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MyKayla Skinner breaks Pac-12 record as gymnast of the week again

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) MyKayla Skinner on the bars as Utah hosts Arizona State in women's gymnastics at Jon M. Huntsman Center, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018.

Utah sophomore gymnast MyKayla Skinner earned her third Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week award Tuesday, giving her a conference-record 10 overall such honors. The previous record holder was UCLA’s Vanessa Zamarripa, who won the award nine times in her career from 2009 to 2013.

Skinner won the all-around (39.675), vault (9.9), bars (9.925), beam (9.9) and floor (9.95) in Utah’s 197.075-195.4 win over Arizona State on Friday. She ranks second in the all-around and has 17 individual wins this year.

Skinner and the Utes will b in action Sunday at second-ranked UCLA.