Utah Gymnastics Gets Win On Emotional Senior Night

SALT LAKE CITY – It was an emotional win for Utah gymnastics saying good-bye to three seniors on Senior Night while also honoring Aaron Lowe’s mother, Donna who was in attendance to cheer the Red Rocks on.

Abby Brenner, Cristal Isa, and Jillian Hoffman competed their last routines in the Huntsman as Abby Paulson, Jaedyn Rucker, and Maile O’Keefe all announced they would be back in 2024.  Isa capped off her final beam routine with a perfect 10, bringing the house down.

The Utes walked away with a convincing 197.925 – 196.675 victory over the Arizona Wildcats after another big win at home last week against Cal. Utah will be on the road to compete with Oregon State March 11 before the Pac-12 Championship takes place at the Maverik Center in West Valley, Utah the following week on March 18.

.@UtahGymnastics with another big win 197.925- 196.675 over Arizona on a night they honored their #Seniors and #22Forever.#LightTheU #GoUtes #FamilyOnThree pic.twitter.com/VN8OIaJoDT

— Michelle Bodkin (@BodkinKSLsports) March 4, 2023

Rotation One: Utah Vault, Arizona Bars:

Starting off with a bang! Maile O'Keefe ties a career high 9.90!

💻 https://t.co/o6NveiSvNC pic.twitter.com/Y1Bko3YtOi

— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 4, 2023

Utah Vault: 49.425

Maile O’Keefe: 9.900

Abby Brenner: 9.875

Jaylene Gilstrap: 9.850

Makenna Smith: 9.900

Jillian Hoffman: 9.875

Jaedyn Rucker: 9.875

Arizona Bars: 49.050

Emily Mueller: 9.750

Elizabeth Larusso: 9.750

Alysen Fears: 9.925

Bailey McCabe: 9.875

Taylor Raskin: 9.700

Malia Hargrove: 9.750

Rotation Two: Arizona Vault, Utah Bars

A look at Amelie's routine! pic.twitter.com/s8mneEmUWo

— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 4, 2023

Arizona Vault: 49.250

Total Score: 98.300

Caroline Herry: 9.800

Emily Mueller: 9.800

Danielle Nosek: 9.850

Malia Hargrove: 9.850

Jessica Castles: 9.875

Elizabeth Larusso: 9.875

Utah Bars: 49.325

Total Score: 98.750

Amelie Morgan: 9.900

Makenna Smith:  9.900

Abby Brenner: 9.800

Sage Thompson: 9.325

Maile O’Keefe: 9.825

Cristal Isa: 9.900

Rotation Three: Utah Beam, Arizona Floor

𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝟏𝟎 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐒𝐀‼️ pic.twitter.com/cWDx7TISlU

— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) March 4, 2023

Utah Beam: 49.550

Total Score: 148.300

Amelie Morgan: 9.775

Makenna Smith: 9.925

Abby Paulson: 9.875

Cristal Isa: 10.000

Maile O’Keefe: 9.900

Jaylene Gilstrap: 9.850

Arizona Floor: 49.025

Total Score: 147.325

Elizabeth Larusso: 9.850

Elena Deets: 9.850

Emily Mueller: 9.850

Libby Orman: 9.600

Caroline Herry: 9.775

Malia Hargrove: 9.700

Rotation Four: Arizona Beam, Utah Floor

Arizona Beam: 49.350

Final Score: 196.675

Alysen Fears: 9.825

Caroline Herry: 9.875

Elena Deets: 9.875

Emily Mueller: 9.100

Sirena Linton: 9.875

Jessica Castles: 9.900

Utah Floor: 49.625

Final Score: 197.925

Abby Brenner: 9.925

Jaylene Gilstrap: 9.925

Abby Paulson: 9.925

Jaedyn Rucker: 9.950

Maile O’Keefe: 9.900

Jillian Hoffman: 9.775

Michelle Bodkin is the Utah Utes Insider for KSLsports.com and host of both the Crimson Corner Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and The Saturday Show (Saturday from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.) on The KSL Sports Zone. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @BodkinKSLsports

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