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The #2 Oklahoma Sooners and the #11 Stanford Cardinals are on their way to California for the 2013 NCAA Championships. In their 16th straight NCAA postseason appearance, the Sooners score of 197.375 gave them the regional title and punched their ticket to California. The Championship will be the Sooners' 10th-straight appearance and 13th overall.

 The meet  is OU's 11th  this year above a 197. Oklahoma's Taylor Spears won the all around title with a 39.525. Stanford came into the Norman Regional following their fourth place finish at the Pac 12 Championships. The No. 2 seed for the Norman Regional, earned their trip to NCAA Championships with a score of 196.800.  

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 OU Gymnastics 
Stanford Gymnastics

OU claimed six individual Regional titles, including Rebecca Clark and Taylor Spears as co-champions on bars, Spears a co-champion on beam, Brie Olson and Haley Scaman co-champions on floor and Spears as the all-around champion.

"It never gets old," said OU head coach K.J. Kindler, who was announced the South Central Region Coach of the Year following the meet. "This is our fourth-straight year of winning a regional, and I think it says a lot for how far our program has come and where we're going."

Spears, the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year and Big 12 all-around champion, scored a 39.525 for her eighth all-around title this season.

"They [the crowd] were great," Spears said. "They were right there with us the whole time, cheering for every routine. To look up and just see them all cheering for you is a great feeling. They make us perform even better because we know that they love us, and we love them."

OU registered its biggest score of the night on floor, ending the meet with a 49.425 to seal the first-place finish. Olson, competing in her final meet at home as a Sooner, scored a 9.9 before Scaman finished out OU's evening with another 9.9. 

Oklahoma started on vault, which was highlighted by Madison Mooring's 9.925 on the Sooners' second routine. The score propelled OU to a 49.375 team score on the event. Freshman Maile'ana Kanewa, the Big 12 vault champion, added a 9.9 while Olson earned a 9.875.

Following a bye, Oklahoma competed on bars, posting a 49.400. Spears, the Big 12 event co-champion, and Clark tied for the team high with 9.9 scores. Erica Brewer and Olson were right behind, each scoring 9.875. 

Spears, the top-ranked gymnast in the country on beam, scored a 9.9 for OU, which finished with a 49.175 team score. Mooring, Brewer and Lauren Alexander each scored 9.85, respectively. 

"I am very excited to be moving on to the National Championships and the next step," Kindler said. "We already talked after the meet. Our goal is to qualify for the Super Six, so tomorrow that will be the Super Six."

This was the sixth time in seven years that Stanford advances to the NCAA Championships. Ivana Hong claimed regional titles on vault and beam, and Ashley Morgan earned a regional title on floor.

Entering the final rotation with just .125 of a point lead over Penn State, Stanford delivered a terrific vault performance, tying its season-high team score of 49.425 to secure its trip to the national championship tournament.

Hong delivered a season-best 9.950 on vault to claim the meet’s highest score. Nicole Dayton and Taylor Rice tied for third, both scoring 9.900.  Morgan contributed a 9.850 and Kristina Vaculik anchored the team with a 9.825.

“The regional meet is always extremely tough and I was so impressed with my team,” head coach Kristen Smyth said.

Stanford opened the meet on bars where it was led by Vaculik who tied for eighth place, posting a 9.850. Ashley Morgan and Shona Morgan continued to provide stability for the Cardinal in the event, both earning scores of 9.800.

Ashley Morgan scored 9.800 or higher in all 11 meets this season, while Shona Morgan has produced a 9.800 in nine of 11 competitions.

Stanford continued its dominance on beam this season, earning its eighth individual victory on the season, as Hong tied for first with a 9.900. It was Hong’s fourth first-place finish on beam this season. Shona Morgan finished third with a 9.875.

After Stanford suffered a missed routine, Kristina Vaculik delivered a crucial performance that scored a 9.825 and kept the Cardinal on track.

Smyth was happy with how Vaculik and her team responded in difficult moments throughout the competition.

“The team showed tremendous toughness and covered each other beautifully,” Smyth said.

Stanford was led on floor by three-time Pac-12 floor champion, Ashley Morgan, who tallied a 9.900 to tie for first place. It was Morgan’s fourth floor victory on the season.

“Ashley did what she’s done all year and has been a rock for our team,” Smyth said.

Despite Stanford’s accomplishments throughout the season, Smyth believes her team’s potential is even higher, and hopes to see that potential realized at the national tournament.

“We are peaking at the right time,” Smyth said. “We still haven’t hit 24 routines and put it all together yet, so I believe we are definitely a major competitor.”