After dealing with what she has termed a continuous violation of team rules, UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field released sophomore Lori Winn from the team just prior to the squad’s trip to Arkansas on March 21. “I’m sorry things didn’t work out and I had to release her,” Kondos Field said. “When you take […]
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Gymnastics: Bruins vault over competition at Pac-10 Championships
Just hours before the Pac-10 Championships began, a few of the UCLA gymnasts looked around their hotel room with puzzled expressions, wondering where their coaches were. A creased letter on the table delivered the following message. This is your meet. This is your destiny. Compete with pride. With the absence of the coaches from that […]
[NCAA insert] Cheer Bruins on from Westwood’s best bars
The UCLA men’s basketball team has begun its preparations for Thursday’s game in Tucson, Ariz. Question is, have you? After a few disappointing seasons that saw them miss the NCAA Tournament, the Bruins are back on the bracket. However, the short absence from the big dance has left many Bruins inexperienced and forgetful of what […]
Gymnastics: Maloney makes team history in win
Kristen Maloney gave the Bruin faithful something to remember her by on Sunday afternoon. In what was the final home meet for seniors Maloney, Kisha Auld, Christy Erickson and Christie Tedmon, Maloney put on a dazzling encore performance at Pauley Pavilion en route to the UCLA gymnastics team’s 197.850-196.650 victory over Florida. Having scored a […]
Not your average cheerleaders
They aren’t hard to spot. Dressed in their Sunday’s finest, which for them seems to be old Halloween costumes and their little sisters’ work clothes, approximately two dozen members of the UCLA football team sit in the northwest corner of the Pauley Pavilion grandstands at every Bruin gymnastics meet. They certainly aren’t hard to hear […]
Gymnastics: Gymnast’s injury changes lineup for meet against Georgia, Arizona
Just as everything had seemingly fallen back into place for the second-ranked UCLA gymnastics team, adversity once again has struck the squad. Junior Kate Richardson, who suffered a functional rupture of her ulner collateral ligament during bar warm-ups at Stanford last Friday, will be absent from Sunday’s meet against Georgia and Arizona. It is unclear […]
Gymnastics: Gymnastics defeats Cardinal
After the first two rotations on Friday, the UCLA women’s gymnastics team was virtually neck and neck with Stanford as the Bruins took to the one event that surprisingly has given them the most trouble this season ““ the floor exercise. But that all changed Friday as the Bruins posted their second impressive score on […]