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Fort Worth, Texas • The NCAA Gymnastics Championships haven't even started yet, but already Utah's Georgia Dabritz is hauling in the awards.

She has been named the nation's top senior gymnast, which is voted on by the nation's gymnastics coaches.

Dabritz is the fourth Utah gymnast to earn the AAI Award, joining Missy Marlowe (1992), Theresa Kulikowski (2003) and Ashley Postal (2008).

Dabritz, who will lead the Utes into the NCAA competition here Friday, also was named the 2015 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year after winning the all-around and floor titles at the league championships.

She was also named the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year.

She then won every event and the all-around title at the NCAA Regional Championship.

Dabritz will be one of the favorites for the NCAA all-around title since her 39.775 all-around score at the Pac-12 Championships is the second-best all-around score in the nation this year.

She enters the championships ranked No. 1 in the nation on the bars, No. 3 on the vault and No. 9 on the floor.

She had one fall on the balance beam, which dropped her all-around average to No. 20, with a 39.39 average.

Utah competes against Florida, Stanford, UCLA, Michigan and Georgia at 1 p.m on Friday. The top three teams advance to Saturday's Super Six.

T-Birds at championships

The Utes won't be the only gymnasts representing Utah at the NCAA Championships this weekend.

Southern Utah, which almost upset Oregon State at regionals to earn a berth to the NCAAs, will be represented by seniors Jamie Armijo and Ana Jaworski, who qualified as individuals.

The T-Birds have had others qualify in the past, but this season marks the first time they've had more than one.

Armijo won the uneven bars competition at regionals and Jaworskfi tied for first on the balance beam.

Both will compete in Friday's preliminary rounds with the top four gymnasts on each event advancing to Sunday's individual championships.

Armijo will rotate with LSU in the evening session while Jaworski will rotate with Oregon State in the same session.

Often it is difficult for individuals to qualify since they don't have the benefit of a team to help them build momentum or scores, but SUU has had success in this area before, with Elise Wheeler finishing 12th in the all-around in 2010 and sixth on the balance beam in 2009.

Armco finished the season ranked 34th nationally on the uneven bars with a 9.88 average and Jaworski finished 147th on the beam with a 9.795 average.

Pac-12 out in force

Last year's championships were a huge disappointment not only for the Utes, but for the whole Pac-12 — the conference failed to advance any teams to the Super Six.

The Utes finished seventh while UCLA was eighth and Stanford ninth in the preliminaries.

The only other times the conference was shutout since the Super Six format was adopted in 1993 was in 2009 and 2006. The Utes qualified, but were not members of the conference then.

This year, with UCLA, Stanford and Oregon State all fielding strong teams along with the Utes, the conference foes are hoping for better representation.

"As strong as they are, I feel like all the Pac-12 teams could be there this year," said Utah co-coach Megan Marsden. "Hopefully we are going to have a strong presence in the Super Six."

Her thoughts were echoed by Stanford coach Kristen Smyth, whose team has failed to qualify for the Super Six the last two years after finishing fourth in 2012.

"Competing against the Pac-12 schools this year, I think Utah and UCLA are doing some of the best gymnastics in the country," she said. "I know we are excited to get back on that floor and challenge for a spot."

Mimicking success

Former Utah assistant Jeff Graba, who took over the Auburn program in 2010, said his five years of experience at Utah was instrumental in turning the Tigers into a success.

Auburn has qualified for the NCAAs for the first time since 2003 when they finished 12th.

"Megan can probably tell you exactly what my routine is, because I am basically stealing from them," he said of Utah coaches Greg and Megan Marsden. "A lot of what we do I have taken directly from Utah's playbook and given it my own flavor, but for the most part we are preparing just like I did when I was an assistant at Utah."

Back for more

Both Florida and Oklahoma, which tied for the title last year, are among the favorites to win this weekend.

However, Florida coach Rhonda Faehn is downplaying any thoughts the Gators could be on the verge of being considered a dynasty since the Gators also won in 2013.

The only teams to win three or more NCAA titles in a row have been Utah (1982-84) and Georgia (2005-09).

"This is a new group of gymnasts," Faehn said. "We want to go in as this group and try to challenge for the title and not concentrate on what we have done in the past."