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Women's Gymnastics

No. 2 Huskers Win Big 12 Championship - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site

Columbia, Mo. -- The second-ranked Husker women's gymnastics team captured its third straight Big 12 Championship title with a final score of 197.50, defeating No. 6 Oklahoma (197.025), No. 25 Missouri (196.700) and No. 13 Iowa State (195.70) in Columbia, Mo., Saturday evening at the Hearnes Center.

 

Junior Richelle Simpson stole the show and was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, as she took first-place in the all-around competition with a score of 39.80, breaking her own Big 12 all-around record set last season. Simpson scored a perfect 10 on the floor exercise for the third time this season and won individual titles on the vault (9.90), floor exercise (10.00) and the balance beam (9.975).