No. 4 Red Rocks Look to NCAA Regionals

SALT LAKE CITY --The fourth-ranked Utah Gymnastics team is set to host the NCAA Regionals at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, April 2-5. The Red Rocks will compete as part of the NCAA Semifinal Round on Thursday, April 3, in the second session of the day at 7 p.m. MT against No. 13 Stanford, No. 18 Denver and the winner from the play-in round on April 2, between BYU and Utah State.

The first session of the semifinals will take place at 1 p.m. MT, and feature No. 5 UCLA, No. 10 Minnesota, No. 23 Southern Utah, and Boise State.

Teams were seeded No. 1-16 based on National Qualifying Scores, while the remaining 20 qualifiers were placed in regions geographically.

The top two teams in each semifinal session will advance to the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m. MT.

FOR THE FANS

Tickets for the Salt Lake City Regional meets can be purchased here.
All Salt Lake City Regional meets will be broadcast on ESPN+.

IN THE RANKINGS

Through 13 weeks, Utah is ranked among the nation's top 10 in all four events:

VT: 6th | UB: 4th | BB: 3rd | FX: 6th | AA: 4th

Grace McCallum is tied second on bars, tied fourth on beam, and ranks ninth in the all-around.
Makenna Smith is fourth in the nation on vault, tied 14th on floor, and is No. 10 in the all-around.
Avery Neff and Camie Winger are tied 15th in the country on beam.
Utah's all-around NQS score is 197.780, while their season average score is 197.390.

AWARD SEASON

            All-Big 12 Vault Team: Smith, Ella Zirbes, Ashley Glynn, McCallum
            All-Big 12 Bars Team: McCallum, Amelie Morgan, Zirbes
            All-Big 12 Beam Team: McCallum, Winger, Smith, Morgan
            All-Big 12 Floor Team: Smith, McCallum, Jaylene Gilstrap
            All-Big 12 All-Around Team: McCallum, Smith
            Big 12 All-Freshman Team: Neff

McCallum was named the Big 12 'Gymnast of the Year' and is a finalist for the AAI Award.
Neff was named the Big 12 'Newcomer of the Year'.
Utah Gymnastics clinched both the Regular Season Big 12 Title (2/21) and the Big 12 Championship (3/22) in their first season in the league.

QUICK STICKS

Utah is attempting to advance to their 49th-straight NCAA National Championship.
The Red Rocks are the only program to have qualified for every National Championship.
Utah has won 34 regional titles (31 NCAA) and finished second the other 14 years.
Utah has hit the 198-mark twice this season. 198.075 against Denver on 2/21 and 198.100 against UCLA on 3/15.
The Red Rocks cleaned up on Big 12 Weekly Awards during the 2025 season with six different gymnasts being recognized 13 times.
McCallum has the most event wins for Utah in 2025 boasting 24, while Smith is hot on her heels with 23.
Utah Gymnastics clinched Utah Athletics' first two Big 12 Titles since joining the league before the 2024 fall sports season began. The Red Rocks won the Big 12's Regular Season Championship outright on 2/21, and clinched the Big 12 Championship on 3/22. In 2014, Utah Gymnastics was responsible for Utah Athletics' first Pac-12 Title, four years after the Utes made the jump to the league from the Mountain West Conference.

CHALK TALK

Head coach Carly Dockendorf is in her second season leading the Red Rocks program and her eighth overall with Utah Gymnastics.
In 2024 Dockendorf became the first head coach in NCAA history to lead a team to the Final Four in her first year in the position, earning the highest finish (3rd-place) by any first-year head coach.
Utah returned 16-of-24 routines from last year's team, which finished in third place at the NCAA Championships.
Utah's roster contains five All-Americans: Grace McCallum (8x), Makenna Smith (4x), Ella Zirbes (2x) and Jaylene Gilstrap.
Makenna Smith seeks to build off her breakout sophomore season, which saw her hit all 61 routines. The Albuquerque native earned NCAA All-America honors in the all-around and vault, and second team on bars in 2024.
Utah closed its 13-year membership in the Pac-12 Conference in 2024 by winning its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Championship meet.
Utah added two new faces to the coaching staff in the offseason, starting with the addition of assistant coach Mike Hunger, who brings more than 50 years of experience to lead the vault squad and assist on floor.
Utah Gymnastics legend Maile O'Keefe returns to the program as a student assistant coach, coming off one of the most decorated college gymnastics careers. She won four NCAA individual titles (bars, floor – 2021; all-around, beam – 2023). O'Keefe collected 19 All-America awards (7 regular season, 12 NCAA) while competing for the Red Rocks.
Utah has amassed 112 perfect 10.0 scores all-time, with 81 of those performances coming at home in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

LAST TIME OUT

The No. 4 Red Rocks clinched the Big 12 Championship on 3/22 with a score of 197.775. 2025 is the first season Utah gymnastics has competed as part of the Big 12 Conference.
Utah had five gymnasts sweep Big 12 Single Event Titles: McCallum & Glynn tied for Vault Champions (9.90), Smith earned Bars Champion (9.925), Neff & Ana Padurariu tied as Beam Champions (9.95), Smith took home the Floor Title (9.925), and McCallum was the top All-Arounder (39.550).
McCallum was crowned the Big 12 'Gymnast of the Year' while Neff earned the title of Big 12 'Newcomer of the Year'.

UP NEXT
Assuming the Red Rocks advance from regionals, they will get a week off from April 6-12, before turning their focus to the NCAA Championships at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas from April 17-19.

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Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Semifinal on April 17, 2025 , , 1st of 4 (197.7625)

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA on April 5, 2025 , , 1st of 4 (197.825)

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA on April 3, 2025 , , Tied 1st of 4 (197.650)

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus Big 12 Championships on March 22, 2025 , , 1st of 7 (197.775)

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus UCLA on March 15, 2025 , Win , 198.100, to, 197.425

Completed Event: Gymnastics at Washington on March 8, 2025 , Win , 197.225, to, 195.875

Completed Event: Gymnastics versus Denver on February 21, 2025 , Win , 198.075, to, 197.525

Completed Event: Gymnastics at #24 Arizona State on February 14, 2025 , Win , 196.600, to, 196.475