SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah gymnastics team scored 197.475 to win the Salt Lake City regional and advance to nationals for a record 43rd consecutive year.
California’s 196.725 earned the second spot to join Utah in St. Louis for the semifinals. Auburn finished in third with 196.525, followed by BYU (196.30), Stanford (195.60), and Southern Utah (194.625).
“That was so fun,” MaKenna Merrell-Giles said. “Regionals is always a lot of fun, especially when we get to do it in front of our home crowd.”
The Red Rocks shined in front of a sold-out crowd, earning the highest scores on every apparatus.