UTAH UTES
Five Red Rocks Earn WCGA Regular Season All-American Honors
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Five members of the Red Rocks earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) All-American honors on Thursday morning.
Red Rocks star Maile O’Keefe, who also earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, received All-American honors in the all-around and on the beam. O’Keefe ended the regular season tied for first in the country on beam with a 9.975 National Qualifying Score (NQS). She was also tied for sixth in the nation in the all-around with a 39.625 National Qualifying Score.
𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗢'𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗙𝗘 🏆 𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍@maile_okeefe earned First-Team honors on 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐦 & in the 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 as well as Second-Team honors on 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐬 after a standout sophomore season!
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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 25, 2021
Abby Paulson earned All-American honors for the second straight year on beam. She finished the regular season with a 9.95 NQS, picking up a 9.90 score or better seven times on beam this season.
Congratulations to @AbbyPaulson for being named a First-Team Regular Season All-American on 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐦 for the 2nd year in a row! 🔥
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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 25, 2021
The third and final Red Rock to earn first team All-American honors was Sydney Soloski for the second straight season on the floor. Soloski ended the regular season tied for eighth in the country with a 9.95 NQS on the floor.
𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍, 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌.
The floor queen, @Sydney_soloski, has been named as a WCGA First Team All-American on her 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 event! 👑
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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 25, 2021
For the first time in her career, Alexia Burch was named an All-American as she earned second team selection on vault. Burch was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Year after posting a 9.931 NQS, which was tied for 10th in the country on vault.
The Pac-12 Specialist of the Year, @BurchAlexia, earned her 🅵🅸🆁🆂🆃 All-American honor after being named to the WCGA Second-Team on Vault! 🙌🏼
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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 25, 2021
Cristal Isa was named second team All-American for the second consecutive season on beam. She finished No. 13 in the country with a 9.938 NQS.
🏆 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝗮: 𝟯𝘅 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 🏆
Congrats to @cristal_isaa for being named a 𝐖𝐂𝐆𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 on 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐦! This marks the 3rd All-American honor of her career.
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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 25, 2021
Utah will look towards the NCAA Regionals on Friday, April 2 at 1 p.m. MT. They will face No. 11 Arizona State, Boise State and Southern Utah at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for KSLSports.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.
