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Sooners Ranked No. 1 Across the Board

Sooners Ranked No. 1 Across the Board

February 20, 2017 | Women's Gymnastics

Oklahoma Team Rankings
  Ranking RQS
Overall 1 197.890
Vault 1 49.430
Bars 1 49.495
Beam 1 49.475
Floor 1 49.550
Individual Rankings
Gymnast Event Rank RQS
Natalie Brown BB T-10 9.880
Chayse Capps VT T-18 9.860
  UB T-23 9.860
  BB T-2 9.925
  FX 9 9.900
  AA 6 39.430
Stefani Catour UB T-4 9.895
  BB T-20 9.870
Brenna Dowell VT T-7 9.900
  FX T-20 9.875
AJ Jackson VT T-9 9.895
  FX T-5 9.925
Nicole Lehrmann UB T-4 9.895
Maggie Nichols VT 1 9.935
  UB 1 9.945
  BB 1 9.945
  FX 1 9.965
  AA 1 39.785

NORMAN For the sixth straight week, the Sooners are the No. 1 team in the nation, and Oklahoma also rose to first place on all four events. This week marks the first time this season that rankings have been determined by regional qualifying scores (RQS).

RQS is based on a team's six best regular season scores, three of which must be away. The overall high score is eliminated, and the five remaining scores are averaged. RQS scores are used to determine seeding for regional competition at six campus sites on April 1.

Oklahoma RQS
1. 198.350 (A)
2. 198.075 (A)
3. 198.025 (H)
4. 197.925 (A)
5. 197.750 (H)
6. 197.675 (A)
RQS: 197.890

LSU remained in second place with a RQS of 197.655, while Florida holds third (197.435). Alabama (197.085) and Utah (196.965) round out the top five. On Friday, the Sooners will welcome No. 7 Georgia to Lloyd Noble Center in their last home contest of 2017.

Additionally, the Sooners hold the top spot on all four events for the first time this season, posting regional qualifying scores of 49.430 (vault), 49.495 (bars), 49.475 (beam) and 49.550 (floor). OU also possesses the highest season average on each apparatus.

This marks the third straight year that the Sooners have swept the No. 1 rankings at some point during the regular season. OU is one of only four programs to achieve a No. 1 sweep since 1997, joining Florida, Georgia and UCLA.

Seven Sooners hold a nation-leading total of 18 individual top-25 rankings, which are also determined by RQS beginning this week.

Freshman Maggie Nichols is ranked first in the all-around with a 39.785 RQS and also holds the top spot on all four events with marks of 9.935 (vault), 9.945 (bars), 9.945 (beam) and 9.965 (floor).

Also securing five rankings in senior Chayse Capps, whose 39.430 RQS is good for sixth place in the all-around. She is also tied for 18th on vault (9.860), tied for 23rd on bars (9.860), tied for second on beam (9.925) and ninth on floor (9.900).

Junior Stefani Catour and sophomore Nicole Lehrmann share fourth place on bars with a 9.895 RQS, while Catour is also tied for 20th on beam (9.870). With a 9.880 RQS, junior Natalie Brown is also ranked on beam, holding a share of 10th place.

Ranked on both vault and floor are junior AJ Jackson and sophomore Brenna Dowell. On vault, Dowell is tied for seventh (9.900), and Jackson shares ninth (9.895). Jackson is tied for fifth place on floor (9.925), while Dowell is tied for 20th (9.875).

The Sooners will face Georgia for a second straight meet when they host the No. 7 Gymdogs for Senior Night. The contest will begin at 6:45 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 24, inside Lloyd Noble Center. Tickets are available for purchase online or by calling the OU Athletics Tickets Office at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-GoOU.

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