NCAA Gymnastics: Parents Burst Out in Tears as Daughter Steals Spotlight at Standford Meet

The Utah gymnastics team has continued to astonish fans with their spectacular wins throughout the NCAA 2024 season. The Red Rocks scored more than 198 points for the second time against Stanford and Utah State this season, posting a magnificent victory in their tri-meet with a season-high score of 198.300. With the collective team efforts, the Utah gymnastics team achieved this triumph at the Stanford meet. However, Utah’s senior gymnast Abby Paulson shone brightly on Senior night at the Huntsman Center, taking the limelight with her perfect 10.

After achieving the grand triumph over Stanford in this meet, Utah Gymnastics cherished the greatest moment. On Red Rocks Senior Night, several incredible moments left the crowd gasping and sent tears to their eyes, including a flawless 10 performance of Abby Paulson that brought tears into her parent’s eyes.

Abby Paulson’s perfect 10 leaves parents overwhelmed

Utah Gymnastics took to its official X handle to share Abby Paulson’s parents’ reaction to her perfect 10. Along with posting a touching reaction video of Utah’s senior gymnast Abby’s parents, they captioned the post as, “We are not perfectly fine after this 🥹 #RedRocks | #GoUtes”

In the recent video, Utah Gymnasts Paulson’s father Brandon Paulson, who is a former Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, looked stunned in the red jacket after watching his daughter’s spectacular performance at the Huntsman Center. Her mother Shelly Paulson burst into tears of overwhelming joy after seeing her daughter’s perfect 10 in a tri-meet against Utah State and Stanford.

In Utah’s Senior Night on March 15, Paulson dazzled with her perfect 10.0 on the beam. Before receiving a 10 in the final meet against Stanford, Abby Paulson previously inspired her fans, receiving a 10 on beam in her first-ever competition versus UCLA at Pauley Pavilion as a freshman. After that, the versatile beamer repeatedly flirted with the edge of greatness, but she ultimately delivered one more to round off her time performing in front of the Huntsman audience.

Abby Paulson’s legacy of excellence

After Paulson’s remarkable performance, Utah Red Rocks coach Carly Dockendorf stated that Paulson’s score in that meet has been a long time coming. “I am so happy that she got that 10 tonight because I feel like she’s deserved it actually numerous times this year… Her beam routine is beautiful,” Dockendorf added.

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Talking about the team’s phenomenal score, Paulson remarked, “We’re going to get the scores that we want.” After the meeting, Paulson also stated that she experienced a “really emotional week.” Thus, rather than thinking of it as it was her final routine at the Huntsman, she wanted to concentrate on her routine and the music while she was up there.

“So I’m just really grateful for everything, and the amazing fans, and my amazing teammates,” Paulson remarked. Because she incorporates Taylor Swift’s music into both her beam and floor routines, Paulson is often regarded as the ultimate Swiftie among Red Rocks supporters and her teammates. Paulson changed her beam music to “Never Grow Up” by Taylor Swift instead of Timeless (Taylor’s rendition), which has been her beam song for the whole year, on Senior Night.

“I felt like it was just very fitting to finish out my career in the Huntsman to the same song,” Paulson said. Thus, ending her stellar collegiate career, Paulson gave it a befitting ending.

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