Oklahoma Sooners News: Jordan Bowers top gymnast, OU in NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships final, baseball wins

Jordan Bowers best individual gymnast in NCAA

Oklahoma has a new national champion.

OU senior Jordan Bowers won the all-around individual national title at the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. She won it all with an all-around score of 39.7125.

Bowers was the best among a group that also included Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey. Both were part of the United States team that just won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

OU makes NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships final

Bowers' team also has a chance to win a national championship.

The Sooners made the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships final after winning Semifinal I on Thursday afternoon. OU was the top team in the group with a score of 197.5500 to secure a spot in the national finals. Missouri was second to also advance to the finals, followed by Utah and UCLA from Semifinal II.

The finals will be at 3 p.m. CT Saturday on ABC.

Baseball hammers Missouri

Starting the SEC series of old Big 12 foes a day early, the Sooners hammered Missouri 17-4 in a run-rule win in eight innings on Thursday night.

Mizzou actually kept things close for a bit and the score was tied 3-3 at the end of the fourth inning. The Sooners then re-took the lead with a run in the fifth before erupting for five in the sixth.

Things really got out of hand when OU put up six runs in the eighth inning to initiate the run-rule.

Cade Crossland got the win on the mound after starting and going five innings. He gave up just one earned run while striking out four.

The series will continue with Game 2 at 6 p.m. CT Friday.