After qualifying for NCAA Super Regionals with an atypical 196.375 that resulted from a nail-biting rotation on bars last Saturday, the UCLA gymnasts have to wait another two weeks before flying to Fort Worth, Texas, to earn a ticket to the NCAA Team Finals. The Bruins are not unfamiliar with long breaks between meets. Right […]
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Gymnastics falls short in tri-meet despite standout performances
Sonya Meraz was already caught off guard when the music to accompany her floor exercise stopped only seconds after it began. So when the sophomore gymnast completed her first tumble, returned to the floor and heard that great silence again, she had to make a quick decision. “It was like half a second, all these […]
Gymnastics meets expectations with season-high win against Oregon State
Coach Valorie Kondos Field said it was the toughest performance of Sophina DeJesus’ career. The Bruins’ Saturday night win over Oregon State was not in question when the senior gymnast took the floor to carry out the hip-hop-infused routine that has turned her into an Internet sensation the past week, but that didn’t lessen the […]
iPhone ringtone transforms UCLA gymnast’s floor routine
Someone’s phone rang a little over half a minute into Angi Cipra’s floor routine. At least that’s what it sounded like. But as the crowd at the season-opening gymnastics meet looked around to find the unfortunate source of the noise, it became clear that the unmistakable iPhone ringtone had been a part of the act. […]
Bruin gymnasts fine-tune routines for Golden Bear matchup
The UCLA gymnastics team will travel north to face Cal on Monday night. But for redshirt senior Sadiqua Bynum, a Berkeley native, it will be more like a home meet. “I’m excited that there’s a lot of family coming, and a lot of friends and everything,” Bynum said. “If I try to think of it […]
Gymnast doesn’t let fall throw game off balance, leads UCLA to win
UCLA freshman Katelyn Ohashi stood tiptoe on the balance beam in Arizona’s McKale Center. With one more dismount, her debut as an all-around competitor in college gymnastics would be complete. A veteran of elite gymnastics, Ohashi has done it a thousand times. And it was for that very reason that no one in the stadium […]
No. 5 Bruin gymnastics improves despite falling to No. 3 Gators
It’s almost as if the schedule played a practical joke on the gymnastics team. After starting the season last weekend with an upset over then-No. 3 Alabama, No. 5 UCLA faced an even tougher foe Friday in defending NCAA champion Florida. Despite scoring higher than they did in the home win against the Crimson Tide, […]