University of Utah Athletics

Utah Gymnastics is the only NCAA women’s gymnastics team to have appeared in all 49 NCAA National Championships, and all five Final Fours since moving to the format in 2021. 

THE 2025 REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS

• Through the 2025 regular season, Utah ranked among the nation’s top 10 in all events:          

                VT: 6th | UB: 4th | BB: 3rd | FX: 6th | AA: 4th

• Grace McCallum tied for second on bars, tied fourth on beam, and ranked ninth in the all-around.
• Makenna Smith was fourth in the nation on vault, tied 14th on floor, and was No. 10 in the all-around.
• Avery Neff and Camie Winger were tied 15th in the country on beam.
• Utah finished the regular season with an all-around NQS score of 197.780, while their season average score was 197.390.

AWARD SEASON

• Six Red Rocks (McCallum, Smith, Neff, Ella Zirbes, Jaylene Gilstrap, and Amelie Morgan) were crowned WCGA NCAA All-Americans after posting top performances in the NCAA Semifinals (4/17).
• McCallum recieved the WCGA North Central Region Gymnast of the Year while Sport Supervisor Cathy Badger was recognized as the Administrator of the Year (4/9).
• McCallum was crowned the Regional Bars Champion, while Neff earned the Vault and All-Around Title (4/3).
• McCallum, Smith, Winger, and Neff earned WCGA Regular Season All-America honors for their 2025 performances (3/31)
• The Red Rocks had eight gymnasts earn All-Big 12 Team honors at the conclusion of the 2025 regular season (3/19):

            All-Big 12 Vault Team: Smith, Zirbes, Ashley Glynn, McCallum
            All-Big 12 Bars Team: McCallum, Morgan, Zirbes
            All-Big 12 Beam Team: McCallum, Winger, Smith, Morgan
            All-Big 12 Floor Team: Smith, McCallum, Gilstrap
            All-Big 12 All-Around Team: McCallum, Smith
            Big 12 All-Freshman Team: Neff

• McCallum was named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year (3/22) and is a finalist for the AAI Award (3/19).
• Neff was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (3/22).
• Utah Gymnastics clinched both the Regular Season Big 12 Title (2/21) and the Big 12 Championship (3/22) in their first season in the league.

QUICK STICKS

• Utah completed its 49th-straight NCAA National Championship.
• The Red Rocks are the only program to have qualified for every National Championship and every Final Four.
• Utah has won 35 regional titles (32 NCAA) and finished second the other 14 years.
• Utah hit the 198-mark twice this season. 198.075 against Denver on 2/21 and 198.100 against UCLA on 3/15.
• The Red Rocks cleaned up on Big 12 Weekly Awards during the 2025 season with six different gymnasts being recognized 13 times. 
• McCallum has the most event wins for Utah in 2025 boasting 31, while Smith is hot on her heels with 24.
• Utah Gymnastics clinched Utah Athletics’ first two Big 12 Titles since joining the league before the 2024 fall sports season began. The Red Rocks won the Big 12’s Regular Season Championship outright on 2/21, and clinched the Big 12 Championship on 3/22. In 2014, Utah Gymnastics was responsible for Utah Athletics’ first Pac-12 Title, four years after the Utes made the jump to the league from the Mountain West Conference.

CHALK TALK

• Head coach Carly Dockendorf is in her second season leading the Red Rocks program and her eighth overall with Utah Gymnastics.
• In 2024 Dockendorf became the first head coach in NCAA history to lead a team to the Final Four in her first year in the position, earning the highest finish (3rd-place) by any first-year head coach.
• Utah returned 16-of-24 routines from last year’s team, which finished in third place at the NCAA Championships.
• Utah’s roster contains five All-Americans: Grace McCallum (8x), Makenna Smith (4x), Ella Zirbes (2x) and Jaylene Gilstrap.
• Makenna Smith seeks to build off her breakout sophomore season, which saw her hit all 61 routines. The Albuquerque native earned NCAA All-America honors in the all-around and vault, and second team on bars in 2024.  
• Utah closed its 13-year membership in the Pac-12 Conference in 2024 by winning its fourth consecutive Pac-12 Championship meet. 
• Utah added two new faces to the coaching staff in the offseason, starting with the addition of assistant coach Mike Hunger, who brings more than 50 years of experience to lead the vault squad and assist on floor. 
• Utah Gymnastics legend Maile O’Keefe returns to the program as a student assistant coach, coming off one of the most decorated college gymnastics careers. She won four NCAA individual titles (bars, floor – 2021; all-around, beam – 2023). O’Keefe collected 19 All-America awards (7 regular season, 12 NCAA) while competing for the Red Rocks.
• Utah has amassed 116 perfect 10.0 scores all-time, with 81 of those performances coming at home in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Red Rocks finished the 2025 season at No. 4 in the country after competing for a National Title in the Final Four on 4/19.
• McCallum took second on bars (9.9500) behind UCLA’s Jordan Chiles (9.9625) while Ella Zirbes took fourth on the event (9.9125), Smith tied 5th (9.8875), and Morgan tied eighth (9.8750).
• Freshman Neff earned Utah’s lone first place finish in the finals on vault (9.9750). Smith tied for ninth (9.8500) and McCallum tied 13th (9.8250).
• Ana Padurariu was Utah’s highest finished on beam tying for eighth (9.900). Smith and Elizabeth Gantner tied 11th (9.8750), and Neff tied 15th (9.8500).
• Neff was the top finisher on floor with a 9.9125 that was good to tie for seventh. Zirbes and Jaylene Gilstrap tied 10th (9.9000) and Smith tied 14th (9.8875).
• In her first season competing, Neff earned the highest finish from a Red Rock (No.3) in the all-around (39.5625)behind No. 1 Chiles (39.7750) and Oklahoma’s Faith Torrez at No. 2 (39.6875). Smith took sixth (39.500) and McCallum ninth (38.8500).