2022 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships: Oklahoma, Utah, Florida, and Auburn advance to final; Trinity Thomas leads event winners

The 2022 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships got off to an exciting start at Dickies Arena on Thursday in Fort Worth.

Outstanding team and individual performances in Semifinal 1 and Semifinal 2 saw four teams – Oklahoma and Utah (Semifinal 1) and Florida and Auburn (Semifinal 2) – book tickets to Saturday’s Four on the Floor team final while Florida’s Trinity Thomas dominated event finals, winning three of five possible individual national titles.

See below for the final team scores from Thursday’s semifinals, shown ranked by score with bold teams advancing to the final.

The top two teams from each semifinal advanced.

Defending champion Michigan fell short of the final after slowly unraveling throughout the meet, having to count a fall on beam in the final rotation.

Auburn stars Suni Lee and Derrian Gobourne were key to the Tigers advancing, with Lee winning the balance beam national title with a 9.9625 and finishing third on floor with a 9.950. Gobourne contributed a 9.950 on bars and 9.9625 on floor, narrowly missing the marks for individual titles on both events.

Utah’s Jaedyn Rucker won the vault title with a 9.9625 – the only individual from Semifinal 1 to go on to win a national title.

Thomas turned up the heat when her team needed her the most. On bars, the former elite standout had to wait more than 10 minutes to take her swing after an equipment malfunction held up competition. After an extra one-touch warmup, Thomas posted a 9.9750, winning the event title.

In the final rotation, Thomas was once again perfect on floor, earning a 10.000 to win floor and clinch the all-around title with a 39.8125, topping Lee’s second-place mark of 39.6750.

The team final, dubbed the “Four on the Floor,” will take place Saturday at 1 p.m. ET live on ABC.

You can relive all the semifinal action by visiting our live blog from the day.