No. 12 Red Rocks Prepare to Host No. 23 BYU

Friday, February 13

Salt Lake City, UT

7:00 PM

University of Utah

BYU

Photo by: Misty-Jade Carlson

2/10/2026 3:00 PM | Gymnastics

Utah Gymnastics will welcome the Cougars for Galentine’s Day Celebration

SALT LAKE CITY-- The No. 12 Red Rocks come home to the Huntsman Center to host BYU for Galentine's Day on Friday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. MT.

Fans that can't attend in person can view the meet on ESPN+ with Alisa Mowe and Nick Koop on the call.

FOR THE FANS

Be sure to wear red for our Red Out!
Bring your flags to help break the Huntsman Record for most flags in the arena.
Stick Flag giveaway for first 1000 fans through the door.
"I Love Red Rocks" shirts for the first 1000 fans.
Stickers and Valentines will be passed out on the concourse.

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 sits 3-0 in Big 12 competition after wins over Iowa State (1/25), ASU (1/30) and Arizona (2/6).
Sophomore Neff earned the all-around crown with her second-highest all-around score of 39.625 against Arizona which is just .05 of a point from her personal best of 39.675 set in the NCAA Regionals last season. Neff went on to notch event wins on bars (9.90), beam (9.95), and floor (9.90)-- tying her season highs on bars and floor, while matching her career high on beam. Her performance earned her a second-straight Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (2/10) and third overall for 2026.
Utah had at least one athlete win each event category against Arizona (Neff: all-around, bars, beam, floor; Ella Zirbes: vault (9.925), bars; Ana Padurariu: bars; Winger: beam).
The Red Rocks earned their highest score of the season on beam against the Wildcats of 49.550 with Neff and junior Camie Winger tying for the event win with 9.95s in the second-to-last and anchor positions. Winger's 9.95 as the anchor earned her Big 12 Specialist of the week nods (2/10). The previous week, Utah earned their highest score of the season on floor against Arizona State, hitting 49.300 as a team on the event.
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 189 hit routines out of 192 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 earned their third conference win over Arizona with their second highest score of the season, 197.125 - 195.975 (2/6) to stay undefeated in Big 12 Competition.
Sophomore Neff earned the all-around crown with her second-highest all-around score of 39.625 against Arizona which is just .05 of a point from her personal best of 39.675 set in the NCAA Regionals last season. Neff went on to notch event wins on bars (9.90), beam (9.95), and floor (9.90)-- tying her season highs on bars and floor, while matching her career high on beam. Her performance earned her a second-straight Big 12 Gymnast of the Week (2/10) and third overall for 2026.
Utah had at least one athlete win each event category against Arizona (Neff: all-around, bars, beam, floor; Ella Zirbes: vault (9.925), bars; Ana Padurariu: bars; Winger: beam).
The Red Rocks earned their highest score of the season on beam against the Wildcats of 49.550 with Neff and junior Camie Winger tying for the event win with 9.95s in the second-to-last and anchor positions. Winger's 9.95 as the anchor earned her Big 12 Specialist of the week nods (2/10).

UP NEXT

Utah remains home for one more week, hosting Southern Utah on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. MT.

Fans that can't make it to the Huntsman Center can catch the meet on ESPN + with Alisa Mowe and Nick Koop on the call.

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