A group of die-hard UCLA fans hoards the student section for every home gymnastics meet, sitting right in front of the floor. When each gymnast lands their final tumbling pass, shreds of blue and gold paper fly into the air. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Katelyn Rosen competes on floor at Pauley Pavilion. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:02 p.m. When Ciena Alipio got injured during the preseason, she experienced a moment of doubt. It was the sophomore’s second consecutive year entering an NCAA season potentially sidelined. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Ciena Alipio is pictured in front of the beam at Yates Gym at the John Wooden Center. (Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin staff)
A Pauley Pavilion floor party stole the show in the mile-high city. Led by No. 11 UCLA gymnastics’ highest score on any apparatus this season – a 49.575 on floor – the Bruins left Magness Arena in Denver with a 196.550 total score Sunday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Junior Emma Malabuyo leaps across the beam at Pauley Pavilion. Malabuyo scored a team-high 9.925 on beam, one of her three season high scores Sunday. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins sit just outside of the top 10 teams heading into week three of the NCAA gymnastics season. On Sunday, they will have a chance to enter that upper echelon in their third straight quad meet against top-ranked teams. Read more...
Photo: Junior Emily Lee salutes the judges following her vault at the Mean Girls Super 16 in Las Vegas. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
Emma Andres was nervous ahead of her beam routine Saturday. It was the graduate student’s first competitive appearance on the apparatus in front of what would later be announced as the largest audience for a regular-season NCAA meet in ESPN history. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Emma Andres competes on beam at Meet the Bruins at Pauley Pavilion. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
Less than an hour before Saturday’s meet, the Bruins were dealt a blow. Senior Sara Ulias, who returned last weekend after recovering from a torn ACL, reinjured her knee during bars warmups. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Selena Harris competes her beam routine at Pauley Pavilion. Harris scored a 9.95 on beam en route to the all-around title at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 11:53 p.m. Recovery from a torn ACL can take up to nine months. It can take up to six months to even start walking normally again. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sara Ulias performs her exhibition bars routine at the Mean Girls Super 16 in Las Vegas. Ulias’ return marked her first appearance since her ACL injury. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
