SCHEDULE | STANDINGS | RECORD BOOK 

Pac-12 women's gymnastics began this week with a national showcase on ESPN2 Monday on President's Day and Utah and UCLA did not disappoint in the top-10 matchup. The Bruins led through two rotations thanks to a second-consecutive week of sophomore Selena Harris posting a 10.0 on vault, but it was reigning NCAA All-Around Champion and fifth-year senior Maile O'Keefe and the Utes nailing the floor and the beam rotations to nab the come-from-behind win in LA. 

With just three Pac-12 regular season duals remaining for each squad over the final four weeks, the competition heats up with a full slate of league meets on deck this weekend. Another top-10 foe awaits No. 9 UCLA as the Bruins host No. 3 California on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. PT in a must-win matchup for UCLA to stay alive in the race to the regular season title. 

LAST WEEK

• No. 2 California and Washington both competed at the annual Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas last weekend along with No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 16 Arkansas. The Bears took second behind the Sooners with a score of 197.400, while the Huskies placed fourth in the quad meet with an 196.450. Junior Mya Lauzon returned to action for the Bears and earned a share of the floor title with a 9.95, her 16th event title of the season. Washington's Emily Innes earned the Huskies' team-high score of 9.900 on the floor.
• Then-No. 17 Arizona had a busy weekend, kicking things off with a rivalry matchup at home against No. 20 Arizona State, but it was the Sun Devils who earned the road victory (196.850 - 196.250) en route to their eighth straight win over the Wildcats. ASU posted scores of 49-plus in all four events for the fourth straight meet, with senior Jada Mangahas winning her third all-around title with a score of 39.225. The Wildcats then headed to Texas for Monday's Texas Woman's Quad that also featured No. 10 Alabama and No. 16 Arkansas, with Arizona finishing third behind the Crimson Tide and the Razorbacks with a score of 196.950. 
• Then-No. 19 Oregon State picked up its first conference win of the season, topping Stanford 197.100 - 196.600 in Corvallis, the Beavers' second 197-plus of the season. Competing in the all-around for just the second time this year, OSU junior Jade Carey posted a 39.650 to win the all-around title and added event titles on the bars, beam and floor to surprass 100 total event titles for her career. The performance earned her the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor, the 10th of her career. Beaver freshman Sophia Esposito picked up her second straight Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award and third of the season after finishing second behind Carey in just her second career all-around with a score of 39.450. Stanford junior Anapaula Gutierrez became the first Cardinal to earn a Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honor since 2017 after winning the vault title with a career-best 9.950, while teammate Taralyn Nguyen was named this week's Coaches' Choice award winner after finishing top-six in the three events she competed in (vault, floor, beam), which came after she was a last minute addition to the Cardinal beam lineup.
• The Utah and UCLA dual meet lived up to the hype with several standout performances from each squad. With the meet happening Monday the 19th, the two teams' scores were not factored into this week's Road to Nationals rankings (which come out weekly on Monday mornings) and the individual performances will be under consideration for the upcoming weekly awards (which covers competition Monday through Sunday of each week). The Utes overcame a .425 deficit at the midway point of the meet, capturing four scores of 9.9+ on the floor to take the lead, led by Grace McCallum's 9.925, before securing the win in their best event on beam, capped by O'Keefe's 9.975 in the final rotation. Harris' 10.0 on vault in consecutive weeks highlighted the afternoon for the Bruins with the reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year going on to win her fourth consecutive all-around title (39.675) and fifth of the season. 

THIS WEEK

• No. 4 Utah returns home to host Stanford to kick off the weekend on slate on Friday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. PT/5 p.m. PT, which will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Mountain. At 4-0 in the league standings, the Utes will look to keep their record perfect heading into next week's top-five showdown with California, which will likely go a long way in determining the Pac-12 Regular Season Champion. Last season the Utes and Cardinal competed in the Metroplex Challenge that counted as their league meeting with Utah topping Stanford 197.600 - 196.725.
• Coming off its big rivalry win over the Wildcats, No. 20 Arizona State will welcome Washington to Tempe for a Friday night dual at 6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Arizona and Pac-12 Washington. The GymDevils have won four straight conference duals against the Huskies, including a high-scoring affair last season in Seattle that saw ASU come away with a 197.475 - 197.250 victory. 
• Just like the Utah/UCLA finish, the top-10 clash between No. 3 California and No. 9 UCLA will likely come down to the wire. The showdown gets underway Sunday at 2 p.m. PT and will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Los Angeles. Last year the two teams ended their dual meet deadlocked at 197.975, one of three ties in conference competition a year ago, and split the last two dual meetings previous to that. It will also serve as the final time sisters Margzetta Frazier, a fifth-year senior at UCLA, and eMjae Frazier, a sophomore at Cal, will compete against each other in a collegiate conference dual meet.
• The weekend wraps up with another top-20 dual with No. 17 Oregon State visiting No. 19 Arizona in Tucson on Sunday at 3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Arizona and Pac-12 Oregon. Last season the Beavers bested the Wildcats in Corvallis and Arizona heads into this weekend's matchup still looking for its first dual win over Oregon State since 2007.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)

ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS - FEB. 19

• The Road to Nationals National Qualifying Scores (NQS) rankings, which track official NQS scores throughout the season, released its seventh rankings on Monday, February 19. The National Qualifying Scores or NQS are composed of the 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. After the switch from straight average to the NQS, six of eight Pac-12 programs remained ranked in the top 20 with three - No. 3 California, No. 4 Utah and No. 9 UCLA in the top 10. Important to note that Utah's dual win at UCLA on Monday, Feb. 19 was not included in this week's rankings.
• Team Overall
  • For the first time in six weeks, California dropped one spot to the No. 3 with a 197.575 NQS, trailing No. 1 Oklahoma's 198.139 and LSU's 197.696. The Bears's five-week run at No. 2 was their highest ranking in program history. 
  • Utah also remained in the top five at No. 4 with its NQS at 197.533, just ahead of No. 5 Florida's 197.517.
  • The Bruins, who climbed seven spots over a three-week span, fell just one spot to No. 9 with a 197.254 average, just ahead of No. 10 Alabama at 197.246.
  • Oregon State moved up two spots after its win over Stanford, now sitting at No. 17 with a 196.661 NQS, followed by Arizona at No. 19 (196.600) and Arizona State at No. 20 (196.582). Washington sits at No. 28 (196.139) and Stanford remained at No. 32 (196.013) to round it out.
• Top-10 Event Rankings - Team
  • Vault: 4. California (49.343);  6. UCLA (49.325); 9. Utah (49.279).
  • Bars: 4. California (49.454); 8. Oregon State (49.343); T9. Utah (49.325).
  • Beam: T2. Utah (49.425); 4. California (49.304).
  • Floor: 4. UCLA (49.517); 5. Utah (49.504); 8. California (49.475).
• Top-10 Event Rankings - Individual
  • All-Around: 3. Mya Lauzon, CAL (39.663); 6. Selena Harris, UCLA (39.638); T6. Jade Carey, OSU (39.638).
  • Vault: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.938); 6. Chae Campbell, UCLA (9.910); T7. Selena Harris (9.904); Makenna Smith, UTAH (9.896).
  • Bars: 4. Selena Harris, UCLA (9.925); T5. Grace McCallum, UTAH (9.921); T8. Jade Carey, OSU (9.914).
  • Beam: 2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.945); T3. Abby Paulson, UTAH (9.933).
  • Floor: T2. Mya Lauzon, CAL (9.933); T9. Selena Harris, UCLA (9.900).

PERFECT 10s

• The Pac-12 has seen six Perfect 10s during the 2024 season so far.
  • UCLA's Selena Harris became the third Pac-12 gymnast and first Bruin this season to score a Perfect 10, which came on the vault on Friday, Feb. 9 at Oregon State as part of her all-around win at the dual meet. She posted her second 10.0 on vault this season in the dual meet against Utah on Monday, Feb. 19. She now has three career Perfect scores on vault after her first came at the LA Regional last spring. 
  • 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 Oregon State on Feb. 2. 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

• No. 4 Utah's 197.775 in its win at Washington on Feb. 10 marked its the best regular-season road score since 2022.
• No. 20 Arizona State posted a 196.875 to win its dual win at Stanford on Feb. 9 which was a season-high road score for ASU and 10th-highest road score in program history.
• Not only did did UCLA break the 198 mark with a 198.075 against Arizona on Feb. 4, the Bruins set season-bests on the bars (19.425), beam (49.525) and floor (49.750). Sophomore Selena Harris also won the all-around with a career-high of 39.775, which is the third-best mark in the country this year,
• At the Feb. 2 Tri-meet at Arizona State, the Bears matched their season-high score of 197.950, which is the sixth-highest ranked score in program history, and came a week after they posted the score in a win at Oregon State on Jan. 27.
• 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. 

AAI AWARD NOMINEES

• The AAI Award, known as the Heisman Trophy for Women’s gymnastics, is a coach’s award in which AAI facilitates. Every year the head coaches are asked to submit a nomination for the candidate or candidates of their choice. AAI has been presenting the AAI Award to the most outstanding senior female gymnast in the country for over the last 30+ years.
  • The 2024 Pac-12 Nominees included in the Top 50 list released on Feb. 20 include: Chae Campbell, UCLA; Margzetta Frazier, UCLA; Malia Hargrove, ARIZ; Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, WASH; Andi Li, CAL; Maile O'Keefe, UTAH; Nya Reed, UCLA; Hannah Scharf, ASU; Chloe Widner, STAN.

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