Red Rocks Finish Third In National Championship Meet

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The University of Utah Red Rocks finished in third place at the National Championship meet on Saturday afternoon.

The Red Rocks advanced to the championship meet in come-from-behind fashion, beating LSU and Alabama for the second place finish in the semifinal on Friday evening. Utah finished in third place with a 197.9875 score. Michigan won their first national championship in program history with a 198.2500 score and Oklahoma was the runner-up with a score of 198.1625.

Proud to be a part of the 𝙉𝘾𝘼𝘼 𝙂𝙮𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 on @ABCNetwork! Action starts at 1:30 p.m. MT and U won't want to miss it 🙌

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 17, 2021

First Rotation: Bars

• Abby Paulson: 9.8625
• Alani Sabado: 9.8125
• Alexia Burch: 9.8375
• Emilie LeBlanc: 9.8875
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.9375
• Cristal Isa: 9.900

Showing off why she is the 2021 National Champ on bars!! Maile O'Keefe brings in a 9.9375 🙌🙌

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 17, 2021

Oklahoma was on vault, Florida was on beam and Michigan was on the floor.

Scores at the end of the rotation:

• Oklahoma: 49.5750
• Michigan: 49.500
• Utah: 49.4250
• Florida: 48.7625

Second Rotation: Beam

• Alexia Burch: 9.8500
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.900
• Cristal Isa: 9.9375
• Abby Paulson: 9.9375
• Adrienne Randall: 9.9375
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.9875

Are you kidding me!? After THREE straight 9.9375s, Maile O'Keefe scores a 9.9875 😱😱😱

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 17, 2021

Michigan was on vault, Oklahoma was on bars and Florida was on the floor.

Scores at the end of the rotation:

• Michigan: 99.2750
• Oklahoma: 99.1375
• Utah: 99.1250
• Florida: 98.3125

Third Rotation: Floor

• Adrienne Randall: 9.8625
• Abby Paulson: 9.8750
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.8500
• Jaedyn Rucker: 9.9250
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.9250
• Sydney Soloski: 9.8875

Here's a look at Jaedyn's 9.925! Maile scored another 9.925 for the squad right after 😏

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 17, 2021

Florida was on vault, Michigan was on bars and Oklahoma was on beam.

Scores at the end of the rotation:

• Michigan: 148.7625
• Oklahoma: 148.625
• Utah: 148.600
• Florida: 147.675

Fourth Rotation: Vault

• Maile O’Keefe: 9.8375
• Cammy Hall: 9.8000
• Cristal Isa: 9.8250
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.8000
• Jaedyn Rucker: 9.9875
• Alexia Burch: 9.9375

It's a CAREER HIGH for Jaedyn!! She scores a meet-high 9.9875 on vault 🙌🙌

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 17, 2021

Florida was bars, Michigan was on beam and Oklahoma was on the floor.

Scores at the end of the rotation:

• Michigan: 198.2500
• Oklahoma: 198.1625
• Utah: 197.9875
• Florida: 197.1375

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.