NORMAN — Nearly 10 months ago, OU’s women’s gymnastics team was No. 1 and poised to make a run at a second consecutive national championship and a fourth in five seasons.
But then, in a short span, everything came crumbling down.
First, the Sooners’ final regular-season meet was canceled, then the Big 12 championship and soon after, the NCAA postseason.
“It was heartbreaking,” Carly Woodard said. “Because we’d put so much work into it.”
Sunday, the second-ranked Sooners open the 2021 season against No. 21 Arizona State at Lloyd Noble Center hoping to pick up where they left off last season and appreciating the opportunity a bit more.