Oklahoma wins NCAA women's gymnastics championship for fourth time in five years

University of Oklahoma gymnastics prima Faith Torrez came up with a clutch championship-winning regular for her squad successful the NCAA championships Saturday, extending the program's dynasty.

Torrez nailed the last regular connected the level workout arsenic the past rival connected the last rotation to enactment the Sooners up for their 4th title successful 5 years. It was the past regular of her assemblage career.

Torrez scored a 9.950 to springiness the Sooners a squad full of 198.1625, conscionable up of LSU astatine 198.0750. 

Florida was third, portion Minnesota closed the champion play successful programme past by finishing fourth.

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Faith Torrez of the University of Oklahoma competes connected the vault during the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships astatine Dickies Arena successful Fort Worth, Texas, April 16, 2026. (Alicia Malnati/Getty Images)

"It means everything. I’m truthful arrogant of this team," Torrez said aft winning the NCAA all-around rubric Thursday. "To bash it with them, I wouldn’t privation to bash it with anyone else."

LSU initially surged to the beforehand done 3 rotations acknowledgment successful portion to a cleanable 10 connected the vault by Kailin Chio, the archetypal cleanable people awarded astatine the nationalist championships since 2023.

The Tigers finished connected the equilibrium beam portion the Sooners went to the level exercise. At NCAA competitions, six gymnasts vie successful each event, with the lowest people being dropped, and the apical 5 scores added unneurotic to nutrient the squad total.

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Faith Torrez of the Oklahoma Sooners won the all-around title during the National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships astatine Dickies Arena successful Fort Worth, Texas, April 16, 2026. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos)

LSU’s slim 0.0750 pb near it small borderline for error. A autumn by Lexi Zeiss connected the beam, which came aft Zeiss was forced to endure a prolonged hold arsenic judges worked connected teammate Kylie Coen’s score, opened the doorway conscionable capable for the Sooners to propulsion through.

The Tigers rebounded down Konnor McClain, the 2022 US Gymnastics nationalist champion, and Chio.

The conscionable came down to the last 2 competitors, Torrez connected the level and Chio connected the beam.

Torrez, who battled injuries each play and didn’t adjacent vie successful the all-around until nationals, enactment unneurotic a dynamic 90-second performance, forcing Chio to beryllium cleanable for the Tigers to win.

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Faith Torrez of the Oklahoma Sooners competes successful the level workout during the National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships astatine Dickies Arena successful Fort Worth, Texas, April 16, 2026. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos)

Chio, who had 13 cleanable tens during the season, was dazzling, but her people of 9.900 was not rather capable to derail Oklahoma’s dynasty.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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