 to open the season vs. No. 8 Georgia before adding a 49.400 on the event against Iowa State last weekend. The team is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation on vault, marking OU s top ranking on any individual event. Oklahoma has seen major contributions from every class on the event: senior Madison Mooring has served in the lead-off position, junior Erica Brewer has appeared in the No. 2 slot, Chayse Capps has taken over at the No. 5 spot as a true freshman and sophomores Maile ana Kanewa, Keeley Kmieciak and Haley Scaman have contributed big scores throughout the lineup. 5. LEARNING TOGETHER Both head coach K.J. Kindler and Rebecca Clark described OU s 196.675-193.050 win over Iowa State as a learning experience for an Oklahoma roster peppered with new faces this season. After a dominant win over Georgia in week one, the Sooners were forced to bounce back from several more difficult situations against ISU. Kindler stressed the importance that the team continued to learn about itself in these early weeks of the season, making OU s road matchup at Arizona this weekend another crucial step in the process for the 2014 team. GYMNAST TO WATCH Arizona (2-1, 0-1 PAC 12) WILDCATS ERICA BREWER Jr. Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) Currently the No. 5 all-around performer in the nation, Erica Brewer has earned two all-around titles in two weeks for the Sooners. The junior has won back-to-back Big 12 Gymnast of the Week awards while winning or tying for five event titles in Oklahoma s first two meets this season.
M E E T T H R E E - O K L A H O M A AT A R I Z O N A J A N. 2 5 NAME HT. YEAR Albright, Lara Alexander, Lauren Brewer, Erica Capps, Chayse Clark, Rebecca Hemry, Reagan Jones, Charity Kanewa, Maile ana Kmieciak, Keeley Lovan, Kara Mooring, Madison Price, Hunter Scaman, Haley Sorensen, Haley Spears, Taylor Ward, Hayden Wofford, McKenzie 4-10 5-3 5-3 5-5 5-3 4-8 5-1 5-3 5-6 5-5 5-0 Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So. Jr. 2 2014 OKLAHOMA SOONERS HOMETOWN CLUB Carollton, Texas (Hebron H.S.) Plano, Texas (Plano Senior H.S.) Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) Plano, Texas (Homeschool) Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South H.S.) Norman, Okla. (Norman H.S.) Miami, Okla. (Oklahoma Virtual H.S.) Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Denfeld H.S.) Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central H.S.) Des Moines, Iowa (SE Polk Senior H.S.) Sallisaw, Okla. (Bixby H.S.) Boerne, Texas (Boerne-Samuel V. Champion H.S.) Riverside, Ill. (Riverside Brookside H.S.) The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands H.S.) Plano, Texas (Allen H.S.) Norman, Okla. (Norman North H.S.) McKinney, Texas (Abeka Academy) WOGA Infinite Bounds Champion Gymnastics Infinite Bounds CHASE GAGE Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy Dynamo Gymnastics The Gymnastics Academy my-lee-ahn-uh kan-ev-ah Phenom Gymnastics KEE-lee kuh-mee-check Triad Gymnastics lo-vahn Dynamo Gymnastics Aerial Athletics Illinois Gymnastics Institute SCAY-man Cypress Academy of Gymnastics WOGA Dynamo Gymnastics Zenith Elite WAHF-ard PRONUNCIATION COACHING STAFF K.J. Kindler (Head Coach) - Eighth Year Lou Ball (Assistant Coach) - Eighth Year Tom Haley (Assistant Coach) - Eighth Year PHOTO ROSTER LARA ALBRIGHT LAUREN ALEXANDER ERICA BREWER CHAYSE CAPPS REBECCA CLARK REAGAN HEMRY CHARITY JONES MAILE ANA KANEWA KEELEY KMIECIAK KARA LOVAN MADISON MOORING HUNTER PRICE HALEY SCAMAN HALEY SORENSEN TAYLOR SPEARS HAYDEN WARD MCKENZIE WOFFORD
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 3 NATIONAL RANKINGS Jan. 20 --GymInfo No. Team Avg. 1 Oklahoma 197.188 2 LSU* 197.038 3 Florida* 197.188 4 Utah 196.763 5 Michigan 196.663 6 Georgia 196.608 7 Alabama 196.600 8 UCLA 196.525 9 Nebraska 196.438 10 Arkansas 196.125 11 Illinois 195.750 12 Stanford 195.692 13 Minnesota 195.600 14 Auburn 195.550 15 Boise State 195.500 16 Oregon State 195.413 17 Arizona 195.300 18 Denver 195.200 Rutgers 195.200 20 Kentucky 195.000 21 Washington 194.925 22 Kent State 194.867 23 Ohio State 194.763 Arizona State 194.763 25 California 194.717 *Denotes 2014 opponent GYMINFO RANKING INFORMATION Through Feb. 17, the teams are ranked by total season average. Beginning Feb. 24, the ranking is done by Regional Qualifying Score, which consists of a team s three highest road scores and the next three highest scores. The high score is subtracted from the six event totals and the remaining amount is divided by five. SURGING TO THE TOP Not only are the Sooners the nation s No. 1 team, but the squad has continued to achieve at a high level on all four events. Heading into their third week of competition this weekend, OU is No. 2 nationally on vault (49.463), No. 3 on floor (49.350) and No. 4 on bars (49.250) and beam (49.150). Oklahoma s individuals continued to shine in the rankings as well, pulling down 10 total appearances in the top 25 standings. Sooners in the Rankings (Jan. 20) Haley Scaman (V: T-5, FX: T-10) Erica Brewer (UB: 9, FX: T-23, AA: T-5) Taylor Spears (BB: T-9, FX: T-23) Rebecca Clark (BB: T-9) Keeley Kmieciak (V: T-11) Maile ana Kanewa (V: T-17) CHALLENGES AHEAD Prior to the beginning of the 2014 season, head coach K.J. Kindler called OU s schedule the strongest schedule Oklahoma has ever put together in the regular season, emphasizing that the squad will have to be on its game each week as it takes on some of the nation s strongest teams. OU s road meet this weekend opens a challenging block of the 2014 schedule that will see the team facing six top 25 opponents over the course of just six weeks. The Sooners will also take on a total of four top 10 teams in that span, including No. 3 Florida on Jan. 31 and No. 2 LSU on Feb. 9. SOONERS VS. THE PAC-12 The Sooners have been dominant against Pac-12 gymnastics teams in recent seasons, holding an 8-2 regular season mark against the conference s teams in the last five years. The Sooners went 5-0 against Pac-12 teams in the 2013 regular season alone and 5-0 in postseason action against Pac-12 teams. OU posted a huge 197.875-196.125 against Arizona last season on March 8, marking the last time the two teams have faced each other. TITLE SWEEP The Sooners have competed in two meets this season and have yet to lose an event title, with seven gymnasts earning or tying for top honors 105 times. Erica Brewer leads all OU competitors with five event titles alone, while Haley Scaman follows with four titles of her own. Taylor Spears has taken top honors twice and Rebecca Clark, Keeley Kmieciak and Madison Mooring each have one title apiece to their names. LAST TIME OUT Oklahoma earned a 196.675-193.050 win over Iowa State on Friday, Jan. 17 in Norman. The Sooners swept all four events and the all-around in front of 2,864 fans at the Lloyd Noble Center, marking the second-largest home crowd in program history. NEXT UP OU is set to take on Florida next weekend in a battle between the nation s top two finishers from the 2013 NCAA Championships. Defending national champion Florida will welcome the 2013 runner-up Sooners to Gainesville, Fla., for a contest on Friday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. CT. ALL-AMERICA The Sooners earned seven All-America awards from five gymnasts at the 2013 NCAA Championships; the squad returns four of those five this season. Erica Brewer led the way with two first team awards on bars and beam, while Rebecca Clark (bars) and Madison Mooring (vault) each picked up one first team award. Taylor Spears rounds out OU s returning All-American roster, boasting a pair of second team honors on bars and in the all-around in 2013. MARCH-IN ORDER Name Height Year Hometown Chayse Capps FR Plano, Texas Reagan Hemry 5-3 FR Norman, Okla. Charity Jones FR Miami, Okla. Kara Lovan 4-8 FR Des Moines, Iowa McKenzie Wofford 5-0 FR McKinney, Texas Maile ana Kanewa 5-5 SO Duluth, Minn. Keeley Kmieciak 5-3 SO Naperville, Ill. Hunter Price 5-1 SO Boerne, Texas Haley Scaman 5-3 SO Riverside, Ill. Erica Brewer 4-10 JR Louisville, Ky. Rebecca Clark 5-3 JR Blue Springs, Mo. Haley Sorensen 5-6 JR The Woodlands, Texas Lara Albright SR Carollton, Texas Lauren Alexander SR Plano, Texas Madison Mooring SR Sallisaw, Okla. Taylor Spears SR Plano, Texas Hayden Ward 5-5 SR Norman, Okla. AT A GLANCE At OU: Eighth Season Career Record: 244-75-3 Record at OU: 186-48-2 COACHING EXPERIENCE Oklahoma Head Coach (2006-present) Iowa State Head Coach (2001-06) Iowa State Assistant (1999-01) CAREER COACHING HIGHLIGHTS -Two-time National Coach of the Year (2005, 2010) -Five-time Regional Coach of the Year (2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013) -Seven-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) -First head coach in NCAA history to take two separate programs to the NCAA Super Six (Iowa State, 2006; Oklahoma, 2010, 2011, 2013) HEAD COACH K.J. KINDLER -Led OU to three top-three finishes NCAA Super Six finishes in four seasons (2nd-2010, 3rd-2011, 2nd-2013) -Led OU to five Big 12 Championships in seven seasons (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) -Led OU to three undefeated regular seasons in six seasons (2008, 2010, 2011) -Led OU to seven consecutive NCAA Championships -Led OU to a 63-3 record at home in the past seven seasons -Coached 57 All-Americans (41 at OU) -Coached 34 Big 12 Champions (22 at OU) -Coached 26 NCAA Regional event champions (17 at OU) -Coached 69 Academic All-Big 12 honorees (45 at OU) -Coached 50 NACGC Scholastic All-Americans (38 at OU)
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 4 GENERAL INFORMATION Location...Norman, Okla. Enrollment... 30,754 Founded... 1890 President... David L. Boren VP/Athletics Director... Joe Castiglione Sport Administrator... Dr. Nicki Moore Nickname... Sooners Colors... Crimson & Cream Conference... Big 12 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Gymnastics...1981 OU s All-Time Record... 612-341-4 ARENA INFORMATION Arena... Lloyd Noble Center Capacity... 12,000 COACHING STAFF Head Coach...K.J. Kindler (Eighth Season) Alma Mater...Iowa State, 1992 Record at OU... 186-48-2 Career Record... 244-75-3 Assistant Coach... Lou Ball (Eighth Season) Assistant Coach... Tom Haley (Eighth Season) Office Phone...(405) 325-6876 Office Fax...(405) 325-8337 TEAM INFORMATION 2013 Overall Record...34-3 2013 High Score... 198.375 Big 12 Finish... First NCAA Finish...Second Routines Returning/Lost...21/3 All-Americans Returning/Lost...4/1 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant A.D./Director...Pete Moris WGYM Contact/Assistant Director...Makayla Hipke Cell Phone...(405) 343-4471 Office Phone...(405) 325-8372 Office Fax...(405) 325-7623 E-mail... mhipke@ou.edu Web Site... SoonerSports.com Mailing Address... 180 West Brooks Street... Suite 2525... Norman, OK 73019 SEASON BESTS (TEAM) EVENT SCORE LAST DATE SET Total 197.700 Jan. 10 (vs. Georgia) Vault 49.475 Jan. 10 (vs. Georgia) Bars 49.350 Jan. 10 (vs. Georgia) Beam 49.375 Jan. 10 (vs. Georgia) Floor 49.500 Jan. 10 (vs. Georgia) SEASON BESTS (INDIVIDUAL) EVENT SCORE GYMNAST All-Around 39.450 Erica Brewer Vault 9.95 Haley Scaman Bars 9.925 Erica Brewer Beam 9.925 M. Mooring, T. Spears, R. Clark Floor 9.95 Haley Scaman PROGRAM BESTS (TEAM) EVENT SCORE DATE SET Total 198.375 Feb. 22, 2013 Vault 49.575 March 2, 2002 Bars 49.575 Feb. 22, 2013 Beam 49.675 March 14, 2003 Floor 49.675 Feb. 22, 2013 PROGRAM BESTS (INDIVIDUAL) EVENT SCORE GYMNAST, DATE SET All-Around 39.700 Brie Olson, 2013 39.700 Kasie Tamayo, 2004 Vault 10.0 Sara Stone, 2010 10.0 Kiara Redmond, 2008 10.0 Kiara Redmond, 2007 10.0 Leah Mueller, 2002 10.0 Amber McCracken, 2000 Bars 10.0 Erin LaBarr, 2005 10.0 Allison Landis, 2003 Beam 10.0 Kasie Tamayo, 2002 10.0 Kelly Garrison, 1988 Floor 10.0 Patricia Aoki, 2003 2013 TEAM SUPERLATIVES TEAM TOTAL 1. 198.375...vs. UCLA...Feb. 22 2. 197.875...vs. Arizona... March 8 3. 197.625...at Iowa State...Feb. 8 4. 197.525...vs. Stanford, UNC... March 10 5. 197.450...Perfect 10 Challenge...Feb. 15 VAULT 1. 49.525...vs. UCLA...Feb. 22 2. 49.500...vs. Arizona... March 8 3. 49.450...at Iowa State...Feb. 8 4. 49.425...at TWU... March 1 5. 49.400...vs. Stanford, UNC... March 10 BARS 1. 49.575...vs. UCLA...Feb. 22 2. 49.550...Big 12 Championship... March 23 3. 49.525...Perfect 10 Challenge...Feb. 15 4. 49.500...NCAA Semifinals...April 20 5. 49.475...vs. Arizona... March 8 49.475...vs. Stanford, UNC... March 10 BEAM 1. 49.600...vs. UCLA...Feb. 22 2. 49.525...at Iowa State...Feb. 8 3. 49.475...at West Virginia...Feb. 1 49.475...NCAA Super Six...April 21 5. 49.450...at Alabama... March 15 FLOOR 1. 49.675...vs. UCLA...Feb. 22 2. 49.600...vs. Arizona... March 8 3. 49.500...Big 12 Championship... March 23 4. 49.450...at West Virginia...Feb. 1 5. 49.425...vs. Denver...Jan. 18
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 5 LARA ALBRIGHT -- -- -- 9.9 -- -- -- 9.9 1.10 Georgia - - - 9.175-1.17 Iowa State - - - 9.9 - LAUREN ALEXANDER -- -- 9.975 -- ERICA BREWER AA 9.875 9.95 9.95 9.9 39.525 AA 9.875 9.925 9.825 9.875 39.450 1.10 Georgia 9.85 9.925 9.8 9.875 39.450 1.17 Iowa State 9.875 9.85 9.825 9.875 39.425 CHAYSE CAPPS 9.875 -- 9.8 9.9 9.875 -- 9.8 9.9 1.10 Georgia 9.875-9.750 9.9-1.17 Iowa State 9.825-9.8 9.725 -
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 6 REBECCA CLARK 9.875 9.925 9.925 -- -- 9.875 9.925 -- 1.10 Georgia - 9.875 9.925 - - 1.17 Iowa State - 9.775 9.8 - - REAGAN HEMRY CHARITY JONES MAILE ANA KANEWA 9.95 -- -- -- 9.9 -- -- -- 1.10 Georgia 9.9 - - - - 1.17 Iowa State 9.875 - - - -
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 7 KEELEY KMIECIAK AA 9.925 9.925 9.9 9.9 39.650 9.9 9.9 9.8 -- 1.10 Georgia 9.9 9.9 9.8 - - 1.17 Iowa State 9.9 8.0 9.7 - - KARA LOVAN MADISON MOORING 9.925 -- 9.95 9.9 9.85 -- 9.925 9.875 1.10 Georgia 9.775-9.925 9.875-1.17 Iowa State 9.85-9.7 9.225 - HUNTER PRICE 9.625 -- -- --
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 8 HALEY SCAMAN 9.95 9.9 -- 9.975 9.95 9.85 -- 9.95 1.10 Georgia 9.95 9.775-9.95-1.17 Iowa State 9.9 9.85-9.85 - HALEY SORENSEN 9.825 -- -- -- TAYLOR SPEARS AA 9.9 9.95 9.975 9.95 39.650 -- 9.85 9.925 9.9 1.10 Georgia - 9.8 9.925 9.9-1.17 Iowa State - 9.85 9.8 9.85 - HAYDEN WARD 9.875 9.9 -- 9.875
MEET THREE - OKLAHOMA AT ARIZONA JAN. 25 9 McKENZIE WOFFORD -- 9.85 -- -- -- 9.85 -- -- 1.10 Georgia - 9.85 - - - 1.17 Iowa State - 9.825 - - - 2014 GYMNAST VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR AA VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR AA Lara Albright - - - 9.9 - - - - 9.9 - Lauren Alexander - - - - - - - 9.975 - - Erica Brewer 9.875 9.925 9.8 9.875 39.450 9.875 9.95 9.95 9.9 39.525 Chayse Capps 9.875-9.8 9.9-9.875-9.8 9.9 - Rebecca Clark - 9.875 9.925 - - 9.875 9.925 9.925 - - Reagan Hemry - - - - - - - - - - Charity Jones - - - - - - - - - - Maile ana Kanewa 9.9 - - - - 9.95 - - - - Keeley Kmieciak 9.9 9.9 9.8 - - 9.925 9.925 9.9 9.9 39.650 Kara Lovan - - - - - - - - - - Madison Mooring 9.85-9.925 9.875-9.925-9.95 9.9 - Hunter Price - - - - - 9.625 - - - - Haley Scaman 9.95 9.85-9.95-9.95 9.9-9.975 - Haley Sorensen - - - - - 9.825 - - - - Taylor Spears - 9.85 9.925 9.9-9.9 9.95 9.975 9.95 39.650 Hayden Ward - - - - - 9.875 9.9-9.875 - McKenzie Wofford - 9.85 - - - - 9.85 - - -