Author Archives: Frank Portillo

The UCLA gymnastics team finishes every home meet on the floor exercise. Though they’d like to save their best for last, their last has been subpar this season. For the past four years, the Bruins (6-1) haven’t finished lower than seventh place in the nation on the floor. At this point in the season, UCLA […]

Among the lessons the UCLA gymnastics team has had to learn so far this season, learning to cope with injuries has been one of the most difficult. Yet even with their lineup fluctuating from one meet to the next, the Bruins (5-1) once again find themselves ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation […]

There is no mercy rule in collegiate gymnastics, but if there were, Sunday might just be the day it would be used. The No. 2 UCLA women’s gymnastics team (2-1) will host a quad meet against California (2-0), Cal State Fullerton (1-3) and Sacramento State (2-3), all of which are unranked. Meanwhile, UCLA leads all […]

Lori Winn, a key contributor on UCLA’s national-championship gymnastics team a year ago, was suspended for four meets before last Friday’s competition, coach Valorie Kondos Field announced. Accounts differ as to the reason for the suspension. Kondos Field said it was a disciplinary matter, while Winn, a sophomore, had a different take. “It was a […]

Who wants to be number two? The UCLA gymnastics team certainly doesn’t. A week removed from losing the No. 1 ranking in the nation to Utah, the No. 2 Bruins (0-1) will look to reclaim the top spot as they travel to Corvallis today to take on No. 8 Oregon State (3-0) followed by the […]

Losing its season opener wasn’t all that bad for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team. In front of a raucous crowd of 10,000 people, the No. 1 Bruins fell to No. 5 Utah on Friday night by a score of 197.675-197.3 on the Utes’ home floor. Despite losing the meet, the defending national champion Bruins (0-1) […]

It often takes over a month for a team to gauge where it stands among the nation’s best. However, UCLA’s gymnastics team will find out in its very first meet. After losing three All-Americans from last season’s national championship squad to graduation, the No. 1 Bruins will find out quickly whether they are deserving of […]