Utah at Washington

Recap

The Big Storyline: Both in their second meets of the weekend, the Utes outpaced the Huskies thanks to a big beam rotation that notched a 49.600 and earned Utah its second win this weekend. Grace McCallum led the way, setting a new career high in the all-around, with Sydney Soloski coming so close to perfection yet again to win the floor title. Washington earned its second season-best of the weekend thanks to Geneva Thompson and her bars title.

Implications: The Utes remain the favorites for runners-up in the regular season conference title race and could still nab a share of the title with two California losses. Washington has all but secured a finish in the bottom half of the Pac-12 but currently sits in regional qualifying position.

Records: Washington had a slew of career highs, with Thompson’s bars score, Brenna Brooks’ beam 9.900 and Skylar Killough-Wilhelm’s 39.550 in the all-around leading the way.

Preview

Current Rankings: No. 4 Utah at Washington

Why You Should Clear Space on Your DVR: After taking on the Metroplex Challenge, Washington will return home for its second meet of the weekend against top five Utah, also in its second competition of the week.

You Can Fast Forward, but not Through This: This dual provides Washington an opportunity to push itself against a title contender and see how well stars Geneva Thompson and Amara Cunningham can lead the Huskies. This meet provides Utah with one of its first opportunities to truly rest athletes, so the composition of the lineups will be interesting to watch.