Get ready for a classic state school clash between the Utahs. While the Utes are probably going to run away with the title, there is still a lot for them to prove from their first meets of the season. After a rather lackluster start to the season, the Utes were able to improve marginally over their week one performance. Since this will be a double-meet weekend for the Utes, it will be interesting to see if Carly Dockendorf experiments with some of the lineup decisions. The battle for second will be fierce between Southern Utah, BYU, and Utah State. All three teams are in similar mid-194 scoring territory so far in 2025, but Southern Utah has been the only one able to crack into the 195s.
Looks like McCallum, Smith, and Winger will be in the AA tonight. The Utes have enough depth to make up for Neff’s season-ending injury,
Rotation 1: Southern Utah Vault, Utah Bars, BYU Beam, Utah State Floor
Cacciola – Vault: Yfull with great amplitude, bounce back with some low chest. 9.800
Smith – Bars: Nice Pak, tad short on the cast, VL – some legs crossed, stuck dismount. 9.900
Eagles – Floor: Front LO + Rudi, double tuck to finish chest down on landing with a big lunge forward- looked like her BHS was a little high
Dudley – BYU: BHS LOSO, solid, cat leap to aerial, small waver, 1.5 dismount with a big step forward. 9.750
Kelly – Vault: “full”-on-pike-off, very nice pike shape in the air, small bonce back on landing. 9.850
Winger – Bars: Toe on to Maloney to Pak, a bit late on the half turn, also short on the last cast, full-in dismount with a step back. 9.800
Millar-Crossman – Beam: BHS LOSO, solid, cat leap to switch half, a little short on rotation, beat jump to split jump half, front full dismount. Almmooost holds on to the landing but has to step back. 9.800
Stuart – Floor: Front tuck to double-tuck, low landing and hands down + OOB, whip half to front full, just keeps it on her feet. 8.975
Goodman – Vault: Yfull, not as much amplitude as Cacciola, flexed feet throughout, bounce in place. 9.775
Padurariu – Bars: Maloney to Bail hndstnd, some leg separations, good cast handstands, step back on the full-in dismount. 9.9?
Randolph – Vault: Yfull, looks nearly identical to Goodman’s 9.825
Margraf-Benson – Beam: Front aerial to back-tuck, gets the connection but small waver, cat leap to front toss, switch leap to split jump, stuck front full dismount. 9.800
Christensen – Vault: Dynamic 1.5, some knees in the air, medium step forwards. 9.850
McCallum – Bars: Chow to Pak to toe-on to VL, great, nearly stuck full-in dismount but has to leeeaannn out of it. 9.925
So basically everyone gets a 9.9 on bars – fun!
Anderson – Beam: BHS LOSO, great, cat leap to aerial, solid, BHS to gainer full, stuck. Great. 9.925
Morabito – Floor: Full-in, lunge back, gets leaps around, front layout to front full to front tuck, great height on the front tuck. 9.925
Alvarado – Beam: Check on opening full-turn, BHS LOSO, solid, cat leap to side somi, switch leap to Rueda SO COOl, back 1.5 hop in place. Love. 9.750
After 1: Southern Utah 49.100, Utah 49.525, BYU 49.025, Utah State 48.950
Utah State had some issues on floor, but besides that everyone else had a solid opening rotation. BYU’s 49.025 is a massive improvement from last week’s 48.025. Utah’s 49.525 on bars, is a high for them this season. A 49.100 is also a high for Southern Utah on vault.
Rotation 2: Utah State Vault, Southern Utah Bars, Utah Beam, BYU Floor
Brooks – Vault: Yfull, bounce back
Christensen – Bars: Piked Jaeger, could get more amplitude, bail, stuck DLO.
Padurariu – Beam: Double wolf turn, clean, front aerial to BHS, clean, split to sheep jump, a bit low on the gainer dismount, lunge forwards. 9.850
Millar-Crossman – Floor: double-tuck, short with a hop, front layout to full, gets it.
Neff – Bars: Toe-on, Maloney to bail, good handstands, double layout with a step back. 9.800
Winger – Beam: BHS LOSO LOSO, great, switch leap to split, almost breaks the connection but gets it, BHS to gainer full dismount. 9.900
Vander Toolen – Vault: Stuck FTY, some leg separation in the air and some piking down. 9.800
Smith – Beam: Back dive mount, arm waver on the full turn, BHS LOSO, solid, front aerial to split jump to straddle side jump, slower in the connections, stuck piked gainer dismount. 9.950
The judges evaluation panel is going to have a fun time doing this meet!
Matern – Floor: Front double-full, crossed feet, 1.5 to front layout, floaty, switch ring to wolf leap, Rudi with hop to the side.
Morabito – Vault: Yfull, very tidy in the air, hop back
Goodman – Bars: Big piked Jaeger, some feet, Pak, good, shy of handstand on the pirouette, blind full to double tuck, stuck.
Silva – Floor: Rudi, double tuck with too much power and two hops, a bit shy of position on the wolf full, 1.5 to full to finish.
The stream didn’t show us Amelie Morgan’s 9.925 beam I need to speak with the manager!!!
McCallum – Beam: Triple wolf turn, double wolf turn, solid, BHS LOSO, lean, switch leap to split leap, stuck full-twisting gainer to finish.
Randolph – Bars: Shaposh to bail, some legs and an arch in the bail, split leg DLO dismount!!! 9.800
Schooley-Meyers – Floor: 1.5 to front tuck where her eyebrows graze the ground, stuck double tuck to finish.
Ferguson – Bars: Arch on first handstand, picked Jaeger, Pak, short on last cast, DLO with a step forwards.
Margraf-Benson – Floor: Rudi to BHS to Onodi, a little awkward on this connection but cool pass! Switch ring to switch half to wolf full, back 1.5 to layout, strong.
After 2: Southern Utah 98.150, Utah 99.050, BYU 97.700, Utah State 98.000
Utah on a 198-pace after a good beam rotation. Utah State with a good recovery after a rough first floor rotation.
Rotation 3: BYU Vault, Utah State Bars, Southern Utah Beam, Utah Floor
Smith – Floor: Front double-full to front tuck, step back, Rudi to LOSO – great lead off routine. 9.925
Bringhurst – Beam: BHS LOSO, front toss, 1.5 with a step.
Winger – Floor: 1.5 to full, floaty, switch ring to switch full, split leap full, back 2.5 with some helicopter legs. 9.925
Jelen – Bars: Maloney to Pak, small leg separation, double layout with a hop.
Kirkham – Vault: Yfull, pikey in the air, hop back.
Randolph – Beam: shakey wolf turn, front toss to BHS BHS, solid, straddle to straddle half, 1.5 dismout with a step. 9.775
Vander Toolen – Bars: Maloney to Pak, a bit late on the half turn, stalder, some bent elbows, to double tuck dismount. 9.775
Cacciola – beam: We’re getting foot closeup footage so I can’t tell what jumps she’s doing, BHS LOSO, back 1.5 dismount with a hop. 9.9
Bibbey – Bars: Tkatchev, big amplitude, bail handstand, short handstand, stuck double layout. 9.9 is pretty high
Glynn – Floor: Front double-full with a bounce, switch ring to switch side, 1.5 to layout, a little whippy. 9.9 is high
Silva – vault: Yfull, some knees and could use more amplitude off the table, hop back. 9.750
Brooks – Bars: Ray to overshoot, nice, double layout with a step.
McCallum – Floor: Full-in to open, controlled lunge, front tuck to double back, hop to lunge, double wolf turn.
Miller – Beam: Hangs on to the BHS LOSO, looked really off but does a great job to save it and not wobble too much, double-full dismount, crossed feet and a hop. 9.850.
Krump – Floor: Rudi with a hop to lunge, good leaps, front layout to full to front pike. Whip half and miscalculates the punch and does a front tuck out, think that was supposed to be a layout. Still goes 9.850 okay!
After 3: Southern Utah 146.800, Utah 148.575, BYU 146.500, Utah State 146.950
Utah still on 198 pace with a 49.525 on floor thanks to three 9.925s and some wild judging. Utah State has a good bar rotation to sneak ahead of Southern Utah.
Rotation 4: Utah Vault, BYU Bars, Utah State Beam, Southern Utah Floor
Zirbes – Vault: 1.5 – some knees at the end, small hop. 9.875
“The judges are definitely working hard to judge based on the Code of Points this season” is NCAA gymnastics in a nutshell
Jorgensen – bars: Ray, huge amplitude, arch on the bail but pulls it back, DLO dismount.
Jelen – Beam: Aerial to BHS, solid, split jump to stag ring jump – doesn’t totally get that position, tiny step on the gainer full dismount. 9.875
McCallum – Vault: 1.5, clean in the air, medium step back. 9.850
Hampton – Floor: Front double-full, looks a tad short of the twist, lunge forwards, switch ring to switch half to Shushunova, Rudi to LOSO, small scoot back. 9.9
Alvarado – Bars: toe-on, arch, Maloney, to bail, double layout with a hop in place. 9.850
Eagles – beam: BHS LOSO, holds on to it, aerial to split jump, check, switch leap to split jump, check again. 1.5 stuck.
Fernandez – Floor: Double tuck to a hop to a lunge in place, just gets the wolf jump full around, back 1.5 to layout, nice. Rudi to finish, hop to the side.
Smith – Vault: Stuck Omelianchik, beautiful. Immediately goes to Mailie to high five and Mailie has to scream SALUTE. 9.950
Christensen – Floor: Back 1.5 to full, solid, double tuck to lunge to finish. 9.875
Glynn – Vault: 1.5 to step back, off direction on landing, clean in the air. 9.850
Morgan needs a 9.9+ to get Utah to a 198
Eaquinto – Bars: Missed this routine but tiny shuffle back on the double layout. 9.875
Randolph – Floor: Double layout to open, step forwards, switch side to straddle jump x2, front tuck to round off double-back, so powerful! Step to the side. 9.825 with at least a 0.15 on the first pass.
Brooks – Beam: Front aerial to one arm BHS, wavers through both of those skills but kinda connects it, switch leap to Korbut to backward roll, great flow, lean on the full turn, BHS to gainer full, doesn’t rise too much but gets the stick. 9.825.
Glazier – Bars: Jaeger, bail, good handstands, double layout with some straddling, sticks the landing. 9.825
Cacciola – Floor: Whip to double-tuck bounce back, switch ring to switch half to wolf full, fine, Rudi to bounce in place.
We didn’t see Morgan again!!! But she got a 9.850 on vault.
FINAL: Utah 197.950, Southern Utah 196.175, Utah State 196.000, BYU 195.750
Scoring was… a journey at this meet. Utah’s 197.950 ties Oklahoma for the highest team score so far this season. Southern Utah had an impressive recovery to pass Utah State’s 196.000. BYU showed a great recovery after last week’s 193.375.
VT: Smith (Utah) 9.950
UB: McCallum (Utah) 9.925
BB: Smith (Utah) 9.950
FX: Morabito (Utah State), Smith, Winger, McCallum (Utah), Cacciola (Southern Utah) 9.925
AA: Smith (Utah) 39.725
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Live blog by Daniel Rothwell
Disclosure: I am a huge Utah Fan, I was also at the meet in the fourth row. First, I want to point out an inaccuracy in your preamble. Up until yesterday, we all thought that Avery’s injury was season-ending. But we have received more information, Utah is stating that her return status is unknown, and other sources have stated that she is working towards a return for the postseason. Now to the shenanigans: You eluded to to some scoring issues, OMG, I’m a total “homer,” but my mouth was often agape when they posted the scores. It was almost like watching an Oklahoma meet. One thing that was good is that the inflated scoring was consistent for all four teams. You mentioned that the SCOREBoard judging panel is going to have fun with this meet, I don’t think so, I think that will view it and ask themselves, “Did this meet with the ABC/ESPN mandate?” and then nod and signoff. I was Pollyanna enough to believe that scoring was going to change, but I am realizing that the so called improvements and the early weeks lower scores were simply to get us all to shut up.
Interesting take that Daniel has taken. I don’t see any other Live Blog posted where your staff has made such comments about the judging. I never see when Oklahoma, LSU or Florida teams have a Live Blog and any of your staff comment on their over scoring. Seems to be a bias even among your website so how can we expect the judges to not have a bias. Very disappointed.