UCLA gymnastics returns all four gymnasts who scored a perfect 10 last year, while also bringing in a star-studded freshman class. The No. 5 Bruins (1-0) enter the 2018 season as the favorite to win the Pac-12 title and took down the Ohio State Buckeyes (0-1) in their season opener. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Nia Dennis competed in all four events in UCLA’s home opener win over Ohio State. Dennis scored a 39.05 in the all-around. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Coach Valorie Kondos Field was sick for the home opener, but the Bruins were still able to dominate the Buckeyes in their season opener. “We reminded them all about how we should do this for Val, and what Val loves more than anything is when people put themselves out there as big and as beautiful as they can and that inspires everyone around them,” said associate head coach Chris Waller. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee posted the highest scores of the meet, with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.925 on beam in the Bruins’ home opener against Ohio State on Saturday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Ever since her parents put a video camera in her hands, filming has been a constant in Deanna Hong’s life. But as she sat on her couch watching the Norwegian women’s handball team at the 2008 Olympics, the Bay Area native realized what had once been a hobby could be something more. Read more...
Photo: (Ellen Mei/Daily Bruin illustrator)
The year is almost over, and all the sports are wrapped up except for softball, baseball and track and field. With the annual Daily Bruin Sports Yearlies just a week away, this year’s Sports editors take the time to throw down on who is deserving of candidacy for men’s and women’s athletes of the year. Read more...
Photo: Freshman gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross earned first-team All-American honors on uneven bars and balance beam in her first season. She also led the Bruins with four perfect 10s. (MacKenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
The numbers are crunched and the awards are listed, but now it’s time to see who the Daily Bruin Sports editors think are UCLA’s most valuable coaches. Read more...
Photo: Coach Valorie Kondos Field is one of the most accomplished coaches at UCLA with six NCAA titles on her resume. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Valorie Kondos Field was on a roll. The UCLA gymnastics coach, sitting in between Oklahoma coach K.J. Kindler and Utah’s Tom Farden, wasn’t just talking about what she saw in the first NCAA semifinal Friday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Although coach Valorie Kondos Field will need to replace several seniors in her lineup next year, she’ll have NCAA uneven bars and balance beam champion Kyla Ross back for her sophomore season. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
ST. LOUIS — The scores kept getting bigger and bigger for UCLA gymnastics. In the hunt for the program’s seventh national championship, the Bruins came out slow on vault before building momentum and hitting their routines over the final three rotations. Read more...
Photo: Senior Mikaela Gerber and redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee celebrated with sophomore Stella Savvidou after the Bruins finished fourth in the NCAA Super Six. They led an eight-clap with fans who traveled to St. Louis to support the team. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
