After a steady and prolonged slip down the NCAA rankings, the Bruins appear to have finally stepped on the breaks. The No. 7 UCLA gymnastics team, which opened the season ranked first, ended its skid with wins over Cal State Fullerton and Washington over the weekend. “I had a lot of talks with the team […]
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Gymnastics: Gymnastics looks to vault back on top at Michigan
For perhaps only the second time this season, the UCLA gymnastics team will face an opponent that poses a serious challenge. The Bruins (6-1), whose national rank fell two spots to No. 3 after a sloppy win at Arizona State last Friday, will face a Michigan team that seems primed to break its five-meet losing […]
Gymnastics: Sister act
Under the incessant heat of the midday Las Vegas sun stood a mother and her two young daughters on a concrete tennis court, heat waves emanating from its green-coated surface. The mother stood on one side of the net opposite her daughter, serving tennis balls to the 5-year-old child barely old enough to wield a […]
Gymnastics: Bruins scrape by with win
Stricken with illness and injury, and having fallen a total of four times on the floor exercise and two times on the beam, the UCLA gymnastics team still managed to stumble its way to a victory on Friday as it defeated Arizona State, 194.275-193.4. “We didn’t compete like the normal UCLA gymnastics team competes,” said […]
Gymnastics: Gymnastics wins quad meet with 197.15
Courtney Walker’s confidence is back. A year removed from suffering a serious ankle injury after an awkward fall on a vault attempt Walker, a sophomore, returned to form on Sunday as the Bruins defeated Cal, Cal State Fullerton and Sacramento State. “I was absolutely thrilled to see Courtney Walker come out and make vault and […]
Gymnastics: Will history 3-peat itself?
Arguably the most consistent and successful team at UCLA recently, this year’s gymnastics team seems to be a little more up in the air. A team that has captured four NCAA Championships in the past five years has undergone a considerable transformation. “It is a rebuilding year,” said UCLA coach Valorie Kondos Field, referring to […]
[Football insert] Victory Bell belongs to UCLA regardless of who wins
The legendary Bell of Byzantium, said to hold half of all the world’s gold, is an important bell. The Liberty Bell, a symbol of the founding of our fine country, is an even more important bell. But do you recall the most important bell of them all? Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about the Victory […]