The blog has digressed from just Sooner related, but it’s good to talk. I did need to do another Sooner Blog so what better thing to talk about than the Sooner Women’s Gymnastics team along with Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci… A ‘Perfect’ match! If you didn’t already know, we love the Sooner Gymnasts from our visit. Everyone was so amazing when we stopped at a couple of practices, they really made us feel welcomed and nothing was too much trouble. We also love Bart and Nadia as Nadia was Stacie’s idol growing up and Bart was kind enough to let Stacie use his gym at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy and to spend time with us talking about something for the future which Stacie and I would love to be apart of.
Health, Fitness, Wellbeing and all things related are close to the heart for Stacie and I. We both have a background in Sports Science and is something we are passionate about. The Bart and Nadia Sports and Health Festival in association with The Oklahoman was dedicated to improving the health and fitness of all Oklahomans. A great cause, which was then headlined by the The Perfect 10 Challenge. This was the Sooners facing off with Iowa State and Southeast Missouri State at the Cox Convention Center.
Oklahoma (12-2) scored 197.200, beating Iowa State (195.175) and Southeast Missouri (189.600) easily, breaking 197.00 for the third time this year. Senior Megan Ferguson led the Sooners with event titles on beam (9.9) and floor (9.95) and continued her fantastic season, where she has being the Sooners most consistent performer. She is a joy to watch with some fantastic routines and you just get the feeling when she is performing, it’s always going to be inch perfect. The Sooners won all four individual event titles, Sara Stone (9.925) on vault with Brie Olson and Hayden Ward (9.85) sharing the bars win . Taylor Spears also won the all around with 39.400. An all around dominating performance for the girls!
K.J Kindler spoke about the event in saying “What an incredible inaugural event for Oklahoma City. We were very excited to be a part of the first Perfect 10 Challenge. It was a classy event and I hope that more and more people will get involved, excited and come out every year to support this great cause.”
Former OU gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist Bart Conner also mentioned that “Nobody is as polished as K.J. Kindler’s team” which will give everyone great confidence going forward. They do have a couple of early season losses but its better to get them out the way now and then finish strong and not lose another all the way to winning the Title! I fully believe the team has the ability, the passion and the leadership to achieve this. The whole squad is fantastic and the coaching staff are finest in the country (slight bias maybe, but its all the truth).
The team, after another road trip returns home to the Lloyd Noble Centre on Friday 24th Feb at 7pm. This is a tri-meet with TWU and #22 Michigan. I know many of you will be there, but if you have never been to the Gymnastics before, it is extremely great value for tickets and you will come away in amazement. The girls work so hard and really do appreciate the support and it would be fantastic to get more fans through the door to cheer them on to another victory. Heck, if I get enough response from this I’ll even think about giving away a pair of tickets from my own pocket to get a couple of people down…. the only catch is you have to be Stacie and I and talk in a British accent because we cannot be there!!
So get down and show your support! It can make all the difference! BOOMER
British Sooner 
Posted on February 11, 2012
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