Red Rocks went into the season with enough depth to juggle their lineups. Injuries are now putting that to the test.

Utah’s gymnastics team went into the season with the intention of using a variety of lineups. But now those intentions have turned into necessity as several nagging injuries are forcing the Utes to fill their lineups with different options.

The fourth-ranked Utes, who host No. 14 California on Saturday, are saddled with three notable injuries with standout MyKayla Skinner hampered by a sore ankle, junior Missy Reinstadtler gimpy with a foot injury and freshman Cristal Isa sidelined with an arm injury.

Of the three, Isa’s injury is expected to have the longest impact as she is likely out for the season on anything but the balance beam because she can’t bear weight on the arm.

Her absence hurts the most on the bars, where she has scored 9.85 or higher in the four meetings in which she competed.

“We’re assuming she is going to need surgery at the end of the year,” Utah coach Megan Marsden said. “It is beginning to calm down, but it doesn’t look like she can put any weight on it.”

Senior Kari Lee filled in for Isa in Friday’s win over Arizona, scoring 9.8.

Reinstadtler was expected to be a regular contributor in the all-around, but her foot injury has kept her out of everything but the bars the last two weeks.

The Utes hope she can return to normal training reps next week.

“We will see how it responds to decide if she can go in the lineup or if it will be a couple of weeks of training,” Marsden said.

The Utes used only five gymnasts on the vault in their win over the Wildcats, although they had Kim Tessen in the sixth spot and chose not to use her. Freshman Alexia Burch and senior Shannon McNatt are getting more chances on the balance beam, and Adrienne Randall has competed in the last three floor lineups, scoring 9.625, 9.85 and 9.95.

The Utes are unsure how long Skinner will be out due to the fluid in her ankle, but it is unlikely she will compete this weekend. Sophomore Alexia Burch fell off the beam but came back with a 9.825 on the floor in Skinner’s absence.

Marsden noted the inconsistent results from the less experienced gymnasts aren’t surprising. “It can be really scary for the younger ones to compete in front of 15,000 people in our arena until they learn to love it,” she said. “Alexia had the problem on beam but was able to shake it off.”

Marsden credited the senior class of Lee, McNatt, MaKenna Merrell-Giles and Macey Roberts for stepping up more than expected, particularly McNatt and Roberts.

Roberts has scored 9.825 or higher in every meet on the floor and vault.

“Last year she was nursing a hip injury but she has come back stronger than ever,” Marsden said. “That senior class is quite important for us, and it is gratifying to see them step up.”

For the gymnasts’ part, being in a variety of lineups hasn’t affected them negatively, if anything it is making them stronger.

“I’ve never been on a team where we had the depth to switch up the lineups like we are doing this year,” Merrell-Giles said. “It’s nice to know we can have some of the all-arounders rest and others are going to step up.”