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Oklahoma Sooner sports: Reflecting on a championship year in multiple disciplines

By Chip Rouse

Oct 10, 2015; Dallas, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners fans hold up a number one prior to the game against the Texas Longhorns during Red River rivalry at Cotton Bowl Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2015; Dallas, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners fans hold up a number one prior to the game against the Texas Longhorns during Red River rivalry at Cotton Bowl Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 15, 2017; St. Louis, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners gymnastics team celebrates as they drop the trophy after winning the National Championships during the 2017 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships at Chaifetz Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 15, 2017; St. Louis, MO, USA; Oklahoma Sooners gymnastics team celebrates as they drop the trophy after winning the National Championships during the 2017 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships at Chaifetz Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /

Oklahoma men and women steamroll to a second consecutive NCAA Gymnastics Championship

It started with men’s and women’s gymnastics. For the second year in a row, both the Sooner men and women swept their way to a second consecutive national championship. When OU won the men’s and women’s NCAA Gymnastics Championship a year ago, no other college program had won both championships in the same year.

In the women’s competition, held in April in St. Louis, Oklahoma posted an NCAA-record team score of 198.3875 to win its third national title in the sport in the last four seasons.

OU tied with Florida for the national crown in 2014 and has won it outright the last two years. The Sooner women have advanced to the finals of the NCAA Gymnastics Championships, which is referred to as the Super Six, in each of the last five years and seven times overall.

The Sooners have been even more dominant nationally in men’s gymnastics. A week after the OU women walked away with their second straight national title, the men blew away the field to return a third consecutive national title to Norman. Oklahoma has won 11 national championships in men’s gymnastics. That ranks second to only Penn State (12) for the most national titles in the sport.

A doubleheader sweep for Oklahoma gymnastics for a second consecutive season..

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