Thursday, May 22

UCLA gymnastics centers team culture in run-up to 2024 season

Directly outside Yates Gym, the Bruins’ practice facility, John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is printed on the wall. A visual framework of behaviors for athletes, businesspeople and individuals alike, the pyramid has guided UCLA teams for over 50 years. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Margzetta Frazier performs a floor routine at Pauley Pavilion. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)


Q&A: UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald discusses second season with Bruins

Less than a week away from Meet the Bruins and under a month away from UCLA gymnastics’ first meet of the 2024 season, coach Janelle McDonald sat down with the Daily Bruin gymnastics beat ahead of her second year in charge of the program to discuss new and returning gymnasts, team culture, event improvements and more. Read more...

Photo: Coach Janelle McDonald smiles out toward the Pauley Pavilion crowd. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)



From novice to NCAA: How the Grables followed their passion to UCLA gymnastics

Autumn Grable worked at a gym in Cincinnati while attending nursing school, using her gymnastics knowledge from her youth to teach toddlers how to tumble. Her then-boyfriend Kyle Grable – although they did not yet share a last name – would take her to the gym a couple of nights a week. Read more...

Photo: UCLA gymnastics assistant coach Kyle Grable celebrates after a vault routine (left). UCLA gymnastics assistant coach Autumn Grable hugs then-sophomore Jordan Chiles after a beam routine (right). The Grables are married and are entering their second years in Westwood. (Photos by Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor and Megan Cai/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photo illustration by Ashley Ko/Illustrations director)


Margzetta Frazier returns for sixth year with UCLA gymnastics

Margzetta Frazier is back. Coach Janelle McDonald said Tuesday that the graduate student would be returning for her sixth year with the program. Frazier, who has yet to fall on a routine – landing all 131 in her collegiate career – joined UCLA in 2019 and helped lead the squad to an appearance at nationals last season. Read more...

Photo: Margzetta Frazier salutes the crowd during a meet at Pauley Pavilion. Frazier is returning to UCLA gymnastics for her sixth season with the program. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Florida transfer Nya Reed to join UCLA gymnastics

The Bruins just bolstered their weakest event as the 2024 season approaches. Graduate student Nya Reed will use her fifth and final year of eligibility to transfer from Florida to UCLA gymnastics, the team announced Thursday morning. Read more...

Photo: Coach Janelle McDonald pumps her fist in the air. McDonald added Florida transfer Nya Reed to the Bruins’ 2024 roster, the first transfer addition since the second-year coach came to Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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