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ncaa central regional april 14, 2007 oklahomawomen’sgymnastics Brian Dude | OU Athletics Media Relations University of Oklahoma | Gymnastics Contact Office: 405.325.8413 | Fax: 405.325.7623 [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com 2007 Schedule/Results OU to Defend NCAA Central Regional Title Date Opponent Results 01.12.07.....@ Alabama.......................................195.700 - 194.500 (L) 01.19.07.....MISSOURI (w/ C. MICHIGAN)..................... First, 196.125 01.27.07.....@ TWU (w/ Centenary and GW).................. First, 195.600 02.02.07.....@ Nebraska................................... 195.075 - 195.050 (W) 02.09.07.....@ Arizona State (w/ Cal).............................. First, 196.400 02.16.07.....@ Iowa State.................................. 196.250 - 194.425 (W) 02.18.07.....@ Iowa........................................... 195.650 - 194.525 (W) 03.03.07.....texas woman’s......................... 196.725 - 192.425 (W) 03.09.07.....@ Stanford.......................................196.475 - 196.175 (L) 03.17.07.....IOWA.............................................. 195.475 - 193.825 (W) 03.24.07.....PITTSBURGH................................ 197.175 - 194.075 (W) 03.31.07.....Big 12 Championships*........................... Second, 195.325 04.14.07.....NCAA Regionals^..................................................... 6 p.m. 04.26.07.....NCAA Qualifiers!......................................................... TBA 04.27.07.....NCAA Team Finals!..................................................... TBA 04.28.07.....NCAA Event Finals!..................................................... TBA Ranked No. 10 in the April 2 GymInfo poll, the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala. on April 14 for the NCAA Central Regional hosted by the University of Alabama. OU, the No. 2 seed, will have to finish in the top two at the meet to advance to the NCAA Championships for a fourth straight year. The Sooners won the 2006 Central Regional in Baton Rouge, La. as the No. 1 seed. Awaiting the Sooners in the Central region is host and No. 1 seed Alabama, No. 3 seed Iowa State, No. 4 seed Michigan State, No. 5 seed Ohio State and No. 6 seed Kentucky. “The best of the best will be there,” said OU head coach K.J. Kindler. “All of the teams are ranked in the top 26 in the country. It’s one of the deeper regions as far as rankings go. We’re not taking anything for granted. We know we’re going to have to earn our spot.” Oklahoma will have the benefit of experience with the large Alabama crowds, having competed against the Tide at Coleman Coliseum in their season opener on Jan. 12. OU nearly ended ‘Bama’s 29-year home dual undefeated streak, falling 195.700-194.500. Alabama enters this weekend ranked No. 3 nationally. “It’s important to get used to that 12,000-person crowd and used to that atmosphere,” Kindler said. “Alabama has always been friendly to us. We’re expecting a very friendly crowd and an encouraging atmosphere, but we know that it’s going to be a dogfight. We’ve worked very hard the past few weeks and tried to get ourselves used to some pressure situations.” Eight Sooners return from last year’s Regional champion squad, including senior Brittney KoncakSchumann who tied for first in the all-around at the 2006 event. Sophomore Haley DeProspero is also a returning Regional event champion on beam, while Lori Winn won the bars title as a junior. “That experience is huge,” Kindler said. “Having won the regional last year, beating LSU on the road was enormous for them. They have the experience they need to put up a great performance. I think their experience coupled with their desire and motivation to do well at this meet, will help us qualify to the next round. That’s our goal.” Live scoring from Saturday’s meet will be available on the Live Stats page on SoonerSports.com, as well as at RollTide.com. Fans can also listen to live streaming audio from the event by visiting allinbroadcasting.com. ALL CAPS - home meets at the Howard McCasland Field House * - Columbia, Mo. Hosted by the University of Missouri ^ - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Hosted by the University of Alabama ! - Salt Lake City, Utah. Hosted by the University of Utah GymInfo Poll • April 2, 2007 Rank Team 1 Florida 2 Georgia 3 Alabama* 4 Stanford* 5 LSU 6 Nebraska* 7 Utah 8 UCLA Oregon State 10 OKLAHOMA 11 Penn State 12 Michigan 13 Arkansas 14 Denver 15 Arizona 16 Iowa State* 17 Auburn 18 Missouri* 19 Michigan State 20 Illinois 21 Ohio State 22 NC State 23 Brigham Young 24 West Virginia 25 Minnesota 26 Arizona State* Kentucky 28 Utah State 29 Kent State 30 North Carolina * indicates OU opponent RQS 197.435 197.420 197.170 196.855 196.800 196.685 196.670 196.600 196.600 196.335 196.285 196.255 196.135 196.080 195.995 195.855 195.700 195.660 195.520 195.235 195.215 195.160 194.890 194.860 194.775 194.755 194.755 194.695 194.625 194.560 Average 197.248 197.133 196.705 196.416 196.019 191.835 196.352 196.040 195.767 195.873 195.319 195.700 195.267 195.335 195.471 195.414 195.262 194.977 194.669 194.379 194.706 194.265 194.094 194.329 193.952 194.622 194.367 193.721 194.179 193.641 High 197.875 198.000 197.475 197.275 197.175 197.125 196.725 197.200 197.100 197.175 196.825 196.575 196.450 197.000 196.650 196.700 196.475 196.675 196.350 195.975 195.825 196.125 195.675 195.300 195.800 196.525 196.200 195.675 195.325 195.225 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes Setting the Scene What: 2007 NCAA Central Regional Where: Coleman Coliseum - Tuscaloosa, Ala. When: Saturday, April 14 at 6 p.m. LIVE SCORES: Live scores will be available on the Live Stats page on SoonerSports.com, as well as at RollTide.com. STREAMING AUDIO: A radio commentary from the 2007 NCAA Central Regional will be broadcast on the Web at www.allinbroadcasting.com. What 2 watch 4: Three OU gymnasts will be looking to defend their 2006 NCAA Central Regional event titles at this year’s competition. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann shared the all-around crown with LSU’s Kelly Phelan, finishing in the top three on bars, beam and floor. Haley DeProspero won the beam title as a freshman with a 9.875, while Lori Winn won the uneven bars with a 9.875 in her junior season. 2007 Roster OU WGYM notes Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) (Club) Cooney, Ashley.....................................5-4..................... Jr................................ Plano, Texas (Home School) (Kurt Thomas Gymnastics) DeProspero, Haley...............................5-0..................... So.............................. McKinney, Texas (Plano Christian Academy) (University of Gymnastics) Flanery, Jacqueline...............................5-4..................... Fr................................ Plattsburg, Mo. (Plattsburg HS) (Eagles Gymnastics) Hinkis, Caitlin........................................5-1..................... Jr................................ Simsbury, Conn. (Simsbury HS) (C.A.T.S. Gymnastics) Jackson, Ashley....................................5-1..................... So.............................. Hudsonville, Mich. (East Kentwood HS) (Geddert’s Twistars) Kinder, Jessica.....................................5-2..................... Jr................................ Kansas City, Mo. (Raytown HS) (Best Gymnastics) Koncak-Schumann, Brittney.................5-2..................... Sr............................... McQueeney, Texas (Alamo Heights HS) (Harris Unlimited) Lesko, Gina..........................................5-3..................... So.............................. Allen, Texas (Allen HS) (University of Gymnastics) LoPiccolo, Stephanie............................4-11................... Jr................................ Melbourne, Australia (Melbourne Girls College) (VIS/MLC) Mantle, Mary.........................................5-4..................... Fr................................ Bellvue, Colo. (Rocky Mountain HS) (GK Gymnastics) Redmond, Kiara....................................5-1..................... Jr................................ Los Angeles, Calif. (Fullerton College) (California HS) (SCATS HB) Smith, Kristin........................................5-3..................... Fr................................ Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City HS) (Dynamo Gymnastics) Vise, Hollie............................................5-5..................... Fr................................ Dallas, Texas (Spring Creek Academy) (WOGA) Winn, Lori.............................................5-0..................... Sr............................... Oklahoma City, Okla. (UCLA) (Putnam City HS) (Bart Conner Gymnastics) NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL coaching staff Head Coach . ............................................... K.J. Kindler.................................................... First Season Assistant Coach.......................................... Lou Ball.......................................................... First Season Assistant Coach.......................................... Tom Haley...................................................... First Season Pronunciation guide Haley DeProspero...................................................... dee-PROSS-per-oh Jessica Kinder............................................................................... KIN-der K.J. Kindler................................................................................... KIN-dler Brittney Koncak-Schumann................................ CON-chack, SHOO-men Stephanie LoPiccolo..........................................................low-PICK-o-low Kiara Redmond....................................................................... key-ARE-uh Holly Vise............................................................................................VIZE roster breakdown By Class Seniors............................................. 2 Juniors.............................................. 5 Sophomores..................................... 3 Freshmen......................................... 4 By Location Australia............................................ 1 California.......................................... 1 Colorado........................................... 1 Connecticut....................................... 1 Michigan........................................... 1 Missouri............................................ 1 Oklahoma......................................... 2 Texas................................................ 5 NCAA Central Regional Field 3 Alabama Crimson Tide 15 Iowa State Cyclones 21 Ohio State Buckeyes 10 Oklahoma Sooners 19 Michigan State Spartans 26 Kentucky Wildcats Regional Seed: No. 1 2007 Record: 12-4 High Score: 197.475 Conference: SEC Conference Finish: Third Head Coach: Sarah Patterson (29th year) Career Record: 370-81-4 Top Gymnast: Morgan Dennis Regional Seed: No. 2 2007 Record: 16-3 High Score: 197.175 Conference: Big 12 Conference Finish: Second Head Coach: K.J. Kindler (First year) Career Record: 99-41-1 Top Gymnast: Brittney Koncak-Schumann Regional Seed: No. 3 2007 Record: 12-8 High Score: 196.700 Conference: Big 12 Conference Finish: Fourth Head Coach: Jay Ronayne (First year) Career Record: 12-8 Top Gymnast: Janet Anson Regional Seed: No. 4 2007 Record: 11-13 High Score: 196.350 Conference: Big Ten Conference Finish: Seventh Head Coach: Kathie Klages (17th year) Career Record: 277-144-3 Top Gymnast: Kristen Coleman 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes Regional Seed: No. 5 2007 Record: 14-9 High Score: 195.825 Conference: Big Ten Conference Finish: Fourth Head Coach: Carey Fagan (Third year) Career Record: 28-26 Top Gymnast: Maalike Moore-Thomas Regional Seed: No. 6 2007 Record: 10-16 High Score: 196.200 Conference: SEC Conference Finish: Sixth Head Coach: Mo Mitchell (Fourth year) Career Record: 44-67 Top Gymnast: Heather Hite Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics News and Notes OU WGYM notes FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS Oklahoma will find itself in familiar territory at the NCAA Central Regional hosted by the University of Alabama. The Sooners opened the 2007 season against the Tide at Coleman Coliseum on Jan. 12. OU narrowly missed the upset of then-No. 4 Alabama. The announced attendance of 11,996 fans marked the 12th-largest gymnastics crowd in Tide history. The Sooners last attended an NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa in 2003. That OU squad finished fourth, narrowly missing out on a berth in the NCAA Championsips. DEFENDING CENTRAL REGION CHAMPIONS COACHES FACE FORMER TEAMS All three OU coaches will have to defeat a former team at the 2007 NCAA Central Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships. Head coach K.J. Kindler and assistant coach Lou Ball came to Oklahoma in 2006 after spending the entirety of their careers at Iowa State. Ball served as an assistant coach for the Cylcones for 12 seasons, while Kindler spent 14 years in Ames as an assistant (1992-2001) and head coach (2001-06). ISU is the No. 3 seed in the region. Assistant coach Tom Haley will face off against his former Kentucky Wildcats team. Haley spent three years (2004-06) as an assistant for the Wildcats. He was also the director of the club program at Alabama — ‘Bama Bounders — from 1996-2002 and was a volunteer assistant coach for the Tide in 2000 and 2001. Alabama is the top seed in the region, while UK is seeded sixth. ANOTHER BIG 12 TITLE FOR KONCAK-SCHUMANN 2006 all-american brittney koncak-schumann NEARLY PERFECT Brittney Koncak-Schumann came just 0.025 points away from recording the Sooners’ second perfect vault of the season against Stanford on March 9. One judge gave the senior a perfect score, while the second awarded a 9.95. Koncak-Schumann’s 9.975 marked a career high on the apparatus and earned her second vault title of the year. THE DYNAMIC DUO The Sooners proved they have quite a one-two punch against Texas Woman’s University on March 3. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann and junior Kiara Redmond each scored a 39.575 to share the all-around title against the Pioneers. The score was also a career best for Redmond and just 0.025 off of Koncak-Schumann’s career mark of 39.600. The win was Koncak-Schumann’s 15th event title of the season and fourth in the allaround, while Redmond notched her third all-around crown to give her 10 event wins on the year. ACTION JACKSON Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann claimed her second career conference title at the 2007 Big 12 Championships, March 31 in Columbia, Mo. The all-around champion at the 2006 conference meet with a 39.400, KoncakSchumann shared the 2007 floor exercise crown (9.9) with co-Big 12 Gymnast of the Year Emily Parsons of Nebraska. Sophomore Ashley Jackson continues to impress. The Hudsonville, Mich., native won her fourth vault title of the season with a career-high 9.9 against TWU in Norman. She also matched her career high on floor exercise with a 9.875 to tie for second place with Koncak-Schumann. Jackson has notched at least one event win in the Sooners’ last four competitions. OU LANDS FIVE ON ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM With their 11-1 start to the 2007 season, this year’s OU squad matched the record set by the 2000 team. The Sooners won 11 in-a-row after a near-upset of then-No. 4 Alabama in their season opener in Tuscaloosa on Jan. 12. Five University of Oklahoma student-athletes were named to the 2007 Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team. Seniors Brittney Koncak-Schumann and Lori Winn each earned first team honors, as did junior Caitlin Hinkis and sophomore Haley DeProspero. Sophomore Ashley Jackson was named to the second team. Oklahoma’s four first team honorees were the second most in the conference behind Missouri’s six. WOMEN SCORE SEASON HIGH IN FINAL TUNE UP Oklahoma posted a season-high 197.175 in its final regular season dual, defeating Pittsburgh (194.075) on Senior Night at the Howard McCasland Field House. The Sooners also recorded team season highs on vault (49.350) and floor exercise (49.375) and tied their season best with a 49.325 on the balance beam. SOONERS HOST SPECIAL SPECTATORS In addition to the Senior Night festivities on March 24, OU’s meet with Pittsburgh was special for a different reason. The team welcomed three superfans from the Everest Childrens Cancer Center. The children were carried out by members of the team and introduced during pre-meet introductions. They also hung around with the Sooners during stretching and warmups and even donned some OU face tattoos like the gymnasts. The squad has made numerous visits to the Everest Cancer Center throughout the years. The gymnasts hang out with the kids, sign autographs and even help with arts and crafts. REDMOND MAKES IT THREE IN A ROW With her all-around victory at Stanford on March 9, junior Kiara Redmond won at least a share of the all-around title in three straight meets. The Los Angeles, Calif., native has five all-around crowns this season after winning just one in 2006. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes RECORD START END OF THE ROAD OU’s March 9 matchup with No. 3 Stanford marked the end of a grueling 2007 road schedule. Seven of the Sooners’ first nine events of the season were away from the Howard McCasland Field House. Oklahoma finished 5-2 on the road, including an upset of No. 8 Nebraska in Lincoln and wins at No. 13 Iowa State, No. 21 Arizona State and No. 27 Iowa. SOONERS SWEEP BIG 12 FOES For the first time since the conference’s inception in 1996, OU defeated all three Big 12 rivals in the regular season. The Sooners defeated Missouri in Norman on Jan. 19 and beat Nebraska (Feb. 2) and Iowa State (Feb. 16) on the road. The last time an Oklahoma team swept its conference foes in the regular season was 1991 in the Big Eight. WE’RE NO. 1 After road wins at Iowa State (Feb. 16) and Iowa (Feb. 18), OU rose to No. 7 in the GymInfo rankings released on Feb. 19. It marked the Sooners’ highest national ranking since coming in at No. 6 on March 27, 2006. Oklahoma was also the top-rated team in the Big 12, a distinction they had not held since Feb. 20, 2006. KEEP TAKING IT HIGHER In addition to the personal bests set by Oklahoma gymnasts at the Arizona State trimeet, OU also recorded three team scores that constituted season bests. The Sooners’ 196.400 was the team’s highest score to date and the second-highest total recorded by a Big 12 team this year (Nebraska, 196.800). OU also set season benchmarks on the uneven bars (49.100) and floor exercise (49.075). NCAA central regional This year’s OU team has the benefit of experiencing victory at a Regional event. Eight members of this year’s team were a part of the 2006 squad that won the Central Region in Baton Rouge, La. No. 1-seeded OU recorded a team score of 196.375 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to best second-seed LSU (195.825). Brittney Koncak-Schumann, then a junior, tied for first in the all-around with a 39.400. Classmate Lori Winn won the bars title with a 9.875, while Haley DeProspero took the beam crown (9.875) in her freshman season. CLUTCH PERFORMER Freshman Hollie Vise made her collegiate debut against Arizona State and Cal on Feb. 9. The Dallas native competed on the balance beam for the Sooners, scoring a solid 9.8. Vise is a two-time junior national champion on the apparatus and also was the 2003 world champion on bars, helping the U.S. Team to the World Championship title. SHINING BRIGHT IN THE VALLEY OF THE SUN Three OU gymnasts set career highs in the tri-meet at Arizona State. Junior Kiara Redmond scored a 9.85 on bars to best her previous high of 9.825. Sophomore Haley DeProspero improved her career mark on beam from 9.9 to 9.925, while freshman Mary Mantle set a new mark in her short career with a 9.825 on vault. Redmond and DeProspero, along with Brittney Koncak-Schumann also set season highs in Tempe. Koncak-Schumann’s 39.475 all-around score was her best of 2007, as was her 9.875 on floor. Redmond tied her season best with a 9.875 on floor, while DeProspero’s 9.8 on the apparatus was her best of the year. A HISTORIC WIN The Sooners’ upset of the Cornhuskers was more than just a big conference win. The last time OU beat Nebraska was at the 2004 Big 12 Championships where the Sooners claimed their only Big 12 title. Ending that two-year losing streak to the Huskers paled in comparison, however, to OU’s struggles in Lincoln. With the victory, Oklahoma defeated Nebraska in a dual meet in Lincoln for the first time since 1991 -- a span of over 15 years. OU WELL-REPRESENTED IN BIG 12 AWARDS OU gymnasts have won six of the 24 weekly awards handed out by the conference so far this season. Brittney Koncak-Schumann’s has earned three Gymnast of the Week honors, while Lori Winn, Kiara Redmond and Ashley Jackson have each earned Event Specialist of the Week awards. Oklahoma’s Brittney Koncak-Schumann was named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for the second week in a row on Jan. 23. The honor was the sixth of her career. The 2006 Big 12 all-around champion won the all-around (39.325), uneven bars (9.875) and balance beam (9.95) titles in the Sooners’ home-opening win over Central Michigan and No. 22 Missouri. Her balance beam score was a career-high. She also finished fourth on vault (9.85). Koncak-Schumann won three Big 12 weekly honors in 2006, and she is the first to win back-to-back honors this season. Nebraska’s Emily Parsons and Iowa State’s Janet Anson took home consecutive honors last season. SOONER SENIORS EARN BIG 12 HONORS Oklahoma’s two senior gymnasts, Brittney Koncak-Schumann and Lori Winn, swept the Big 12 Conference’s weekly honors for Jan. 16 after leading OU to a near upset of No. 4 Alabama on Jan. 12. Koncak-Schumann, from McQueeney, Texas, was named the conference Gymnast of the Week after taking second in the all-around against the Crimson Tide with a score of 39.350, just 0.025 points behind Alabama’s Kassi Price. She also shared the balance beam title (9.85), was third on uneven bars (9.85), sixth on floor exercise (9.85) and tied for seventh on vault (9.80). Winn, an Oklahoma City native, earned the first conference honor of her career. The Event Specialist of the Week is a new award for this season to recognize those who do not compete in the all-around. Winn competed on three events for the Sooners at Alabama. She shared the balance beam title (9.85) with Koncak-Schumann while placing fourth on uneven bars (9.825). She also competed on floor exercise (9.75). STARTING FRESH(MEN) Three Oklahoma freshmen saw the first action of their collegiate careers against the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Jacqueline Flanery, from Plattsburg, Mo., recorded a 9.775 on both the vault and floor exercise. Mary Mantle, a Bellvue, Colo. native, scored a 9.8 on the vault, the Sooners’ second-highest score on the apparatus against the Tide. Oklahoma City native Kristin Smith scored a 9.0 on the floor in her debut. SOONERS DEBUT AT NO. 10 SHE’S SO PERFECT The University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team is ranked No. 10 in the 2007 preseason GymInfo Coaches Poll. The top-10 ranking ties the Sooners’ highest preseason poll position of the last 10 years. OU was also ranked 10th in the 2006 preseason poll. “OU is honored to be placed amongst the top 10 teams in the country,” Kindler said. “We have strong leadership in our two seniors and will rely heavily on their guidance of a fairly young squad.” TEN NAMED TO BIG 12 HONOR ROLL Oklahoma finished the 2006 season ranked 10th nationally, tying for the second-best final poll position in school history. Junior Kiara Redmond recorded a perfect 10.0 on the vault in OU’s Jan. 27 quad meet victory over Texas Woman’s, George Washington and Centenary. Redmond’s 10 was the first recorded by a Big 12 gymnast in 2007. Redmond joins Leah Mueller (2002) and Amber McCracken in the OU vaulting record books. Ten members of the OU women’s gymnastics team were selected to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2006 semester. Senior Brittney KoncakSchumann and sophomore Gina Lesko were two of the 39 OU athletes to earn perfect 4.0 grade point averages. The other Sooner honorees were Haley DeProspero, Caitlin Hinkis, Ashley Jackson, Jessica Kinder, Kiara Redmond and Kristin Smith. Seniors Coral Borda and Tara Anderson, whose gymnastics eligibility expired at the end of last season, were also on the list.. MANTLE STEPS UP TO THE PLATE Freshman Mary Mantle proved to be a valuable contributor for head coach K.J. Kindler through the first six meets of the season. After competing as a vault specialist in the Sooners’ first two events, Mantle was thrust into the lineup on bars and floor in the TWU quad meet on Jan. 27. The Bellvue, Colo. native responded, turning in scores of 9.725 on both events in helping No. 8 OU improve its record to 5-1 on the season. RECORD BREAKERS Five OU gymnasts recorded career highs against Missouri and Central Michigan on Jan. 19. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann scored a near perfect 9.95 on beam, while junior Stephanie LoPiccolo was right behind her with a 9.925. Sophomore Ashley Jackson topped her previous best with a 9.875 on vault, and a pair of freshmen, Jacqueline Flanery (9.825/FX) and Kristin Smith (9.675/FX) also set new benchmarks in their short OU careers. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes KINDLER SIGNS THREE FOR 2008 First-year head coach K.J. Kindler announced her first Oklahoma recruiting class Friday, signing three gymnasts to National Letters of Intent. Taylor Zondervan, Natalie Ratcliff and Melanie Root will join the Sooners for the 2008 season. Zondervan, a Level 10 from Schoolcraft High School in Kalamazoo, Mich., trains at Geddert’s Twistars, the former club of current OU gymnast Ashley Jackson. Zondervan was a member of the 2006 Junior Olympic National Team and finished fifth in the all-around, third on bars, fifth on beam and sixth on floor in the Senior B Division at the 2006 J.O. Nationals. She also captured the bars and floor titles at the 2006 Region 5 Regionals in Senior B and took 10th in the all-around at the 2005 J.O. Nationals. Zondervan plans on majoring in Zoology/Pre-Med at OU. A native of Overland Park, Kan., Ratcliff is a member of Great American Gymnastics Express where she is coached by Al and Armine Fong and Rodney Gust. The Blue Valley Northwest High School senior and Level 10 gymnast is an eight-time Missouri State Champion and a former member of the U.S. National Team. An honor roll student at Blue Valley, Ratcliff intends to major in Elementary Education. Root attends Cartersville High School in Cartersville, Ga., and trains at Cartersville Twisters. She is a three-time State Champion (2003, 2004 and 2006) and finished 15th in the all-around and 10th on beam at the 2006 Junior Olympic Nationals. She also qualified for Nationals is 2005 and was an alternate in 2003 and 2004. A Level 10, Root went pre-elite for a year in 2004. She plans to major in Management at OU. NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL VISE MAKES OU DEBUT KONCAK-SCHUMANN GOES BACK-TO-BACK OU WGYM notes For two consecutive weeks (Feb. 2 and Feb. 9), OU’s senior leader Brittney KoncakSchumann came up with solid performances on the final rotation to seal an OU road win against a ranked opponent. With a slight lead over then-No. 21 Arizona State in Tempe on Feb. 9, KoncakSchumann scored a meet high 9.875 on the uneven bars to cap a 196.400 - 196.275 win over the Sun Devils. Clinging to a narrow lead on the last rotation against No. 6 Nebraska on Feb. 2, OU head coach K.J. Kindler needed a near perfect beam performance from KoncakSchumann to seal the win. The 2006 Big 12 all-around champion delivered under pressure, scoring a 9.9 on the apparatus to seal the upset. OKLAHOMA IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS The following is a list of where OU ranks in the individual and team South Central Region by Regional Qualifying Average: Team Rankings: Event Floor Exercise Balance Beam Uneven Bars Vault Total Individual Rankings: Event All-Around Floor Exercise Balance Beam Uneven Bars Vault Rank 4 1 3 2 2 RQS 49.085 49.200 49.075 49.220 196.335 Gymnast Kiara Redmond Brittney Koncak-Schumann Haley DeProspero Lori Winn Kiara Redmond Brittney Koncak-Schumann Ashley Jackson Haley DeProspero Brittney Koncak-Schumann Haley DeProspero Kiara Redmond Lori Winn Hollie Vise Brittney Koncak-Schumann Lori Winn Kiara Redmond Kiara Redmond Brittney Koncak-Schumann Ashley Jackson Haley DeProspero individual event titles (56) • Haley DeProspero (2) Beam (1): vs. Stanford, 9.9, 3/9/07; vs. Pitt, 9.875, 3/24/07 • Jackie Flanery (1) Vault (1): vs. Iowa, 9.825, 3/17/07 • Ashley Jackson (7) Vault (4): vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 9.875, 1/19/07; vs. Arizona State and Cal, 9.85, 2/9/07; vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 9.875; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 9.9; vs. Iowa, 9.825, 3/17/07 Beam (1): vs. Iowa, 9.825, 2/18/07 Floor (1): vs. Iowa, 9.85, 3/17/07 • Brittney Koncak-Schumann (25) All-Around (6): vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 39.325, 1/19/07; vs. Nebraska, 39.300, 2/2/07; vs. Arizona State and Cal, 39.475, 2/9/07; vs. TWU, 39.575, 3/3/07; vs. Iowa, 39.325, 3/17/07; vs. Pitt, 39.550, 3/24/07 Floor (3): vs. Iowa, 9.875, 2/18/07; vs. Iowa, 9.85, 3/17/07; Big 12 Championships, 9.9, 3/31/07 Vault (3): vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 9.875; vs. Stanford, 3/9/07, 9.975; vs. Pitt, 9.9, 3/24/07 Bars (7): vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 9.875, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 9.9, 1/27/07; vs. Arizona State and Cal, 9.875, 2/9/07; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 9.925; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 9.925; vs. Iowa, 9.875, 3/17/07; vs. Pitt, 9.875, 3/24/07 Beam (6): vs. Alabama, 9.85, 1/12/07; vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 9.95, 1/19/07; vs. Nebraska, 9.9, 2/2/07; vs. TWU, 9.9, 3/3/07; vs. Iowa, 9.875, 3/17/07; vs. Pitt, 9.875, 3/24/07 • Kiara Redmond (16) Rank 2 4 9 22 T2 5 13 T20 2 3 T10 12 T22 3 T7 T9 T3 T3 7 24 2006 all-american kiara redmond RQS 39.425 39.400 39.110 38.620 9.895 9.880 9.845 9.815 9.890 9.880 9.845 9.840 9.795 9.895 9.850 9.845 9.890 9.890 9.860 9.810 All-Around (5): vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 39.350, 1/27/07; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 39.250; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 39.575; vs. Stanford, 3/9/07, 39.500; vs. Pitt, 39.550, 3/24/07 Floor (5): vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 9.875, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 9.875, 1/27/07; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 9.925; vs. Stanford, 3/9/07, 9.925; vs. Pitt, 9.925, 3/24/07 Vault (5): vs. Alabama, 9.85, 1/12/07; vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 9.875, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 10.0, 1/27/07; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 9.875; vs. Pitt, 9.9, 3/24/07 Bars (1): vs. Pitt, 9.875, 3/24/07 • Lori Winn (5) Bars (1): vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 9.875 Beam (4): vs. Alabama, 9.85, 1/12/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 9.875, 1/27/07; vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 9.9; vs. Pitt, 9.875, 3/24/07 team event titles (34) Vault (8): vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 49.150, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 49.325, 1/27/07; vs. Arizona State and Cal, 48.925, 2/9/07; vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 49.175; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 49.100; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 49.300; vs. Iowa, 3/17/07, 48.925; vs. Pitt, 3/24/07, 49.350 Bars (8): vs. Alabama, 48.875, 1/12/07; vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 48.700, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 48.950, 1/27/07; vs. Arizona State and Cal, 49.100, 2/9/07; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 49.000; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 49.350; vs. Iowa, 3/17/07, 49.050; vs. Pitt, 3/24/07, 49.125 Beam (9): vs. Nebraska, 48.575, 2/2/07; vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 49.325, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 48.475, 1/27/07; vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 49.250; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 48.400; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 49.025; vs. Stanford, 3/9/07, 49.100; vs. Iowa, 3/17/07, 48.350; vs. Pitt, 3/24/07, 49.325 Floor (9): vs. Nebraska, 48.800, 2/2/07; vs. C. Michigan and Missouri, 48.950, 1/19/07; vs. TWU, GW and Centenary, 48.850, 1/27/07; vs. Iowa State, 2/16/07, 48.975; vs. Iowa, 2/18/07, 49.150; vs. TWU, 3/3/07, 49.050; vs. Iowa, 3/17/07, 49.150; vs. Pitt, 3/24/07, 49.375; Big 12 Championships, 3/31/07, 49.000 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes NCAA central regional OKLAHOMA IN THE REGIONAL RANKINGS 2007 Team and Individual Event Titles OU WGYM notes The following is a list of where OU ranks in the individual and team national rankings by Regional Qualifying Average: Team Rankings: Event Rank RQS Floor Exercise T16 49.085 Balance Beam 4 49.200 Uneven Bars 14 49.075 Vault 8 49.220 Individual Rankings: Event Gymnast Rank RQS All-Around Kiara Redmond 11 39.425 Brittney Koncak-Schumann 15 39.400 Floor Exercise Kiara Redmond T16 9.895 Balance Beam Brittney Koncak-Schumann T9 9.890 Haley DeProspero T13 9.880 Uneven Bars Brittney Koncak-Schumann T16 9.895 Vault Kiara Redmond T20 9.890 Brittney Koncak-Schumann T20 9.890 2007 Team and Individual Season Highs Favorite actor/actress: Tatum Channing OU WGYM notes team event highs GETTING TO KNOW YOU • hollie vise Event Score Date Set Vault.....................................................49.350................................................... 03.24.07 Bars.....................................................49.350................................................... 03.03.07 Beam...................................................49.325................................................... 01.19.07 Floor....................................................49.375................................................... 03.24.07 Final Score.........................................197.175.................................................. 03.24.07 individual event highs First job: Coaching Gymnastics at WOGA Event Score Gymnast Last Time Vault.............................10.0..................................... Redmond........................... 01.27.07 Bars............................9.925............................. Koncak-Schumann.................... 02.18.07 Beam...........................9.95.............................. Koncak-Schumann.................... 01.19.07 Floor...........................9.925.................................... Redmond........................... 03.09.07 All-Around..................39.575................... Redmond, Koncak-Schumann........... 03.03.07 Role model: My parents for raising four kids and working hard to make sure we were all doing what we loved and that we’re happy. Evgeny Marchenko, who was my coach for 11 years, who taught me not only gymnastics but a lot about life. Athlete who you pretended to be as a child: Amanda Borden Sport you would play if you weren’t a gymnast: Dancer Favorite place to eat in Norman: Charleston’s Pre-meet ritual: In 2001 my brother Brad gave me a good luck charm that’s a wooden frog before Nationals. Ever since then I carry it with me for good luck. Most famous person you have met: Chad Michael Murray @ Alabama (01.12.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 4 Alabama............................. 48.925.......48.800...... 48.575.......49.400.....195.700 No. 10 Oklahoma..................... 48.750.......48.825...... 47.675.......48.075.....193.325 Missouri, C. Michigan (01.19.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 13 Oklahoma..................... 49.150.......48.700...... 49.325.......48.950.....196.125 Missouri....................................... 48.700.......48.125...... 48.100.......48.900.....193.825 Central Michigan......................... 48.100.......46.950...... 47.600.......48.375.....191.025 @ Nebraska (02.02.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 8 Oklahoma....................... 48.825.......48.875...... 48.575.......48.800.....195.075 No. 6 Nebraska........................... 49.050.......49.050...... 48.500.......48.450.....195.050 @ Arizona State (02.09.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 9 OKLAHOMA....................... 48.925.......49.100...... 49.300.......49.075.....196.400 No. 21 Arizona State................... 48.875.......48.875...... 49.325.......49.200.....196.275 California..................................... 47.950.......47.425...... 47.475.......48.050.....190.900 Worst habit: Biting my nails Biggest pet peeve: When people don’t say “please” and “thank you.” Most embarrassing moment at a gymnastics meet: When I forgot to put my number on my back at the 2003 World Championships and didn’t realize it until I soluted for my bar routine and it created a huge ordeal. Favorite holiday: Christmas Favorite movie: Step Up Favorite TV show: Will and Grace Favorite food: Potato soup What is your favorite thing to do on your free time? Walking around campus at night listening to my iPod or talking to my friends. And shopping. freshman Hollie vise @ TWU (01.27.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 8 OKLAHOMA....................... 49.325.......48.950...... 48.475.......48.850.....195.600 Texas Woman’s........................... 48.125.......48.325...... 46.700.......48.125.....191.275 George Washington..................... 48.000.......48.325...... 46.450.......47.275.....190.050 Centenary.................................... 47.025.......48.050...... 45.125.......47.750.....187.950 One word that describes you: Laid back @ Iowa State (02.16.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 8 OKLAHOMA....................... 49.175.......48.850...... 49.250.......48.975.....196.250 No. 10 Iowa State........................ 49.025.......49.050...... 48.350.......48.000.....194.250 @ Iowa (02.18.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 8 OKLAHOMA....................... 49.100.......49.000...... 48.400.......49.150.....195.650 No. 26 Iowa................................. 48.650.......48.625...... 48.350.......48.900.....194.525 TWU (03.03.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 9 OKLAHOMA....................... 49.300.......49.350...... 49.025.......49.050.....196.725 Texas Woman’s........................... 47.725.......48.600...... 48.150.......47.950.....192.425 @ Stanford (03.09.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 3 Stanford............................. 49.175.......49.150...... 49.025.......49.125.....196.475 No. 9 OKLAHOMA....................... 49.150.......49.100...... 49.100.......48.825.....196.175 Iowa (03.17.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 9 OKLAHOMA....................... 48.925.......49.050...... 48.350.......49.150.....195.475 No. 29 Iowa................................. 48.700.......48.625...... 47.925.......48.575.....193.825 Pittsburgh (03.24.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 10 OKLAHOMA..................... 49.350.......49.125...... 49.325.......49.375.....197.175 Pittsburgh.................................... 48.725.......48.250...... 48.175.......48.925.....194.075 Big 12 (03.31.07) V UB BB FX Total No. 7 Nebraska...................................................................................................... No. 10 OKLAHOMA................................................................................................ No. 15 Iowa State................................................................................................... No. 18 Missouri...................................................................................................... 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL 2007 Meet-By-Meet Results Favorite athlete: Lance Armstrong 2007 Meet Recaps Sooners placed in the top three on each of the four events and the all-around. Junior Kiara Redmond was third on the uneven bars (9.875), second on the beam (9.90), third on the floor exercise (9.875) and third in the all-around (39.475). OU’s Kiara Redmond claimed the all-around title, her fourth of the season, with a 39.500 to best the Cardinal’s Carly Janiga’s 39.325. The Sooners’ Haley DeProspero was third with a 39.200. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann tied for first on the floor exercise with Nebraska’s Emily Parsons. Redmond, a junior from Los Angeles, Calif., also claimed the floor exercise title with a 9.925 that tied her career high set last weekend in Norman against Texas Woman’s University. She also finished second on vault with a 9.925 and tied for fourth on beam (9.825). The Sooners began the night on the floor exercise where Koncak-Schumann tied her season high with a 9.9. Redmond posted a 9.875 and sophomore Ashley Jackson received a 9.8 for her performance. On vault, sophomore Haley DeProspero tied her season high with a 9.85. Junior Kiara Redmond scored a 9.825 and senior Lori Winn and Jackson both received 9.8s. On bars, the Sooners posted scores of 9.825 (Stephanie LoPiccolo), 9.825 (DeProspero), 9.15 (Hinkis), 9.875 (Redmond) and 9.85 (Koncak-Schumann). OU finished the competion on the beam where Redmond set a career-high score of 9.9. Freshman Hollie Vise posted a 9.825 and DePropero received a 9.8. This is the third time the Sooners have finished as the conference runners-up. The previous two times were in 1997 and 2003. PITTSburgh • March 24, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – Tenth-ranked Oklahoma posted a season-high 197.175 in its final regular season dual, defeating Pittsburgh (194.075) on Senior Night at the Howard McCasland Field House. The meet was the home finale for OU’s Brittney KoncakSchumann and Lori Winn. Koncak-Schumann and junior Kiara Redmond shared the all-around title with matching scores of 39.550. Sophomore Haley DeProspero was third with a season-high 39.350 total, while Winn was fourth with a 38.900. The Sooners swept top honors on each team and individual event and recorded team season highs on vault (49.350) and floor exercise (49.375) and tied their season best with a 49.325 on the balance beam. In addition to their tie atop the all-around standings, Koncak-Schumann and Redmond also split the vault (9.9) and bars (9.875) crowns. Koncak-Schumann also shared the event title on beam with DeProspero and Winn with a trio of 9.875s. Redmond also took first on the floor exercise, tying her career high with a 9.925. Winn turned in a sparkling performance in her last action at the Field House. In addition to her beam title, the Oklahoma City native set a career high with a 9.85 on vault and tied for third on bars with the Panthers’ Andrea Arlotta (9.8). Freshman Hollie Vise also scored a career-best 9.85 to tie Redmond for third on beam. IOWA • March 17, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – The ninth-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team defeated Iowa 195.475-193.825 Saturday night at the Howard McCasland Field House. It was the Sooners’ second win this season over the Hawkeyes, having won in Iowa City on Feb. 18. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann took her fifth all-around title of the season with a 39.325. Junior Kiara Redmond (39.125) was second, while sophomore Haley DeProspero was third (39.000). Oklahoma claimed at least a share of every team and individual event title against the Hawkeyes. Freshman Jackie Flanery and sophomore Ashley Jackson tied for first on vault (9.825). Koncak-Schumann won the bars (9.875) and beam (9.875) crowns, and shared the floor title with Jackson (9.85). Redmond and senior Lori Winn also tied for third on floor with matching 9.825s. Redmond also finished third on beam with a 9.775, while Winn scored a 9.85 to earn second place on bars. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes DeProspero, a sophomore, tied for first on beam (9.9) with Stanford’s Tabitha Yim to record her first event title of the season. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann scored a career-best 9.975 to take her second vault crown of the year and also finished second on bars (9.9) and third on beam (9.875). TEXAS WOMAN’S • March 3, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – The ninth-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team scored a season-high 196.725 to defeat Texas Woman’s University (192.425) Saturday night at the McCasland Field House. OU beat TWU for the second time this year, having previously defeeated the Pioneers on Jan. 27 in Denton, Texas. OU’s Brittney Koncak-Schumann and Kiara Redmond shared the all-around title with matching scores of 39.575, a season high for both and a career high for Redmond. The Sooners swept top honors on every event. In addition to their all-around honors, Koncak-Schumann took the bars (9.925) and beam (9.9) crowns, while Redmond was first on floor with a career-high 9.925. Sophomore Ashley Jackson won the vault with a career-high 9.8. Oklahoma started strong on vault with three gymnasts recording career bests. In addition to Jackson’s 9.8 mark, freshman Jackie Flanery (9.825) and senior Lori Winn (9.825) also had superlative scores. The Sooners also dominated on the uneven bars with a team season-high of 49.35. Redmond had a career-best 9.9 on the apparatus, while Winn (9.875) and KoncakSchumann (9.925) each tied their career marks. Junior Stephanie LoPiccolo also chipped in with a season-high 9.85 for OU. IOWA • feb. 18, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – Eighth-ranked Oklahoma completed its Iowa sweep Sunday, defeating the University of Iowa 195.650-194.525 at the UI Field House in Iowa City. The Sooners also defeated No. 10 Iowa State in Ames on Friday night. Junior Kiara Redmond took her second all-around title of the season with a 39.250 total. Teammate Brittney Koncak-Schumann was second with a 39.000. Sooner gymnasts had the top three scores on all four events and OU scored a team season-best 49.150 on the floor exercise. Redmond and Koncak-Schumann tied for first with Iowa’s Katie Turcotte on vault with scores of 9.875, while sophomore Ashley Jackson, who won the event against ISU on Friday, was fourth with a 9.8. Koncak-Schumann also took the floor (9.875) and uneven bars title with a career and team season-high 9.925. In addition to her all-around and vault titles, Redmond tied for second on floor (9.85), and finished third on beam (9.750) and bars (9.775). Junior Caitlin Hinkis had her best finish of the year on bars, scoring a 9.8, while freshman Hollie Vise, in just her third start for the Sooners, put up a 9.775 on the balance beam to earn runner-up honors. NCAA central regional stanford • March 9, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – No. 3 Stanford ended Oklahoma’s 11-match win streak Friday night in Palo Alto, Calif., edging the ninth-ranked Sooners 196.475-196.175 at Burnham Pavilion. Oklahoma had won 11 straight contests since dropping its season opener at No. 4 Alabama on Jan. 12. OU WGYM notes big 12 championships • March 31, 2007 COLUMBIA, Mo. — The No. 10 Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team finished second after posting a team score of 195.325 at the 2007 Big 12 Championships at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. Nebraska took home its eighth Big 12 crown with an overall score of 196.475. Once again the competition came down to the final event. After an uncharacteristic fall by 2006 All-America Kiara Redmond to lead off the beam, OU needed five solid performances to come away with a win. The Sooners delivered thanks to what head coach K.J. Kindler called “the best beam routine of the year” by senior Lori Winn. The Oklahoma City native tied her career high with a 9.9 to clinch the OU victory. Arizona State & California • feb. 9, 2007 TEMPE, Ariz. – For the second straight week, the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team defeated a ranked team on the road. The ninth-ranked Sooners finished first in the Arizona State tri-meet, defeating No. 21 Arizona State and California in front of 896 fans at Wells Fargo Arena. OU beat No. 6 Nebraska in Lincoln on Feb. 2. OU finished with a season high 196.400 team score. The host Sun Devils were second with a 196.275, while Cal finished third at 190.900. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann won her third all-around title of the season with a season-high 39.475. The McQueeney, Texas, native also finished fourth on beam with a 9.9, tied for third on vault (9.825) and tied for second on floor with a season-high 9.875. Koncak-Schumann once again clinched a Sooner win with a clutch 9.875 on the uneven bars in OU’s final rotation, taking the event title. Sophomore Ashley Jackson took her second event title of the season on vault, sharing first place with ASU’s April Boone (9.85). Junior Kiara Redmond set a career high with a 9.85 on bars to tie for second, and also finished second on floor with a season-high 9.875. Several other Sooners set or tied career or season highs against the Sun Devils and Golden Bears. Freshman Mary Mantle scored a career-best 9.825 to tie KoncakSchumann for second on vault, while sophomore Haley DeProspero tied for second on beam with a career-high 9.925. DeProspero also set a season high on floor with a 9.8. Jackson and Redmond also tied their season highs on the floor exercise with a 9.85 and 9.875, respectively. As a team, Oklahoma scored season event highs on floor (49.075) and bars (49.100). nebraska • feb. 2, 2007 LINCOLN, Neb. – Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann claimed her second all-around title of the season, and the No. 8 OU women’s gymnastics team upset sixth-ranked Nebraska, 195.075-195.050, Friday night in the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Sooners had not defeated their Big 12 conference rivals since the 2004 Big 12 Championships. OU trailed by 0.4 after two rotations, but cut the Nebraska lead to 0.1 on the floor exercise. The Sooners grabbed the lead on their last event, balance beam, with a 48.575 total, while the Huskers turned in their lowest event score of the night with a 48.450. Koncak-Schumann tied for second (9.85) on the uneven bars, and finished fourth (9.825) on the floor, but clinched her all-around win with a 9.9 on the beam. She shared the beam title with Nebraska’s Tricia Woo and Emily Parsons. Oklahoma started on the uneven bars, posting a team total of 48.875 led by KoncakSchumann’s 9.85 and a 9.825 by classmate Lori Winn. The Cornhuskers extended their lead on the second rotation, posting a 49.050 on the bars. OU’s Kiara Redmond, who posted a perfect 10.0 on the apparatus against Texas Woman’s University last week, led the Sooners with a 9.875 to finish second. OU closed the gap with a meet-high 48.800 on floor and captured the win with the clutch performances on beam. In addition to Koncak-Schumann’s 9.825, Redmond recorded a 9.8 and sophomore Ashley Jackson scored a 9.7. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes Redmond took the all-around title with a 39.350, her first of the year, but her perfect vault was easily the highlight of the evening. Redmond’s score tied the OU vault record and was the first perfect score recorded in the Big 12 this season. The Sooners swept every event in the team competition and also had the individual champion on each apparatus. In addition to her all-around and vault titles, Redmond also finished first on the floor exercise with a 9.875. Senior Lori Winn took the balance beam (9.875) and classmate Brittney Koncak-Schumann won the uneven bars, tying her career high with a 9.9. Koncak-Schumann finished second in the all-around, despite being limited by a minor knee injury sustained in OU’s Jan. 19 home-opening win over Missouri and Central Michigan. The Sooners were also without bars specialist Caitlin Hinkis, who missed the meet due to a death in the family, and freshman Kristin Smith who was out with a groin pull. Freshman Mary Mantle stepped in for Smith on the floor, scoring a career-high 9.8 and took Hinkis’ spot on bars, posting a 9.725. Winn also competed on the vault for the first time this season. missouri & C. Michigan • Jan. 19, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. -- The No. 13 OU women’s gymnastics team improved to 2-1 with a pair of victories on Friday night inside the McCasland Field House. The Sooners topped visiting Missouri and Central Michigan during the home opener in head coach K.J. Kindler’s home debut. After dropping a heartbreaking loss at No. 4 Alabama last weekend, OU rebounded to post a team total of 196.125 to best Missouri (193.825) and Central Michigan (191.025). Brittney Koncak-Schumann led the Sooners with a career-high 9.95 on the beam and a 39.325 all-around score, both meet highs. The Sooners swept every event and had the top three finishers on every apparatus. Redmond took the vault (9.875) and floor (9.875) titles, while Koncak-Schumann swept the bars (9.875) and balance beam with a career high 9.95. The Sooners stuck their landings on all six routines on the uneven bars for the second consecutive meet, earning a team total of 48.70. alabama • Jan. 12, 2007 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Oklahoma nearly pulled off the upset in head coach K.J. Kindler’s debut. The Sooners led after three rotations before falling 195.700-194.500 in front of 11,996 at Coleman Coliseum – the 12th-largest home crowd in Alabama history. The Crimson Tide have never lost a non-conference home dual under 29th-year head coach Sarah Patterson. The Sooners started strong, scoring a 49.050 on vault and winning the uneven bars by a 48.875-48.200 count. Oklahoma held a slim 146.475-146.250 lead after the third rotation, but falls on the floor exercise and balance beam, the team’s final two events, proved costly. Senior Brittney Koncak-Schumann (39.350) finished second in the all-around, just 0.025 points behind Alabama freshman Kassi Price (39.375). Kiara Redmond, a junior from Los Angeles, Calif., tied for first place on the vault with a score of 9.85 and seniors Lori Winn and Brittney Koncak-Schumann shared the beam title, posting a pair of 9.85s. Sophomore Ashley Jackson posted a 9.825 on vault to tie for fourth place. KoncakSchumann (9.85) and Winn (9.825) also posted top five finishes on the uneven pars, finishing third and fourth, respectively. Sophomore Haley DeProspero scored a 9.775 to tie for fifth on the balance beam. Oklahoma also got solid contributions from a pair of newcomers. Jacqueline Flanery, from Plattsburg, Mo., recorded a 9.775s on both the vault and floor exercise. Mary Mantle, a Bellvue, Colo. native, scored a 9.8 on the vault, the Sooners’ second-highest score on the apparatus. NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL Winn shared the beam title with Iowa State’s Janet Anson and also took her first bars crown of the year, tying her career high with a 9.875. Kindler also lauded her team’s vault performance as the best of the year so far. Sophomore Ashley Jackson claimed her third event title of the year, tying her career high with a 9.875. Sophomore Haley DeProspero scored a season-high 9.85 to tie for second place with teammate Kiara Redmond and ISU’s Megan Barnes. Freshman Mary Mantle also finished in the top five on the event with a career-best-tying 9.825. twu quad meet • Jan. 27, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – Junior Kiara Redmond scored a perfect 10 on vault and the eighthranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team took the team title in Saturday’s quad meet against Texas Woman’s University, Centenary and George Washington in Denton, Texas. OU finished with a team total of 195.600, besting runner-up TWU by over four points. GW was third (190.050), while Centenary came in fourth with a 187.950. OU WGYM notes IOWA STATE • feb. 16, 2007 NORMAN, Okla. – For the third time in as many weeks, the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team went on the road and beat a ranked team. Friday’s victim – tenth-ranked Iowa State. The Sooners recorded a team score of 196.250, besting the Cyclones’ 194.425. 2006 season recap team records The 2006 season was filled with many highlights for the Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team. The Sooners compiled a 17-17 overall record and earned a sixth place finish in the first preliminary session of the NCAA National Championships. Three gymnasts earned All-American honors including, Brittney Koncak-Schumann, Kiara Redmond and Stephanie LoPiccolo. Event Score Date Set Total.........................197.725....................03.14.03 Vault.........................49.575......................03.02.02 Bars.........................49.550......................03.14.03 Beam.......................49.675......................03.14.03 Floor........................49.675......................03.07.03 Redmond and Koncak-Schumann were named to the second team in both the all-around and floor exercise, while LoPiccolo earned first team honors on bars after finishing in a tie for fourth and moving on to the individual finals on April 22. OU made its third consecutive trip to the NCAA National Championships and sixth in program history. The Sooners finished the season ranked No. 10 in the nation, which tied for the second best final ranking in program history. Event Score Gymnast, Date Set All-Around..............39.700......... Kasie Tamayo, 2004 Vault.......................10.0............. Kiara Redmond, 2007 Leah Mueller, 2002 Amber McCracken, 2000 Bars.......................10.0............. Allison Landis, 2003 Erin LaBarr, 2005 Beam.....................10.0............. Kasie Tamayo, 2002 Kelly Garrison, 1988 Floor......................10.0............. Patricia Aoki, 2003 As a team, OU earned 27 event titles, including six on vault, seven on bars, seven on beam and seven on floor. Oklahoma posted a 196.000 or better final team score in seven different meets, including a team season high 197.050 in a win over Texas Woman’s University on March 3. It marked the highest team score since the 2004 season. individual records OU Women’s Gymnastics Quick Facts General Information Location................................................................. Norman, Okla. Enrollment..........................................................................30,000 Founded................................................................................1890 President...............................................................David L. Boren Athletics Director..................................................Joe Castiglione Nickname......................................................................... Sooners Colors...............................................................Crimson & Cream Conference......................................................................... Big 12 Arena.........................................Howard McCasland Field House Capacity................................................................................2,300 OU’s All-Time Record............................................361-190 (.655) Team Information 2006 Overall Record..................................................17-17 (.500) High Score........................................................................197.050 Big 12 Finish......................................................................... Third NCAA Finish...........................................................................10th Letterwinners Returning/Lost....................................................9/4 All-Americans Returning/Lost...................................................3/0 Coaching Staff Head Coach................................................................ K.J. Kindler Year.......................................................................... First Season Alma Mater............................................................Iowa State, ‘92 Record at OU...........................................................................N/A Career Record.................................................................. 83-41-1 Assistant Coach................................................................Lou Ball Year.......................................................................... First Season While the team showed success in the gym, the squad’s success in the classroom also drew attention. OU received an overall GPA of 3.42 during the fall term, marking the second highest single-term GPA under former head coach Steve Nunno. The GPA put the Sooners No. 1 on campus among women’s sports for the fall term and second among all sports. Four Sooner gymnasts finished the fall with a 4.0 GPA. On top of that, the team placed four members on the 2006 Academic All-Big 12 team. Kristen Cox, Tara Anderson and Koncak-Schumann were all named to the first team. Anderson and Koncak-Schumann were both nominated with a 4.00 grade point average. Junior Tiffany Willin of Fort Myers, Fla., was named to the second team. Four Sooner gymnasts had standout performances for OU in 2006, including two newcomers. LoPiccolo, Redmond, Koncak-Schumann and Haley DeProspero all had a tremendous season for Oklahoma. Koncak-Schumann, of McQueeney, Texas, competed in the all-around at every meet and won 24 individual titles. During regular season meets she hit 37 of 40 routines and won the all-around competition in each of her last five meets including the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Central Regional. She was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week three times and set team individual highs in three events and in the all-around. DeProspero also competed in the all-around at every meet, winning six individual titles. Redmond finished with five individual titles and posted the team’s best all-around score at the NCAA Championships to finish in seventh. LoPiccolo was the only Sooner gymnast to make it to the individual finals were she finished 11th and earned first team All-America honors. She became only the fourth gymnast in program history to be named All-American on bars. 2006 Schedule and Results Date Opponent Result Jan. 6.....................Cancun Classic...........................................................................................(Fourth, 193.325) Jan. 20...................Southern Utah......................................................................................(W, 195.925) Jan. 29...................@ Texas Woman’s (w/ Air Force)................................................................(First, 195.900) Feb. 4....................Nebraska.................................................................................................(L, 196.000) Feb. 10..................IOWA STATE...............................................................................................(L, 196.050) Feb. 12..................@ Georgia...................................................................................................(L, 195.950) Feb. 17..................@ Missouri..................................................................................................(W, 196.100) Feb. 24..................@ LSU.........................................................................................................(W, 196.950) March 3..................TEXAS WOMAN’S......................................................................................(W, 197.050) March 10................CENTENARY..............................................................................................(W, 196.000) March 17................@ Kent State...............................................................................................(W, 196.575) March 25................Big 12 Championships................................................................................(Third, 195.350) April 7....................NCAA Central Regional...............................................................................(First, 196.375) April 20-22.............NCAA National Championships...................................................................(10th, 195.525) Assistant Coach............................................................Tom Haley Year.......................................................................... First Season 2006 Team Event Highs 2006 Individual Event Highs Women’s Gymnastics Office Phone.....................(405) 325-6876 Women’s Gymnastics Office Fax.........................(405) 325-8337 Event Score Date Set Vault.......................49.475....................... March 3 Uneven Bars..........49.450....................... March 3 Balance Beam........49.350........................ Feb. 24 Floor Exercise........49.225...... March 3, March 17 Team Score...........197.050...................... March 3 Event Score Gymnast(s) All-Around..........39.600.... Brittney Koncak-Schumann Vault.....................9.95...... Schumann, Kiara Redmond Uneven Bars........9.95...... Stephanie LoPiccolo Balance Beam.......9.9....... Lori Winn, Coral Borda, Schumann, Ashley Jackson Floor Exercise.....9.975..... Schumann Media Relations Contact........................................................................Brian Dude E-mail.............................................................briandude@ou.edu Website................................................... www.SoonerSports.com 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes NCAA central regional OU WGYM notes Oklahoma Gymnastics Records the kindler file “We are dedicated to filling our staff with the best and brightest minds in coaching,” said OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione. “K.J. Kindler brings a reputation of great achievement in all aspects of leading a program. She impressed us not only with her accomplishment to this point, but with her lofty goals for the future and her plan for reaching those goals. We are anxious to work with K.J. and her staff as we pursue championships.” Kindler’s 2006 season culminated with Iowa State’s third trip to the NCAA National Championships and its first appearance among the Super Six (teams that qualify from the preliminaries to compete for the national title). The 24-10 Cyclones produced three All-Americans for a second consecutive season, while posting an undefeated mark at home, a 10-1 dual record and an 8-1 standard in duals against ranked opponents. The team also snapped Nebraska’s 60-meet home winning streak. The 2006 squad won its first Big 12 Championship since 2000, and three Cyclone gymnasts earned either an outright or a share of individual titles at the meet. Since she took over head coaching duties at ISU in 2001, Kindler coached eight regional event champions, 11 NCAA individual championship qualifiers and 18 Big 12 champions (three all-arounders). Kindler, an Iowa State graduate, joined the Cyclone staff as an assistant coach in 1992. As an ISU gymnast, she was a three-time MVP for the Cyclones and runner-up in the all-around at the 1992 Big Eight Conference Championship. She was the school’s first individual NCAA Regional qualifier, competing three times in the postseason meet. Kindler hails from Lake Elmo, Minn., and trained under Mary Jane Olsen at Hamline University in St. Paul. In high school, she moved to Connecticut and trained under Frank and Laurie DeFrancesco at Arena Academy in Stamford and Walter Hawkes at Wilton High School. In Connecticut, she won many conference and state titles. The eldest of five siblings, Kindler hails from a gymnastics family. One sister, Lori, competed at Minnesota. She and her husband own and operate Flips Gymnastics in the Twin Cities area. Kindler’s niece, Sydney Kleinhuizen, is a level 6 gymnast, while another of Kindler’s sisters, Meghan, coaches recreational gymnastics. Kindler will serve as the primary coach for the balance beam and will choreograph the beam and floor exercise routines. Kindler is married to OU assistant coach Lou Ball. The couple recently welcomed their first child, Maggie Grace, in September. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL Kindler spent the last six seasons as the head coach at Iowa State. OU WGYM notes head coach k.j. kindler K.J. Kindler, the 2005 National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/ Women (NACGCW) Coach of the Year and three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, enters her first season as the head women’s gymnastics coach at the University of Oklahoma. Education • B.A. Communications/Spanish minor (Iowa State, 1992) Coaching Experience • Head Coach Oklahoma, 2006-Present • Head Coach Iowa State, 2001-2006 • Assistant Coach Iowa State, 1992-2001 Career Coaching Highlights • Led Iowa State to the program’s first Super Six in 2006 • Won 2006 Big 12 Championship with Iowa State • Produced three All-Americans in three seasons (2000, 2005, 2006) • Took Iowa State to NCAA Championships in 2005 • 2004 and 2006 NCAA Regional Coach of the Year • Three-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2006) • 2005 NACGCW Coach of the Year • Coached eight NCAA Regional event champions • Qualified 11 gymnasts for the NCAA individual championships • Coached 18 Big 12 champions (including three all-arounders) Athletic Highlights (Iowa State) • Three-time team MVP • 1992 Big Eight all-around runner-up • Qualified for three NCAA Regionals • First individual regional qualifier in program history Assistant Coach Lou Ball Education • B.A. Liberal Studies (Iowa State, 1999) Coaching Experience • Assistant Coach Oklahoma, 2006-Present • Assistant Coach Iowa State, 1995-2006 Career Coaching Highlights • Helped Iowa State to the program’s first Super Six in 2006 • Won 2006 Big 12 Championship with Iowa State • Had three teams (2000, 2005, 2006) produce three All-Americans • Helped Iowa State to NCAA Championships in 2005 • 2005 NACGCW Co-Assistant Coach of the Year • Two-time NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year (2002, 2004) • Coached two-time regional bars co-champion • Coached two-time All-American on vault • Led gymnasts to Level 10 USA Nationals for eight straight years • Led several pupils to Iowa state titles in Levels 8-10 • Two-time Iowa USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year (1999, 2001) Athletic Highlights (Michigan, Nebraska) • 1992 NCAA vault finalist • Helped Nebraska to NCAA runner-up finishes in 1992 and 1993 • All-Big Eight on vault (1992, 1993) • Spent two seasons at Michigan before transferring to Nebraska Assistant Coach Tom Haley Coaching Experience • Assistant Coach Oklahoma, 2006-Present • Assistant Coach Kentucky, 2004-2006 • Club Coach Gwinnett Gymnastics Center, 2002-2003 • Volunteer Assistant Coach Alabama, 2000-2001 • Club Coach ‘Bama Bounders, 1996-2002 Career Coaching Highlights • 2006 NACGC Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year • Coached two Region 8 Level 10 all-around champions • Gymnast qualified for 2003 Championships of the USA • Coached Level 10 national champion on uneven bars • Coached Level 10 Junior Olympic Team member 10 Senior • brittney koncak-schumann • McQueeney, Texas Vault..................................................................... 9.975 Bars..................................................................... 9.925 Beam................................................................... 9.950 Floor.................................................................... 9.975 All-Around.......................................................... 39.600 Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................... 9.8..............9.85.............9.85............. 9.85..........39.350 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)....................... 9.85............9.875............9.95............. 9.65..........39.325 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)..... 9.95..............9.9.............9.375........... 9.475.........38.700 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.725............9.85..............9.9............. 9.825.........39.300 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)).................................. 9.825...........9.875.............9.9............. 9.875.........39.475 02.16.07.................. Iowa State...................................................... 9.775............9.65............9.875........... 9.875.........39.175 02.18.07.................. Iowa............................................................... 9.875...........9.925...........9.325........... 9.875.........39.000 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S........................................ 9.875...........9.925.............9.9............. 9.875.........39.575 03.09.07.................. Stanford......................................................... 9.975.............9.9.............9.875........... 9.375.........39.125 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................. 9.725...........9.875...........9.875............ 9.85..........39.325 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................. 9.9.............9.875...........9.875............. 9.9...........39.550 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................... 9.7..............9.85..............9.4............... 9.9...........38.850 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Senior • lori winn • Oklahoma City 2007: Earned top-10 finishes on vault (9.8) and beam (9.75) at Big 12 Championship ... Tied for first on beam (9.875) against Pittsburgh ... Set a career high with a 9.85 on vault against the Panthers ... Second on bars (9.85) and tied for third on vault (9.8) and floor (9.825) against Iowa ... Recorded a season-high 9.825 on floor at Stanford ... Scored career highs on vault (9.825) and in the all-around (39.325) and tied her career mark on bars (9.875) against TWU ... Finished third in the all-around, bars, and beam, fourth on floor and tied for fourth on vault against the Pioneers ... Tied for fourth on beam (9.725) at Iowa ... Tied her career highs on bars (9.875) and beam (9.9) at Iowa State ... Took the bars title and shared the beam title against the Cyclones ... Tied for second on bars at Arizona State tri-meet ... Set a career high with a 9.675 on vault at Nebraska ... Finished fourth on bars (9.825) against the Huskers ... Competed in the all-around for thr first time this season at TWU quad meet, finishing third ... Finished second on bars (9.825) against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for Jan. 16 ... Shared the beam title (9.85) with teammate Brittney Koncak-Schumann against No. 4 Alabama ... also finished fourth on bars (9.825) against the Tide. OU Career Highs Vault..................................................................... 9.850 Bars..................................................................... 9.875 Beam................................................................... 9.900 Floor.................................................................... 9.875 All-Around.......................................................... 39.325 Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama............................................................................9.825............9.85............. 9.75............... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)..........................................9.825.............9.7............. 9.725.............. 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU).... 9.475.............9.3.............9.875........... 9.725.........38.375 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.675...........9.825...........9.225........... 9.725.........38.450 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal).........................................................9.85............9.725............. 9.5................ 02.16.07.................. Iowa State..........................................................................9.875.............9.9............... 9.7................ 02.18.07.................. Iowa....................................................................................8.95............9.725.................................. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S........................................ 9.825...........9.875............9.85............ 9.775........ .39.325 03.09.07.................. Stanford.......................................................... 9.75.............9.85............9.225........... 9.825.........38.650 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................... 9.8..............9.85..............9.2............. 9.825.........38.675 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................ 9.85..............9.8.............9.875........... 9.375.........38.900 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................... 9.8.............9.125............9.75............. 9.75..........38.425 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 11 NCAA central regional OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Tied for first on floor with (9.9) at Big 12 Championship ... Also tied for fourth on bars (9.85) at Big 12 meet ... Shared the all-around (39.550), vault (9.9), bars (9.875) and beam (9.875) titles and was runner-up on floor (9.9) against Pitt ... All-around (39.325), bars (9.875) and beam (9.875) champion against Iowa ... Also shared floor title (9.85) with Ashley Jackson in win over the Hawkeyes ... Won the vault title at Stanford with a career-high 9.975 ... Shared the all-around title against TWU with teammate Kiara Redmond with a season-high 39.575 ... Also won the bars (9.925) and beam (9.9) and finished second on vault (9.875) and floor (9.875) against the Pioneers ... Won the bars title with a career-high 9.925 at Iowa ... Also won the floor (9.875) and tied for first on vault (9.875) against the Gym Hawks ... Second on floor (9.875) and third on beam (9.875) at Iowa State ... Won her third all-around title of the season at the Arizona State tri-meet with a season-high 39.475 ... Also won the bars (9.875), tied for second on floor (9.875), tied for third on vault (9.825) and fourth on beam (9.9) at ASU ... Earned her third Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honor on Feb. 5 ... Won her second all-around title of the season at Nebraska ... Tied for first on beam (9.9), tied for second on bars (9.85) and finished fourth on floor (9.825) against the Huskers ... Tied her career highs on vault (9.95) and bars (9.9) and finished second in the all-around at TWU quad meet ... Also took the bars title at TWU ... Won the all-around (39.325), bars (9.875) and beam (9.95) against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Beam score against the Tigers and Chippewas was a career high ... Big 12 Gymnast of the Week for Jan. 16 ... Finished second on the allaround against No. 5 Alabama ... also shared the beam title with teammate Lori Winn against the Crimson Tide. Junior • ashley cooney • Plano, Texas Vault..................................................................... 9.950 Bars..................................................................... 9.900 Beam................................................................... 9.925 Floor.................................................................... 9.975 All-Around.......................................................... 39.600 Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................................................................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)........................................................................................................ 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)...................................................................................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State........................................................................................................................................ 02.18.07.................. Iowa................................................................................................................................................. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.......................................................................................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford........................................................................................................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................................................................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................................................................................................. 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................................................................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Junior • caitlin hinkis • Simsbury, Conn. 2007: Tied for third on bars with a 9.8 versus Pitt ... Second on bars (9.8) at Iowa ... Fifth on bars with a season-high 9.825 at Arizona State tri-meet ... Tied for third (9.7) on bars against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Finished seventh on bars against No. 4 Alabama. OU Career Highs Vault......................................................................... n/a Bars..................................................................... 9.850 Beam................................................................... 9.875 Floor.................................................................... 9.750 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.............................................................................9.75...................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)............................................9.7....................................................... 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska...........................................................................9.725..................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal))......................................................9.825..................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State..........................................................................9.725..................................................... 02.18.07.................. Iowa.....................................................................................9.8....................................................... 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S..............................................................9.8....................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford...............................................................................9.8....................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA...................................................................................9.3....................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH.....................................................................9.8....................................................... 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships........................................................9.15...................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 12 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Unable to compete for medical reasons. Junior • jessica kinder • Kansas City, Mo. Vault..................................................................... 9.800 Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam................................................................... 9.800 Floor.................................................................... 9.850 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................................................................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)........................................................................................................ 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)).................................................................................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State........................................................................................................................................ 02.18.07.................. Iowa................................................................................................................................................. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.......................................................................................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford........................................................................................................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................................................................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................................................................................................. 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................................................................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Junior • stephanie lopiccolo • Melbourne, Australia 2007: Third on bars (9.825) against Iowa ... Tied for fourth on bars with a season-high 9.85 against TWU ... Tied for fourth on bars with a 9.75 at Iowa ... Scored a career-high 9.925 to take second place on beam versus Missouri and Central Michigan ... Finished eighth on bars against No. 4 Alabama. OU Career Highs Vault......................................................................... n/a Bars..................................................................... 9.950 Beam................................................................... 9.925 Floor........................................................................ n/a All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama............................................................................9.725...........9.225.................................. 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)............................................9.6.............9.925.................................. 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)........................9.725............9.35................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska...........................................................................9.725.............9.0.................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)...................................................................................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State..........................................................................9.725..................................................... 02.18.07.................. Iowa....................................................................................9.75...................................................... 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.............................................................9.85...................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford.............................................................................9.675..................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA.................................................................................9.825..................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH....................................................................9.75...................................................... 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships.......................................................9.825..................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 13 NCAA central regional OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Junior • kiara redmond • Los Angeles, Calif. Vault................................................................... 10.000 Bars..................................................................... 9.900 Beam................................................................... 9.900 Floor.................................................................... 9.925 All-Around.......................................................... 39.575 Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama......................................................... 9.85............9.725.............9.3............. 9.825.........38.700 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)...................... 9.875...........9.525............9.85............ 9.875.........39.125 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)..... 10.0.............9.75............9.725........... 9.875.........39.350 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.875............9.75............9.775............. 9.8...........39.200 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)..................................... 9.25.............9.85............9.825........... 9.875.........38.800 02.16.07.................. Iowa State....................................................... 9.85..............9.8..............9.05............ 9.775.........38.475 02.18.07.................. Iowa............................................................... 9.875...........9.775............9.75............. 9.85..........39.250 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S........................................ 9.875.............9.9.............9.875........... 9.925.........39.575 03.09.07.................. Stanford......................................................... 9.925...........9.825...........9.825........... 9.925.........39.500 03.17.07.................. IOWA.............................................................. 9.75............9.775...........9.775........... 9.825.........39.125 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................. 9.9.............9.875............9.85............ 9.925.........39.550 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships................................... 9.825...........9.875.............9.9............. 9.875.........39.475 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Sophomore • haley deprospero • McKinney, Texas 2007: Matched her season high (9.85) to tie for fifth on vault at Big 12 Championship ... Tied for first on beam (9.875) and finished third on floor with a season-high 9.875 against Pitt ... Third in the all-around (39.000) and tied for fourth on beam (9.75) against Iowa ... Shared the beam title (9.9) and finished third in the all-around (39.200) at Stanford ... Tied for fourth on vault (9.825) against TWU ... Tied for fourth on bars (9.75) and floor with a season-high 9.825 at Iowa ... OU’s top all-around finisher with a season-high 39.200 at Iowa State ... Tied for second on vault (9.85) and tied for fourth on beam (9.825) against ISU ... Tied for second on beam with a career-high 9.925 at Arizona State ... Competed in the all-around for the first time this season against No. 6 Nebraska ... Fourth on beam against the Huskers .. Finished second on bars (9.85) and beam (9.85) at TWU quad meet ... Scored a career-high 9.9 on beam against Missouri and Central Michigan, tying for third place ... Tied for fifth (9.775) on beam versus No. 4 Alabama. OU Career Highs Vault..................................................................... 9.925 Bars..................................................................... 9.900 Beam................................................................... 9.925 Floor.................................................................... 9.900 All-Around.......................................................... 39.425 Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama........................................................ 9.725...........9.625...........9.775.................................. 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)...................... 9.775.............9.7...............9.9.................................... 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU).... 9.775............9.85.............9.85................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.775...........9.225...........9.875............ 9.15..........38.025 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)..................................... 9.65..............9.7.............9.925............. 9.8...........39.075 02.16.07.................. Iowa State....................................................... 9.85............9.725...........9.825............. 9.8...........39.200 02.18.07.................. Iowa................................................................ 9.75.............9.75..............9.2............. 9.825.........38.525 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S........................................ 9.825...........8.925...........9.125.................................. 03.09.07.................. Stanford......................................................... 9.725...........9.725.............9.9.............. 9.85..........39.200 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................. 9.725...........9.725............9.75.............. 9.8...........39.000 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH............................................... 9.825...........9.775...........9.875........... 9.875.........39.350 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships.................................... 9.85............9.825.............9.8............... 9.6...........39.075 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 14 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Second on beam with career-high 9.9 at Big 12 Championship ... Also third on bars (9.875) and tied for third on floor (9.875) to finish third in the all-around (39.475) at Big 12 meet ... Shared the all-around (39.550), vault (9.9) and bars (9.875) crowns against Pitt ... Also won the floor exercise (9.925) against the Panthers ... Second in the all-around (39.125) against Iowa ... Won the all-around (39.500), and floor (9.925) at Stanford ... Shared the all-around title against TWU with teammate Brittney Koncak-Schumann, scoring a career-best 39.575 ... Won the floor exercise against the Pioneers with a career-high 9.925 ... Set a career mark on bars (9.9) against TWU ... Took the all-around title at Iowa with a season-high 39.250 ... Also tied for first on vault (9.875), tied for second on floor (9.85) and finished third on beam (9.75) and bars (9.775) against the Gym Hawks ... Tied for second on vault (9.85) at Iowa State ... Tied for second on bars (9.85) at Arizona State ... Also tied for second on floor against ASU and Cal with a 9.875 ... Third in the all-around (39.200) and second on vault (9.875) in upset of Nebraska ... Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for Jan. 31 ... Scored the Big 12’s first perfect score of the season on vault at TWU quad meet ... Also won her first all-around title of the season against TWU and won the floor exercise ... Runner-up to teammate Brittney KoncakSchumann for the all-around title against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Took the vault and floor crowns against the Tigers and Chippewas ... Tied for the vault title (9.85) against No. 4 Alabama. Sophomore • ashley jackson • Hudsonville, Mich. Vault..................................................................... 9.900 Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam................................................................... 9.900 Floor.................................................................... 9.875 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama........................................................ 9.825................................9.25............. 9.35............... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)...................... 9.875...............................9.375............ 9.85............... 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU).............................................9.65.............. 9.8................ 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.725.................................9.8.............. 9.75............... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)..................................... 9.85.................................9.85............. 9.85............... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State...................................................... 9.875...............................9.825........... 9.825.............. 02.18.07.................. Iowa................................................................. 9.8.................................9.825........... 9.825.............. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.......................................... 9.9.................................9.675........... 9.875.............. 03.09.07.................. Stanford........................................................... 9.7...................................9.8.............. 9.85............... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................. 9.825.................................9.1.............. 9.85............... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH............................................... 9.875.................................................. 9.825.............. 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................... 9.8...................................................... 9.8................ 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Sophomore • gina lesko • Allen, Texas 2007: OU Career Highs Vault......................................................................... n/a Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam....................................................................... n/a Floor........................................................................ n/a All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................................................................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)........................................................................................................ 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)...................................................................................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State........................................................................................................................................ 02.18.07.................. Iowa................................................................................................................................................. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.......................................................................................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford........................................................................................................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................................................................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................................................................................................. 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................................................................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 15 NCAA central regional OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Earned top-10 finishes on vault (9.8) and floor (9.8) at Big 12 Championship ... Third on vault (9.875) against Pitt ... Shared the vault title (9.825) with Jackie Flanery and tied Brittney Koncak-Schumann for first on floor (9.85) in Iowa win ... Tied for third on floor (9.85) at Stanford ... Vault champion with a career-high 9.9 against TWU ... Also tied for second on floor with a career-high-tying 9.875 ... Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for Feb. 20 ... Won the beam title (9.825) at Iowa ... Also finished fourth on vault (9.8) and tied for fourth on floor (9.825) against the Gym Hawks ... Tied her career high (9.875) on vault to take the event title at Iowa State ... Tied for first on vault (9.85) at Arizona State tri-meet ... Scored a season-high 9.8 on beam to finish fifth at Nebraska ... Second on floor at TWU quad meet ... Tied for first on vault with a career-high 9.875 against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Also finished second on floor (9.85) against MU and CMU ... Tied for fourth on vault (9.825) against No. 4 Alabama. Freshman • jacqueline flanery • Plattsburg, Mo. Vault..................................................................... 9.825 Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam....................................................................... n/a Floor.................................................................... 9.825 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama........................................................ 9.775.................................................. 9.775.............. 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)...................... 9.775.................................................. 9.825.............. 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...... 9.8.................................................... 9.725.............. 02.02.07.................. Nebraska....................................................... 9.725.................................................... 9.7................ 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal).................................... 9.775.................................................. 9.675.............. 02.16.07.................. Iowa State...................................................... 9.775.................................................. 9.675.............. 02.18.07.................. Iowa............................................................... 9.775.................................................. 9.775.............. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S........................................ 9.825.................................................. 9.575.............. 03.09.07.................. Stanford......................................................... 9.775......................................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................. 9.825......................................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH............................................... 9.825......................................................................... 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships.................................... 9.65.......................................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Freshman • mary mantle • Bellvue, Colo. 2007: Tied for fifth on vault (9.775) at Iowa ... Tied her career high (9.825) on vault to tie for fifth at Iowa State ... Scored a career-high 9.825 to tie for third on vault in win at Arizona State ... Recorded a pair of 9.725s on floor and bars in her first competition on each at TWU quad meet ... Tied for third on vault with a 9.8 at TWU ... Scored a 9.8 on vault in her first collegiate competition at No. 4 Alabama. OU Career Highs Vault..................................................................... 9.825 Bars..................................................................... 9.725 Beam....................................................................... n/a Floor.................................................................... 9.725 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................... 9.8........................................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)...................... 9.675......................................................................... 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...... 9.8.............9.725.............................. 9.725.............. 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal).................................... 9.825............9.65...................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State...................................................... 9.825......................................................................... 02.18.07.................. Iowa............................................................... 9.775......................................................................... 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S.......................................................................................................................... 03.09.07.................. Stanford........................................................................................................................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA............................................................................................................................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH................................................................................................................................. 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships..................................................................................................................... 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 16 NCAA CENTRAL REGIONAL OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Tied for fifth with a career-high-tying 9.825 versus Pitt ... Won first career event title on vault, tying her career best with a 9.825 on vault against Iowa ... Scored a career-high 9.825 on vault to tied for fourth against TWU ... Tied for fifth on vault (9.775) at Iowa ... Seventh on vault at Arizona State tri-meet ... Tied for third on vault at TWU quad meet ... Tied for third on floor (9.825) and fifth on vault (9.775) against Missouri and Central Michigan ... Scored a pair of 9.775s on vault and floor in her first collegiate competition at No. 4 Alabama. Freshman • kristin smith • Oklahoma City Vault......................................................................... n/a Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam................................................................... 9.725 Floor.................................................................... 9.850 All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama..................................................................................................................... 9.0................ 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)................................................................................. 9.675.............. 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)...................................................................................................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State........................................................................................................................................ 02.18.07.................. Iowa.......................................................................................................................... 9.775.............. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S..................................................................................................... 9.6................ 03.09.07.................. Stanford...................................................................................................................... 9.0................ 03.17.07.................. IOWA......................................................................................................................... 9.75............... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH.......................................................................................9.725............ 9.85............... 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships............................................................................9.55............ 9.675.............. 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. Freshman • hollie vise • Dallas, Texas 2007: Recorded the Sooners’ second-best beam score (9.825) at the Big 12 Championship ... Scored a career-best 9.85 to tie for fourth on beam against Pitt ... Tied for fourth on beam with a 9.775 against Iowa ... Runner-up on beam (9.775) at Iowa ... Tied for fourth with a 9.825 on beam at Iowa State ... Scored a 9.8 on beam in her first collegiate competition at Arizona State tri-meet. OU Career Highs Vault......................................................................... n/a Bars......................................................................... n/a Beam................................................................... 9.850 Floor........................................................................ n/a All-Around................................................................ n/a Date Event V UB BB FX AA 01.12.07.................. Alabama.......................................................................................................................................... 01.20.07.................. MISSOURI (w/ C. Michigan)........................................................................................................ 01.27.07.................. Texas Woman’s (w/ Centenary and GWU)...................................................................................... 02.02.07.................. Nebraska......................................................................................................................................... 02.09.07.................. Arizona State (w/ Cal)..............................................................................9.8.................................... 02.16.07.................. Iowa State..............................................................................................9.825.................................. 02.18.07.................. Iowa.......................................................................................................9.775.................................. 03.02.07.................. TEXAS WOMAN’S................................................................................9.725.................................. 03.09.07.................. Stanford...................................................................................................9.7.................................... 03.17.07.................. IOWA......................................................................................................9.75................................... 03.24.07.................. PITTSBURGH........................................................................................9.85................................... 03.31.07.................. Big 12 Championships...........................................................................9.825.................................. 04.14.07.................. NCAA Regionals................................................. 04.26.07.................. NCAA Qualifiers.................................................. 04.27.07.................. NCAA Team Finals............................................. 04.28.07.................. NCAA Event Finals............................................. 2007 oklahoma women’s gymnastics notes 17 NCAA central regional OU Career Highs OU WGYM notes 2007: Scored a career-high 9.85 on floor to tie for fourth against Pitt ... Also recorded a 9.725 in her first collegiate action on beam against the Panthers ... Tied for seventh on floor (9.75) against Iowa ... Scored a 9.0 on the floor exercise in her first collegiate competition at No. 4 Alabama.