Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
Friday, March 6
Salt Lake City, UT
7:00 PM
University of Utah
vs
Stanford
No. 4 Utah Gymnastics Returns Home To Host Stanford Friday
3/2/2020 3:30 PM | Gymnastics
Utes to close out Pac-12 play this week against the Cardinal.
MEET WEEK
The No. 4-ranked Utah gymnastics team (10-0, 6-0 Pac-12) is set to compete at home this Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. MT against Stanford (3-12, 0-7 Pac-12) for a Pink Meet in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The meet between the Utes and Cardinal will be streamed live on UtahUtes.com and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio. Additionally, the meet will also be simulcast on the Pac-12 Plus Facebook page live.Â
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IN THE RANKINGSÂ
Utah remained ranked No. 4 in the country entering week nine of the season. The Utes are No. 3 in the nation on beam, No. 6 on floor, No. 7 on bars and No. 10 on vault. Kim Tessen ranks No. 9 on bars and No. 10 (tie) on vault. Sydney Soloski is No. 6 (tie) on floor, while Cristal Isa ranks tied for No. 12 on beam and No. 14 on bars. Also in the top-25 in the nation on beam, Abby Paulson is No. 9 (tie), Adrienne Randall is No. 15, while Maile O'Keefe rounds out the ranked Utes on beam at No. 19 (tie). Alexia Burch is tied for No. 25 on vault.
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FOR THE FANS
Friday's meet will be themed as a Pink Meet with fans being encouraged to wear pink. There will be 3,000 pink Pom Pom's distributed across the lower bowl. Utah Athletics has teamed up with Soles4Souls to collect new or gently used shoes to provide relief, create jobs and empower people to break the cycle of poverty. Fans can contribute to the shoe drive by bringing shoes to the next two home gymnastics meets. For more information on Soles4Souls, click here. Additionally, as a part of the Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge, fans are encouraged to donate cookbooks, measuring cups, hand towels, Kleenex and other household items at the meet on Friday.
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BY THE NUMBERS
• Utah remained undefeated this season and is 10-0 to start the year. The last time Utah started a season 10-0 was in 2015.
• Utah scored a 197.675 in the road meet against Washington, which is the second-highest team score this season for the Utes.
• Utah scored its fourth 49.600 or higher on beam this season. Utah joins Florida as the only two schools in the nation to have at least four scores of 49.600-plus on beam.
• Ute head coach Tom Farden earned his 100th career victory at Utah from the win against Washington.
• The Red Rocks posted a season-high 49.550 on floor that was powered by Missy Reinstadtler posting a career-high 9.975 and Sydney Soloski scoring a 9.95 to match her career mark.
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QUICK STICKS
• Utah clinched the first-ever Pac-12 Regular Season Championship outright from the win against Washington.
• Inside the Pac-12 rankings, Utah has four beam workers ranking inside the top-six of the conference on beam. Abby Paulson (No. 3 in the Pac-12), Cristal Isa (No. 4), Randall (No. 5) and O'Keefe (No. 6) all have an NQS on beam of 9.90 or higher.
• Tessen moved to the No. 1 vaulter in the Pac-12 after week eight with an NQS score of 9.90.
• Kim Tessen has scored a 9.90 on at least one event in every meet this season. Maile O'Keefe has scored a 9.90 or higher on beam in the last five meets, while Adrienne Randall has claimed four-straight beam scores of 9.925 or higher.
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CHALK TALK
• Utah has had 10 of the 12 competing gymnasts earn at least one event victory this season.
• Individual winners this season are Kim Tessen (9), Abby Paulson (5), Sydney Soloski (5), Cristal Isa (4), Maile O'Keefe (4), Missy Reinstadter (3), Alexia Burch (2), Hunter Dula (1), Emilie LeBlanc (1) and Adrienne Randall (1).
• Pac-12 weekly award winners have been Tessen (Jan. 14) and Randall (Feb. 12) as Pac-12 Specialists of the Week, and O'Keefe (Jan. 29, Feb. 18) as a two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.
• Utah has hit 182-192 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine are O'Keefe (27-27), Paulson (20-20), Burch (17-17), LeBlanc (16-16), Soloski (16-16), Randall (15-15), and Dula (4-4).
UPPERCLASSMEN COME UP BIG AT UW
Utah saw its upperclassmen take charge in the road meet at Washington, coming up big in timely situations. On bars, Missy Reinstadtler finally got the first Utah stick on a dismount and went on to score a 9.925, which matched a season-high to win the bars title. Kim Tessen then came up big for Utah once again on vault and anchored with a 9.925 to win the event. On floor, Sydney Soloski and Reinstadtler had phenomenal efforts to lift Utah to a season-high team score. Soloski posted a career-tying 9.95, while Reinstadtler closed out the lineup with a career-high 9.975. Remaining very consistent meet to meet, Alexia Burch went 9.875 on vault and 9.850 on beam, while Emilie LeBlanc posted a 9.875 on bars and a 9.825 on beam.
BEAM QUEENS
Starting with the meet against Cal, Utah's beam team has recorded four-straight scores of 49.600 or higher to rank No. 3 in the nation. The Utes are posted a historic beam effort that topped the previous school beam record by 0.125 after Utah posted a 49.775 to win the Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles against UCLA. Abby Paulson earned the first 10.0 of the season on any event by a Ute and the first perfect score on beam for Utah since 2008. The Utes posted five scores of 9.90 or higher to close out the road meet in Los Angeles. Utah's beam team has now clinched three road wins in Pac-12 play (Cal, UCLA, and Washington) with their stellar finishes to the meet. In all three road meets, at least three Utes earned a 9.95 or higher on beam. The Utes are one of two teams in the NCAA to have four or more 49.600-plus scores on beam this season.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah has a 36-6 all-time series lead over Stanford (14-1 in Salt Lake City) and has won the last 15 matchups. The Utes saw the Cardinal three times last season at the GymQuarters Invitational, a dual meet and the Pac-12 Championships. In the dual meet at Stanford last season, Adrienne Randall won the floor title with a 9.90.
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SCOUTING STANFORD
Head Coach: Tabitha Yim (3rd Year)
2019 NCAA Finish: No. 22
National Rank: N/A
Record: 3-12, 0-7 Pac-12
Notes: Stanford's season high this year is a 196.250 that came at home against UCLA … Stanford competed Monday night (March 2) against Arizona State for a short turnaround before the meet against Utah … top all-arounder is Kyla Bryant (39.425 season-high), who is tied for No. 22 in the nation on floor … Stanford's three wins this season have come from San Jose State, UC Davis and Sacramento State.
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UP NEXT
Utah gymnastics will close out the regular season next Friday, March 13 against Utah State at 7 p.m. MT in the Huntsman Center. The Utes will recognize seniors Kim Tessen and Missy Reinstadtler for their contributions over the course of their four years in the program.
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The No. 4-ranked Utah gymnastics team (10-0, 6-0 Pac-12) is set to compete at home this Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. MT against Stanford (3-12, 0-7 Pac-12) for a Pink Meet in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The meet between the Utes and Cardinal will be streamed live on UtahUtes.com and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio. Additionally, the meet will also be simulcast on the Pac-12 Plus Facebook page live.Â
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IN THE RANKINGSÂ
Utah remained ranked No. 4 in the country entering week nine of the season. The Utes are No. 3 in the nation on beam, No. 6 on floor, No. 7 on bars and No. 10 on vault. Kim Tessen ranks No. 9 on bars and No. 10 (tie) on vault. Sydney Soloski is No. 6 (tie) on floor, while Cristal Isa ranks tied for No. 12 on beam and No. 14 on bars. Also in the top-25 in the nation on beam, Abby Paulson is No. 9 (tie), Adrienne Randall is No. 15, while Maile O'Keefe rounds out the ranked Utes on beam at No. 19 (tie). Alexia Burch is tied for No. 25 on vault.
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FOR THE FANS
Friday's meet will be themed as a Pink Meet with fans being encouraged to wear pink. There will be 3,000 pink Pom Pom's distributed across the lower bowl. Utah Athletics has teamed up with Soles4Souls to collect new or gently used shoes to provide relief, create jobs and empower people to break the cycle of poverty. Fans can contribute to the shoe drive by bringing shoes to the next two home gymnastics meets. For more information on Soles4Souls, click here. Additionally, as a part of the Pac-12 Zero Waste Challenge, fans are encouraged to donate cookbooks, measuring cups, hand towels, Kleenex and other household items at the meet on Friday.
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BY THE NUMBERS
• Utah remained undefeated this season and is 10-0 to start the year. The last time Utah started a season 10-0 was in 2015.
• Utah scored a 197.675 in the road meet against Washington, which is the second-highest team score this season for the Utes.
• Utah scored its fourth 49.600 or higher on beam this season. Utah joins Florida as the only two schools in the nation to have at least four scores of 49.600-plus on beam.
• Ute head coach Tom Farden earned his 100th career victory at Utah from the win against Washington.
• The Red Rocks posted a season-high 49.550 on floor that was powered by Missy Reinstadtler posting a career-high 9.975 and Sydney Soloski scoring a 9.95 to match her career mark.
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QUICK STICKS
• Utah clinched the first-ever Pac-12 Regular Season Championship outright from the win against Washington.
• Inside the Pac-12 rankings, Utah has four beam workers ranking inside the top-six of the conference on beam. Abby Paulson (No. 3 in the Pac-12), Cristal Isa (No. 4), Randall (No. 5) and O'Keefe (No. 6) all have an NQS on beam of 9.90 or higher.
• Tessen moved to the No. 1 vaulter in the Pac-12 after week eight with an NQS score of 9.90.
• Kim Tessen has scored a 9.90 on at least one event in every meet this season. Maile O'Keefe has scored a 9.90 or higher on beam in the last five meets, while Adrienne Randall has claimed four-straight beam scores of 9.925 or higher.
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CHALK TALK
• Utah has had 10 of the 12 competing gymnasts earn at least one event victory this season.
• Individual winners this season are Kim Tessen (9), Abby Paulson (5), Sydney Soloski (5), Cristal Isa (4), Maile O'Keefe (4), Missy Reinstadter (3), Alexia Burch (2), Hunter Dula (1), Emilie LeBlanc (1) and Adrienne Randall (1).
• Pac-12 weekly award winners have been Tessen (Jan. 14) and Randall (Feb. 12) as Pac-12 Specialists of the Week, and O'Keefe (Jan. 29, Feb. 18) as a two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.
• Utah has hit 182-192 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine are O'Keefe (27-27), Paulson (20-20), Burch (17-17), LeBlanc (16-16), Soloski (16-16), Randall (15-15), and Dula (4-4).
UPPERCLASSMEN COME UP BIG AT UW
Utah saw its upperclassmen take charge in the road meet at Washington, coming up big in timely situations. On bars, Missy Reinstadtler finally got the first Utah stick on a dismount and went on to score a 9.925, which matched a season-high to win the bars title. Kim Tessen then came up big for Utah once again on vault and anchored with a 9.925 to win the event. On floor, Sydney Soloski and Reinstadtler had phenomenal efforts to lift Utah to a season-high team score. Soloski posted a career-tying 9.95, while Reinstadtler closed out the lineup with a career-high 9.975. Remaining very consistent meet to meet, Alexia Burch went 9.875 on vault and 9.850 on beam, while Emilie LeBlanc posted a 9.875 on bars and a 9.825 on beam.
BEAM QUEENS
Starting with the meet against Cal, Utah's beam team has recorded four-straight scores of 49.600 or higher to rank No. 3 in the nation. The Utes are posted a historic beam effort that topped the previous school beam record by 0.125 after Utah posted a 49.775 to win the Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles against UCLA. Abby Paulson earned the first 10.0 of the season on any event by a Ute and the first perfect score on beam for Utah since 2008. The Utes posted five scores of 9.90 or higher to close out the road meet in Los Angeles. Utah's beam team has now clinched three road wins in Pac-12 play (Cal, UCLA, and Washington) with their stellar finishes to the meet. In all three road meets, at least three Utes earned a 9.95 or higher on beam. The Utes are one of two teams in the NCAA to have four or more 49.600-plus scores on beam this season.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah has a 36-6 all-time series lead over Stanford (14-1 in Salt Lake City) and has won the last 15 matchups. The Utes saw the Cardinal three times last season at the GymQuarters Invitational, a dual meet and the Pac-12 Championships. In the dual meet at Stanford last season, Adrienne Randall won the floor title with a 9.90.
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SCOUTING STANFORD
Head Coach: Tabitha Yim (3rd Year)
2019 NCAA Finish: No. 22
National Rank: N/A
Record: 3-12, 0-7 Pac-12
Notes: Stanford's season high this year is a 196.250 that came at home against UCLA … Stanford competed Monday night (March 2) against Arizona State for a short turnaround before the meet against Utah … top all-arounder is Kyla Bryant (39.425 season-high), who is tied for No. 22 in the nation on floor … Stanford's three wins this season have come from San Jose State, UC Davis and Sacramento State.
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UP NEXT
Utah gymnastics will close out the regular season next Friday, March 13 against Utah State at 7 p.m. MT in the Huntsman Center. The Utes will recognize seniors Kim Tessen and Missy Reinstadtler for their contributions over the course of their four years in the program.
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