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Gymnastics teams know they've reached a certain elite level when consistency is no longer an issue. It happens automatically.

Utah's gymnastics team, albeit a little surprisingly, has grown into that category.

The fifth-ranked Utes weren't sure how consistent they would be given their youth this season. But instead of a bunch of jittery routines from uncertain freshmen, the Utes have enjoyed one rock-steady effort after another one.

Utah, which wraps up its regular season on Saturday against No. 9 Georgia, has hit 208 of 216 routines this year.

Most importantly, the Utes have been at their most consistent in some of the toughest situations. The Utes went 24-for-24 at UCLA, Stanford and Michigan.

Sophomore Samantha Partyka leads the team in made routines, going 28 of 28, followed by Cassandra Lopez (19 of 19) and Sabrina Schwab and MaKenna Merrell (18 of 18).

That the Utes have done so well in made routines, it has allowed the coaches to push the team even more than they'd hoped, coach Megan Marsden said.

"We've moved beyond the 24-for-24 mentality," she said. "It's a given. I'm watching the video of beam and relishing the fact that we are going for things like the ultimate landing positions. We are past worrying about the technical stuff and focusing on the details. It's been quite a few years since I've been able to do that."

Knowing they had a young team, Marsden said she and co-coach Tom Farden wanted to make sure they were consistent this year and didn't plan for many upgrades. Instead, they wanted to meet the necessary scoring requirements, then focus on polishing the routines.

That philosophy has seemingly paid off with the Utes winning at Stanford and Michigan when the home teams had falls. The Utes, meanwhile, were cool under pressure.

"This team has shown they can handle adversity well," Marsden said. "Whatever has been thrown at them, they've handled."

Out of lineup

Marsden said the Utes have made the difficult decision to keep senior Kailah Delaney out of the floor lineup for the remainder of the year.

Delaney has an ongoing knee issue that has prevented her from competing on the event recently.

"We need her experience on the other events, even if it means we have to give up the fun of her floor," Marsden said.

Partyka, who has a lower leg injury, might sit out of the floor and vault lineup for a third meet in a row.

Magic number

The Utes have averaged 14,810 fans for home meets in 2016, but need 15,385 fans Saturday to tie South Carolina's women's basketball team for the 2015-16 all-sports women's attendance title. The Utes have claimed the title in five of the past six years.

Utah's season high this year was 15,550 against Oregon State and the low was 13,162 for a Monday meet against Arizona.

In the rankings

There was little change in the rankings, with Oklahoma maintaining the top spot with a 197.765 average while Utah was fifth with a 197.105 average.

Breanna Hughes is ranked 16th in the all-around (39.345) and ninth on the vault (9.9). Maddy Stover is seventh on the beam (9.9). —

No. 9 Georgia at No. 5 Utah

P Saturday, 7 p.m.

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The Top 25

1. Oklahoma 197.765

2. Florida 197.58

3. LSU 197.34

4. Alabama 197.325

5. Utah 197.105

6. Michigan 197.085

7. Auburn 196.94

8. UCLA 196.865

9. Georgia 196.82

10. Denver 196.605

11. Arkansas 196.47

12. Boise St. 196.365

13. Stanford 196.305

14. California 196.29

15. Missouri 196.235

16. Oregon St. and Nebraska (196.205)

18. Iowa 196.2

19. Minnesota 196.105

20. Arizona 196.08

21. Kentucky 195.965

22. G. Washngtn 195.905

23. Illinois 195.765

24. Washington 195.75

25. W. Virginia 195.665