Kindler Reaches 500 Career Wins Friday

Friday, February 26

Norman, OK

6:45 PM

University of Oklahoma

197.175

196.875

Denver

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Kindler Reaches 500 Career Wins Friday

February 26, 2021 | Women's Gymnastics

Highlights Final Stats The Road to 500 Photo Gallery

3 Oklahoma

197.175

Denver

196.875

TWU

193.650

Lindenwood

191.625

Highlights / Stats / Photos

Team Scores
	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
OU	49.375	49.475	49.000	49.325
DU	49.200	49.275	49.225	49.175
LIND	48.875	48.400	46.550	47.800
TWU	48.225	48.450	48.425	48.550

High Scores
Event	Gymnast	Score
Vault	Audrey Davis (OU)	9.95
Bars	Audrey Davis (OU), Lynnzee Brown (DU)	9.95
Beam	Jenna Dunn (OU), Karrie Thomas (OU)	9.900
Floor	Lynnzee Brown (DU)	9.975
AA	Lynnzee Brown (DU)	39.650

OU Team Highs
Event	Gymnast	Score
Vault	Audrey Davis	9.950
Bars	Audrey Davis	9.950
Beam	Jenna Dunn, Karrie Thomas	9.900
Floor	Anastasia Webb	9.900
AA	Anastasia Webb	39.350

NORMAN – Oklahoma head coach K.J. Kindler notched her 500^th career win in a quad meet victory over Denver, Lindenwood and TWU Friday night inside Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners notched a 197.175 to take down Denver (196.875), TWU (193.650) and Lindenwood (191.625). OU improved to 14-0 on the year and 4-0 in the Big 12 as they picked up a conference win over rival Denver.

This is the second milestone win for Kindler in 2021. On Feb. 13, the 15-year head coach reached her 400^th win as the head coach of Oklahoma.

"A coach only wins when their players are amazing," Kindler said. "They're the reason I'm here and the reason we do what we do as a staff. This is their win, too – it's definitely their 400th win at Oklahoma; we've been a staff together the whole time and we do what we do because we want these young women to enjoy their experience, to get every single little last bit out of it and to walk out being a better person, having a plan with their life and just growing. We do this for them; this is theirs, really, not ours. Kudos to our alumni – I saw many of them in the stands tonight and all those across the country, you guys did this."

Freshman Audrey Davis won a pair of event titles on the night. For the fifth time this season, Davis took home the uneven bars title with a career-best 9.95. The freshman also took home vault with a 9.95 as she tallied her second career high of the night. Sophomore Jenna Dunn and senior Karrie Thomas shared the beam title with matching 9.9s. Denver's Lynnzee Brown won floor with a 9.975 and the all-around with a 39.650.

"So many feelings," Kindler said. "Lot of good things, then a lot of not so great things. We just need to put all four events together. Tonight, bars was our best performance of the year. Even if the score doesn't show it, we definitely stuck the most landings, were really good with our angles today, very aggressive, I felt, on bars. I think we had four stuck landings and two tiny little checks on landings. So, a really good day on bars. Also, Ragan back in the lineup on bars – I know a lot of people are wondering how she's doing and if she's coming back. Ironically enough, she stuck her first bar dismount today after injuring her ankle, so I would say she's doing pretty good. She's coming back on all the events right now and we should see her soon."

The Sooners led after the first rotation, notching a 49.375 on vault. Denver tallied a 49.275 on bars, TWU a 48.425 on beam and Lindenwood a 47.800 on floor in the first rotation. Sophomore Allie Stern notched a 9.750 in the No. 2 spot in the rotation. Freshman Katherine LeVasseur added a 9.850 on a huge Yurchenko 1.5, followed by a 9.9 from senior Anastasia Webb. In the No. 5 spot, senior Evy Schoepfer stuck her tucked 1.5 for a 9.925. Davis anchored with a career-high 9.95 on her Yurchenko 1.5 with a gorgeous vault and stuck landing.

"Audrey Davis, doing the vault for the second time, stuck it," Kindler said. "Won the event as a freshman the second time doing it – really impressive. Evy also just really sticking her vault cold. I thought that was really exceptional."

OU notched a season-high 49.475 on bars in the second rotation with Denver going 49.225 on beam, TWU 48.550 on floor and Lindenwood tallying a 48.875 on vault. The Sooners stuck five of six dismounts in the rotation. Junior Olivia Trautman tallied a 9.850 in the leadoff spot. LeVasseur matched her career high on the event with a 9.925 as she nailed the landing on her double layout dismount. Sophomore Ragan Smith added a 9.875 in her first time in the lineup since Feb. 13. Webb finally nailed her dismount for a 9.85 in the No. 4 spot, while Thomas added a 9.875 in the No. 5 spot with a stuck double layout. Anchoring again was Davis who matched her career best with a 9.50 and a stuck double front.

The third rotation was uncharacteristic as the Sooners had been strong on beam the last three weeks. OU tallied a 49.000 on the event, with Denver adding a 49.175 on floor, TWU a 48.225 on vault and Lindenwood a 48.400 on bars. Sophomore Jenna Dunn started things off strong for the Sooners with a phenomenal routine as she nailed her triple series and stuck her gainer full dismount for a leadoff 9.9. In the No. 2 spot, Schoepfer followed with a 9.750 and Davis added a 9.75 in the No. 4 spot. Thomas notched a 9.9 in the No. 5 spot and Webb anchored with a 9.7.

"Balance beam started off great," Kindler said. "Jenna really getting us started and definitely when we make mistakes, we have to be more aggressive following up on those. Those are going to happen and we have to remember that our gymnastics is our gymnastics and we do it whether it's smooth sailing or a rough sea. Just need to be more aggressive when those things happen and going for it a little bit harder."

OU closed out the meet with a 49.325 on floor to Denver's 49.200 on vault, TWU's 48.450 on bars and Lindenwood's 46.550 on beam. Senior Jordan Draper started things off strong with her energetic routine for a 9.875. Schoepfer wrapped up her three event night with a 9.875 of her own. Freshman Bell Johnson tallied a 9.825, followed by a 9.85 from Emma LaPinta. Webb anchored the rotation and the meet with a 9.900 for a 39.350 all-around score.

OU returns to the LNC for one final time in 2021 when they host BYU on Friday, March 5. The 2021 senior class of Jordan Draper, Evy Schoepfer, Karrie Thomas, Anastasia Webb and Carly Woodard will be honored in a postmeet ceremony.