Red Rocks Advance To SLC Regional Final With Win In Semifinals

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – The University of Utah Red Rocks advanced to the Salt Lake City Regional Final with a win in the semifinals on Friday.

The Red Rocks posted a 197.500 score, which beat out Arizona State, Southern Utah and Boise State in the afternoon session. LSU, Utah State, Kentucky and Arizona are in the evening session.

Arizona State will advance to the final with Utah.

The top two teams in each session will compete in the Regional Final on Saturday evening.

Maile O’Keefe won the all-around title with a 39.575 score.

First Rotation: Balance Beam

• Maile O’Keefe: 9.950
• Alexia Burch: 9.875
• Cristal Isa: 9.90
• Abby Paulson: 9.925
• Adrienne Randall: 9.90
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.00

Maile O'Keefe leads us on beam with a 9.95 in the anchor spot!

💻 ESPN3 pic.twitter.com/aLoUCvq1js

— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 2, 2021

Boise State was on the floor, Arizona State was on the bars and SUU was on the vault.

Score after rotation:

Utah: 49.550
Arizona State: 49.325
Southern Utah: 48.725
Boise State: 48.275

Second Rotation: Floor

• Adrienne Randall: 9.850
• Abby Paulson: 9.850
• Jaedyn Rucker: 9.750
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.875
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.90
• Sydney Soloski: 9.90

Sydney Soloski wraps us up with a 9.90 on floor!

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 2, 2021

Boise State was on the vault, Southern Utah was on bars and Arizona State was on the beam.

Score after second rotation:

Utah: 98.775
Boise State: 98.125
Arizona State: 98.025
Southern Utah: 97.875

Third Rotation: Vault

• Alexia Burch: 9.850
• Cammy Hall: 9.80
• Cristal Isa: 9.825
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.850
• Jaedyn Rucker: 9.80
• Lucy Stanhope: 9.875

Lucy Stanhope bounces back from her start with a great floor routine and then leads the vaulters with a 9.875!

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— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 2, 2021

Boise State was on the bars, Arizona State on the floor and Southern Utah on the beam.

Score at the end of the third rotation:

Utah: 148.125
Boise State: 147.500
Arizona State: 147.350
Southern Utah: 146.850

Fourth Rotation: Bars

• Abby Paulson: 9.850
• Alani Sabado: 9.850
• Alexia Burch: 9.875
• Emilie LeBlanc: 9.875
• Maile O’Keefe: 9.875
• Cristal Isa: 9.90

Cristal Isa ends the meet with a 9.90 on bars for the Red Rocks! pic.twitter.com/kEBpmq5Hjm

— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 2, 2021

Boise State was on beam, Arizona State was on vault and Southern Utah was on the floor.

Score at the end of the rotation:

Utah: 197.500
Arizona State: 196.600
Southern Utah: 195.975
Boise State: 195.825

The Regional Final will be on Saturday, April 3 at the Maverik Center. The session will begin at 7 p.m. MT.

Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports. You can download and listen to the podcast, here.

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