#2 Oklahoma Sooners Defend Big 12 Title

#2 Oklahoma Sooners Defend Big 12 Title

Mar 23, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
#2 Oklahoma Sooners Defend Big 12 Title


 
 No. 2 Oklahoma won its fifth Big 12 Championship in the last six years Saturday with a score of 197.200, besting No. 25 West Virginia and Iowa State for the title.


OU junior Taylor Spears won the Big 12 all-around title with a score of 39.600 and tied for the individual titles on both bars and beam. Following the meet, Spears was also named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year. 

"She shows no fear," said OU head coach K.J. Kindler of Spears. "She's extremely competitive and aggressive on the floor and she believes in herself."

Oklahoma swept every individual event title and the all-around title outright, becoming the first school in Big 12 history to do so. Freshman Maile'ana Kanewa took the vault title, senior Brie Olson and Spears took bars, sophomore Rebecca Clark and Spears took beam and freshman Haley Scaman won the floor title. 

Following the meet, sophomore Lauren Alexander was named Specialist of the Year and Scaman was named Newcomer of the Year, joining Spears in taking all three conference honors. 

OU head coach K.J. Kindler was also named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the seventh time in her career, tying a conference record.

The Sooners began the meet on bars, coming out on fire from start to finish to a 49.550 team score, tying for the second-best bars total in program history. Olson and Spears tied for the top mark of the meet with 9.95 scores, a career high for Spears. Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark added 9.9s while Haley Scaman and Hayden Ward rounded out the lineup, each recording 9.85 scores.

"Bars was definitely the high point of the day," Kindler said. "We worked hard this past week on making a better impression on our first event. We started out with great enthusiasm and I couldn't think of a better way we could have began the meet."

Clark and Spears tied for the beam title earning 9.9s to lead the Sooners. Clark's score tied a career high and gave the sophomore her first-ever conference title. OU was forced to count a fall on beam for the first time this season, finishing with a team score of 48.825. 

Oklahoma bounced back well on floor, recording a 49.500 team score, led by freshman Haley Scaman who earned a meet-best 9.95 for her first-career Big 12 title. Olson, Spears and junior Madison Mooring each added 9.9s for the Sooners. 

With the championship firmly in hand, OU closed out the meet with a score of 49.325 on vault. Kanewa continued her comeback story from wrist surgery by winning the event in just the sixth collegiate meet of her career. Olson finished right behind Kanewa with a 9.9.

Big 12 Championships Results

Place  Team Score 
1  Oklahoma 197.200 
2  Iowa State University 196.175 
3  West Virginia 194.675 



Iowa State University
Head Coach:  ISU

 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Caitlin Brown 9.800 
9.875  9.775 
 Kristen DeCosta
8.250 


 Henrietta Green
9.800  9.750  9.825 
 Milan Ivory 9.875 

9.875 
 Hailey Johnson 9.775 
9.725 

 Alex Marasco 9.750 



 Megan McDonald 9.725  9.750 


 Sammie Pearsall

9.850  9.750 
 Camille Santerre-Gervais
9.900 


 Michelle Shealy
9.775  9.850  9.100 
 Elizabeth Stranahan 9.850  9.800  9.700  9.825  39.175 
 Team Totals 49.050  49.025  49.050  49.050  196.175 



Oklahoma
Head Coach:  K.J. Kindler Top
 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Lara Albright


9.850 
 Lauren Alexander

9.875 

 Erica Brewer 9.725  9.900  9.300  9.850  38.775 
 Rebecca Clark
9.900  9.900 

 Maile'ana Kanewa 9.925 



 Madison Mooring 9.800 
9.850  9.900 
 Brie Olson 9.900  9.950  9.275  9.900  39.025 
 Haley Scaman 9.850  9.850 
9.950 
 Taylor Spears 9.850  9.950  9.900  9.900  39.600 
 Hayden Ward
9.850 


 Team Totals 49.325  49.550  48.825  49.500  197.200 



West Virginia
Head Coach:  Jason Butts

 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Makenzie Bristol


9.650 
 Amanda Carpenter
9.675  9.700 

 Beth Deal

9.800 

 Chelsea Goldschrafe 9.750  9.725 
9.750 
 Dayah Haley 9.600 

9.575 
 Jaida Lawrence 9.850  8.950 


 Kaylyn Millick 9.850  9.750  9.825  9.775  39.200 
 Alaska Richardson 9.850 

9.850 
 Lia Salzano

9.750 

 Hope Sloanhoffer 9.800  9.775  9.800  9.700  39.075 
 Erica Smith
8.600  9.800 

 Team Totals 49.100  47.875  48.975  48.725  194.675 



Vault Results

Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Maile'ana Kanewa  Oklahoma 9.925 
2  Brie Olson  Oklahoma 9.900 
3  Milan Ivory  Iowa State University 9.875 
4  Elizabeth Stranahan  Iowa State University 9.850 
4  Taylor Spears  Oklahoma 9.850 
4  Haley Scaman  Oklahoma 9.850 
4  Kaylyn Millick  West Virginia 9.850 
4  Alaska Richardson  West Virginia 9.850 
4  Jaida Lawrence  West Virginia 9.850 
10  Caitlin Brown  Iowa State University 9.800 
10  Madison Mooring  Oklahoma 9.800 
10  Hope Sloanhoffer  West Virginia 9.800 








Uneven Parallel Bars Results


Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Brie Olson  Oklahoma 9.950 
1  Taylor Spears  Oklahoma 9.950 
3  Camille Santerre-Gervais  Iowa State University 9.900 
3  Rebecca Clark  Oklahoma 9.900 
3  Erica Brewer  Oklahoma 9.900 
6  Hayden Ward  Oklahoma 9.850 
6  Haley Scaman  Oklahoma 9.850 
8  Elizabeth Stranahan  Iowa State University 9.800 
8  Henrietta Green  Iowa State University 9.800 
10  Michelle Shealy  Iowa State University 9.775 
10  Hope Sloanhoffer  West Virginia 9.775 






Balance Beam Results



Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Rebecca Clark  Oklahoma 9.900 
1  Taylor Spears  Oklahoma 9.900 
3  Caitlin Brown  Iowa State University 9.875 
3  Lauren Alexander  Oklahoma 9.875 
5  Sammie Pearsall  Iowa State University 9.850 
5  Michelle Shealy  Iowa State University 9.850 
5  Madison Mooring  Oklahoma 9.850 
8  Kaylyn Millick  West Virginia 9.825 
9  Erica Smith  West Virginia 9.800 
9  Hope Sloanhoffer  West Virginia 9.800 
9  Beth Deal  West Virginia 9.800 






Floor Exercise Results

Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Haley Scaman  Oklahoma 9.950 
2  Taylor Spears  Oklahoma 9.900 
2  Madison Mooring  Oklahoma 9.900 
2  Brie Olson  Oklahoma 9.900 
5  Milan Ivory  Iowa State University 9.875 
6  Lara Albright  Oklahoma 9.850 
6  Erica Brewer  Oklahoma 9.850 
6  Alaska Richardson  West Virginia 9.850 
9  Elizabeth Stranahan  Iowa State University 9.825 
9  Henrietta Green  Iowa State University 9.825 
11  Caitlin Brown  Iowa State University 9.775 
11  Kaylyn Millick  West Virginia 9.775 






All Around Results


Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Taylor Spears  Oklahoma 39.600 
2  Kaylyn Millick  West Virginia 39.200 
3  Elizabeth Stranahan  Iowa State University 39.175 
4  Hope Sloanhoffer  West Virginia 39.075 
5  Brie Olson  Oklahoma 39.025 
6  Erica Brewer  Oklahoma 38.775 

Full Results