UTAH GYMNASTICS • 44 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES • 373 NCAA ALL-AMERICANS • 10 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • FOUR PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021 SCHEDULE No. 4 UTAH vs. No. 23 OREGON STATE DATE OPPONENT TIME (MT)/RESULT Friday, March 5, 2021 • 7 p.m. MT • Oregon State Live Stream Jan. 9 vs. #17 BYU W, 196.900-195.700 Corvallis, Ore. • Gill Coliseum vs. Utah State W, 196.900-194.350 UTAH OREGON STATE vs. #23 SUU W, 196.900-194.325 (8-1 Overall, 5-0 Pac-12) (2-4 Overall, 1-3 Pac-12) Jan. 17 at #2 Oklahoma L, 196.550-197.025 Head Coach: Tom Farden Head Coach: Tanya Chaplin Record at Utah: 109-34-1 Record at OSU: 433-255-3 Jan. 23 vs. Arizona W, 197.075-195.650 Career Record: 180-82-1 WEEK NINE WEEK Associate HC: Michael Chaplin Jan. 30 vs. Washington W, 197.475-193.500 Feb. 6 at #16 Arizona State W, 197.450-197.150 Feb. 15 at Stanford Canceled MEET WEEK Feb. 19 vs. #14 UCLA W, 197.225-197.100 Contending for its second-straight undefeated season in conference play and an Feb. 26 vs. #9 California W, 197.375-197.125 outright Pac-12 Regular Season Championship, No. 4-ranked Utah gymnastics (8-1, 5-0 Pac-12) is set to take on No. 23 Oregon State (2-4, 1-3 Pac-12) in the Mar. 5 at #23 Oregon State 6 p.m. conference finale for the Utes. Utah and Oregon State will compete this Friday, Mar. 12 vs. Utah State 7 p.m. March 5 at 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. The meet will be Mar. 20 Pac-12 Championships (Session 1) 1 p.m. live streamed. Pac-12 Championships (Session 2) 6 p.m. IN THE RANKINGS Utah remained at No. 4 in the nation as the RoadToNationals rankings officially NCAA Postseason Schedule turned to National Qualifying Scores (NQS). A team’s NQS this year is an average April 1-3 NCAA Regionals TBD of four scores – two of which must be road or neutral site scores. The Utes rank April 16-17 NCAA Championships TBD No. 3 on beam, No. 5 on floor, No. 5 on vault and No. 13 on bars. Maile O’Keefe moved to No. 1 in the nation on beam and ranks No. 8 in the all-around. Following the shift to NQS, Abby Paulson is tied for No. 4 in the nation on beam, while Alexia Media Opportunities This Week Burch is No. 5 in the country on vault. Sydney Soloski is tied for No. 14 on floor M, 3.1 ...................................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews and Cristal Isa is tied for No. 16 on the uneven bars to round out the Red Rocks TU, 3.2 ................................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews ranked in the top-25. *All interviews will be via Zoom or phone. CHALK TALK • Utah changed three of four event lineups in the victory over California, produc- ing a score of 197.375, which is just one-tenth shy of its season-high team score. UTAH GYMNASTICS COACHES • Utah has hit 161-168 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine Head Coach: Tom Farden are O’Keefe (27-27), Cristal Isa (23-23), Lucy Stanhope (16-16), Adrienne Randall Year at Utah: 6th/11th (10-10), Sydney Soloski (7-7) and Jaylene Gilstrap (5-5). Record at Utah: 109-34-1 (6th year) • Individual event winners this season are O’Keefe (13), Burch (4), Isa (3), Career Record: 180-82-1 (11th year) Soloski (3), Hall (2), Paulson (2) and Jaedyn Rucker (1). • Pac-12 award winners this season for Utah are O’Keefe as Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 21, Feb. 2, Feb. 9); Soloski (Jan. 21, Feb. 23), Paulson (Feb. 2) and Burch (Feb. Assistant Coaches: 9) as Specialists of the Week; and Rucker (Jan. 21, Feb. 9) and Burch (Feb. 2, Feb. Carly Dockendorf (3rd/4th overall) 23) as the Coaches’ Choice winners. Garrett Griffeth (2nd year) LEADING THE PAC Volunteer Assistant Coach: • Utah is No. 1 in the Pac-12 on vault, beam and floor. Alexia Burch is ranked No. 1 in the conference on vault, Maile O’Keefe is No. 1 on beam and in the all-around, Courtney McCool Griffeth (2nd year) while Sydney Soloski is tied for No. 1 on floor in the Pac-12. • Utah has three gymnasts ranked in the top-10 in the conference on vault, four UTAH GYMNASTICS STAFF ranked in the top-10 on beam, and three in the top-10 on floor, which is the most Director of Operations: Hailee Corry (1st year) of any team on those respective events. Director of New Media: Misty-Jade Carlson (2nd • Utah is the only team undefeated in the Pac-12 Conference and has not lost a year) regular season Pac-12 dual meet since Feb. 23, 2019. Athletic Trainer: Melissa Linstrom (1st year) SERIES SHORTS Strength Coach: Cody Lockling (2nd year) Utah leads the all-time series over Oregon State 72-10-1, holding an 18-9 record in Corvallis. Utah has won the last seven matchups with its last loss coming in Cor- vallis by a score of 196.550-196.525. Last season, Utah rolled past Oregon State UTAH ATHLETICS COMMUNCIATIONS in Salt Lake City, downing the Beavers 197.100-196.275 despite counting a fall on floor. The Utes boasted a 49.450 on vault and 49.600 on beam to lead the charge, Assistant Director (GYM Contact): Mady White while Sydney Soloski won a share of the floor title and Maile O’Keefe took home Phone: 801-458-8347 • [email protected] the beam victory. utahutes.com • @utahgymnastics MEET 8: UTAH vs. OREGON STATE SCOUTING OREGON STATE TOTAL TEAM EFFORT QUICK FACTS Head Coach: Tanya Chaplin Of the available 12 gymnasts, all 12 have Location ...................................Salt Lake City, Utah 2020 NCAA Finish: No. 15 competed in a Utah lineup this season, Founded ................................................................. 1850 National Ranking: No. 23 while nine Red Rocks have competed on Enrollment ......................................................... 33,047 Record: 2-4, 1-3 Pac-12 at least two events in a meet this year. President ................................. Dr. Ruth V. Watkins Notes: Oregon State comes into the Utah has had seven different event win- Director of Athletics ........................ Mark Harlan weekend after posting a season-high ners so far. Utah has had the same six Conference ....................................................... Pac-12 196.500 in a loss to UCLA … The Beavers gymnasts in the vault and bars lineup, Nickname ............................................................... Utes have increased their score in every outing while showing eight on beam and eight Mascot ................................................................ Swoop this season and currently have an NQS on floor of the 12 student-athletes avail- Arena ............................. Jon M. Huntsman Center score of 195.950 … Madi Dagen ranks able. Website .............................................. UtahUtes.com tied for No. 6 in the nation on vault and is tied for No. 19 on beam … Kaitlyn Yanish FEELING IT ON FLOOR TEAM INFORMATION is ranked tied for No. 14 on floor in the Utah has been extremely consistent in 2020 Overall Record ............................................. 11-0 nation and is tied with Sydney Soloski for 2021 on floor and ranks No. 4 in the na- 2020 Dual Meet Record ............8-0 (7-0 Pac-12) No. 1 in the Pac-12 on floor … The Beavers tion. The Utes have changed the order in 2020 High Score ............................................. 198.075 as a team as No. 13 in the nation on vault all but two outings from one week to the Pac-12 Finish ..............................................First Place and floor, while coming in as No. 19 on next, but have scored between a 49.300 NCAA Finish ............................................................N/A beam. and 49.450 in all seven meets. Utah ranks Routines Returning/Lost .................................. 14/7 No. 1 in the Pac-12 on floor and is coming All-Americans Returning/Lost .........................4/2 UP NEXT off back-to-back 49.450 efforts against Letterwinners Returning/Newcomers .......10/3 Utah gymnastics will close out the 2021 UCLA and California that went on to win regular season against Utah State for se- the meet. The 49.450 is the highest floor ROSTER BREAKDOWN nior night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center score in the Pac-12 this season. Soloski By Year: in Salt Lake City. Utah and Utah State will leads the group with three floor titles Seniors (3) ...........Alexia Burch, Emilie LeBlanc, compete at 7 p.m. MT and the meet will and has scored a 9.90 or higher in all but Sydney Soloski be live streamed. the season opener, marking six-straight Juniors (3) ....................... Cammy Hall, Cristal Isa, scores of 9.90-plus, including her 9.925 Adrienne Randall MY OH MAI against UCLA to win the meet. Last meet, Sophomores (4) .. Jillian Hoffman, Maile O’Keefe, Maile O’Keefe has emerged as a national Utah collected a career-high 9.95 from Abby Paulson, Jaedyn Rucker force in the all-around, ranking No. 8 Jaedyn Rucker for her first collegiate Freshman (3) .. Jaylene Gilstrap, Alani Sabado, nationally. O’Keefe has picked up a team- event victory. Lucy Stanhope leading 13 event titles this season. Against Washington, O’Keefe posted the nation’s BEAM QUEENS By State/Country: first 10.0 on beam to that point. She won The Red Rocks have continued to prove Arizona (1) ...........................................Jaedyn Rucker her fourth-straight beam title, as well as they can be a force on the balance beam California (3) .....................................Jillian Hoffman, an all-around victory with a 39.525 at once again this season, ranking No.