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
Thursday, March 30
Los Angeles, CA
3:00 PM
University of Utah
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NCAA Regional Second Round
Utah Gymnastics Opens Action at Los Angeles Regional This Thursday
3/27/2023 9:22 AM | Gymnastics
Red Rocks open NCAA action at Pauley Pavilion against Auburn, Southern Utah, and Washington.
MEET WEEK
The fifth-ranked Utah Gymnastics team is set to compete at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional this Thursday, March 30, in the NCAA Second Round at 3 p.m. MT. Competing with the Utes in the afternoon session will be #12 Auburn, Southern Utah, and Washington. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke as the talent.
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The evening session at 8 p.m. MT features No. 4 UCLA, No. 13 Missouri, Stanford, and the winner of the play-in round between BYU and Boise State. Â Teams were seeded No. 1-16 based on National Qualifying Scores, while the remaining 20 qualifiers were placed in regions geographically.Â
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The top two finishing teams of each session will advance to the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday, April 1, at 6 p.m. MT. All competitions at the Los Angeles Regional will be broadcast on ESPN+. Utah's sessions will also be carried on Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700. Tickets can be found here.
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IN THE RANKINGS
Utah heads to the NCAA tournament ranked fifth in the nation, while all four of its events are ranked in the top-six. Utah's beam team is first in the country for the 10th consecutive week, while vault is ranked fourth, and bars and floor are sixth. Individually, Maile O'Keefe leads the team as the No. 1 gymnast in the country on beam. She is also 18th on bars. Kara Eaker is ranked fourth in the country on beam as well, while Cristal Isa is 15th on beam and 21st on bars. Also in the top-25 on beam, Abby Paulson is ranked 23rd overall. Rounding out Utes individually ranked, Jaedyn Rucker is 14th on vault.
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QUICK STICKS
• Utah is attempting to advance to a record 47th-consecutive national championship.
• Utah is the only program is the nation to qualify for every national championship.
• Utah has won 33 regional titles (30 NCAA) and finished second the other 13 years.
• Utah has never competed in an NCAA Regional in Los Angeles.
• Utah will begin its competition on Thursday on beam, while Washington begins on vault, Southern Utah on bars, and Auburn on floor. Â
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TOP OF THE PAC
• Utah is coming off its third consecutive Pac-12 Championship, which marks the first time a team has won three consecutive titles since the league expanded in 2012.
• Since Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference, the Utes lead the league with six Pac-12 Championships (2014-15, 2017, 2021-23).
• Utah earned a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the second-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share every season since its inception in 2020.
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
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AWARD SEASON
Four Utes collected honors for their efforts in the regular season with each earning All-Pac-12 Conference honors and WCGA Regular Season All-America honors on at least one event. Highlighting the awards, Maile O'Keefe was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year for the second year in a row and has now earned a Pac-12 yearly award each of the past three seasons after taking home the 2021 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year honor. O'Keefe competed as an event specialist for the first seven meets of the season (bars and beam every meet, floor three times) until entering the all-around to close out the season after two injuries to Ute vaulters compelled her to start training the event again.
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O'Keefe picked up All-Pac-12 honors on bars and beam, as well as All-America honors on beam. Joining O'Keefe with two All-Pac-12 awards was Cristal Isa, who also was a bars and beam selection for the Utes. Kara Eaker earned conference and national honors on beam as well, while Jaedyn Rucker earned All-Pac-12 and All-America honors on vault for Utah. Eaker and Rucker's selection as WCGA Regular Season All-Americans marks the first of their careers, while O'Keefe and Isa earned their fourth-straight honors on beam.
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BY THE NUMBERS
• Utah finished the 2023 home schedule undefeated, going 5-0 in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. It is the fourth year in a row the Red Rocks have gone undefeated at home and the 10th undefeated home season in the last 11 years.
• Utah's 198.550 against Cal (Feb. 24) is the third-best score in program history and the second highest in the nation this season.
• Utah is the only team in the nation to score a 49.7 or better on beam more than twice this season. The Red Rocks have three scores of 49.7 or better on beam in 2023.
• Utah has scored a 49.475 or better on floor seven of the last eight meets.
• Utah has scored a 49.500 or better on bars five of the last seven meets.
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STANDOUT STATS
• Kara Eaker has not scored below a 9.90 on beam this season.
• Maile O'Keefe has scored a 9.90 or better on beam all but one meet and has scored a 9.90 or better on floor the past five routines.
• Cristal Isa has scored a 9.90 or better on 13 of her last 15 routines.
• Jaylene Gilstrap has scored a 9.90 or better on floor her last six routines.
• Abby Paulson has scored a 9.875 or better on beam on seven of her last eight routines, and has had four straight floor routines at a 9.90 or better. Â
• Amelie Morgan has scored a 9.875 or better on bars six of her last seven routines as the leadoff.
• Makenna Smith has scored a 9.875 or better the past six floor routines.
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UP NEXT
The top two finishing teams from each of the four NCAA Regional sites – Los Angeles, Norman, Pittsburgh, and Denver – will advance to the 2023 NCAA Championships at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The NCAA Championships will have the semifinals held on Thursday, Apr. 13, while the NCAA final will be on Saturday, Apr. 15.
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The fifth-ranked Utah Gymnastics team is set to compete at the NCAA Los Angeles Regional this Thursday, March 30, in the NCAA Second Round at 3 p.m. MT. Competing with the Utes in the afternoon session will be #12 Auburn, Southern Utah, and Washington. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke as the talent.
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The evening session at 8 p.m. MT features No. 4 UCLA, No. 13 Missouri, Stanford, and the winner of the play-in round between BYU and Boise State. Â Teams were seeded No. 1-16 based on National Qualifying Scores, while the remaining 20 qualifiers were placed in regions geographically.Â
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The top two finishing teams of each session will advance to the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday, April 1, at 6 p.m. MT. All competitions at the Los Angeles Regional will be broadcast on ESPN+. Utah's sessions will also be carried on Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700. Tickets can be found here.
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IN THE RANKINGS
Utah heads to the NCAA tournament ranked fifth in the nation, while all four of its events are ranked in the top-six. Utah's beam team is first in the country for the 10th consecutive week, while vault is ranked fourth, and bars and floor are sixth. Individually, Maile O'Keefe leads the team as the No. 1 gymnast in the country on beam. She is also 18th on bars. Kara Eaker is ranked fourth in the country on beam as well, while Cristal Isa is 15th on beam and 21st on bars. Also in the top-25 on beam, Abby Paulson is ranked 23rd overall. Rounding out Utes individually ranked, Jaedyn Rucker is 14th on vault.
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QUICK STICKS
• Utah is attempting to advance to a record 47th-consecutive national championship.
• Utah is the only program is the nation to qualify for every national championship.
• Utah has won 33 regional titles (30 NCAA) and finished second the other 13 years.
• Utah has never competed in an NCAA Regional in Los Angeles.
• Utah will begin its competition on Thursday on beam, while Washington begins on vault, Southern Utah on bars, and Auburn on floor. Â
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TOP OF THE PAC
• Utah is coming off its third consecutive Pac-12 Championship, which marks the first time a team has won three consecutive titles since the league expanded in 2012.
• Since Utah joined the Pac-12 Conference, the Utes lead the league with six Pac-12 Championships (2014-15, 2017, 2021-23).
• Utah earned a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the second-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share every season since its inception in 2020.
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
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AWARD SEASON
Four Utes collected honors for their efforts in the regular season with each earning All-Pac-12 Conference honors and WCGA Regular Season All-America honors on at least one event. Highlighting the awards, Maile O'Keefe was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year for the second year in a row and has now earned a Pac-12 yearly award each of the past three seasons after taking home the 2021 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year honor. O'Keefe competed as an event specialist for the first seven meets of the season (bars and beam every meet, floor three times) until entering the all-around to close out the season after two injuries to Ute vaulters compelled her to start training the event again.
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O'Keefe picked up All-Pac-12 honors on bars and beam, as well as All-America honors on beam. Joining O'Keefe with two All-Pac-12 awards was Cristal Isa, who also was a bars and beam selection for the Utes. Kara Eaker earned conference and national honors on beam as well, while Jaedyn Rucker earned All-Pac-12 and All-America honors on vault for Utah. Eaker and Rucker's selection as WCGA Regular Season All-Americans marks the first of their careers, while O'Keefe and Isa earned their fourth-straight honors on beam.
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BY THE NUMBERS
• Utah finished the 2023 home schedule undefeated, going 5-0 in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. It is the fourth year in a row the Red Rocks have gone undefeated at home and the 10th undefeated home season in the last 11 years.
• Utah's 198.550 against Cal (Feb. 24) is the third-best score in program history and the second highest in the nation this season.
• Utah is the only team in the nation to score a 49.7 or better on beam more than twice this season. The Red Rocks have three scores of 49.7 or better on beam in 2023.
• Utah has scored a 49.475 or better on floor seven of the last eight meets.
• Utah has scored a 49.500 or better on bars five of the last seven meets.
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STANDOUT STATS
• Kara Eaker has not scored below a 9.90 on beam this season.
• Maile O'Keefe has scored a 9.90 or better on beam all but one meet and has scored a 9.90 or better on floor the past five routines.
• Cristal Isa has scored a 9.90 or better on 13 of her last 15 routines.
• Jaylene Gilstrap has scored a 9.90 or better on floor her last six routines.
• Abby Paulson has scored a 9.875 or better on beam on seven of her last eight routines, and has had four straight floor routines at a 9.90 or better. Â
• Amelie Morgan has scored a 9.875 or better on bars six of her last seven routines as the leadoff.
• Makenna Smith has scored a 9.875 or better the past six floor routines.
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UP NEXT
The top two finishing teams from each of the four NCAA Regional sites – Los Angeles, Norman, Pittsburgh, and Denver – will advance to the 2023 NCAA Championships at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The NCAA Championships will have the semifinals held on Thursday, Apr. 13, while the NCAA final will be on Saturday, Apr. 15.
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