Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
Final Score
Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
Saturday, January 28
Salt Lake City, UT
1:00 PM
University of Utah
197.975
vs
196.350
Washington
#4 Utah Gymnastics Downs #25 Washington with Nation's Second-Best Score of the Season
1/28/2023 3:59 PM | Gymnastics
Red Rocks post season highs on bars and floor, guiding them to a 197.975 in their Pac-12 opener.
SALT LAKE CITY – Fourth-ranked Utah Gymnastics picked up its first Pac-12 win of the season on Saturday afternoon, downing #25 Washington 197.975-196.350 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Behind season-high efforts on bars and floor, and a clean sweep of event titles for the Red Rocks, the 197.975 stands as the nation's second-best score this season.
Grace McCallum won the all-around on Saturday with a 39.650, highlighted by event titles on bars (9.95) and floor (9.95). On vault, Jillian Hoffman competed a Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time of her gymnastics career and went on to win the vault title with a career-high 9.95. Maile O'Keefe won the beam title with a meet-high 9.975, while also earning a share of the bars title with McCallum.
Utah used vault as a strength once again and kicked off the meet with a 49.425 to quickly pull ahead of Washington, which scored a 49.000 on bars. Jaylene Gilstrap made her Ute debut in the vault lineup and led off the group with a 9.85. Abby Brenner matched the efforts with a 9.85 of her own before Makenna Smith fired off a 9.90. Jaedyn Rucker posted a 9.875 and McCallum added another 9.85. The highlight of the rotation came in the final routine as Hoffman scored a rotation best and career best 9.95 to bring the entire crowd to its feet.
The momentum from Hoffman's vault carried over into bars, earning the Red Rocks a season high 49.450. Amelie Morgan led off the group with a 9.85, while Smith added a 9.825 and Brenner collected a 9.85. Utah received a 9.95 from O'Keefe in the fourth position and after Cristal Isa added a 9.85 the following routine, McCallum matched O'Keefe's efforts and earned a share of the bars title with another 9.95.
Leading 98.875-98.100, Utah used a stellar beam effort to extend the lead even more after not counting a score below a 9.90. Morgan led off the lineup with a 9.825, which went on to be dropped. McCallum, Abby Paulson, and Kara Eaker all added consecutive 9.90s to the rotation, while Isa glided through her routine effortlessly to score a 9.95. O'Keefe wrapped up another phenomenal rotation for the nation's top-ranked beam team with a 9.975, pushing Utah's beam score to 49.625.
Looking to close out the competition strong, the floor team put together a season high as well, recording a 49.475 on Saturday. Paulson scored a 9.85 and was followed by a pair of 9.875s from Jaylene Gilstrap and Brenner. After a 9.80 from Smith, Rucker and McCallum ended the day with a 9.925 and 9.95, respectively, to send Utah out on a high note and pick up its first Pac-12 win in dominating fashion.
Utah remains in Salt Lake City next week to continue Pac-12 play, welcoming the sixth-ranked UCLA Bruins to the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Friday, Feb. 3. The top-six Pac-12 clash between the Utes and Bruins will begin with introductions at 6:45 p.m. MT. The meet will air on ESPN2, marking Utah's third regular season meet broadcast on an ESPN network, which is the most in program history. The meet will be themed 'Top Guns' night at the Huntsman Center to pay tribute to the long-lasting tradition of the Top Gun theme song being played during introductions since the original movie came out in 1986.
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Grace McCallum won the all-around on Saturday with a 39.650, highlighted by event titles on bars (9.95) and floor (9.95). On vault, Jillian Hoffman competed a Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time of her gymnastics career and went on to win the vault title with a career-high 9.95. Maile O'Keefe won the beam title with a meet-high 9.975, while also earning a share of the bars title with McCallum.
Utah used vault as a strength once again and kicked off the meet with a 49.425 to quickly pull ahead of Washington, which scored a 49.000 on bars. Jaylene Gilstrap made her Ute debut in the vault lineup and led off the group with a 9.85. Abby Brenner matched the efforts with a 9.85 of her own before Makenna Smith fired off a 9.90. Jaedyn Rucker posted a 9.875 and McCallum added another 9.85. The highlight of the rotation came in the final routine as Hoffman scored a rotation best and career best 9.95 to bring the entire crowd to its feet.
The momentum from Hoffman's vault carried over into bars, earning the Red Rocks a season high 49.450. Amelie Morgan led off the group with a 9.85, while Smith added a 9.825 and Brenner collected a 9.85. Utah received a 9.95 from O'Keefe in the fourth position and after Cristal Isa added a 9.85 the following routine, McCallum matched O'Keefe's efforts and earned a share of the bars title with another 9.95.
Leading 98.875-98.100, Utah used a stellar beam effort to extend the lead even more after not counting a score below a 9.90. Morgan led off the lineup with a 9.825, which went on to be dropped. McCallum, Abby Paulson, and Kara Eaker all added consecutive 9.90s to the rotation, while Isa glided through her routine effortlessly to score a 9.95. O'Keefe wrapped up another phenomenal rotation for the nation's top-ranked beam team with a 9.975, pushing Utah's beam score to 49.625.
Looking to close out the competition strong, the floor team put together a season high as well, recording a 49.475 on Saturday. Paulson scored a 9.85 and was followed by a pair of 9.875s from Jaylene Gilstrap and Brenner. After a 9.80 from Smith, Rucker and McCallum ended the day with a 9.925 and 9.95, respectively, to send Utah out on a high note and pick up its first Pac-12 win in dominating fashion.
Utah remains in Salt Lake City next week to continue Pac-12 play, welcoming the sixth-ranked UCLA Bruins to the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Friday, Feb. 3. The top-six Pac-12 clash between the Utes and Bruins will begin with introductions at 6:45 p.m. MT. The meet will air on ESPN2, marking Utah's third regular season meet broadcast on an ESPN network, which is the most in program history. The meet will be themed 'Top Guns' night at the Huntsman Center to pay tribute to the long-lasting tradition of the Top Gun theme song being played during introductions since the original movie came out in 1986.
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