It’s almost as if the schedule played a practical joke on the gymnastics team. After starting the season last weekend with an upset over then-No. 3 Alabama, No. 5 UCLA faced an even tougher foe Friday in defending NCAA champion Florida. Despite scoring higher than they did in the home win against the Crimson Tide, […]
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No. 5 gymnastics to take on reigning NCAA champions No. 3 Florida
One Southeastern Conference heavyweight down, one more to go. After upsetting then-No. 3 Alabama Sunday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA gymnastics began preparing to face an even deeper and more heralded program. On Friday afternoon, the No. 5 Bruins take on the No. 3 Florida Gators, who have claimed the past three NCAA titles, in […]
UCLA women’s gymnastics upsets No. 3 Alabama in season opener
The energy in Pauley Pavilion at the UCLA gymnastics meet Sunday came to a head during the Bruins’ floor routines. Coach Valorie Kondos Field emphasized the entertainment element of her team’s performance in the week leading up to the meet and it showed. No. 6 UCLA scored high on floor exercise and the balance beam, […]
No. 6 gymnastics to vault into 2016 season with No. 3 Alabama matchup
Looking to jump right into one of the toughest gymnastics schedules in the country, six-time champion No. 6 UCLA will host a top-10 matchup Sunday afternoon when fellow six-time champion No. 3 Alabama rolls into Pauley Pavilion for the teams’ season-opening meet. The Bruins will face elite programs all season long, as the Crimson Tide […]
Gymnast shows skills at World Championship while team prepares at home
This week, two Bruins showcased their skills at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. In the women’s qualifying round on Saturday, senior Danusia Francis, who represented Jamaica, earned an all-around score of 51.999 with 12.933 on her signature event, the balance beam, while UCLA-commit and World Championship gold medalist Madison Kocian contributed to […]
Q&A: Olympian, Special Olympics volunteer talks vision of inclusivity
Bart Conner was a member of the USA gymnastics team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where he won two gold medals, one for all-around team and one for the parallel bars competition. Conner has spent the last 36 years volunteering for Special Olympics and is on the board of directors for Special Olympics. […]
Gymnastics edged out of NCAAs despite individual all-round, beam title
When Samantha Peszek walked towards the balance beam on Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas, the redshirt senior knew it was her last chance to perform on her favorite apparatus in front of a crowd. “I knew it was gonna be the last day of gymnastics whether I did amazing or I did horrible,” Peszek […]