Three Sooners Compete at Individual Finals

April 21, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- A day after finishing national runners-up at the NCAA Championships, four gymnasts represented the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team at the NCAA Individual Finals on Sunday.

Sophomore Erica Brewer finished fourth on bars in her first Individual Final. Brewer scored a 9.8875, the second-highest score by a Sooner on bars at a Final behind only Hollie Vise's 9.925 in 2010.

"I feel fantastic," Brewer said of her routine. "I went for everything. This weekend I stuck all three of my dismounts. I didn't hold anything back."

Participating in the first Individual Final of her career, Brewer also competed on beam, taking ninth with a 9.2750.

Also representing the Sooners and competing in her first Individual Final, sophomore Rebecca Clark placed seventh on bars with a score of 9.8250.

"I had a great experience and enjoyed it," Clark said. "The whole weekend has been amazing and something I'll never forget."

Individual National Champions
Event	Gymnast	Score
Vault	Milliner (UA), Courville (LSU)	9.9250
Bars	Alaina Johnson (UF)	9.9125
Beam	Bridget Sloan (UF)	9.9000
Floor	Joanna Sampson (UM)	9.9375

OU Individual Results
Event	Gymnast	Place	Score
Vault	Madison Mooring	21st	9.7917
Bars	Rebecca Clark	7th	9.8250
Bars	Erica Brewer	4th	9.8775
Beam	Erica Brewer	9th	9.2750

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Junior Madison Mooring became the first Sooner to compete on vault twice in a career at the Individual Final, scoring 9.7917 to finish 21st.

"It was nice to be back," Mooring said. "It felt different being without my team, but they were cheering me on and I had a fun time."

Under head coach K.J. Kindler, OU has had 20 individual event finalists in the past seven seasons compared to 12 in the program's previous 25 seasons combined.