Fresh off a successful road trip, during which the team was able to rest its starters and nab a big enough score to lift it to No. 2 in the national rankings, UCLA gymnastics returns home to face its biggest rival – Utah (7-1, 4-0 Pac-12) on Sunday. Already deep on talent, coach Valerie Kondos […]
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UCLA gymnastics uses loss to Oklahoma as motivation for upcoming meet
Despite UCLA suffering its first loss of the season against Oklahoma last week, there was a positive atmosphere in Pauley Pavilion. The loss, however, has not been brushed aside by the team. No. 4 UCLA (8-1, 1-0 Pac-12) has used it as motivational fuel to prepare for its upcoming road trip to California (5-3, 1-2). […]
Unity is highlight of gymnastics meet supporting abuse victims
Under normal circumstances, UCLA’s gymnastics meet against Oklahoma would have been billed as a showdown between two top-tier programs with national championship ambitions. The individual scores and the final results would have taken center stage. The circumstances ceased to be normal when nearly 200 female gymnasts testified in court against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry […]
Gymnastics’ first season loss takes backseat to overwhelming support
Nearly 10,000 fans came to watch No. 4 UCLA gymnastics take on No. 1 Oklahoma in a meet that celebrated a sport reeling from a high-profile sexual abuse scandal. A celebration they got. Both the Bruins (4-1, 1-0 Pac-12) and the Sooners (3-1) put on a show. There were a combined total of six perfect […]
UCLA gymnastics optimistic going into meet against Arizona
When UCLA gymnastics visits Arizona on Saturday, junior Katelyn Ohashi will return to Tucson, a city memorable to her for all the right reasons and all the wrong reasons. She won the all-around competition two years ago, but she also suffered a disastrous fall when the end of the beam broke off during her dismount. […]
Younger members of UCLA gymnastics step up, show consistent performance
UCLA gymnastics faced an early season hurdle and claimed a victory behind standout performances from its younger gymnasts. The usual suspects, such as sophomore Kyla Ross and redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee, also performed well for the No. 4 Bruins (2-0), but much of the credit also goes to sophomores taking on a bigger role compared […]
Gymnastics finishes strong in first place despite empty Reno crowd
Last week, UCLA gymnastics opened the season at home, where the team had a crowd to pump it up. But for the Elevate The Stage meet, the gymnasts faced an empty Reno Convention Center. “The atmosphere was weird,” said coach Valorie Kondos Field. “There weren’t a lot of people in the stands, but we were […]