Utah vs. UCLA gymnastics has always been an epic rivalry. And on Friday, both teams brought the firepower.
Utah freshman Grace McCallum — a member of the silver-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo — earned her first career 10.0 on bars, with her usual ridiculously clean form, and a dismount stuck so perfectly it looked like it surprised her:
GRACE MCCALLUM PERFECT 10 🌟@grace_mccallum2 | @UtahGymnastics pic.twitter.com/T61RQcIyRO
— espnW (@espnW) February 5, 2022
McCallum’s Olympic teammate Jordan Chiles, competing for opposing team UCLA, then answered with her own career high. She earned a 9.925 for an ultra-difficult routine that’s one of the toughest in all of NCAA gymnastics — and she hit every handstand to the nth degree:
JORDAN CHILES … WOW 🤯🤯@ChilesJordan | @UCLAGymnastics pic.twitter.com/d6Yj5SGEto
— espnW (@espnW) February 5, 2022
Finally, Chiles brought the…
