(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) THe Alexia Burch celebrates her performance on the balance beam, in PAC-12 gymnastics action between the UCLA Bruins and the University of Utah, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Burch, now a senior, says the Utes have hit their stride at just the right time as they approach the season's stretch run.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.