FORT WORTH – Five Red Rocks earned NCAA All-American honors after outstanding efforts during last night's NCAA Championship semifinal. Gymnasts finishing in the top four in the all-around and on each event in each semifinal earn first team NCAA All-American honors, while the fifth through eighth place finishers are second team honorees.
Maile O'Keefe, the 2023 NCAA All-Around and Beam Champion, led the All-American honors for the Utes after earning first team nods in the all-around, and on bars, beam, and floor. O'Keefe finished first overall in the all-around with a career high 39.7625, while also finishing first on beam with a Perfect 10. She also picked up first team honors on both bars and floor after scoring 9.95s and tying for second place on both events. O'Keefe is now a 16-time All-American (6 regular season, 10 NCAA) during her Utah career and a four-time national champion.
Cristal Isa wrapped up her individual career awards by adding first team honors on beam and second team honors on bars. Isa scored a 9.9625, which placed second overall only behind O'Keefe's Perfect 10, and she earned a 9.925 on bars to finish seventh in the evening session. Isa wraps up her career as an eight-time All-American (5 regular season, 3 NCAA).
Making contributions to Utah's season high bars score yesterday as well,
Grace McCallum earned first team honors and
Abby Brenner collected second team honors to have four of the six Red Rocks in the lineup earn All-American honors this season. McCallum finished in second place on bars with a 9.95 in her first routine since suffering a knee injury on Feb. 11, becoming a six-time All-American (3 regular season, 3 NCAA). Brenner picked up her first All-American award in the postseason with her sixth-place finish on bars (9.9375) and is now a two-time All-American.
Rounding out the awards, freshman
Makenna Smith earned the first All-American honor of her young career after posting a team-best 9.90 on vault on Thursday night. Smith finished third on vault in the evening session and fifth overall at her first NCAA Championships.
Utah will compete for a national championship this Saturday, Apr. 15, at 2 p.m. MT on ABC. Utah is set to compete against Oklahoma, Florida and LSU at Dickies Arena.
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2023 NCAA All-American Awards:
Maile O'Keefe – 1st Team: AA, UB, BB, FX
Cristal Isa – 1st Team: BB; 2nd Team: UB
Makenna Smith – 1st Team: VT
Grace McCallum – 1st Team: UB
Abby Brenner – 2nd Team: UB
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