SAN FRANCISCO – Utah gymnasts continued collecting regular season awards Friday morning as seven Red Rocks earned All-Pac-12 Conference honors on at least one event this season. The Utes earned eight first team selections and four honorable mention honors between the seven student-athletes.
Utah all-arounders
Maile O'Keefe and
Cristal Isa led the way with three selections each. O'Keefe, who earned All-American status on all three events yesterday, earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in the all-around and on the uneven bars and beam. She finished the season ranked No. 1 in the all-around and on beam in the Pac-12, while she was tied for third on the uneven bars. Isa was a first-team selection on the uneven bars and beam after ranking fifth and third, respectively. She also earned honorable mention status in the all-around, finishing eighth in the conference.
Behind the pair of all-arounders, Utah saw event specialists
Alexia Burch,
Sydney Soloski and
Abby Paulson all earn first-team All-Pac-12 honors on their respective events – those of which all three Red Rocks earned All-America honors on as well.
Burch finished the regular season ranked No. 1 on vault in the Pac-12 for her second-consecutive appearance on the All-Pac-12 vault first team. Earning her second-straight All-Pac-12 floor first team nod was Soloski, who finished the season ranked No. 1 in the conference on floor. Paulson earned All-Pac-12 beam first team for the second year in a row as well after finishing second in the conference behind teammate O'Keefe.
Jaedyn Rucker picked up the first all-conference honors of her Ute career after earning honorable mention nods on vault and floor. Rucker finished tied for seventh on floor in the Pac-12, while she finished tied for eighth on vault.
Cammy Hall also tied for eighth on vault in the conference to earn a spot as an All-Pac-12 vault honorable mention for her first conference honor.
The All-Pac-12 Teams are based on the most recent RoadToNationals rankings. The All-Pac-12 first team consists of the top-six all-around finishers and the top-six finishers on each individual event. Honorable mention selections consist of the seventh and eighth place finishers in each individual event and the all-around.Â
Utah will be in action next Friday, April 2 in the Salt Lake City NCAA Regional Second Round. No. 6 Utah will compete in the afternoon session at 1 p.m. MT against No. 11 Arizona State, Boise State and Southern Utah at the Maverik Center in West Valley City. Tickets for Utah's session, as well as all three days of competition can be found
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2021 All-Pac-12 Conference
Maile O'Keefe – All-Around, Uneven Bars, Beam
Cristal Isa – Uneven Bars, Beam, All-Around*
Alexia Burch – Vault
Abby Paulson – Beam
Sydney Soloski – Floor
Jaedyn Rucker – Vault*, Floor*
Cammy Hall – Vault*
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*- denotes honorable mention
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