Oklahoma flexed its gymnastics prowess on Saturday, dominating the NCAA gymnastics final to win a second straight championship — officially taking four of the last five titles.
After a packed weekend, the Sooners’ 198.1625 final score edged out LSU by .0875 while sitting 0.475 ahead of third-place Florida, with surprise finalist Minnesota finishing fourth.
“They’re all incredibly special,” Oklahoma head coach KJ Kindler said after adding an eighth NCAA trophy to her collection. “You don't get immune to the feeling of having an accomplishment like this.”
“None of us were really paying attention to the score because at the end of the day, if we do our best gymnastics, that’s all we can ask for,” Oklahoma gymnast Lily Pederson said. “We can’t control the score. And I think that's what we all did.”
Oklahoma’s individual NCAA gymnastics performances also stole the show, as senior Faith Torrez shocked the field by winning the all-around competition in her 2026 all-around debut.
“I had no intentions of doing this at the beginning of the season, middle of the season, but to be here and have everything kind of just play out as it did was really amazing,” Torrez said after besting frontrunners Kailin Cho (LSU) and Jordan Chiles (UCLA).
