The Utes advanced along with Oklahoma in Thursday’s early session. The Sooners won the session with a 198.1125. Utah scored a 197.7125 for second place, while Minnesota (197.1125) and Alabama (197.1) failed to make the cut.
Utah's Abby Paulson competes on the balance beam during the NCAA college women's gymnastics championships, Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas.So many gymnastics teams compete on the balance beam to survive. The Utes compete to win it.
The championships are scheduled for 11 a.m. in Ft. Worth and will be televised by ABC. The other two finalists will be decided in Thursday’s afternoon session when Florida, Missouri, Auburn and Michigan compete. Often teams crumble under that kind of pressure on the balance beam. Not the Utes, who posted a 49.6 on the balance beam to earn their spot in the finals.
Alabama seemed to feel more pressure than the Utes as the Tide had trouble sticking their landings and scored only 49.125 on the vault to slip to fourth place. McCallum landed low and scored only 9.725 and Isa had a break in her routine to score only 9.7. Sage Thompson and O’Keefe led the team with 9.9s. Utah's Grace McCallum competes on the floor exercise during the NCAA women's gymnastics championships, Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Utah could have easily let their effort on the uneven bars affect their mentality going into beam. That probably would have resulted in them being eliminated.“I told them they were playing it safe trying to be too perfect,” he said in interviews after the meet. “I told them to let loose on beam and that is exactly what they did.”
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