Maile “Ice” O’Keefe performed arguably the best beam routine of her career as she left no doubt she deserved as 10.0 Friday, logging the perfect score to help the Utes to one of their best beam sets in history.
Maile O'Keefe scores a 10 on the beam as Utah hosts UCLA, NCAA gymnastics in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.One judge would give a 10.0, the other a 9.95 or 9.9, then they’d flip flop in their scoring with a 10.0 here and a lesser score there. On it went for the Utah gymnastics team Friday as the judges seemingly could never get in sync and give the Utes a perfect score.O’Keefe performed arguably the best beam routine of her career as she left no doubt she deserved as 10.
The last three events were dominated by Utah as it cruised to a 198.2-197.45 win in front of 13,903 at the Huntsman Center. Utah’s final tally tied the fifth-highest score in program history. The school record is a 198.6 scored against BYU in 2004. O’Keefe’s perfect score was her fifth on the balance beam in her career and gave the Utes a 49.775 team score, which tied the school record previously set against UCLA in 2020.Even Utah coach Tom Farden seemed in awe of her abilities, even though he sees them every day in practice.O’Keefe admitted the beam routine might have been her best, noting she was set up by her teammates.
The Utes had 9.975s from Kara Eaker and Grace McCallum, a 9.95 from Cristal Isa and 9.875s from Amelie Morgan and Abby Paulson. One of the 9.875s was dropped, leaving the Utes with the highest beam score in the country this year.While the beam was a bit of a blur, O’Keefe admitted she soaked in the atmosphere and buzz the Utes’ performance created in the arena before she competed her floor routine, which earned a 9.925.
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