Rio recap: Aug. 7

This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Women’s beach volleyball: USA vs. Poland It started off so well for the Americans Lauren Fendrick […]

UCLA commit Madison Kocian named to Team USA for gymnastics

The SAP Center in San Jose, California, was nearly pitch black. Everyone in attendance stood by helplessly as they waited to find out the eight American female gymnasts who would compete with the world’s best at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the time, only one person held a guaranteed spot on Team USA – Simone […]

Two UCLA athletes commended with Pac-12 medals

The Pac-12 Networks aired a one-hour show Wednesday evening to highlight two seniors – one male and one female – from each of the conference’s schools who best exemplified a commitment to athletics, academics and leadership. The 24 student-athletes in focus were the winners of the 2016 Tom Hansen conference medals, and for UCLA, gymnastics’ […]

Eight Bruins to join UCLA Athletics 2016 Hall of Fame

Eight UCLA alumni will be inducted in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. The new members have a combined 26 NCAA team and individual championships and six Olympic medals over their careers. The group of 2016 inductees also includes an NBA All-Star, Super Bowl champion and a Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding […]

Senior signoffs: Sophina DeJesus thanks UCLA community for life lessons off the floor

My college experience began when I was 17, but traveling for acting and gymnastics on top of going to school kept my social life to a minimum. Which brings me back to the first time I stepped foot onto the UCLA campus – the incredible feeling of happiness and excitement as I walked into an […]

UCLA gymnastics lands fifth-place finish at NCAA Team Finals

FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 8 UCLA gymnastics put together a weekend of solid, complete meets, hitting 48 of 48 events and improving their semifinal scores on three events. But UCLA’s consistency could not stand up to No. 1 Oklahoma’s near-perfect night as the Sooners ended No. 4 Florida’s bid for a fourth-straight crown and […]

UCLA gymnastics places third at semifinal, qualifies for NCAA Super Six

This post was updated on April 15 at 9:30 p.m. FORT WORTH, Texas — Same arena, new outcome for No. 8 UCLA gymnastics. A year after struggling to hit clean routines in the NCAA semifinal meet in Fort Worth, the Bruins scored a 196.700 off 24 hit routines in this year’s semifinal meet, finishing third […]