Utah has been to every National Championship since the competition’s inception—49 times —and has won 10 national titles (nine NCAA, one AIAW). With history and momentum on their side, no one should be surprised to see this team in Fort Worth striving for their 11th national title.

Senior Night

On Saturday at 3 p.m. MT, the Red Rocks will wrap up Big 12 regular season competition in a tri-meet against West Virginia and No. 24 BYU, and honor its four departing seniors: Makenna Smith, Ana Padurariu, Ashley Glynn, and Sarah Krump in their final home meet at the Huntsman Center. 

For Ashley Glynn, competing for Utah went from a longtime dream to reality in an NCAA gymnastics journey she’s cherished from day one. Coming out of First State Gymnastics, as a freshman, Glynn competed for Temple University. But being a Red Rock was always in the back of her mind. Looking back now, she especially believes everything was meant to be.

“I committed to Temple University for my freshman year, and I had an amazing season there. My parents are Temple alumni, so I grew up going to the meets, and it was fun to carry on their legacy. But, I always felt like I wanted something greater,” she said. “I was originally being recruited by Utah, and I’d come out to Utah camps and always watch them on TV, and that was always my dream, but I didn’t know if I was ever good enough. I peaked a little bit later in level 10, and in my first year in college, I had a great season. I was able to enter the transfer portal and get an opportunity here, and I just jumped on it because I was like, this is my dream.”

Being on campus with the team, seeing their day-to-day, and being immersed in the legacy changed everything for Glynn’s confidence, both on and off the floor.

“Watching them growing up, I always knew that was where I wanted to be. But when it actually came down to it, I was really scared to come out here, even for my visit,” she said. “Once I met the girls, and the coaches, and just the atmosphere of being here, I truly never felt anything like it. It was just so genuine. I just loved it. I felt a lot more comfortable coming here and moving across the country, which was what I was so afraid of. It’s been the best decision I’ve ever made.”

Glynn sees the pressure of being part of the Utah legacy as a privilege and says it’s made her a better person and student athlete.

“I think the pressure of being at a top-level program definitely hits you, like, you feel it for sure,” she said. “Being able to manage that pressure, we work a lot on different things on our team to be able to do that. All of the tools and resources that we have have helped me become a better athlete.”

Shining especially on vault and floor (she’s been in every vault lineup so far this season and was a starter on vault and floor in 16-of-16 competitions in 2025), Glynn is the closest to a sure thing on vault as you can get. In 2025, she captured the Big 12 vault championship, sharing the title with her teammate Grace McCallum.

“I do love vault,” she said. “It’s my favorite. So whatever I can do to make it even better. Last year, winning Big 12 co-champion with Grace, that was amazing. Getting to share with her. Little things like that, those are fun goals to achieve as well.”