Even the biggest Utes gymnastics fans might have found themselves thumbing through their programs Friday, wondering who Kim Tessen was after she delivered a 9.9 on the vault in Utah’s season-opening win over Brigham Young.
Tessen, who also scored a 9.775 on the uneven bars Friday, barely had introduced herself to Utah’s fans last year before tearing her Achilles tendon in warmups at the fourth meet of the season.
The injury was frustrating for Tessen, not only because she’d had a good start to her collegiate career, hitting 7 of 7 routines, but because it was just the latest injury to mar her career.