The stomach flu doesn’t always peak around this time in the season, but when it does, it has the power to change the lineup of the UCLA women’s gymnastics team. While on the road facing No. 4 Utah Utes, the No. 8 UCLA Bruins had to substitute senior Olivia Courtney for sophomore Danusia Francis during […]
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UCLA gymnastics eager to raise the bar against Utah
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. During the first rotation of last year’s meet against Utah, the UCLA gymnastics team posted six vault scores 9.8 or above and Utah saw two gymnasts fall on the uneven bars. UCLA defeated […]
Clutch performance propels Bruin gymnasts past Beavers
As No. 6 UCLA gymnastics entered the last rotation of Sunday’s meet against No. 14 Oregon State , the Beavers had cut the Bruins’ lead to .525. After uncharacteristic falls plagued the Bruins on beam and allowed the Beavers to close the gap, the UCLA team needed its performance on floor to be error-free to […]
Oregon State poses emotional meet for UCLA gymnastics
UCLA gymnastics associate head coach and former UCLA gymnast Chris Waller lightheartedly claimed that he once owned a faster motorcycle than former teammate Michael Chaplin, whom he will see again soon from the other side of the mat. Chaplin is no longer a competitive teammate, but has become the competition as a coach of the […]
UCLA gymnast Hallie Mossett competes after overcoming years of injuries
Three years ago, as she sat in the passenger seat of a car navigating the relatively slow surface streets of Los Angeles gridlock, UCLA gymnastics freshman Hallie Mossett seemed about as sheltered as she could possibly be from a career-altering injury. It wasn’t an uneven bars dismount gone wrong or even a high-flying vault that […]
UCLA gymnastics falls to Florida in close season opener
The UCLA gymnastics team crowded around sophomore Danusia Francis as she stuck the landing on her beam routine. She flipped sideways once, lightly landed on the beam, and immediately lifted off again into another flip that propelled her off the beam and solidly onto the floor mat. The crowd erupted in applause as Francis made […]
Bruins to face Gators in gymnastics opener at UCLA
On Saturday, UCLA gymnastics starts this season off exactly as it finished 2013 – squaring off against Florida on the mats of Pauley Pavilion. And, in an exact mirroring of the way both finished the 2013 season, UCLA comes in ranked No. 4 after placing fourth at the NCAA championships, while Florida, coming off its […]