Utah gymnastics returns 23 of 24 routines while adding Olympian Grace McCallum to the roster.
Utah's Maile O'Keefe competes in the floor during the NCAA women's gymnastics championships in Fort Worth, Texas, last April. O'Keefe is a leader on a Utah team with lofty expectations this season.Building a gymnastics program that can win a national title requires putting so many elements together. Take a little of this, a little of that and with a little added luck, the mixture will blend into a championship-winning concoction.
The Utes, who begin their season with the Best of Utah meet Friday at 7 p.m. in the Maverik Center, aren’t hiding from the expectations either, if anything they are pushing them higher.Case in point, the team’s reaction to the preseason poll. It would have been easy enough to say they were fine with the fourth-place slot, but they aren’t and they let it be known after their Red Rocks preview.
The heart of the team’s experience comes in the junior O’Keefe, who won the NCAA titles on the uneven bars and floor last year, Abby Paulson, an All-American on the beam, senior Cristal Isa, a four-time All-American, and senior Adrienne Randall, who was a starter on the beam in every meet. “We are going to use it to our advantage,” he said. “But anyone who knows me knows I’m not afraid of changing our lineups. You have to go with your gut a lot.”
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