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#4 Red Rocks set for Top 25 Showdown with #16 Oregon State
1/29/2024 12:23 PM | Gymnastics
Utah Gymnastics returns to the Huntsman Center for 'Character Night' on Friday, Feb. 2
MEET WEEK
Fourth-ranked Utah Gymnastics will return to action at the Jon M. Huntsman on Friday, Feb. 2, hosting #16 Oregon State University. The Red Rocks and Beavers will compete in a Pac-12 showdown featuring two top 25 programs, with introductions set to begin at 5:45 p.m. MT, and the first vault coming at 6 p.m. MT.Â
Oregon State will begin on bars and Utah will begin on vault. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Mountain with Jim Watson and Alisa Mowe on the call. Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700 will also broadcast the meet live from the arena with Mike Lageschulte and Kyndal (Robarts) Pond covering the action.Â
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FOR THE FANS
Join the Red Rocks in celebrating 'Character Night'. There will be various characters and Disney princesses on the concourse prior to the meet for interaction and photo opportunities. Kids are encouraged to wear their favorite costumes for Friday's meet. The kid zone in sections 11-15 will be lively with a face painter, balloon artists, and different interactive games. There will be posters, trading cards, and 10.0 cards for the fans.Â
QUICK STICKS
• Utah tallied multiple season bests in the Pac-12 opener against Arizona State, including Ashley Glynn season-high and first event win on vault with a 9.925.
• After announcing her intentions to return to international competition in pursuit of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Amelie Morgan made her first appearance on vault for the Red Rocks. She would also score a 9.90 on beam for the second competition in a row.Â
• Utah has had a gymnast named to one of the Pac-12 weekly awards in each of the first three weeks of the season. Gymnast of the Week: Maile O'Keefe (Jan. 9). Newcomer of the Week: Camie Winger (Jan. 16). Specialist of the Week: Amelie Morgan (Jan. 23).
• Utah was picked to win the Pac-12 title in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Utah owns the most Pac-12 Championships among Pac-12 institutions with a league-best six Pac-12 Championships (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023).
• The Red Rocks return 16 routines from last year's third-place team, including five All-American honorees.Â
• Utah returns 16-of-24 routines from last year's third-place finish at the NCAA Championship
CHALK TALK
• Head coach Carly Dockendorf enters her first season leading the Red Rocks program and her seventh overall. Utah's coaching staff is in its third year together as a whole, with Jimmy Pratt and Myia Hambrick returning to assist Dockendorf.
• The Red Rocks have hit 90 of 96 routines throughout the start of the 2024 season
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championship, third-straight and sixth Pac-12 Championship, and an NCAA Regional title.
• Utah has four individuals in the top 25 of separate events including; Abby Paulson (4th/beam), Maile O'Keefe (T24/bars), Makenna Smith (7th/vault, 17th/all-around), Grace McCallum (T24/vault, 9th/bars, T18/floor).
• The Red Rocks rank in the top 15 as a program in each event, 13th vault, 10th bars, 3rd beam, and 4th floor.
• Utah has seen three first-career victories so far this season, with Ashley Glynn and Camie Winger on vault, and Amelie Morgan on bars.Â
STANDOUT STATS
• Utah is unbeaten in the Huntsman Center against Oregon State, with a 36-0 record in the series at home.Â
• Utah maintains a 78-11-1 overall record against the Bevers, having won nine of the last 10.
• Utah has scored above a 49.400 in six of eight events spanning the past two meets.Â
• The Red Rocks have brought down the house with the floor routines, posting a season-high 49.600 at the Best of Utah and following up with a 49.500 against Arizona State.
SCOUTING OREGON STATE
Head Coach: Tanya Chaplin
2024 Week 4 Ranking: 16th
• Oregon State comes off a loss to #2 California in their Pac-12 opener on the road, 197.750-196.775.
• The Beavers opened up the meet with back-to-back scores of 49.150 on bars and vault.Â
• Sydney Gonzales led the Oregon State program on the night with a vault of 9.875. She would stand out on beam, capturing a score of 9.925.Â
UP NEXT
The Red Rocks will make their first road trip of the 2024 season for more Pac-12, traveling to Washington on Saturday, Feb. 10. The Pac-12 showdown between the Utes and Huskies will begin with introductions at 1:00 p.m. MT. Â Â
MY OH MAI
• Maile O'Keefe has officially put her name at the top of the record books, breaking the record for the most 10s on beam in a career.Â
• O'Keefe has pushed her career total 10.0 perfect scores to 13 and now sits as the program record holder for most 10s on beam in a season (7) and a career (13).Â
• The Las Vegas native is a four-time national champion (bars and floor, 2021; beam and all-around, 2023)
• She boasts 68 career victories and has hit 190-193 career routines.
• O'Keefe became the first Ute in history to record a perfect score on beam at the NCAA Championships where she recorded consecutive 10.0s at the 2023 semifinal and final
• O'Keefe picked up right where she left off a year ago, scoring a 10.0 in her first beam routine of 2024.
• O'Keefe has already tallied two perfect 10.0 scores this season (Boise State and Best of Utah)
• She earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week after the opening week of competition
AMAZING GRACE
•  After suffering a knee injury in the fifth meet of the 2023 season, Grace McCallum returned for the NCAA Championships to claim the runner-up title on bars with a score of 9.9375.Â
•  McCallum's sophomore season consisted of eight event victories. She scored a 9.925 or better in six of seven bar routines. Adding a 9.925 or better in four of five floor routines during the 2023 campaign.
• Won the all-around twice in 2023 with victories at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah and against Washington.
• Has hit 17 consecutive routines dating back to 2023.
• McCallum has already tallied five event wins through the early going of 2024, with three on bars and two on floor.Â
SUPER SENIOR LEADERSHIP
•  Utah returns three fifth-year seniors to the squad in 2024 including Maile O'Keefe, Abby Paulson and Jaedyn Rucker.
•  With a combined 95 event wins amongst the trio, O'Keefe has tallied 68 wins during her Red Rocks career, 32 on beam, 14 on bars, nine on floor, two vault and 11 all-around.Â
•  Maile O'Keefe has set the single-season record for 10.0 scores on beam in back-to-back seasons, posting three in 2022 and doubling her total in 2023 with six.
•  Rucker secured 15 event wins, with 12 on vault and three floor victories. She has three perfect 10.0 career vaults all of which she hit during the 2023 season.
• Paulson adds 16 event wins to the tally with 12 wins on beam and four on floor
NEW KIDS TO THE ROCKS
• Utah welcomes five new faces to the Red Rocks squad this year, with the addition of Elizabeth Gantner, Olivia Kennedy, Camie Winger, Ella Zirbes; along with Temple University transfer Ashley Glynn.
• The four freshmen bring in national championship-caliber routines. Gantner was the 2021 Level 10 National Champion on bars and beam, claiming the runner-up spot in the all-around.Â
• An Orem native, Camie Winger, earned a pair of back-to-back runner-up titles in 2021 and 2022 at the Level 10 National Championships on floor and bars. Winger added a top-five finish, taking fourth-place in the all-around at the 2022 and 2023 Level 10 Championships.
• Winger has already solidified her spot in the Utah lineup, earning Pac-12 Newcomer of the Week after taking a share of the top spot on vault at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad.
• Ella Zirbes brings a pair of national titles with her to Salt Lake City, winning the 2019 and 2023 all-around and the bars crown at the Level 10 Championships.
• Zirbes is proving herself to be the second of the one-two punch of new additions to the Red Rock lineup, as a steady part of the vault and bars rotation.Â
TOP BEAM TEAM IS BACK
• Utah finished the 2023 regular season as the nation's top-ranked beam team after posting a NQS of 49.670 and returns four of six routines from a year ago.
• Utah returns the NCAA Champion on beam, Maile O'Keefe, after earning a pair of All-American honors during the regular season and the NCAA Championships.Â
• Amelie Morgan tallied a 9.875 or better on beam in seven competitions, including a 9.9125 at the NCAA Final.
CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE
• Utah earned at least a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the fourth-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share since its inception in 2020.Â
• Utah has won six Pac-12 Championships, which includes its back-to-back-to-back titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Becoming the first team in since the league expanded to win three-straight Pac-12 Championships.
• Utah's six Pac-12 Championships are the most by any team in the conference. Utah has claimed the title in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023.Â
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
• Utah advanced to a school and NCAA record 47th-straight national championship, remaining the only school in the nation to have appeared in every national championship to date.
Fourth-ranked Utah Gymnastics will return to action at the Jon M. Huntsman on Friday, Feb. 2, hosting #16 Oregon State University. The Red Rocks and Beavers will compete in a Pac-12 showdown featuring two top 25 programs, with introductions set to begin at 5:45 p.m. MT, and the first vault coming at 6 p.m. MT.Â
Oregon State will begin on bars and Utah will begin on vault. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Mountain with Jim Watson and Alisa Mowe on the call. Utah's flagship radio ESPN 700 will also broadcast the meet live from the arena with Mike Lageschulte and Kyndal (Robarts) Pond covering the action.Â
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FOR THE FANS
Join the Red Rocks in celebrating 'Character Night'. There will be various characters and Disney princesses on the concourse prior to the meet for interaction and photo opportunities. Kids are encouraged to wear their favorite costumes for Friday's meet. The kid zone in sections 11-15 will be lively with a face painter, balloon artists, and different interactive games. There will be posters, trading cards, and 10.0 cards for the fans.Â
QUICK STICKS
• Utah tallied multiple season bests in the Pac-12 opener against Arizona State, including Ashley Glynn season-high and first event win on vault with a 9.925.
• After announcing her intentions to return to international competition in pursuit of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Amelie Morgan made her first appearance on vault for the Red Rocks. She would also score a 9.90 on beam for the second competition in a row.Â
• Utah has had a gymnast named to one of the Pac-12 weekly awards in each of the first three weeks of the season. Gymnast of the Week: Maile O'Keefe (Jan. 9). Newcomer of the Week: Camie Winger (Jan. 16). Specialist of the Week: Amelie Morgan (Jan. 23).
• Utah was picked to win the Pac-12 title in the Preseason Coaches Poll. Utah owns the most Pac-12 Championships among Pac-12 institutions with a league-best six Pac-12 Championships (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023).
• The Red Rocks return 16 routines from last year's third-place team, including five All-American honorees.Â
• Utah returns 16-of-24 routines from last year's third-place finish at the NCAA Championship
CHALK TALK
• Head coach Carly Dockendorf enters her first season leading the Red Rocks program and her seventh overall. Utah's coaching staff is in its third year together as a whole, with Jimmy Pratt and Myia Hambrick returning to assist Dockendorf.
• The Red Rocks have hit 90 of 96 routines throughout the start of the 2024 season
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Regular Season Championship, third-straight and sixth Pac-12 Championship, and an NCAA Regional title.
• Utah has four individuals in the top 25 of separate events including; Abby Paulson (4th/beam), Maile O'Keefe (T24/bars), Makenna Smith (7th/vault, 17th/all-around), Grace McCallum (T24/vault, 9th/bars, T18/floor).
• The Red Rocks rank in the top 15 as a program in each event, 13th vault, 10th bars, 3rd beam, and 4th floor.
• Utah has seen three first-career victories so far this season, with Ashley Glynn and Camie Winger on vault, and Amelie Morgan on bars.Â
STANDOUT STATS
• Utah is unbeaten in the Huntsman Center against Oregon State, with a 36-0 record in the series at home.Â
• Utah maintains a 78-11-1 overall record against the Bevers, having won nine of the last 10.
• Utah has scored above a 49.400 in six of eight events spanning the past two meets.Â
• The Red Rocks have brought down the house with the floor routines, posting a season-high 49.600 at the Best of Utah and following up with a 49.500 against Arizona State.
SCOUTING OREGON STATE
Head Coach: Tanya Chaplin
2024 Week 4 Ranking: 16th
• Oregon State comes off a loss to #2 California in their Pac-12 opener on the road, 197.750-196.775.
• The Beavers opened up the meet with back-to-back scores of 49.150 on bars and vault.Â
• Sydney Gonzales led the Oregon State program on the night with a vault of 9.875. She would stand out on beam, capturing a score of 9.925.Â
UP NEXT
The Red Rocks will make their first road trip of the 2024 season for more Pac-12, traveling to Washington on Saturday, Feb. 10. The Pac-12 showdown between the Utes and Huskies will begin with introductions at 1:00 p.m. MT. Â Â
MY OH MAI
• Maile O'Keefe has officially put her name at the top of the record books, breaking the record for the most 10s on beam in a career.Â
• O'Keefe has pushed her career total 10.0 perfect scores to 13 and now sits as the program record holder for most 10s on beam in a season (7) and a career (13).Â
• The Las Vegas native is a four-time national champion (bars and floor, 2021; beam and all-around, 2023)
• She boasts 68 career victories and has hit 190-193 career routines.
• O'Keefe became the first Ute in history to record a perfect score on beam at the NCAA Championships where she recorded consecutive 10.0s at the 2023 semifinal and final
• O'Keefe picked up right where she left off a year ago, scoring a 10.0 in her first beam routine of 2024.
• O'Keefe has already tallied two perfect 10.0 scores this season (Boise State and Best of Utah)
• She earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week after the opening week of competition
AMAZING GRACE
•  After suffering a knee injury in the fifth meet of the 2023 season, Grace McCallum returned for the NCAA Championships to claim the runner-up title on bars with a score of 9.9375.Â
•  McCallum's sophomore season consisted of eight event victories. She scored a 9.925 or better in six of seven bar routines. Adding a 9.925 or better in four of five floor routines during the 2023 campaign.
• Won the all-around twice in 2023 with victories at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah and against Washington.
• Has hit 17 consecutive routines dating back to 2023.
• McCallum has already tallied five event wins through the early going of 2024, with three on bars and two on floor.Â
SUPER SENIOR LEADERSHIP
•  Utah returns three fifth-year seniors to the squad in 2024 including Maile O'Keefe, Abby Paulson and Jaedyn Rucker.
•  With a combined 95 event wins amongst the trio, O'Keefe has tallied 68 wins during her Red Rocks career, 32 on beam, 14 on bars, nine on floor, two vault and 11 all-around.Â
•  Maile O'Keefe has set the single-season record for 10.0 scores on beam in back-to-back seasons, posting three in 2022 and doubling her total in 2023 with six.
•  Rucker secured 15 event wins, with 12 on vault and three floor victories. She has three perfect 10.0 career vaults all of which she hit during the 2023 season.
• Paulson adds 16 event wins to the tally with 12 wins on beam and four on floor
NEW KIDS TO THE ROCKS
• Utah welcomes five new faces to the Red Rocks squad this year, with the addition of Elizabeth Gantner, Olivia Kennedy, Camie Winger, Ella Zirbes; along with Temple University transfer Ashley Glynn.
• The four freshmen bring in national championship-caliber routines. Gantner was the 2021 Level 10 National Champion on bars and beam, claiming the runner-up spot in the all-around.Â
• An Orem native, Camie Winger, earned a pair of back-to-back runner-up titles in 2021 and 2022 at the Level 10 National Championships on floor and bars. Winger added a top-five finish, taking fourth-place in the all-around at the 2022 and 2023 Level 10 Championships.
• Winger has already solidified her spot in the Utah lineup, earning Pac-12 Newcomer of the Week after taking a share of the top spot on vault at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad.
• Ella Zirbes brings a pair of national titles with her to Salt Lake City, winning the 2019 and 2023 all-around and the bars crown at the Level 10 Championships.
• Zirbes is proving herself to be the second of the one-two punch of new additions to the Red Rock lineup, as a steady part of the vault and bars rotation.Â
TOP BEAM TEAM IS BACK
• Utah finished the 2023 regular season as the nation's top-ranked beam team after posting a NQS of 49.670 and returns four of six routines from a year ago.
• Utah returns the NCAA Champion on beam, Maile O'Keefe, after earning a pair of All-American honors during the regular season and the NCAA Championships.Â
• Amelie Morgan tallied a 9.875 or better on beam in seven competitions, including a 9.9125 at the NCAA Final.
CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE
• Utah earned at least a share of the Pac-12 Regular Season title for the fourth-straight year and has now won the title outright or at least a share since its inception in 2020.Â
• Utah has won six Pac-12 Championships, which includes its back-to-back-to-back titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Becoming the first team in since the league expanded to win three-straight Pac-12 Championships.
• Utah's six Pac-12 Championships are the most by any team in the conference. Utah has claimed the title in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023.Â
• Utah is the only team in the conference that has finished in the top-3 at every conference championship.
• Utah advanced to a school and NCAA record 47th-straight national championship, remaining the only school in the nation to have appeared in every national championship to date.
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