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Oklahoma Sweeps Big 12 Weekly Honors

Jordan Bowers, Ava Siegfeldt and Faith Torrez took home this week's conference gymnasts of the week awards.
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Oklahoma Sweeps Big 12 Weekly Honors
Oklahoma Sweeps Big 12 Weekly Honors

By OU Athletics

A trio of Oklahoma underclassmen swept the weekly Big 12 Conference honors for opening weekend, the league announced Tuesday. 

Jordan Bowers was named Gymnast of the Week, Ava Siegfeldt was Event Specialist of the Week and Faith Torrez was named Newcomer of the Week.

Freshmen Siegfeldt and Torrez earned their first career conference honors, while Bowers notched her eighth weekly league honor and her third Big 12 Gymnast of the Week accolade.

All three were instrumental in helping lead OU to the highest score in the nation on opening weekend and second-best season-opening score in program history with a 197.925 at the Super 16 meet in Las Vegas over No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Auburn and then-No. 10 UCLA, which is now ranked No. 6.

Bowers set two career highs last Saturday to help OU pick up a trio of top-10 team victories with a 197.925 at the Super 16. On beam, her career-best 9.925 tied for second in Las Vegas and 10th nationally with Siegfeldt. She surpassed her career-high mark in the all-around with a 39.650, good for second at the Super 16 and nationally. Bowers’ stuck Yurchenko 1.5 on vault (9.975) won her the event title and secured the No. 1 vault score in the nation during opening weekend. She also posted a 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor in Las Vegas.

Siegfeldt and Torrez both had strong introductions to collegiate gymnastics, earning top-10 finishes nationally on at least one event after the first week. Siegfeldt was stunning and confident on beam (9.925), which tied for second with Bowers at last Saturday’s meet and ranked 10th nationally.

With difficult and powerful tumbling, Torrez earned her first career individual title and tied for the nation’s best floor score with a 9.950. She is the first OU freshman since Olivia Trautman in 2019 to post the best score nationally in a season-opening meet. Torrez registered a 9.900 on beam last Saturday, ending with a rare and difficult double-back dismount. She also earned a 9.875 on bars.

Oklahoma returns to action Monday, Jan. 16 with a road showdown at No. 10 LSU. The meet is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2.

The Sooners open their home slate Jan. 22 at 6:45 p.m. against No. 6 Utah inside Lloyd Noble Center.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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