No one escaped the injury bug that struck UCLA gymnastics – not even Coach Valorie Kondos Field. Unhampered by healing stitches and a wrapped right foot, Kondos Field continued to direct her practices this week efficiently and with urgency, ushering gymnasts from event to event. The long-time coach looked to keep her No. 5 UCLA […]
Category Archives: Gymnastics
iPhone ringtone transforms UCLA gymnast’s floor routine
Someone’s phone rang a little over half a minute into Angi Cipra’s floor routine. At least that’s what it sounded like. But as the crowd at the season-opening gymnastics meet looked around to find the unfortunate source of the noise, it became clear that the unmistakable iPhone ringtone had been a part of the act. […]
Freshman gymnast Katelyn Ohashi diagnosed with sternal fracture
Standout freshman gymnast Katelyn Ohashi was diagnosed Friday with a small sternal fracture, almost a week after a faulty balance beam cap caused her to fall dangerously on her neck and upper back during a dismount. Ohashi’s fall came Jan. 23 at Arizona, when the cap of the beam fell off as she was dismounting. […]
Gymnastics falls to Cal Bears in all events en route to historic loss
A rare night full of stumbles on bars and beam led to UCLA gymnastics’ historic loss to California on Monday. The No. 5 Bruins had previously trumped the No. 21 Golden Bears in every matchup since 1985, but their streak came to an end in a 196.375-195.175 loss in Berkeley. “We were flat,” said coach […]
Bruin gymnasts fine-tune routines for Golden Bear matchup
The UCLA gymnastics team will travel north to face Cal on Monday night. But for redshirt senior Sadiqua Bynum, a Berkeley native, it will be more like a home meet. “I’m excited that there’s a lot of family coming, and a lot of friends and everything,” Bynum said. “If I try to think of it […]
Gymnast doesn’t let fall throw game off balance, leads UCLA to win
UCLA freshman Katelyn Ohashi stood tiptoe on the balance beam in Arizona’s McKale Center. With one more dismount, her debut as an all-around competitor in college gymnastics would be complete. A veteran of elite gymnastics, Ohashi has done it a thousand times. And it was for that very reason that no one in the stadium […]
Freshman gymnasts bolster UCLA heading into Arizona matchup
Freshmen Katelyn Ohashi and Madison Preston have provided significant boosts to the gymnastics team thus far, with Ohashi earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors after last Friday’s meet against Florida. The No. 5 Bruins (1-1) will begin their Pac-12 schedule Saturday against another squad that has benefited from impressive freshmen in the early going: […]