It’s no secret that 2024 didn’t end the way Oklahoma planned. There’s plenty of reason for optimism for the Sooners, though; this team returns somehow deeper in 2025 and will remain a top contender for the national championship. Another consolation for Oklahoma fans is this: After the last few titles the Sooners lost, they returned the next year stronger and more focused, with any lingering technical issues tidied up.
2024 Rewind
No. 6 overall | No. 1 at Big 12s | No. 1 in regular season | NCAA semifinals
Everything went right for the 2024 Sooners except the most important thing. Obviously, the NCAA semifinal vault meltdown was devastating. Prior to that meet, Oklahoma was one of the most dominant teams in the history of the sport, but that might not be much consolation to this famously competitive group.
Losses & Gains
| Returning | In |
| Fifth-Years Audrey Davis Seniors Jordan Bowers Danae Fletcher Danielle Sievers Juniors Ava Siegfeldt Faith Torrez Sophomores Aspen Lenczner Hannah Scheible Caitlin Smith Keira Wells | Freshmen Elizabeth Blessey Addison Fatta Elle Mueller Lily Pederson Kelsey Slade Hurley Snow |
| Out | |
| Graduated Soraya Hawthorne (FX) Bell Johnson (FX) Katherine LeVasseur (AA) Sheridan Ramsey Ragan Smith (UB, BB, FX) Meilin Sullivan (UB, BB) Transferred Amy Wier Retired Madison Snook Caitin Kirkpatrick | |
| Injury Update | |
| Danae Fletcher was limited in 2024 due to injury and looked to be on the comeback trail before being spotted in a knee brace on her opposite leg in November. Hannah Scheible has been absent from training clips and is rumored injured, but nothing has been confirmed. Caitlin Smith has finally been spotted training after a brutal sequence of injuries that kept her out her first two years in Norman. | |
Fresh Faces
Oklahoma boasts our No. 2-ranked freshman class. The four scholarship athletes are all decorated and consistent prospects who can contend on multiple events. Elle Mueller’s 2024 Nastia Liukin Cup win made waves while Lily Pederson has the highest level 10 all-around score in MyMeetScores record-keeping history, possibly ever.
Apparatus Deep Dive
Vault
2024 Event Ranking: No. 1 | NQS: 49.545 | Average: 49.462
| Event Overview: Oklahoma’s vault disaster in semifinals didn’t come from nowhere. All year this event was slightly less consistent than we’re used to seeing from the Sooners. The slightly less perfect Sooners were still the best vault team in the country, but watch this group closely in January for the ability to string sticks together. | ||
| Locks: Jordan Bowers, Faith Torrez, Keira Wells These are the strongest returners of a deep and talented group. The fact that Bowers and Torrez are two of the athletes who had issues in the infamous semifinal is unlikely to trouble the coaches; these two are veterans who have proven their ability to bounce back. Keira Wells had a slightly lower score ceiling than the others last year, but she looks phenomenal in preseason training so far, sticking nearly every vault we’ve seen. | ||
| Contenders: Elizabeth Blessey, Audrey Davis, Addison Fatta, Elle Mueller, Lily Pederson, Danielle Sievers This is where it gets weird. Oklahoma has been showing nine 10.0 SV vaults consistently through preseason, and these are the six we didn’t mention as locks. Freshman Elizabeth Blessey is the least known name here, but she has an excellent front handspring pike half. The other three freshmen have solid Yurchenko one and a halves. Danielle Sievers didn’t vault last year, but she’s up with Keira Wells in the preseason stick count. Audrey Davis has often led off this lineup with a consistent but slightly less tidy one and a half. | ||
| Wildcards: Danae Fletcher, Hannah Scheible, Ava Siegfeldt, Kelsey Slade Kelsey Slade has been showing an immaculate Yurchenko full in training and will be an appealing backup option. The other three are returners who have 10.0 SV vaults but haven’t been seen in training this year. |
Bars
2024 Event Ranking: No. 1 | NQS: 49.700 | Average: 49.638
| Event Overview: Bars might be Oklahoma’s best event; it’s visually immaculate and incredibly consistent, with a 2024 season low of 49.450. A couple of important routines graduated, though, so look for freshmen to step up. | ||
| Locks: Jordan Bowers, Audrey Davis, Danielle Sievers These seniors are clean, consistent, and emphatic. They’ve been crushing it on bars for years and will continue to do so. Sievers doesn’t threaten for 10.0s like the other two, but she keeps her “lock” status due to her perfect consistency in the lead-off spot as well as the stability she’ll provide to a lineup that will likely feature at least a couple of newcomers. | ||
| Contenders: Addison Fatta, Elle Mueller, Lily Pederson, Kelsey Slade, Faith Torrez All four scholarship freshmen are capable of a classic Oklahoma bar routine with perfect handstands and stuck landings. Torrez will likely return to this lineup. However, this is her weakest event, and there’s a small chance she’ll be outcompeted by a freshman. | ||
| Wildcards: Danae Fletcher, Caitlin Smith Danae Fletcher is a strong option here if healthy. A true wildcard, redshirt sophomore Caitlin Smith has been spotted on this event after years away due to injury. |
Beam
2024 Event Ranking: No. 1 | NQS: 49.725 | Average: 49.640
| Event Overview: Long the engine of Oklahoma’s success, generations of Oklahoma beamers have achieved at the very highest level. It might be hard for us to imagine Oklahoma beam without Ragan Smith, but don’t expect it to throw the Sooners for very long. | ||
| Locks: Jordan Bowers, Audrey Davis, Faith Torrez Though Torrez was the top Oklahoma beamer in 2024, all three of these athletes topped out at 9.975 last year. Davis is the longtime leadoff of this lineup, and head coach K.J. Kindler has spoken extensively about how much she loves Davis there, so don’t expect that to change. | ||
| Contenders: Addison Fatta, Elle Mueller, Lily Pederson, Kelsey Slade, Keira Wells Is it a cop-out to just pick all four scholarship freshmen as contenders on every event? Probably. Is it absolutely the truth? Yes. It shouldn’t take long for Oklahoma coaching to make these four consistent weapons. Wells is already in there, she just hasn’t quite reached the scoring heights of the “lock” athletes. Yet. | ||
| Wildcards: Aspen Lenczner, Ava Siegfeldt, Caitlin Smith, Hurley Snow You know Kindler loves a surprise beam debut, so we’ve scoured the training footage to try to guess this year’s sneaky beamer. Ava Siegfeldt earns her place in this category as last year’s surprise, debuting with a 10.0 and then never quite finding consistency after that. This could be her year, but it’s too soon to know for sure. |
Floor
2024 Event Ranking: No. 2 | NQS: 49.690 | Average: 49.619
| Event Overview: Despite being Oklahoma’s only event that didn’t rank No. 1 in 2024, floor is definitely a strength. This event is consistent and has the ability to go crazy, especially at home. It’s also the event where the most routines graduated—but the newcomers are more than capable. | ||
| Locks: Jordan Bowers, Faith Torrez Oklahoma’s top returning floor gymnasts are both machines on this event, contending for 10.0s week after week. They were both ranked in the top 15 during the regular season last year. | ||
| Contenders: Audrey Davis, Addison Fatta, Elle Mueller, Lily Pederson, Danielle Sievers Davis is very consistent on floor but lacks the ceiling of the top Oklahoma floor athletes, meaning she’s vulnerable to replacement. Sievers didn’t compete floor last year until nationals but has been successful in the past and has been a consistent presence in training clips. | ||
| Wildcards: Danae Fletcher, Kelsey Slade, Keira Wells Wells was a good floor gymnast in level 10, so it’s been exciting to see her appear in training this fall. Fletcher, once again, is absolutely in the mix if healthy. |
Records Watch
Team: 198.950 | AA: 39.925 | VT: 49.775/10.000 | UB: 49.825/10.000 | BB: 49.800/10.000 | FX: 49.825/10.000
The sky’s the limit for the Sooners. Vault is the only event on which the team program record wasn’t tied last year, and it’s not impossible to do so in 2025. The team’s overall record is new from 2024, but beating that one would require moving unthinkably closer to a 199.
The Big Picture
This team doesn’t need a lot of deep analysis. The 2024 Sooners had the championship in their control and lost it. This year, they’ll in all likelihood still have it in their control. A 2019-style revenge season is the most likely outcome.
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Article by Rebecca Scally
