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#5 Red Rocks Set To Host Arizona State In Pac-12 Opener
1/22/2024 12:23 PM | Gymnastics
Utah Gymnastics returns to the Huntsman Center for final Pac-12 season opener
MEET WEEK
Fifth-ranked Utah Gymnastics is set to return to home on Friday, Jan. 26, to open up Pac-12 action hosting Arizona State in Salt Lake City. The Red Rocks and Sun Devils will compete in the Jon M. Huntsman Center with introductions set to begin at 5:45 p.m. MT, and the first vault coming at 6 p.m. MT.Â
Arizona State will begin on bars and Utah will begin on vault. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Mountain with Jim Watson and Amanda Borden on the call. Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700 will also broadcast the meet live from the arena with Mike Lageschulte and Kyndal (Robarts) Pond covering the action.Â
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FOR THE FANS
Help the Red Rocks celebrate Philanthropy Night. Get together and take in a night of Utah Gymnastics with your favorite community group, youth group, or local charity organization. The kid zone will be lively with a face painter, balloon artists, and different interactive games. There will be posters, trading cards, and 10.0 cards for the fans.Â
CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE
• Utah earned at least a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the fourth-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share since its inception in 2020.Â
• Utah has won six Pac-12 Championships, which includes its back-to-back-to-back titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Becoming the first team in since the league expanded to win three-straight Pac-12 Championships.
• Utah's six Pac-12 Championships are the most by any team in the conference. Utah has claimed the title in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023.Â
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
• Utah hit the 198 mark a program-record five times in 2023, which included a 198.550 against a top 10 California team.
• Utah advanced to a school and NCAA record 47th-straight national championship, remaining the only school in the nation to have appeared in every national championship to date.
QUICK STICKS
• Utah fell to Arizona State in Tempe last season 197.550-197.500
• The Red Rocks have won 9 of 10 against the Sun Devils.
• Utah is 38-2 at the Huntsman Center against Arizona State.Â
• Utah was picked to win the Pac-12 title in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Utah owns the most Pac-12 Championships among Pac-12 institutions with a league-best six Pac-12 Championships (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023).
• The Red Rocks return 16 routines from last year's third-place team, including five All-American honorees.Â
• Utah returns 16-of-24 routines from last year's third-place finish at the NCAA Championship
CHALK TALK
• Head coach Carly Dockendorf enters her first season leading the Red Rocks program and her seventh overall. Utah's coaching staff is in its third year together as a whole, with Jimmy Pratt and Myia Hambrick returning to assist Dockendorf.
• The Red Rocks have hit 41 of 45 routines throughout the start of the 2024 season
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championship, third-straight and sixth Pac-12 Championship, and an NCAA Regional title.
• Utah saw a few career firsts during week two, with Amelie Morgan matching her career-high score on bars with a 9.950 earning a share of the event title. Camie Winger scored a 9.950 on vault at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad to capture her first collegiate win.
• Makenna Smith posted a career-high 39.525 score in the all-around at the Best of Utah for her second win in the event of the season. She has added a pair of vault wins to her tally throughout the early going.Â
STANDOUT STATS
• The Red Rocks saw four scores of 9.90 or above at the ESPN Events InviteÂ
• Utah tallied 17 scores over 9.80 in their first of two events spanning three days
• Utah had all of their bar routines hit for over 9.80 with Grace McCallum, Amelie Morgan and Maile O'Keefe taking the top three spots and scoring over 9.90.
• Utah took the top three spots on beam with Maile O'Keefe leading the way, scoring her second perfect 10.0 of the season. Amelie Morgan and Abby Paulson posted a pair of 9.950 scores to tie for the second spot.Â
• The Red Rocks dominated the floor competition, taking the top four spots, with Maile O'Keefe and Grace McCallum tying for first with a score of 9.950. Makenna Smith and Abby Paulson added a pair of 9.925s earning the share of third.
• Utah walked out of the Best of Utah with 10 scores of 9.9 or better.
SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE
2024 Week Three Ranking: 29th
Head Coach: Jay Santos
2024 Week 3 Ranking: 28th
Head Coach: Jay Santos
• Arizona State Sun Devil Gymnastics took first with a 196.200 in their most recent tri-meet at No. 25 Southern Utah on Friday night, with Utah State taking second (195.375) and SUU placing third (195.075)
.• Arizona State scored a 196-plus for the second meet in a row.Â
• The team scored a 49.475 on vault, which is the highest total ASU has seen since February 10, 2006 at home. It is the eighth-highest vault score in program history. The first four gymnasts all stuck their vaults, each score earning a 9.900 or better.
• Arizona State Sun Devil Gymnastics took first with a 196.200 in their most recent tri-meet at No. 25 Southern Utah on Friday night, with Utah State taking second (195.375) and SUU placing third (195.075)
UP NEXT
Utah will stay home at the Jon M. Huntsman Center for more Pac-12 action hosting Oregon State for Character Day on Friday, Feb. 2. The Pac-12 battle between the Utes and Beavers will begin with introductions at 5:45 p.m. MT. Come see what various characters will be strolling around the concourse the night of the event. Kids are encouraged to participate in the festivities and dress up in their favorite character attire. Â Â
MY OH MAI
• Maile O'Keefe has officially put her name at the top of the record books, breaking the record for the most 10s on beam in a career.Â
• O'Keefe has pushed her career total 10.0 perfect scores to 13 and now sits as the program record holder for most 10s on beam in a season (6) and a career (12).Â
• The Las Vegas native is a four-time national champion (bars and floor, 2021; beam and all-around, 2023)
• She boasts 68 career victories and has hit 183-185 career routines.
• O'Keefe became the first Ute in history to record a perfect score on beam at the NCAA Championships where she recorded consecutive 10.0s at the 2023 semifinal and final
• O'Keefe picked up right where she left off a year ago, scoring a 10.0 in her first beam routine of 2024.
• O'Keefe has already tallied two perfect 10.0 scores this season (Boise State and Best of Utah)
• She earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week after the opening week of competition
AMAZING GRACE
•  After suffering a knee injury in the fifth meet of the 2023 season, Grace McCallum returned for the NCAA Championships to claim the runner-up title on bars with a score of 9.9375.Â
•  McCallum's sophomore season consisted of eight event victories. She scored a 9.925 or better in six of seven bar routines. Adding a 9.925 or better in four of five floor routines during the 2023 campaign.
• Won the all-around twice in 2023 with victories at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah and against Washington.
• Has hit 14 consecutive routines dating back to 2023.
SUPER SENIOR LEADERSHIP
•  Utah returns three fifth-year seniors to the squad in 2024 including Maile O'Keefe, Abby Paulson and Jaedyn Rucker.
•  With a combined 95 event wins amongst the trio, O'Keefe has tallied 68 wins during her Red Rocks career, 32 on beam, 14 on bars, nine on floor, two vault and 11 all-around.Â
•  Maile O'Keefe has set the single-season record for 10.0 scores on beam in back-to-back seasons, posting three in 2022 and doubling her total in 2023 with six.
•  Rucker secured 15 event wins, with 12 on vault and three floor victories. She has three perfect 10.0 career vaults all of which she hit during the 2023 season.
•  Paulson adds 14 event wins to the tally with 11 wins on beam and three on floor.Â
NEW KIDS TO THE ROCKS
• Utah welcomes five new faces to the Red Rocks squad this year, with the addition of Elizabeth Gantner, Olivia Kennedy, Camie Winger, Ella Zirbes; along with Temple University transfer Ashley Glynn.
• The four freshmen bring in national championship-caliber routines. Gantner was the 2021 Level 10 National Champion on bars and beam, claiming the runner-up spot in the all-around.Â
• An Orem native, Camie Winger, earned a pair of back-to-back runner-up titles in 2021 and 2022 at the Level 10 National Championships on floor and bars. Winger added a top-five finish, taking fourth-place in the all-around at the 2022 and 2023 Level 10 Championships.
• Ella Zirbes brings a pair of national titles with her to Salt Lake City, winning the 2019 and 2023 all-around and the bars crown at the Level 10 Championships.
TOP BEAM TEAM IS BACK
• Utah finished the 2023 regular season as the nation's top-ranked beam team after posting a NQS of 49.670 and returns four of six routines from a year ago.
• Utah returns the NCAA Champion on beam, Maile O'Keefe, after earning a pair of All-American honors during the regular season and the NCAA Championships.Â
• Amelie Morgan tallied a 9.875 or better on beam in seven competitions, including a 9.9125 at the NCAA Final.
Fifth-ranked Utah Gymnastics is set to return to home on Friday, Jan. 26, to open up Pac-12 action hosting Arizona State in Salt Lake City. The Red Rocks and Sun Devils will compete in the Jon M. Huntsman Center with introductions set to begin at 5:45 p.m. MT, and the first vault coming at 6 p.m. MT.Â
Arizona State will begin on bars and Utah will begin on vault. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Mountain with Jim Watson and Amanda Borden on the call. Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700 will also broadcast the meet live from the arena with Mike Lageschulte and Kyndal (Robarts) Pond covering the action.Â
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FOR THE FANS
Help the Red Rocks celebrate Philanthropy Night. Get together and take in a night of Utah Gymnastics with your favorite community group, youth group, or local charity organization. The kid zone will be lively with a face painter, balloon artists, and different interactive games. There will be posters, trading cards, and 10.0 cards for the fans.Â
CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE
• Utah earned at least a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the fourth-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share since its inception in 2020.Â
• Utah has won six Pac-12 Championships, which includes its back-to-back-to-back titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Becoming the first team in since the league expanded to win three-straight Pac-12 Championships.
• Utah's six Pac-12 Championships are the most by any team in the conference. Utah has claimed the title in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023.Â
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
• Utah hit the 198 mark a program-record five times in 2023, which included a 198.550 against a top 10 California team.
• Utah advanced to a school and NCAA record 47th-straight national championship, remaining the only school in the nation to have appeared in every national championship to date.
QUICK STICKS
• Utah fell to Arizona State in Tempe last season 197.550-197.500
• The Red Rocks have won 9 of 10 against the Sun Devils.
• Utah is 38-2 at the Huntsman Center against Arizona State.Â
• Utah was picked to win the Pac-12 title in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Utah owns the most Pac-12 Championships among Pac-12 institutions with a league-best six Pac-12 Championships (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023).
• The Red Rocks return 16 routines from last year's third-place team, including five All-American honorees.Â
• Utah returns 16-of-24 routines from last year's third-place finish at the NCAA Championship
CHALK TALK
• Head coach Carly Dockendorf enters her first season leading the Red Rocks program and her seventh overall. Utah's coaching staff is in its third year together as a whole, with Jimmy Pratt and Myia Hambrick returning to assist Dockendorf.
• The Red Rocks have hit 41 of 45 routines throughout the start of the 2024 season
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championship, third-straight and sixth Pac-12 Championship, and an NCAA Regional title.
• Utah saw a few career firsts during week two, with Amelie Morgan matching her career-high score on bars with a 9.950 earning a share of the event title. Camie Winger scored a 9.950 on vault at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad to capture her first collegiate win.
• Makenna Smith posted a career-high 39.525 score in the all-around at the Best of Utah for her second win in the event of the season. She has added a pair of vault wins to her tally throughout the early going.Â
STANDOUT STATS
• The Red Rocks saw four scores of 9.90 or above at the ESPN Events InviteÂ
• Utah tallied 17 scores over 9.80 in their first of two events spanning three days
• Utah had all of their bar routines hit for over 9.80 with Grace McCallum, Amelie Morgan and Maile O'Keefe taking the top three spots and scoring over 9.90.
• Utah took the top three spots on beam with Maile O'Keefe leading the way, scoring her second perfect 10.0 of the season. Amelie Morgan and Abby Paulson posted a pair of 9.950 scores to tie for the second spot.Â
• The Red Rocks dominated the floor competition, taking the top four spots, with Maile O'Keefe and Grace McCallum tying for first with a score of 9.950. Makenna Smith and Abby Paulson added a pair of 9.925s earning the share of third.
• Utah walked out of the Best of Utah with 10 scores of 9.9 or better.
SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE
2024 Week Three Ranking: 29th
Head Coach: Jay Santos
2024 Week 3 Ranking: 28th
Head Coach: Jay Santos
• Arizona State Sun Devil Gymnastics took first with a 196.200 in their most recent tri-meet at No. 25 Southern Utah on Friday night, with Utah State taking second (195.375) and SUU placing third (195.075)
.• Arizona State scored a 196-plus for the second meet in a row.Â
• The team scored a 49.475 on vault, which is the highest total ASU has seen since February 10, 2006 at home. It is the eighth-highest vault score in program history. The first four gymnasts all stuck their vaults, each score earning a 9.900 or better.
• Arizona State Sun Devil Gymnastics took first with a 196.200 in their most recent tri-meet at No. 25 Southern Utah on Friday night, with Utah State taking second (195.375) and SUU placing third (195.075)
UP NEXT
Utah will stay home at the Jon M. Huntsman Center for more Pac-12 action hosting Oregon State for Character Day on Friday, Feb. 2. The Pac-12 battle between the Utes and Beavers will begin with introductions at 5:45 p.m. MT. Come see what various characters will be strolling around the concourse the night of the event. Kids are encouraged to participate in the festivities and dress up in their favorite character attire. Â Â
MY OH MAI
• Maile O'Keefe has officially put her name at the top of the record books, breaking the record for the most 10s on beam in a career.Â
• O'Keefe has pushed her career total 10.0 perfect scores to 13 and now sits as the program record holder for most 10s on beam in a season (6) and a career (12).Â
• The Las Vegas native is a four-time national champion (bars and floor, 2021; beam and all-around, 2023)
• She boasts 68 career victories and has hit 183-185 career routines.
• O'Keefe became the first Ute in history to record a perfect score on beam at the NCAA Championships where she recorded consecutive 10.0s at the 2023 semifinal and final
• O'Keefe picked up right where she left off a year ago, scoring a 10.0 in her first beam routine of 2024.
• O'Keefe has already tallied two perfect 10.0 scores this season (Boise State and Best of Utah)
• She earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week after the opening week of competition
AMAZING GRACE
•  After suffering a knee injury in the fifth meet of the 2023 season, Grace McCallum returned for the NCAA Championships to claim the runner-up title on bars with a score of 9.9375.Â
•  McCallum's sophomore season consisted of eight event victories. She scored a 9.925 or better in six of seven bar routines. Adding a 9.925 or better in four of five floor routines during the 2023 campaign.
• Won the all-around twice in 2023 with victories at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah and against Washington.
• Has hit 14 consecutive routines dating back to 2023.
SUPER SENIOR LEADERSHIP
•  Utah returns three fifth-year seniors to the squad in 2024 including Maile O'Keefe, Abby Paulson and Jaedyn Rucker.
•  With a combined 95 event wins amongst the trio, O'Keefe has tallied 68 wins during her Red Rocks career, 32 on beam, 14 on bars, nine on floor, two vault and 11 all-around.Â
•  Maile O'Keefe has set the single-season record for 10.0 scores on beam in back-to-back seasons, posting three in 2022 and doubling her total in 2023 with six.
•  Rucker secured 15 event wins, with 12 on vault and three floor victories. She has three perfect 10.0 career vaults all of which she hit during the 2023 season.
•  Paulson adds 14 event wins to the tally with 11 wins on beam and three on floor.Â
NEW KIDS TO THE ROCKS
• Utah welcomes five new faces to the Red Rocks squad this year, with the addition of Elizabeth Gantner, Olivia Kennedy, Camie Winger, Ella Zirbes; along with Temple University transfer Ashley Glynn.
• The four freshmen bring in national championship-caliber routines. Gantner was the 2021 Level 10 National Champion on bars and beam, claiming the runner-up spot in the all-around.Â
• An Orem native, Camie Winger, earned a pair of back-to-back runner-up titles in 2021 and 2022 at the Level 10 National Championships on floor and bars. Winger added a top-five finish, taking fourth-place in the all-around at the 2022 and 2023 Level 10 Championships.
• Ella Zirbes brings a pair of national titles with her to Salt Lake City, winning the 2019 and 2023 all-around and the bars crown at the Level 10 Championships.
TOP BEAM TEAM IS BACK
• Utah finished the 2023 regular season as the nation's top-ranked beam team after posting a NQS of 49.670 and returns four of six routines from a year ago.
• Utah returns the NCAA Champion on beam, Maile O'Keefe, after earning a pair of All-American honors during the regular season and the NCAA Championships.Â
• Amelie Morgan tallied a 9.875 or better on beam in seven competitions, including a 9.9125 at the NCAA Final.
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