Sam Settleman Daily Bruin contributor Prediction: 4th Place in NCAA Semifinal It’s no secret that the Bruins have the talent to compete with the best programs in the country, but with their backs against the wall, can all that talent suddenly gel at the right time? Read more...
Photo: For the first time since 2019, No. 13 UCLA gymnastics will compete in the NCAA regionals with a chance at an NCAA championship. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
Despite failing to claim the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year award for the first time in three years, the Bruins took home two of the five Pac-12 2021 women’s gymnastics awards Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Chae Campbell (right) earned Pac-12 Gymnastics Freshman/Newcomer of the Year honors while senior Pauline Tratz (left) was named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year. (Left to right: Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor, Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was last updated April 1 at 6:06 p.m. The Bruins’ issues on beam continued to hold them back in the postseason. At the Pac-12 championship in West Valley, Utah, UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) scored a 196.725 to finish third behind second-place California (7-1, 6-1) and champion Utah (11-1, 6-0), which recorded 197.375 and 197.725, respectively. Read more...
Photo: After competing in the all-around in every meet this season, junior Margzetta Frazier led UCLA gymnastics with a 39.475, good for fourth overall at the Pac-12 championship. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The Bruins are trying to uphold a legacy, according to senior Kendal Poston. Amid a down year statistically for No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12), Poston said the team wants to ensure it preserves the Bruin legacy – what she described as “one of the most unique pairings of both discipline and joy and just pure love for life.” Senior Pauline Tratz said she and the team derive motivation from that goal as physical and mental fatigue start to set in toward the end of the season. Read more...
Photo: One of six seniors for UCLA gymnastics, Pauline Tratz described how gratitude, power, happiness and celebration create a culture unique to the Bruins that gives her and her teammates motivation. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
Denied a chance to compete last year, the Bruins will return to the conference championships this weekend. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) will travel to Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, to compete in the second session of the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: In his second year leading the program, coach Chris Waller said UCLA gymnastics needs to be more confident and gritty to find success at the Pac-12 Championships. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins welcomed back a familiar face to Pauley Pavilion on Senior Day. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) hosted San Jose State (2-2) in its final home meet of the regular season, with a special guest making her return to Westwood. Read more...
Photo: After her Senior Day celebration was canceled a season ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, graduate student Mercedez Sanchez made her debut at Pauley Pavilion during UCLA gymnastics’ 2021 Senior Day celebration as a member of San Jose State after spending the last four years in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
After being stripped of the opportunity to celebrate their seniors a season ago, the Bruins made this year’s Senior Day meet one to remember, tying a season-high team score. Read more...
Photo: Senior Savannah Kooyman competed for the seventh time this season on the uneven parallel bars in UCLA gymnastics’ final home meet of the season at Pauley Pavilion. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
