This week, two Bruins showcased their skills at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. In the women’s qualifying round on Saturday, senior Danusia Francis, who represented Jamaica, earned an all-around score of 51.999 with 12.933 on her signature event, the balance beam, while UCLA-commit and World Championship gold medalist Madison Kocian contributed to […]
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UCLA athletes coach at-risk, special needs youth at Prime Time Games
Last Saturday, about 100 UCLA student-athletes came out to volunteer at Prime Time Games “Championship Saturday,” held on the North Athletic Field and in the Student Activities Center, to coach at-risk and special needs youth. Created in 2001, Team Prime Time has organized regular season sports for both at-risk and special needs youth in Los […]
Gymnastics edged out of NCAAs despite individual all-round, beam title
When Samantha Peszek walked towards the balance beam on Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas, the redshirt senior knew it was her last chance to perform on her favorite apparatus in front of a crowd. “I knew it was gonna be the last day of gymnastics whether I did amazing or I did horrible,” Peszek […]
Freshman Sonya Meraz finds niche in gymnastics team
At the end of the senior meet against Stanford in early March, UCLA gymnastics’ three seniors received farewell cards from their teammates in a warm special presentation. On each card were the signed names of the whole team and a silhouette of the graduating athlete drawn by freshman Sonya Meraz. Having enjoyed drawing since she […]
Gymnastics carries distinguished group into final postseason stretch
The John Wooden Center may have been empty of most students over the course of spring break, but neighboring Yates Gymnasium was still full of UCLA gymnastics team members. “We are really, really intense (as) a group,” said coach Valorie Kondos Field. “The team was very prepared to come in every day and train. And […]
Gymnastics bids farewell to graduating seniors with season-high score
After presenting a farewell ceremony for the graduating seniors at Saturday’s meet, UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field received a surprise gift from the team. A video of former Bruins’ messages for Kondos Field was shown on the big screen, celebrating the 25 seasons the coach has led the team. Kondos Field shed a few […]
Gymnastics exhibition routine gives athletes chance to experiment
The final score sheet is never the full story of a college gymnastics meet. What it displays is the six scores from every one of the four events. What it never shows is that there is always a gymnast who competes like everyone else on an apparatus, but doesn’t get her score posted to the […]