2023 – 3rd – National Finalist
2022 – 3rd – National Finalist
2021 – 3rd – National Finalist
2020 – 4th – COVID
2019 – 7th – Eliminated in National Semifinal
2018 – 5th – National Finalist
2017 – 5th – National Finalist
2016 – 9th – Eliminated in National Semifinal
2015 – 2nd – National Finalist
2014 – 7th – Eliminated in National Semifinal

Team Total
1. 198.600 (March 19, 2004)
2. 198.575 (March 4, 2022)
3. 198.550 (February 24, 2023)
4. 198.425 (March 23, 2002)
5. 198.250 (March 6, 2015)

Team Vault — 49.775 (March 19, 2004)
Team Bars — 49.800 (March 4, 2022)
Team Beam — 49.775 (February 3, 2023; February 23, 2020)
Team Floor — 49.800 (March 23, 2001)

All-Around
1. Suzanne Metz, 39.950 (March 25, 1995)
2. Kristen Kenoyer, 39.900 (March 6, 1993)
3. Melissa Vituj, 39.875 (February 27, 2004)
4. Ashley Postell, 39.800 (February 1, 2008)
4. Melissa Vituj, 39.800 (March 19, 2004)
4. Theresa Kulikowski, 39.800 (March 23, 2002)
4. Theresa Kulikowski, 39.800 (February 15, 2002)
4. Kristen Kenoyer, 39.800 (April 3, 1993)

Individual Vault — 10.000
–Jaedyn Rucker x3
–Kim Tessen
–Makenna Merrell-Giles
–Tory Wilson x3
–Georgia Dabritz
–Ashley Postell x2
–Rachel Tidd
–Annabeth Eberle x3
–Suzanne Metz
–Kristen Kenoyer x3
–Missy Marlowe

Individual Bars — 10.000
–Grace McCallum x2
–Sage Thompson
–Maile O’Keefe
–Georgia Dabritz x7
–Theresa Kulikowski x7
–Angie Leonard
–Sandy Woolsey x2
–Kristen Kenoyer
–Amy Trepanier
–Missy Marlowe x3

Individual Beam — 10.000
–Maile O’Keefe x10
–Cristal Isa x2
–Kara Eaker x2
–Abby Paulson
–Ashley Postell x3
–Melissa Vituj
–Theresa Kulikowski x6
–Shannon Bowles x2
–Traci Sommer x2
–Summer Reid
–Sandy Woolsey
–Kristen Kenoyer x3
–Missy Marlowe x2

Individual Floor — 10.000
–MyKayla Skinner x3
–Makenna Merrell-Giles
–Breanna Hughes
–Nansy Damianova
–Georgia Dabritz
–Lia Del Priore
–Annabeth Eberle x3
–Melissa Vituj x2
–Veronique LeClerc
–Shannon Bowles
–Theresa Kulikowski
–Suzanne Metz
–Kristen Kenoyer x4
–Amy Trepanier
–Missy Marlowe

Well, um, so, the last time we met…Tom Farden was the Utah head coach and we were all naively anticipating the 10-filled junior season of Kara Eaker on beam in 2024, so maybe not entirely relevant, BUTTTTTT

Utah took a third-straight bronze at 2023 nationals, finishing exactly .450 behind Oklahoma’s championship total once again. it was a very strong result for a competition that ended up only about a vault or two away from being an ideal hit, but also one that risked a little stagnation for a team that is rapidly coming up on 30 years since its last title.

Utah has lost 1/3 of its national championship lineup routines from last season, which—on its face—is a challenging replacement project but not a wildly unusual one. When you then factor in that only Brenner and Isa were anticipated losses and that Hoffman, Stanhope, and Thompson all transferred, while Eaker retired rather than be there anymore, Utah is looking at a much more significant emergency reset of lineups and atmosphere in 2024 than one would have expected.

Elizabeth Gantner spent time as a junior elite in the 2018 and 2019 seasons before returning to L10, placing 2nd AA in Junior F at Dev Nationals in 2021 with wins on bars and beam. Of note, Gantner missed the 2022 season entirely and competed only bars and beam in 2023.

Ashley Glynn is a sophomore transfer from Temple who led the team on vault in 2023 with a Yurchenko 1.5 and competed the AA in the final 8 meets of the year, peaking at 39.250. Utah will hope to get an contending option on every event from Glynn. 

Olivia Kennedy enjoyed her best L10 season in 2022, when she advanced to Dev Nationals and placed in the top 15 on beam and floor. We saw a backup Yurchenko full from Kennedy at Utah’s Red Rocks Preview.

Camie Winger has placed in the top 5 AA at the last three L10 Nationals she attended and took 2nd on beam at this year’s Nastia Cup. She’s expected to give Utah a realistic, solid-scoring routine on each event, with her front-runner apparatuses being vault and bars.

Ella Zirbes won the all-around in her division at L10 Nationals this year with top-4 finishes on every event, which speaks to the prospective all-around contribution she would have for Utah. Like Winger, Utah will count on Zirbes having a Yurchenko 1.5 and a lineup-ready bars routine, and Zirbes’s solid front 2/1 on floor should make a good case there. 

Grace McCallum (JR)

Not exactly a subtle choice here. You know who might be good? That Grace McCallum character.

But, Utah is left with a pretty small roster this year, at least in terms of championship-level routines, which means that a handful of gymnasts is going to have to carry the load and do all four events, all the time, for big numbers. A full-strength McCallum can do just that as the one gymnast on this team who can go 9.950+ on any event at any moment to lift a total. She’ll need to lead lineups, particularly floor.

2023 Event Ranking: 4

Utah has lost several of its prospective Yurchenko 1.5s from 2023, which will now require restocking since it’s going to take a No 10.0, No Service policy on vault this year if Utah is to be a legitimate challenger for a national championship. You know gymnasts like Gilstrap and O’Keefe can give you a solid score for a Yfull, but an actual championship-level Utah team this year is going to be able to say, “Maile, we don’t need you to vault.”

Rather, Ella Zirbes and Cami Winger both had Y1.5s in L10—and Ashley Glynn has a proven score for hers from her first year at Temple—meaning those three should make up the corps of first-choice replacements (unless Amelie Morgan says TWIST), which also makes vault the most compelling event on which to anticipate a Utah score upgrade in 2024.

As for returners, Rucker’s Y1.5 and Smith’s Omelianchik will be back for (presumably) the top scores on the team, along with something 10.0y from McCallum. I wouldn’t mind if McCallum never did that Y1.5 ever, ever again, but she has multiple other options, from the Servente in 2022 to the DTY from elite if that works out.

2023 Event Ranking: 6

Utah has a bit of work to do here since bars tied for the team’s lowest-ranked event in 2023 and also suffers the biggest routine exodus with Thompson, Isa, and Brenner all gone from last year’s championship lineup.

Certainly, O’Keefe and McCallum are no-brainers at the back of the six, and if we decide to read into the routine order from the RRP, Morgan might be getting a position upgrade this year to try to wrench her out of 9.850 purgatory. I didn’t super-duper subscribe to Makenna Smith getting squeezed out of the bars lineup last year, but regardless, she will be integral this time around.

Take those four and add in Zirbes, who looks like a definite, and Winger, who should be top-6 in terms of element cleanliness on this team, and it sounds like you’ve got yourself a lineup. Can this group upgrade on last year’s scores? Not clear. But it seems a solid pace-keeping team with viable backups.

2023 Event Ranking: 1

Utah has a #1 beam team reputation to uphold in 2024, having taken the top spot on the event in each of the last two seasons, but a three-peat won’t be a given without Eaker and Isa, who were both top-scoring beamers for Utah last season.

What Utah does still have going for it is O’Keefe, who was getting herself on an Antolin-esque streak there at the end of the season with three 10s in her final four beam routines. Utah will also have Abby Paulson, her partner in side aerial + loso, back in 2024, as well as Grace McCallum counting out her wolf turns for the world to see, and Amelie Morgan, who has done well the last couple seasons to fight for and keep a weekly place in a very difficult lineup.

Now, are there two other new beam routines at the level of Eaker and Isa? Not yet. The proven options would be Jaylene Gilstrap and Makenna Smith, whom I would also be partial to because of general back-leg extension in acro series, but they’re going to have to show sufficient consistency in the face of many contending options.

2023 Event Ranking: 6

Hm, what to do here? Utah could have a pretty straightforward approach to the floor lineup in 2024 since five routines return from last year’s championship lineup (O’Keefe, Rucker, Smith, Paulson, Gilstrap) and that didn’t include McCallum because she was still out on vault and floor at that point. So…done? Could be. Lots of 9.900s there.

But does Utah have enough…big? There’s not really anyone new saying I HAVE THIS GIGANTIC TUMBLING PASS YOU NEED TO PUT IN, though Zirbes, Glynn, and Winger should all be pushing for spots in this lineup. The top returning scores from 2023 come from O’Keefe and Gilstrap, which is the world we want to live in because of just beautifully executed gymnastics, but those are not smack-you-in-the-face-with-E-pass routines. Does Utah need some more of those?