This post was last updated April 6 at 6:56 p.m. The Bruins missed nationals for the first time since 2006 despite a season high. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics’ (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) season came to an end Saturday as the team secured third place at the Morgantown NCAA regional finals with a 197.275, finishing behind No. Read more...
Photo: Leading No. 13 UCLA gymnastics on bars, junior Margzetta Frazier tied her season-high for the fifth time, recording a 9.950. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
It wasn’t their highest score of the season, but it was enough for the Bruins to survive and advance. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) moved on to the Morgantown Regional Final with a second-place finish in the semifinal Friday evening. Read more...
Photo: The Pac-12 individual champion on vault, junior Sekai Wright earned a 9.900 for No. 13 UCLA gymnastics on the apparatus Friday and added a 9.875 on floor. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
It’s do-or-die for the Bruins, who are riding the coattails of an improbable run by another team on campus. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) will head to Morgantown, West Virginia, on Friday with a chance to capture the program’s 25th NCAA regional title and earn a spot in the 2021 NCAA championships. Read more...
Photo: Following her return on bars at the Pac-12 championships after dealing with an ankle injury all season, junior Norah Flatley will join the Bruins on beam and bars at the NCAA regionals. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sam Settleman Daily Bruin contributor Prediction: 4th Place in NCAA Semifinal It’s no secret that the Bruins have the talent to compete with the best programs in the country, but with their backs against the wall, can all that talent suddenly gel at the right time? Read more...
Photo: For the first time since 2019, No. 13 UCLA gymnastics will compete in the NCAA regionals with a chance at an NCAA championship. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
Despite failing to claim the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year award for the first time in three years, the Bruins took home two of the five Pac-12 2021 women’s gymnastics awards Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Chae Campbell (right) earned Pac-12 Gymnastics Freshman/Newcomer of the Year honors while senior Pauline Tratz (left) was named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year. (Left to right: Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor, Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was last updated April 1 at 6:06 p.m. The Bruins’ issues on beam continued to hold them back in the postseason. At the Pac-12 championship in West Valley, Utah, UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) scored a 196.725 to finish third behind second-place California (7-1, 6-1) and champion Utah (11-1, 6-0), which recorded 197.375 and 197.725, respectively. Read more...
Photo: After competing in the all-around in every meet this season, junior Margzetta Frazier led UCLA gymnastics with a 39.475, good for fourth overall at the Pac-12 championship. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The Bruins are trying to uphold a legacy, according to senior Kendal Poston. Amid a down year statistically for No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12), Poston said the team wants to ensure it preserves the Bruin legacy – what she described as “one of the most unique pairings of both discipline and joy and just pure love for life.” Senior Pauline Tratz said she and the team derive motivation from that goal as physical and mental fatigue start to set in toward the end of the season. Read more...
Photo: One of six seniors for UCLA gymnastics, Pauline Tratz described how gratitude, power, happiness and celebration create a culture unique to the Bruins that gives her and her teammates motivation. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
