No. 14 Red Rocks Prepare to Host Arizona State

Friday, January 30

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

Arizona State

Photo by: Misty-Jade Carlson

1/27/2026 3:00 PM | Gymnastics

Week Five Notes

Utah Gymnastics to welcome back alumni for ‘Life of a Red Rock’ meet

SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 14 Red Rocks come home to host Arizona State in their "Life of a Red Rock" meet on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. MT at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Fans unable to attend in person can watch the meet live on ESPN+ with Alisa Mowe and Nick Koop on the call.

FOR THE FANS

Fans are encouraged to come celebrate Utah Gymnastics' history with Red Rocks alum in attendance for alumni night.
Missy Marlowe will be recognized for her contributions to Red Rocks' lore, including bringing Utah their lone Honda-Broderick Cup which is celebrating 50 years of excellence women's collegiate sports.
Light up cowboy hats will be available for the first 300 fans pre-meet.
Minky Couture will host a baby race during the meet.

QUICK STICKS

Head coach Carly Dockendorf is in her third season at the helm of the Red Rocks and ninth season with Utah Gymnastics overall in 2026.
Dockendorf is joined by 12 returners from last season's team, including senior Makenna Smith and sophomore Avery Neff, while welcoming four freshmen to the mix in Norah Christian, Sage Curtis, Abbi Ryssman, and Bailey Stroud.
Utah notched their first Big 12 win of 2026 against Iowa State (1/25).
The Red Rocks earned their highest score of the season on beam against the Cyclones of 49.500 with senior Ana Padurariu tying her personal best (9.95), freshman Abbi Ryssman setting a personal best (9.925) that earned her a second Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/20 & 1/27), and junior Camie Winger adding a 9.90.
Utah tied their fourth highest team vault score in program history at Sprouts of 49.600. Last time Utah hit that mark was in 2005, with their highest score set in 2004 of 49.775. The Red Rocks also set a season-high mark on bars of 49.625 at BOU with their highest score on the event being a 49.800 set in 2022.
The Red Rocks announced a multi-year NIL partnership with local company Redmond (1/5/26) that will provide Utah Gymnastics with healthy meals, and electrolyte products, as well as provide funds for future international service trips to be announced at a later date.
Two Red Rocks legends remain on staff for Utah Gymnastics in 2026 with all-time perfect 10s record holder (15) Maile O'Keefe taking on an Operations Specialist position and recently graduated Olympic silver medalist Grace McCallum moving into the Student Assistant Coach role.
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 2/21/25, and clinched the Big 12 Championship on 3/22/25. In 2014, Utah Gymnastics earned Utah Athletics' first Pac-12 Title, four years after the Utes made the jump to the league from the Mountain West Conference.

CHALK TALK

Dockendorf is in her third season leading the Red Rocks program and her ninth 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 as head coach, earning the highest finish (3rd-place) by any first-year head coach.
Utah returns 18-of-24 routines from last year's team, which finished in fourth place at the NCAA Championships.
Utah's roster contains three All-Americans: Makenna Smith (10x), Avery Neff (4x), and Ella Zirbes (3x) plus regular-season All-American Camie Winger (1x).
Smith will seek to end her productive career with a bang currently sitting at 184 hit routines out of 186 in her career and 39 total event victories and counting.
Neff takes on a bigger role for the Utes in 2026 after showing the college gymnastics world what she's made of as a freshman and No. 1 recruit last season. Despite missing time with injury, Neff racked up the accolades earning four All-American nods, Regional All-Around and Vault Champion, 2025 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, 2025 All-Big 12 Freshman Team selection, 2025 Big 12 Beam Champion, and eight total career wins.
Utah has amassed 121 perfect 10.0 scores all-time, with 84 of those performances coming at home in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

LAST TIME OUT

Utah notched their first win in Big 12 competition for the 2026 season against Iowa State on the road, 195.725-192.300.
The Red Rocks earned their highest score of the 2026 season on beam of 49.500.
Padurariu tied her career-high on beam of 9.95 while Ryssman set a career-high of 9.925 on the apparatus for second place on the event. Ryssman earned her second Big 12 Newcomer of the Week award in a row for the effort.

UP NEXT
Utah goes back out on the road to face Arizona in Tucson on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. MT.

The meet will be aired on ESPN+.

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