The regular season has concluded for NCAA women’s gymnastics, and now it’s on to the postseason. Utah is No. 12 in the country, a ranking it’s been stuck in for several weeks due to a rocky start over the first month of the season.
That rocky start included two scores in the 195 range, and the National Qualifying Score formula isn’t forgiving to low scores especially when you have a handful.
“It really is easy to look at our ranking and see how we started our first four to five meets out and focus on that … I feel like the switch was Arizona, when we went to Arizona. Ever since then, our team has been building in the right direction.”
Utah coach Carly Dockendorf
The Red Rocks have clawed their way back to put together a solid campaign that hasn’t seen a score below 197 since January while earning a second-straight regular-season Big 12 title. They also are coming off their best road score of the year as they head into the Big 12 championship Saturday as the top seed…