This post was updated Jan. 25 at 10:49 p.m. Balance beam defined UCLA gymnastics in 2016. Nearly a decade later – and eight years after a national championship was decided on the event’s final routine – assistant coach Lacy Dagen is reshaping beam into the program’s new identity. Read more...
Photo: Senior Ciena Alipio completes an acrobatic series on beam. She took the beam title at the 2025 Big Ten Championships. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In many rivalries, the pressure builds as the year goes on – especially when national contenders collide. And an early-season matchup between the Bruins and the Spartans could be the first turn of the dial on the pressure cooker. Read more...
Photo: Big Ten Freshman of the Week Ashlee Sullivan poses during her floor routine. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 5 UCLA gymnastics will face No. 21 Michigan State on Sunday in East Lansing, Michigan. The Bruins were the No. 1 team in the nation after their first meet this season but slipped to No. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 17 at 7:16 p.m. Jordan Chiles is known for perfection. The senior has garnered 11 perfect scores to prove it. But she had yet to achieve this feat on vault. Until Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA gymnastics cheer following senior Jordan Chiles’ first career 10 on vault. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
Surrounding oneself with strong support is a recipe for success. And it certainly does not hurt when that support comes with Olympic-caliber experience. Five of the 16 gymnasts at the 2024 United States Olympic Trials were products of the World Champions Centre. Read more...
Photo: Senior Jordan Chiles dances during her floor routine. The Houston local earned back-to-back Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors to open 2026. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There is home-field advantage. And then there is competing in Pauley Pavilion – where banners that boast UCLA’s collection of national titles hang from the rafters, blue and yellow confetti falls from the sky during floor routines and the crowd hangs on to every Bruin gymnast’s last move. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Riley Jenkins cheers following a vault. She has a 9.825 average on the apparatus. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 11:01 p.m. No. 9 UCLA gymnastics will head to Pauley Pavilion on Saturday for its season-opening showdown against Nebraska. Read more...
