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Sportswriter @Deseret . I write stories about @UtahGymnastics , @USUFootball and almost every other sport with a connection to Utah.

Salt Lake City, UT
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Per a release from the University of Utah, head gymnastics coach Tom Farden has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately due to "recent conduct and actions not related to student-athlete welfare, which simply do not align with our values and expectations."
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Former Utah gymnast Kim Tessen has posted on Instagram about her experience as a Red Rock. This is a brief snippet of what she wrote.
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For those wondering what has been going on with Kara Eaker, she just posted on Instagram.
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Utah announces that Maile O'Keefe, Abby Paulson and Jaedyn Rucker will all be returning for a fifth year.
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Maile O'Keefe now has 10 perfect 10s on beam in her career at Utah. She owns the event.
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Former University of Utah gymnast Lucy Stanhope announced on Instagram that she is transferring to Nebraska.
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Avery Neff, the No. 1 overall recruit in 2024 has committed to Utah gymnastics.
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Maile O'Keefe has now won an NCAA title in the all-around, on bars, beam and floor.
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Maile O'Keefe is the first Utah gymnast since Theresa Kulikowski in 1999 (against Utah State and Boise State) to earn multiple perfect 10s in the same meet.
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Maile O'Keefe is now Utah's record holder for most perfect 10s on beam in a single season, with 3. She just past Kristen Kenoyer, Missy Marlowe, Theresa Kulikowski and Ashley Postell.
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Maile O'Keefe is special. That shouldn't be surprising given she is a two-time individual national champion, but every week she shows she is one of the best gymnasts in the country.
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Utah's 197.9875 is the best score at nationals in program history.
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This was the most impressive win I have seen for Utah in the six years I've covered the team. With everything going on, the elite gymnastics of Oklahoma and UCLA and Utah beat them both.
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Per @UtahGymnastics , Jillian Hoffman has torn her Achilles in her right leg. Her season is over.
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Update on Kara Eaker. Per @UtahGymnastics , Eaker has a sprained ankle and will be out for a couple of weeks. Considering what happened, it could have been much worse.
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Every Utah gymnast is warming up right now, no braces, boots or wraps to be seen.
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Maile O'Keefe is the all-around champion and the beam champion. She is a Utah legend.
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With Amelie Morgan set to compete for Utah next season, this has got to be the most talented Red Rocks team ever. Two Olympians, an Olympic alternate, plus everyone back from last season (except Emilie LeBlanc). The NCAA will have a ton of talented teams, but Utah’s loaded.
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Utah finishes third in the country for the third straight year. It was once again a story of vault coming up short for the Red Rocks.
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Maile O'Keefe and Missy Marlowe are the only Utah gymnasts ever to win NCAA titles in the all-around, and on bars, beam and floor.
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Utah gymnastics was shut out of Pac-12 awards this season. Gymnast of Year — Selena Harris (UCLA) Specialist of the Year — Chloe Widner (Stanford) Freshman of the Year — Sophia Esposito (Oregon State) Coaches of the Year — Justin Howell & Elisabeth Crandall-Howell (Cal)
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Utah has also defeated rival UCLA in all three meetings this season. I know that matters to the Red Rocks. And tonight they did it in Los Angeles.
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To put it simply, @UtahGymnastics is devastated by Jillian Hoffman's injury. Tom Farden was beside himself in his post-meet interview.
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Grace McCallum's beam routine was highly entertaining. Her math skills are getting more advanced as the season progresses.
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Best thing from Utah's post-meet press conference: Maile O'Keefe didn't know she got a perfect 10 on beam because she ran to the restroom after finishing her routine.
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Maile O'Keefe just earned the second perfect 10 of her career. What a beam routine.
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Utah makes Pac-12 history, winning three straight conference titles. What a performance. To do this without Grace McCallum and Jillian Hoffman as well. This is a special group of Red Rocks.
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Utah has won the Pac-12 gymnastics championships. The best UCLA can finish with is a 197.875. It is over.
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I kind of expected this, but it was just confirmed that the Big 12 gymnastics championships will be held at the Maverik Center in West Valley City next season.
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Cristal Isa just got her first career perfect 10. What a beam routine.
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The comeback by Utah today was one for the ages. They couldn't have gotten off to a worse start and Missouri and Michigan State were on fire. Incredible recovery by the Red Rocks.
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Oklahoma hasn't lost a regular season meet since 2018, at Florida. One rotation to go and Utah leads 148.275 to 147.950.
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Utah is going to be loaded next season, with an incoming class that includes three 5-star gymnasts — Elizabeth Gantner, Camie Winger, and Ella Zirbes — another freshman in Olivia Kennedy plus Maile O'Keefe, Jaedyn Rucker and Abby Paulson returning.
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I don't know if Utah will win the national championship this year. I don't even know if they'll make it back to the Final Four. But this is the best Utah team I've covered and I started in 2018. Many of the previous teams were incredible, but none won like this team does.
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I think this stat is cool in regards to Jayden Rucker. She is the first Utah gymnast with a perfect 10 on vault in back-to-back meets since Kristen Kenoyer in 1993. They are the only Red Rocks who've done it.
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Maile O'Keefe gets a perfect 10 on beam. Wow. Just wow. And Utah will advance.
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Kara Eaker practiced today 😳
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The countdown is on...⌛️ #trUSt | #Pac12s
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Utah has now advanced to the Final Four the last three seasons. This one definitely has been the most impressive. Utah showed up in a big way tonight.
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Tom Farden called tonight the most impressive win in recent Utah history. He insinuated that it was the best win by the Red Rocks since he has been at Utah.
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Kara Eaker and Kim Tessen addressed the Education Committee of the Utah House of Representatives yesterday, regarding a resolution (H.J.R. 7) condemning abusive coaching practices. You can watch their statements here. Discourse starts at the 32 min mark.
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Utah's 49.725 is the highest score by any team this year on beam. Every score that counted was a 9.90+
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Abby Paulson did it. She gets a perfect 10 on beam. The first since her freshman year and in her last performance in the Huntsman Center.
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If college gymnastics coaching searches were like college football, Michigan State’s Mike Rowe, Missouri’s Shannon Welker and others like them would be loudly speculated as options for UCLA. And of course Jordyn Wieber would be target No. 1.
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Abby Brenner is the most enthusiastic and energized gymnast I've ever seen at Utah. It is honestly crazy. I don't know how someone can have that much energy.
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Unless I cannot read (which is genuinely possible) Utah should start Saturday's competition on floor again, and end the meet on beam. I don't think the Red Rocks could ask for a better rotation than that. Oklahoma should start on vault, Florida on beam and LSU on bars.
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Carly Dockendorf has agreed to be interim head coach of the Red Rocks.
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4 years
Utah's 49.775 on beam is the best score in the country this season. If you hadn't already accepted that Utah is an elite beam team, there it is.
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4 months
Got to talk to Amelie Morgan today (story coming later). She will be leaving Utah for over a month, but will be back to compete at the Pac-12 championships and the NCAA postseason.
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Thoughts on Utah's beam lineup (at Best of Utah — Kara Eaker has a real argument to being the best beam worker in college gymnastics. Or should by the end of the year. — The Red Rocks are going to fight for the title of best beam team. — 49.675. What a showing.
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No updates yet on Grace McCallum’s injury, per Utah gymnastics. There is media availability tomorrow so we may find out then. It is also possible that Utah is going to defer and let Grace make any announcements herself on social media.
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Jaedyn Rucker is also the first Utah gymnast with two perfect 10s on vault in the same season since Ashley Postell in 2008.
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Lucy Stanhope becomes the second Utah gymnast to enter the transfer portal this offseason, along with Jillian Hoffman. A junior this past season, Stanhope had flashes of greatness at Utah.
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Jillian Hoffman will transfer to another program and utilize her fifth year of eligibility. Cammy Hall did a similar thing last year, transferring to LSU.
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New adventures await 🤍
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That is four in a row for the Red Rocks. An unprecedented run of success in Pac-12 history. Just as the conference comes to an end.
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Well I did the math (not my strong suit) and Utah will win the Pac-12 championships. Best UCLA can do is a 197.925.
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Maile O'Keefe announced tonight that she will be a student coach for Utah next season.
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Had interviews a couple of hours ago with the Red Rocks and there is good news. Abby Paulson is expected to compete on more than just floor at nationals. Tom Farden wouldn't go so far as to guarantee she'll be back on bars, beam and floor, but it is looking more and more like it.
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A Kentucky gymnast just flashed the U when Utah fans were asked to cheer. This Utah team has won a lot of people over.
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Cammy went to high five a teammate, went wide-eyed and then fell to the ground. Medical team working on her now on the vault runway. And now she is at least sitting up.
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Everyone understandably is hoping for the best case scenario, but I also spoke with multiple Utah gymnasts and they are very confident that if Grace can’t compete the team has the routines it needs. Nearly every gymnast believes this is the deepest Utah team they’ve been on.
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No Grace McCallum update today. I have been told that we will have an update some time in the next few days. Utah is (understandably) being very thorough with testing and is awaiting results.
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I’m very slow/behind on this, but significant transfer for Utah gymnastics.
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Thoughts on Utah's beam rotation (against Boise State) — A new look lineup in a lot of ways, but still really really good. — Maile O'Keefe is a legend. New rules instituted to limit 10s and she gets one the very first meet of the season.
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Thoughts on Utah's bar rotation (NCAA semis) — Exactly the rotation Utah needed. That was the best they've done on bars as a group this season. — Utah counted only 9.9s or better. — GRACE MCCALLUM
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Tonight's result in Denver — the Denver Pioneers and LSU Tigers advancing — illustrates how truly incredible Utah's streak of 47 straight appearances at the national championships is. Elite teams lose at regionals. It happens. In recent years to both Florida and Michigan.
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Utah gymnastics has released its 2024 roster. Fourteen gymnasts in total, including a four-woman freshman class that I can definitively say Tom Farden is thrilled to have.
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Former Utah gymnast Sage Thompson announces that she is transferring to Oregon State.
So excited for this next opportunity and I want to thank everyone who helped me during this process! @BeaverGym
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The teams — No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Cal, No. 4 Florida and No. 5 Utah. Utah again finds a way to the national championship meet despite not being seeded in the top 4. That makes three of the last four years the Red Rocks have pulled that off.
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Utah will be competing for a national title (first since 1995) Saturday afternoon. What a performance by the Red Rocks, coupled with some of the crazier mistakes in a meet from multiple teams.
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Utah will be without Abby Paulson tonight. That is a significant blow. Hopefully it is not serious.
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Utah has won the 2022 Pac-12 championships. With Sydney Soloski still to go.
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Utah flips former Auburn recruit in the 2025 class. Christian known especially for her bars work, according to College Gym News.
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I am at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas for the semifinals of the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships. Figured with Utah ending on beam tonight I should sit by that event.
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This is significant news for NCAA gymnastics. Volunteer coaches have always incredibly difficult to hold on to (for obvious reasons). And now, they will rightly just be coaches.
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🚨SOURCES: The @NCAA Division I Council has approved a measure to turn all volunteer positions in baseball and softball (and in all sports) into a full-time coaching position without recruiting constraints. Volunteers will officially become full-time coaches on July 1, 2023.
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Kara Eaker will not compete for Utah tonight against Arizona. She is out due to concussion protocol.
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Jillian Hoffman was resting for Utah today. Tom Farden sang the praises of Jaylene Gilstrap, preached about context mattering (Utah being without two Olympians) and deftly avoided a fine when I asked about judging.
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And with that Grace McCallum beam routine, Utah wins this semifinal, beating Oklahoma 198.2250 to 198.1625.
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I'm just going to leave this here since Abby Brenner is the latest Minnesotan to come to Utah. Abby Paulson and Brenner were teammates at Twin City Twisters. .
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Utah will be competing for a national title (first since 1995) Saturday afternoon. What a performance by the Red Rocks, coupled with some of the crazier mistakes in a meet from multiple teams.
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I did not expect this. Utah gets Jaedyn Rucker back for one more year.
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Four-star recruit took visits to Utah, Auburn, UCLA and Oregon State. Is the Red Rocks‘ third commit for 2025, joining Sage Curtis and Bailey Stroud.
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Utah flips former Auburn recruit in the 2025 class. Christian known especially for her bars work, according to College Gym News.
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Former University of Utah gymnast Jillian Hoffman announced on Instagram that she is transferring to LSU.
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It might get me in trouble on here, but Utah is getting overscored on some of these bar routines. 🤷‍♂️
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Maile O'Keefe has done it. She is Utah's record holder for perfect 10s. 15 in her collegiate career.
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If Jillian Hoffman can consistently throw a 10.0 value vault, Utah will have six in the lineup (with more being trained behind the scenes).
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Utah has won the Pac-12 gymnastics championships. The best UCLA can finish with is a 197.875. It is over.
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Amelie Morgan confirms that she will be competing at English Gymnastics Championships in March. More to come on what that means for her season at Utah tomorrow.
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The most interesting takeaway from Utah’s win over LSU (to me) is the idea that this year’s team has a better vibe/is more connected than any recent version of the Red Rocks. Maile O’Keefe spoke to that again, but so did Abby Paulson.
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Seriously. This is the Alexia Burch meet. What a competition for her.
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Not trying to give away stories I am going to write in the next couple of days, but I will say that Carly Dockendorf has the utmost confidence in her gymnasts and expectations that Utah will be great in the future, even if some things change under her leadership.
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I don’t usually weigh in on leo discussions, but I am of the opinion that Utah should wear red more. So I like this!
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𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚. #RedRocks | @gkelite
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For the first time since I’ve covered the team (starting in 2018) Utah is ranked in the top 6 on every event entering the NCAA portion of the postseason. That historically has been something of a prerequisite for NCAA champs.
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I wasn’t fast enough to catch it on video, but Abby Brenner just had a little heart-warming moment with some of her former Michigan teammates. Hugs, cheers and such.
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I’m late on this, but the Red Rocks got a commitment from Olympus Gymnastics’ Sage Curtis. Rated a 3-star recruit (Class of 2025) by College Gym News, Curtis announced her commitment to Utah on Instagram.
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I'm still stunned by what happened with Oklahoma in that first rotation. Combine it with Utah competing lights out and my head is all over the place.
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Amelie Morgan is basically the perfect leadoff gymnast on beam. Utah couldn't do better than her.
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Utah will finish in third place for the fourth straight season. And vault, once again, is the event that lets the Red Rocks down in the end.
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Her goal is to make it back to the Olympics, and she is very much doing this for her, for fun, and for her satisfaction. She emphasized that she wants to do both elite and NCAA gym in a way that will be beneficial to both her and Utah.
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Ashley Glynn to Utah is official. Here's what Tom Farden said about her joining the Red Rocks — "Ashley's work ethic and even-keeled demeanor, along with her four-event experience at Temple will bode well for making lineups at Utah...
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Avery Neff, Zoe Johnson and Clara Raposo — the Red Rocks' three most recent 5-star signees — are here at the Huntsman Center tonight.
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Selena Harris is an incredible gymnast. And will be one of the best in all of NCAA gymnastics her whole career.
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There we go. Maile O'Keefe is now tied with Theresa Kulikowski for the most perfect 10s on beam in a Utah career. Maile has every argument to being considered the GOAT on beam for Utah.
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𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐎'𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐅𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍‼️ @maile_okeefe now has 6⃣ Perfect 10s on beam in her career which 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝!
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Here was Maile O'Keefe's answer (word for word) when I asked her if she was going to return for a fifth year at Utah — "I have thought about it a lot and I have kind of been working on things. It is definitely something I've been thinking about and would love to do."
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I asked her about it earlier this week.
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Jaedyn has always seemed to do better in the postseason than she does during the regular season. And that was an excellent vault. Perfection for her again,
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