PREVIEW: Big 12 Championships

PREVIEW: Big 12 Championships

Mar 20, 2014 by Courtney Boggs
PREVIEW: Big 12 Championships
 

The Big 12 Women's Gymnastics Championship takes place Saturday, March 22 at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W. Va.

Oklahoma, who is ranked No. 3 nationally, will be looking to capture their seventh Big 12 title. West Virginia's Hope Sloanhoffer is hoping to claim the first all-around individual title for the Mountaineers. The senior currently leads the Big 12 and is ranked No. 25 nationally with a 39.28 RQS.



Camille Santerre-Gervais of Iowa State will set out to dethrone OU's, Taylor Spears on the uneven bars. Santerre-Gervais has had a breakout season on this event, scoring a 9.95 or higher five times this season. She comes into the championships with the second highest regional qualifying score (RQS) in the Big 12.



Oklahoma heads into Morgantown with the top individual RQS on each event. The Sooners dominated the All-Big 12 leaderboard, sweeping 11 of the 14 spots. Sophomore Haley Scaman leads the way with honors on three event. Senior Taylor Spears and freshman Chayse Capps follow with two honors each. Maile'ana Kenewa, Keeley Kmieciak, Lara Albright, and Rebecca Clark round out the All-Big 12 awards for OU.



Competition is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT with live scoring updates available through www.big12sports.com.