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The Pac-12 saw its first team hit the 198 mark in 2024 as No. 8 UCLA posted a 198.075 in its dual-meet win over then-No. 18 Arizona last weekend at home, making the Bruins just one of six teams in the country to score a 198 or better this year. Overall six of the league's eight teams are ranked in the top 20 of the latest Road to Nationals rankings, with three - No. 2 California, No. 4 Utah and No. 8 UCLA - in the top 10. 

It's another full weekend of conference duals, highlighted by a pair of ranked matchups with No. 8 UCLA visiting No. 18 Oregon State on Friday night and No. 17 Arizona facing off with No. 2 California on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley.

LAST WEEK

• Through the first five weeks, No. 2 California has consistently proven itself as one of the top teams in the country in 2024. At last week's tri-meet at Arizona State, the Bears put up a season-high score of 197.950, which is the sixth-highest ranked score in program history, only losing to No. 1 Oklahoma, who put up a season-high of its own with a 198.375. Sophomore eMjae Frazier (39.650) and junior Mya Lauzon (39.625) tied for second and fourth, respectively in the all-around, while Lauzon earned a share of the vault title with a 9.950 on the event. Despite the loss, the Sun Devils' 197.250 was a season high with senior Emily White earning this week's Pac-12 Coaches' Choice award winner after putting up a pair of 9.9s on both the beam and floor.
• No. 4 Utah welcomed then-No. 16 Oregon State to the Jon M. Huntsman Center, where the Utes won commandingly (197.750 - 196.100) after the Beavers won last year's matchup in Corvallis. Fifth-year senior Maile O'Keefe earned her third Perfect 10 of the season on beam, giving her 14 total career perfect scores, tying the program mark set by former Utah star Theresa Kulikowski. O'Keef took the beam and floor titles, with teammates Jaedyn Rucker picked up the vault title, Grace McCallum won the bars and MaKenna Smith took home the all-around title.
• No. 8 UCLA hosted No. 18 Arizona with the Bruins turning in their best performance of the season in breaking the 198 mark with a 198.075 to Arizona's 196.525, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season. The Bruins set season-bests on the bars (19.425), beam (49.525) and floor (49.750). Sophomore Selena Harris won the all-around with a career-high of 39.775, third-best mark in the country this year, en route to earning her first career Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor. Fellow Bruins Nya Reed and Katleyn Rosen also earned weekly awards with Reed picking up the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award and Rosen earning her second straight Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week nod. Despite the loss the Wildcats earned a pair of season-highs on vault (49.025) and on floor (49.450).
• Stanford took on Washington at home and the Cardinal notched its first win of the season with a season-best score of 196.875 to Washington's 196.500. Junior Anapaula Guitierrez earned the bars title with a career-best 9.925 and senior Amanda Zeng took first on floor with a career-high 9.900. Washington senior Skylar Kilough-Wilhelm took home the all-around title with a 39.575.

THIS WEEK

• No. 20 Arizona State gets week six started with a trip to Stanford on Friday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. PT in Maples Pavilion. ASU trails the all-time series 19-20 and will hope to avenge last season's loss to the Cardinal at home, which snapped ASU's four-meet win streak in the series. 
• No. 8 UCLA travels north to Corvallis for a Friday night 8 p.m. PT showdown with No. 18 Oregon State, the first of two top-20 Pac-12 matchups on the weekend, with the meet airing live on Pac-12 Oregon. The Bruins and the Beavers ended their 2023 regular season dual meeting in a tie, one of three ties in the conference last season, while UCLA ultimately took the upper hand, finishing ahead of Oregon State at the Pac-12 Championships last March. 
• No. 4 Utah will also hit the road for a Saturday, Feb. 10 12 p.m. PT dual at Washington, which will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Mountain and Pac-12 Washington. The Utes have won nine straight duals against the Huskies. 
• The weekend slate wraps up with the second top-20 matchup between No. 17 Arizona and No. 2 California in Berkeley on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 12 p.m. PT. The Wildcats are looking for their first dual meet win over the Bears since the 2019 season.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)

ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS - FEB. 5

• The Road to Nationals National Qualifying Scores (NQS) rankings, which track official NQS scores throughout the season, released its fifth rankings on Monday, February 5 and six of eight Pac-12 programs rank in the top 20. Through the first six weeks of the season, the scores are straight averages, but once enough meets have been logged the scores then switch to the National Qualifying Scores or NQS (six best regular-season meet scores of which three must be away). To obtain the NQS, the high score is eliminated and the remaining five scores are averaged.
• Team Overall
  • California continues to surge with high scores and stayed in the No. 2 spot at a 197.700 average, trailing only Oklahoma's 198.045. The Bears have been at No. 2 for four straight weeks, marking their highest ranking in program history. 
  • One week after moving up one spot, Utah stayed steady at No. 4 with its average of 197.485 ahead of No. 5 Kentucky's 197.480.
  • After climbing four spots the previous week, UCLA's 198-plus last weekend brought them into the top-10 at No. 8, up three more spots from No. 11 last week. Their average of 197.220 puts them just ahead of No. 9 Denver (197.215).
  • Arizona rose one spot to No. 17 (196.625), followed by Oregon State at No. 18 (196.565). Arizona State moved up three spots, checking in at No. 20 (196.450), while Washington sits at No. 30 (195.900) and Stanford rounds it out at No. 39 (195.242).
• Top-10 Event Rankings - Team
  • Vault: 3. California (49.390);  5. UCLA (49.335); 8. Utah (49.252).
  • Bars: 2. California (49.495); 7. Oregon State (49.340); 9. Utah (49.285).
  • Beam: 2. Utah (49.415); 3. California (49.390); 9. UCLA (49.185).
  • Floor: T2. UCLA (49.530); 4. Utah (49.490); 10. California (49.425).
• Top-10 Event Rankings - Individual
  • All-Around: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (39.690); 5. Selena Harris, UCLA (39.615); eMjae Frazier, CAL (39.570).
  • Vault: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.945); 5. Chae Campbell, UCLA (9.910); 6. Makenna Smith, UTAH (9.905).
  • Bars: T7. Selena Harris, UCLA (9.920); T7. Grace McCallum, UTAH (9.920); T9. Madelyn Williams, CAL (9.915); Gabby Perea, CAL (9.915).
  • Beam: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.945); 4. Abby Paulson, UTAH (9.930).
  • Floor: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.945); T9. Nya Reed, UCLA (9.925); T9. Emma Andres (9.925).

PERFECT 10s

• The Pac-12 has seen four Perfect 10s during the 2024 season so far.
  • Utah's fifth-year senior and reigning NCAA Beam Champion Maile O'Keefe earned her 11th career 10.0 on beam against the Broncos on Friday, Jan. 5. She added her 12th career 10.0 on beam in the Rio Tinto Best of Utah meet on Jan. 15 and added a 13th career 10.0 on beam in a dual meet win over Arizona State on Jan. 26. O'Keefe now has 14 perfect scores in her career, joining legendary Red Rock gymnast Theresa Kulikowski for most in a career.
  • Cal sophomore eMjae Frazier scored a 10.0 on beam on Saturday, Jan. 13 at ESPN's Collegiate Quad meet in Salt Lake City, just the second 10.0 on beam in Cal history. After earning a 10.0 on floor as a freshman last season, she is now the only Bear in Cal history to earn a Perfect 10 in two different events during a career.

198 CLUB

• UCLA became the first Pac-12 team to break the 198 mark this year after posting a 198.075 in a dual meet win over then-No. 18 Arizona on Feb. 4. The Bruins are one of only six teams in the country to score 198 or above in 2024.

BY THE NUMBERS

• On Saturday, Jan. 27, No. 2 California bested then-No. 16 Oregon State with a team score of 197.950, which is the sixth-highest in program history.
• Then-No. 18 Arizona opened up its Pac-12 slate with the Wildcats' first win over Stanford since 2020 (197.000 - 196.000). The GymCats reached the 197 mark for the first time this year with the 197.000 flat marking the seventh-highest score in program history.
• On Saturday, Jan. 13, No. 2 California finished first in the third session of ESPN's Collegiate Quad with a team score of 197.875, besting No. 14 Michigan State, No. 18 BYU and North Carolina State with the seventh-highest team score in program history. The Bears also set a program record on the vault with a 49.525 at the event while freshman eMjae Frazier set a program record for the all-around with a 39.775, breaking the old mark she set as a freshman a year ago. A week later in its conference opener at Washington, Cal matched its season-high team score of 197.875, which ranks fourth-highest in the country this season, while junior Mya Lauzon tied Frazier's mark in her all-around win.
• Utah's 197.725 team score in winning the Rio Tinto Best of Utah meet on Monday 1/15 is tied for fifth-highest score in the nation this season.
• Arizona began its 2024 winning the first session of ESPN's Collegiate Quad over No. 16 Nebraska, Boise State and North Carolina on Feb. 12 with a score of 196.475, the Wildcats' highest season-opening score in program history. 

PRESEASON RANKINGS

• For a second consecutive year, all 8 Pac-12 women's gymnastics teams are ranked in the top 25 of the 2024 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Preseason Poll, voted on annually by Division I women's gymnastics coaches. The eight teams in the top 25 are tied for the most with the SEC.
• Utah, which won its third consecutive Pac-12 title in 2023 and finished third at the National Championships for a third straight year, is the Conference's top-ranked team coming in at No. 4 with a pair of first-place votes. 
• Joining Utah in the top 10 is UCLA at No. 5 and California at No. 7. Oregon State checks in at No. 13, followed by Arizona State at No. 19, Stanford at No. 20, Washington at No. 21 and Arizona at No. 22. 

KEY RETURNERS & NEWCOMERS 

• Utah senior Maile O’Keefe is back for a fifth year looking to defend her NCAA titles in the All-Around and Beam from last spring, while Olympic Gold Medalist and two-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Jade Carey returns for Oregon State. Carey will be simultaneously competing for the Beavers and preparing for next summer’s Paris Olympics.
• UCLA’s Selena Harris, the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, returns for the Bruins.
• In all, 13 of 17 NCAA All-Americans from last season are back in 2024:
  • California: eMjae Frazier, Maya Lauzon, Andi Li, Maddie Williams; Oregon State: Jade Carey; Stanford: Chloe Widner; UCLA: Chae Campbell, Margzetta Frazier, Selena Harris, Emma Malabuyo; Utah: Maile O’Keefe, Grace McCallum, Makenna Smith.
• Four Pac-12 programs - Utah (No. 6) Oregon State (No. 8), Arizona (No. 9) and Washington (No. 10) - are ranked in the top 10 of College Gym News’ Freshman Class of 2024 Rankings. Classes are highlighted by Utah’s trio of five stars Ella Zirbes, Elizabeth Gantner and Camie Winger; Oregon State’s Sophia Esposito, Arizona’s Abigayle Martin and Washington’s five-star Kristin Lin.

PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL & WATCH LISTS

• In a polling of the league’s eight women’s gymnastics head coaches, defending Pac-12 champion Utah was selected as the preseason favorite to claim a fourth straight conference title in 2024.
• Utah, who became the first team to win three straight Pac-12 titles since the league expanded in 2011 and won its sixth Pac-12 crown overall last spring, received 46 points, including five first-place votes, to edge out runner-up UCLA, who collected 43 total points and the other three first-place votes. The two programs have taken turns capturing conference titles since 2014, with Utah winning in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and UCLA winning in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
• California finished third in the poll with 40 points, while Oregon State checked in at fourth with 30 points. Arizona State (22 points) came in fifth followed by Stanford (19 points) in sixth, Washington (14 points) in seventh and Arizona (10 points) in eighth to round it out.
• The Pac-12 released its Preseason Watch List and Newcomer Watch List ahead of the 2024 campaign, which features 16 total student-athletes across the eight programs as nominated by the league's coaches. 
  • The 2024 Preseason Watch List includes 11 returning student-athletes: Jade Carey, Oregon State; Chae Campbell, UCLA; Alysen Fears, Arizona; eMjae Frazier, California; Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, Washington; Mya Lauzon, California; Jada Mangahas, Arizona State; Amelia Morgan, Utah; Lana Navarro, Washington; Hannah Scharf, Arizona State; Chloe Widner, Stanford.
  • The 2024 Newcomer Watch List features five freshmen: Sophia Esposito, Oregon State; Abigayle Martin, Arizona; Sienna Robinson, Stanford; Katelyn Rosen, UCLA; Ella Zirbes, Utah.

OLYMPIC STRENGTH

• Pac-12 lineups this upcoming season will feature three Olympic medalists from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, all whom are training for a chance to again represent their countries at the upcoming Paris Olympics. In Tokyo, reigning two-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, Oregon State's Jade Carey (USA) won an individual gold medal in the floor exercise, Utah's Grace McCallum was a silver medalist in the team competition with the United States and Utah's Amelie Morgan helped Great Britain to team bronze, which was its first gymnastics medal since 1928.
• Rounding out the Pac-12 with Olympic ties are UCLA's Brooklyn Moors, who competed for Canada in Tokyo, and Emma Malabuyo, who was an alternate for the United States.
• Of note: Former UCLA gymnast and Olympian Jordan Chiles, who won the 2023 NCAA titles in the uneven bars and floor exercise, has paused her collegiate career to exclusively train for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

BEST IN THE WEST

• For the second consecutive year and second time in Pac-12 history, all eight Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics programs were selected to compete at the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Regionals last season.
• Six of eight Pac-12 teams advanced to Regional Finals, which was the most of any conference in the nation. Utah and UCLA finished first and second at the LA Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships and California won the Pittsburgh Regional, its first regional title in program history, to advance to Nationals as well.
• After winning its third consecutive Pac-12 Championship in 2023, Utah went on to its 47th-consecutive national championship meet after winning the LA Regional, and is the only program in the nation to qualify for every national championship, including all 41 NCAA Championships. The Utes advanced to the NCAA Finals and finished third overall for the third consecutive year in 2023.
• All eight teams finished in the Top 21 in the final 2023 Road to Nationals rankings - No. 3 Utah, No. 5 UCLA, No. 7 California, No. 12 Oregon State, No. 15 Arizona State, No. 16 Washington, No. 19 Stanford and No. 21 Arizona.

THE RISE OF COLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS 

• More eyes are on the sport than ever before:
  • Last year’s National Championship broke the 1 million viewer mark for the first time and viewership is only expected to rise, especially in the lead up to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  • ESPN launched its own invitational meet that will feature 12 total teams, with the main session including four of the sport’s top teams and airing on ABC in its prime time slot. Called the “Collegiate Quad", the meet will take place at the Maverik Center - site of the last two Pac-12 Women’s Gym Championships - on January 12-13, 2024 and include four Pac-12 programs - Utah and UCLA, California and Arizona - among 12 total teams competing over the two days, including defending national champion Oklahoma.

ON TV 

• A total of 20 women’s gymnastics competitions are scheduled to air on Pac-12 Networks, including Oregon State at Utah on Friday, Feb. 2 at 5 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. MT. Two-time defending Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year Jade Carey and the Beavers look to knock off the three-time defending Pac-12 Champion Utes in Salt Lake City. 
• Utah and UCLA will compete in EPSN's Collegiate Quad on Saturday, January 13th on ABC at 1 p.m. PT. The Utes and Bruins will also meet in their head-to-head Pac-12 competition on Monday, February 19 at 2:30 p.m. PT on ESPNU. 

2024 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tickets for the 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships, presented by Sprouts, are on sale now at Pac-12.com/tickets. The one-day, two-session event returns to the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah on Saturday, March 18.

2024 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Weekly Awards