The Bruins extended their perfect start to the season and set a new bar for themselves. No. 4 UCLA gymnastics (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) scored 197.625, good for a first-place finish and a new season high in the Metroplex Challenge Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. UCLA took on No. 2 LSU (5-1, 3-0 SEC), No. 14 […]
Category Archives: Gymnastics
Weekend in Preview: Women’s water polo faces 4 top-25 teams, track heads to New York
Track and field Nicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor With the 2018 indoor season finally underway, UCLA track and field will take part in its second meet of the year this weekend. The Bruins will head east to New York for the Columbia Challenge on Saturday. UCLA will face the likes of Oregon – whose first-ranked […]
The Rundown: Jan. 25
Eric Filia, baseball UCLA baseball will host its alumni game this weekend, but one of its alumni is struggling to stay out of trouble. Former Bruin outfielder Eric Filia will serve a 50-game suspension to start the 2018 season due to a second positive test for a drug of abuse, which Major League Baseball classifies […]
UCLA gymnasts don teal ribbons in support of victims of sexual abuse
Bruin gymnasts added a new element to their normal uniforms Saturday: a teal ribbon. Members of the UCLA gymnastics team wore the ribbons in their hair during their meet against Arizona to show support for the women who testified against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted on multiple counts of criminal […]
UCLA gymnastics claims victory against Arizona in Pac-12 opener
Facing their first Pac-12 road meet, the Bruins did not let the Wildcat fans get to them as they secured their third-straight victory to start the season. No. 4 UCLA gymnastics (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) topped No. 17 Arizona (0-3, 0-1) with a score of 197.300 to 195.750 in Tucson, Arizona. This set a new season […]
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 […]