“We are devastated for her,” University of Utah gymnastics coach Tom Farden said on Saturday, after Olympian Grace McCallum suffered a possibly season-ending knee injury during a meet in Texas.
Grace McCallum on the vault as Utah hosts UCLA, NCAA gymnastics in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.Utah’s gymnastics lineups have so much depth, but pick them apart and one crucial inclusion in all of them is Grace McCallum, Utah’s Olympian who was having a tremendous start to her sophomore season.
“We are devastated for her,” Farden said. “Injuries are an unfortunate part of sports but I’m proud of the way the team rebounded.” If she is sidelined for the season, the Utes have good depth, as witnessed by the effort Saturday, but McCallum and her elite experience added a little something extra to the lineups. That intangible eliteness is something that separates the great teams at the end and it will be a challenge to make up for her absence.
Utah scored a 49.55 on the bars, led by a 9.975 from Cristal Isa, to take the lead at the halfway mark with a 98.525 while Illinois was in second with a 98.05.
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