Completed Event: Gymnastics versus Big 12 Championship on March 21, 2026 , , 1st of 7 (197.675)
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The University of Utah Athletics
Saturday, March 21
West Valley City/Maverik Center
5:00 PM
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Big 12 Championship
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No. 12 Utah Gymnastics Claims Big 12 Championship
3/21/2026 9:22 PM | Gymnastics
Red Rocks delivered a 197.675 team score to capture back-to-back titles
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah— The No.12 Red Rocks secured the Big 12 Title after being named the regular season champions earlier this month.
Utah earned a 197.675 final score over their Big 12 opponents to secure back-to-back titles since joining the conference in 2024.
"I'm just so proud of this team tonight," said head coach Carly Dockendorf. "Winning conference championships is not something you can take for granted, and this team fought the entire night to stay in the meet. I'm just really proud of their great resilience throughout the competition. There were some great individual performances-- I thought we started off really strong on vault, and if we had a mistake we just carried on and didn't let up. Going into Regionals, it's not going to be perfect. It's not going to be smooth, but we really feel like we've, again, we just keep adding to our list of adversity we keep learning from."
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Avery Neff, Makenna Smith, and Ella Zirbes claimed first, second, and third in the all-around respectively while the Red Rocks also claimed the Big 12 vault (Smith, 9.95), bars (Neff, 9.90), beam (Camie Winger, 9.975), and floor (Neff, 9.975) titles as well. Â
Additionally, Utah had a duo of gymnasts earn two Big 12 End of the Year awards, with Ana Padurariu being awarded Specialist of the Year and Neff earning Gymnast of the Year.
The Red Rocks got off to a strong start, posting a team score of 49.375 to take the lead after their first rotation, with Arizona in second (49.325), Denver in third (49.050), and BYU in fourth (48.775).
Smith earned the highest score of the rotation with a 9.95, tying her season-high, followed by Ashley Glynn with a 9.875 while Neff wrapped up the rotation with a 9.90.
Utah had a setback on bars, scoring a 49.050 in the second rotation for a 98.425 total score. Denver took the lead (98.500), with Arizona in third (98.075), and BYU in fourth (97.675).
Neff got the high score with a 9.90, followed by Smith with a 9.875. Zirbes and Abbi Ryssman both posted 9.85s for Utah.
The Red Rocks took back the lead, scoring a 49.525 on beam for a 147.950 out of rotation three. Denver took second (147.475), BYU in third (147.150), and Arizona in fourth (145.475).
Elizabeth Gantner started off beam for Utah, scoring a 9.875. Neff kept things going with a 9.925, followed by Camie Winger with a career-high of 9.975.
Utah sealed the deal on floor, posting a 49.725 (the highest floor score for the Red Rocks of the season) to take home the Big 12 Title with a 197.675.
Zoe Johnson started the floor party tying her career-best with a 9.90, followed by Avery Neff setting a career-high with a 9.975. Both Zirbes and Smith added 9.95s before Sage Curtis wrapped up the night with a third 9.95 setting one more career-high for the night.
Avery Neff posted an all-around score of 39.700, tying her career high, while Makenna Smith matched her season high of 39.600 all-around score.
UTAH EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS
Vault– 49.375
Bars– 49.050 (98.425)
Beam – 49.525 (147.950)
Floor– 49.725 (197.625)
UP NEXT
The Red Rocks will find out their NCAA Regional fate on Monday, March 23 at 10 a.m. MT.
Fans can follow along on ESPNU.
FOLLOW THE RED ROCKS
For an inside look at the Utah Gymnastics program, including tournament, roster and news updates, fans can follow the Red Rocks on social media (TikTok: @utahgymnastics |Instagram: @utahgymnastics).
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL MOBILE APP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TODAY – UTAH 360
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Utah earned a 197.675 final score over their Big 12 opponents to secure back-to-back titles since joining the conference in 2024.
"I'm just so proud of this team tonight," said head coach Carly Dockendorf. "Winning conference championships is not something you can take for granted, and this team fought the entire night to stay in the meet. I'm just really proud of their great resilience throughout the competition. There were some great individual performances-- I thought we started off really strong on vault, and if we had a mistake we just carried on and didn't let up. Going into Regionals, it's not going to be perfect. It's not going to be smooth, but we really feel like we've, again, we just keep adding to our list of adversity we keep learning from."
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Avery Neff, Makenna Smith, and Ella Zirbes claimed first, second, and third in the all-around respectively while the Red Rocks also claimed the Big 12 vault (Smith, 9.95), bars (Neff, 9.90), beam (Camie Winger, 9.975), and floor (Neff, 9.975) titles as well. Â
Additionally, Utah had a duo of gymnasts earn two Big 12 End of the Year awards, with Ana Padurariu being awarded Specialist of the Year and Neff earning Gymnast of the Year.
The Red Rocks got off to a strong start, posting a team score of 49.375 to take the lead after their first rotation, with Arizona in second (49.325), Denver in third (49.050), and BYU in fourth (48.775).
Smith earned the highest score of the rotation with a 9.95, tying her season-high, followed by Ashley Glynn with a 9.875 while Neff wrapped up the rotation with a 9.90.
Utah had a setback on bars, scoring a 49.050 in the second rotation for a 98.425 total score. Denver took the lead (98.500), with Arizona in third (98.075), and BYU in fourth (97.675).
Neff got the high score with a 9.90, followed by Smith with a 9.875. Zirbes and Abbi Ryssman both posted 9.85s for Utah.
The Red Rocks took back the lead, scoring a 49.525 on beam for a 147.950 out of rotation three. Denver took second (147.475), BYU in third (147.150), and Arizona in fourth (145.475).
Elizabeth Gantner started off beam for Utah, scoring a 9.875. Neff kept things going with a 9.925, followed by Camie Winger with a career-high of 9.975.
Utah sealed the deal on floor, posting a 49.725 (the highest floor score for the Red Rocks of the season) to take home the Big 12 Title with a 197.675.
Zoe Johnson started the floor party tying her career-best with a 9.90, followed by Avery Neff setting a career-high with a 9.975. Both Zirbes and Smith added 9.95s before Sage Curtis wrapped up the night with a third 9.95 setting one more career-high for the night.
Avery Neff posted an all-around score of 39.700, tying her career high, while Makenna Smith matched her season high of 39.600 all-around score.
UTAH EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS
Vault– 49.375
- Camie Winger – 9.800
- Ella Zirbes– 9.850
- Zoe Johnson--Â 9.800
- Makenna Smith– 9.950
- Ashley Glynn--Â 9.875
- Avery Neff– 9.900
Bars– 49.050 (98.425)
- Makenna Smith– 9.875
- Ashley Glynn– 9.575
- Abbi Ryssman– 9.850
- Ella Zirbes– 9.850
- Ana Padurariu– 5.200
- Avery Neff– 9.900
Beam – 49.525 (147.950)
- Elizabeth Gantner– 9.875
- Ella Zirbes—9.875
- Abbi Ryssman– 9.875
-  Makenna Smith– 9.825
- Avery Neff– 9.925
- Camie Winger—9.975
Floor– 49.725 (197.625)
- Ashley Glynn– 9.150
- Zoe Johnson—9.900
- Avery Neff– 9.975
-  Ella Zirbes– 9.950
- Makenna Smith– 9.950
- Sage Curtis—9.950
UP NEXT
The Red Rocks will find out their NCAA Regional fate on Monday, March 23 at 10 a.m. MT.
Fans can follow along on ESPNU.
FOLLOW THE RED ROCKS
For an inside look at the Utah Gymnastics program, including tournament, roster and news updates, fans can follow the Red Rocks on social media (TikTok: @utahgymnastics |Instagram: @utahgymnastics).
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL MOBILE APP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH TODAY – UTAH 360
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