Maile O'Keefe
Full name	Maile Suzanne O'Keefe
Born	(2002-02-26)February 26, 2002 (age 23) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Years on national team	2016 – 18 (USA)
College team	Utah Red Rocks (2020–24)
Club	Salcianu Elite Academy of Gymnastics
Headcoach(es)	Tammy Salcianu Sorin Salcianu Tom Farden
Medal record Representingthe United States FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around World Cup 0 0 1 RepresentingUtah Red Rocks NCAA Championships 2021 Fort Worth Uneven Bars 2021 Fort Worth Floor Exercise 2023 Fort Worth All-Around 2023 Fort Worth Balance Beam 2023 Fort Worth Uneven Bars 2024 Fort Worth Floor Exercise 2021 Fort Worth Team 2022 Fort Worth Team 2023 Fort Worth Team 2024 Fort Worth Team 2024 Fort Worth Balance Beam

Maile O'Keefe (/ˈmaɪli/MY-lee) (born February 26, 2002)^[1] is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of theU.S. National Team and is the2016 and2017 U.S. JuniorNational Champion. She is the2023 NCAA all-around champion as well as a 4x NCAA event champion.

O'Keefe was born on February 26, 2002, to Matthew and Tori Lynn O'Keefe inLas Vegas,Nevada. She has three siblings, Paige, Caitlin & Dylan.^[1] She completed high school through Odyssey Charter School,^[2] graduating a year early in 2019.^[3]

In 2013, O'Keefe, then eleven, was a level 9 gymnast. She attended a developmental camp at theKarolyi Ranch where she earned the opportunity to compete at an elite qualifier. At the qualifier, she performed at a high enough level where she was qualified to Junior Elite status, bypassing level 10 completely.^[4]

O'Keefe competed at various domestic meets. She finished 13th and 17th at the 2014 and 2015National Championships respectively. She encountered breakthrough during the 2016 season, where she won the all-around title in the Junior division at the2016 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, in addition to the beam and floor titles too.^[5]

In March, O'Keefe competed at International Gymnix in Canada where she placed first in the all-around and finished top three on every event.^[6] In April, she participated in the 2017City of Jesolo Trophy. In Jesolo she finished second in the all-around behindGabby Perea.^[7] O'Keefe also won bronze medals in the uneven bars and balance beam finals, as well as a silver medal in the floor exercise final.^[8] In June O'Keefe announced that she had verbally committed to attend theUniversity of Utah on agymnastics scholarship.^[9] In August, she won the all-around at the2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.^[10] She along with silver medalistEmma Malabuyo were selected to represent the USA at the 2017 International Junior Gymnastics Competition the following month inJapan.^[11] There O'Keefe won gold in the all-around and on beam and silver on floor, vault, and uneven bars.^[12]

O'Keefe became age-eligible for senior competition in 2018. In February she was named as the wildcard athlete for the 2018American Cup.^[13] In her senior international debut, O'Keefe finished third with a score of 54.365, behind fellow AmericanMorgan Hurd andMai Murakami of Japan.^[14] In the spring O'Keefe underwent wrist surgery to fix aganglion cyst. She spent the remainder of the year recovering.^[15]

In early 2019, O'Keefe announced that she had dropped back down to level 10. Her first meet was at the Brestyan’s Las Vegas Invitational in February.^[16] After the meet she announced that she receivedearly admission to theUniversity of Utah and would be competing with theirgymnastics program in the 2019–2020 season.^[17]

O'Keefe signed herNational Letter of Intent with theUniversity of Utah in March 2019. She joined Abby Paulson, Jillian Hoffman, and Jaedyn Rucker as the freshmen class of the 2019–2020 season.^[18]

O'Keefe made her NCAA debut in a meet against theKentucky Wildcats where she competed on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam to help Utah win 196.425 to 195.350.^[19] She made her all-around debut at the inauguralBest of Utah meet againstBYU,Southern Utah, andUtah State, where she helped Utah win and individually she placed third in the all-around.^[20]

In a meet against defending national champions the Oklahoma Sooners, O'Keefe competed all four events. Although Utah lost, O'Keefe claimed the all-around and balance beam titles with scores of 39.550 and 9.95 respectively.^[21] She was subsequently named as thePac-12 gymnast of the week.^[22] The following week in a meet against Arizona O'Keefe only competed on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam. She received the highest score, a 9.90, on the latter two events.^[23]

On January 30, in a meet against Washington, O'Keefe earned her first perfect 10, achieving this score on the balance beam. Additionally she won the all-around with a score of 39.525.^[24] As a result O'Keefe was named as thePac-12 gymnast of the week for the second time this season.^[25]

After the regular season concluded, O'Keefe was announced as the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year.^[26] In March O'Keefe competed at the Pac-12 Conference Championships. She helped Utah finish first while individually winning the all-around title and co-winning the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise titles.^[27]

In April O'Keefe competed at theNCAA Championships. She competed all four events for Utah and finished 11th in the all-around after having minor issues on the balance beam. However she finished first on both the uneven bars (tied with Maya Bordas of California) and on floor exercise (tied with Lexi Graber of Alabama andAnastasia Webb of Oklahoma). Additionally she helped Utah advance to the team finals.^[28] During the team finals O'Keefe recorded the highest balance beam and uneven bars scores of the day and helped Utah place third.^[29]

O'Keefe competed at the Best of Utah meet where she competed on only the uneven bars and balance beam to help Utah win. She put up the highest uneven bars score of the night, a 9.875.^[30] On January 29, in a meet against Stanford, O'Keefe earned her second career perfect ten on the balance beam.^[31] As a result she was namedPac-12 gymnast of the week.^[32]

O'Keefe was namedPac-12 Specialist of the Year.^[33] At the Pac-12 Championships O'Keefe helped Utah win their second consecutive team title. Individually she placed third in the all-around behindJade Carey and teammateGrace McCallum.^[34]

O'Keefe spent the majority of the regular season only competing on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. She earned three perfect tens on balance beam on February 3, 11, and 24. However, after teammateGrace McCallum suffered an injury, O'Keefe began training on vault again.^[35] Even though O'Keefe had started competing in the all-around, she was namedPac-12 Specialist of the Year for the second consecutive year.^[36] At the Pac-12 Championships O'Keefe led Utah to their third consecutive title and individually placed second in the all-around behindJade Carey.^[37]

In the post season O'Keefe earned her fourth perfect ten on balance beam while competing at the UCLA regional semifinal. On the first day of theNCAA Championships O'Keefe helped Utah qualify to the final. Individually she earned her fifth perfect ten of the season on balance beam and earned the balance beam title. Additionally she won the all-around title ahead ofJordan Chiles andHaleigh Bryant.^[38] At the NCAA team finals O'Keefe helped Utah place third for the third consecutive year and also earned her sixth perfect ten of the season on balance beam. In winning the all-around and balance beam titles, O'Keefe became the seventh NCAA gymnast towin an individual title on at least four of the five events after she had won the uneven bars and floor exercise titles in 2021.

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Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2013	American Classic		9	8	8
2014	American Classic		6
	U.S. Classic		6			6
	P&G National Championships		13	19	14	16	13
2015	American Classic		7		4
	P&G National Championships		17	19	16	10	13
2016	American Classic		8			4
	U.S. Classic		6	6		4	4
	P&G National Championships				6
2017	Gymnix International
	City of Jesolo Trophy
	U.S. Classic				4
	P&G National Championships
	Junior Japan International
Senior
2018	American Cup
NCAA
2020	PAC-12 Championships	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA[40][41]
	NCAA Championships
2021	Pac-12 Championships			7
	NCAA Championships		11
2022	Pac-12 Championships
	NCAA Championships		10		13	4
2023	Pac-12 Championships			10	4
	NCAA Championships			19			4
2024	Pac-12 Championships				34
	NCAA Championships				44

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