Pac-12 Champions
Four-Peat Complete as Red Rocks Win the Final Pac-12 Conference Championship Super senior Maile O’Keefe makes a statement win with a 10.0 on balance beam
each event during her all-around competition. All six gymnasts would score a 9.90 or above as Utah moved to floor. O’Keefe, Abby Paulson, and Jaylene Gilstrap each scored a 9.950 to top the Red Rocks’ scoring effort. McCallum and Makenna Smith each tallied scores of 9.925. Jaedyn Rucker got her night started by scoring a 9.900. After the third rotation, Utah tallied a 49.700 to take their first lead of the evening with a 148.500. UCLA remained in second place with a 148.475. The Red Rocks had a 49.500 on vault. Rucker would tally the high-score for the Utah lineup on vault, scoring a 9.950. Camie Winger leading off with a 9.925. Ashley Glynn had a 9.90 and McCallum would once again come up clutch in the anchor spot of the lineup, securing her fourth 9.90 of the day. Maile O’Keefe claimed first-team recognition on beam and floor, and Grace McCallum earned first-team honors on Postseason Honors bars and floor in the All-Pac-12 awards. The Red Rocks added first-team honors from Jaedyn Rucker on vault and Abby Paulson on beam. Makenna Smith collected her first all- conference nod with a first-team
Super senior Jaedyn Rucker scored a 9.90 on floor and a 9.95 on vault at the Pac-12 Championships.
For the fourth year in a row, Utah claimed the Pac- 12 Women’s Gymnastics Championship on March 23 in West Valley City. Earning a score of 198.000, the fifth-ranked Utes bested second-place No. 11 UCLA by .125, which finished with a 197.875. Rounding out the top four, second-ranked California scored a 197.325 for a third-place finish and No. 20 Stanford scored a 197.175. The Utes have now won seven of the last 10 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships dating back to 2014.
The night was highlighted by Maile O’Keefe hitting her 15th career 10.0 score and turning around the Utah beam lineup in the second rotation. It was O’Keefe’s fourth 10.0 on beam this season, as she now owns the top spot all alone in the Utah record books for career 10.0 scores. Grace McCallum was firing on all cylinders, hitting a 9.90 or above in every event on her way to scoring a 39.675 and a tie for second place in the all-around. This was the second consecutive meet McCallum has hit 9.90+ in
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