Red Rocks Win Fifth Straight With Victory Over Arizona
Feb 1, 2019, 9:19 PM | Updated: 9:20 pm
Utah's Kari Lee competes on the floor during a meet against Arizona at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)
(Spenser Heaps, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The No. 4-ranked University of Utah gymnastics team won its fifth straight meet to open the season with a 197.075-195.400 victory over Arizona.
The Red Rocks placed a gymnast at the top of the podium in each event with MaKenna Merrell-Giles taking the overall title in the victory over the Wildcats. Kari Lee was right behind in second place while Arizona’s Maddi Leydin finished third.
Tonight's all-around winner: MaKenna Merrell-Giles!
She scores a 9.925 on the floor, 9.9 on bars, 9.85 on vault and 9.825 on beam for a 39.500 🙌 #goutes pic.twitter.com/90FzdgxDsR
— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) February 2, 2019
Merrell-Giles also tied MyKayla Skinner for the top spot in the bars event. Alexia Burch was the winner on the vault, Lee took the beam event and Adrienne Randall won on the floor event.
Utah’s all-around superstar, Skinner, was given the night off on the floor event and thus was not in contention for the all-around title.
A BIG THANK YOU to the BEST FANS IN THE NATION for selling out the Huntsman Center with 15,558 fans in attendance!!! #BestFansInTheNation #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/wWnGMI8Vbf
— Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) February 2, 2019
The Red Rocks will next host Cal on Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. The meet will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network.
